Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bassenthwaite, Cumberland

Bassenthwaite is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cumberland

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
THOMPSON183.529411.78
HODGSON163.137345.27
CANNON142.7451151.68
WATSON132.549010.99
SEWELL132.5490120.59
ALLISON122.352982.82
SLATER112.156935.62
GRAHAM101.960817.08
JACKSON91.76476.31
MILLER91.76479.86
SMITH91.76471.25
SETTLE91.7647514.29
STUART81.568665.74
RAVEN81.5686186.92
CLARKE81.56867.74
HAGGARTY81.5686816.33
BIGGER81.56865,000.00
BRAGG81.5686191.85
HOWE81.568639.94
TODHUNTER81.56861,081.08
HARRIMAN71.3725534.35
BORTHWICK71.3725244.76
ROOK71.3725201.15
WILSON71.37252.99
LAWSON71.372523.28
BOWMAN61.176545.05
LESTER61.176574.72
FISHER61.176510.05
STAMPER61.1765517.24
HARRISON61.17655.30
JACQUES61.1765138.89
HARDING61.176516.26
ATKINSON50.980410.07
COATS50.9804217.39
MONKHOUSE50.9804420.17
POTTS50.980429.38
BROWN50.98041.49
DIXON50.98048.95
BAINBRIDGE50.980469.74
WALLER50.980438.91
BOWE50.9804434.78
HOLMES50.98048.05
LEEK40.7843161.94
SPROAT40.7843400.00
CROSTHWAITE40.7843487.80
FLETCHER40.78436.87
JOHNSTON40.78439.72
PEARSON40.78436.75
BLAIR40.784330.26
WESTMORLAND30.5882468.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIGGER0.515105000.0000
FORISTER0.515102500.0000
TODHUNTER0.515101081.0811
HAGGARTY0.51510816.3265
TOREY0.51510769.2308
HARRIMAN0.51510534.3511
STAMPER0.51510517.2414
SETTLE0.51510514.2857
CROSTHWAITE0.51510487.8049
WESTMORLAND0.51510468.7500
BOWE0.51510434.7826
MONKHOUSE0.51510420.1681
MAYSON0.51510416.6667
SPROAT0.51510400.0000
SINTON0.51510294.1176
BORTHWICK0.51510244.7552
PENRICE0.51510222.2222
MATTINSON0.51510219.7802
COATS0.51510217.3913
ROOK0.51510201.1494
BRAGG0.51510191.8465
RAVEN0.51510186.9159
DOCKRAY0.51510166.6667
LEEK0.51510161.9433
CANNON0.51510151.6793
BILLINGSLEY0.51510140.8451
JACQUES0.51510138.8889
SCULLION0.51510129.8701
SEWELL0.51510120.5937
SOUTHWARD0.5151093.4579
ALLISON0.5151082.8157
WAITES0.5151078.1250
LESTER0.5151074.7198
MAUGHAN0.5151070.1754
BAINBRIDGE0.5151069.7350
PEERS0.5151067.1141
STUART0.5151065.7354
SMALLWOOD0.5151063.6943
LEADBEATER0.5151047.6190
HODGSON0.5151045.2745
BOWMAN0.5151045.0450
TICKLE0.5151043.8596
RABY0.5151040.8163
HOWE0.5151039.9401
WALLER0.5151038.9105
HOWDEN0.5151038.6100
LUSCOMBE0.5151038.3142
SLATER0.5151035.6218
EWART0.5151034.8432
BLAIR0.5151030.2572

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 510 people called BIGGER in Bassenthwaite at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 5000.0000 in Bassenthwaite means that 5000.0000% of the people in Bassenthwaite on census day were called BIGGER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIGGER in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BIGGER as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BIGGER here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BIGGER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Bassenthwaite means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIGGER in Bassenthwaite than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bassenthwaite in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLISON (12)  ANDERTON (1)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ATKINSON (5)  BACKHOUSE (1)  BAINBRIDGE (5)  BENNETT (2)  BENSON (1)  BIGGER (8)  BILLINGSLEY (1)  BIRBECK (5)  BERKITT (1)  BLAIR (4)  BLAND (3)  BORTHWICK (7)  BOWE (5)  BOWMAN (6)  BEWSHER (1)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAGG (8)  BROWN (5)  BURNS (1)  MC CALL (1)  CALLARD (1)  CANNON (14)  CARR (2)  CARSON (1)  CAVE (1)  CHESTER (1)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (8)  COATS (5)  COCKBAIN (1)  COOK (1)  COOKSON (1)  COREX (1)  CORFIELD (1)  COWT (2)  COWAN (1)  CROSS (1)  CROSTHWAITE (4)  DAVIDSON (3)  DIXON (5)  DOCKRAY (1)  DODD (3)  DOWNIE (1)  DOYLE (1)  ELLIOT (2)  EWART (1)  FEARIS (5)  FERGUSON (1)  FISHER (6)  FLENCROSS (1)  FLETCHER (4)  FORISTER (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILL (2)  GRAHAM (10)  GWYNNE (2)  HAGGARTY (8)  HALE (2)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HARDING (6)  HARPER (2)  HARRIMAN (7)  HARRISON (6)  HART (1)  HAYDEN (1)  HEWITSON (1)  HODGSON (16)  HOLMES (5)  HORNSBY (1)  HOWDEN (1)  HOWE (8)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JACQUES (6)  JACKSON (9)  JOHNSTON (4)  KEMP (1)  LEEK (4)  LAWSON (7)  LEADBEATER (1)  LESTER (6)  LISTER (1)  LUSCOMBE (1)  MC MAHON (1)  MANDALE (4)  MAYSON (2)  MATTINSON (2)  MAUGHAN (2)  MC GOVERAN (1)  MC INTOSH (2)  MILLER (9)  MONKHOUSE (5)  MURPHY (1)  NANSON (5)  NORMAN (1)  PARKER (1)  PEAKCOR ((PLASKETT)) (2)  PEERS (2)  PEARSON (4)  PIRT (1)  PEEL (1)  PENRICE (1)  POTTS (5)  POWELL (1)  RABY (1)  RAVEN (8)  ROBINSON (2)  ROOK (7)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SARGISON (2)  SANDERS (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SCHOFIELD (1)  SCULLION (1)  SETTLE (9)  SEWELL (13)  SIMPSON (3)  SINTON (2)  SLATER (11)  SMALLWOOD (3)  SMITH (9)  SOUTHWARD (1)  SPEDDING (3)  SPROAT (4)  STAMPER (6)  STUART (8)  STEWART (1)  THOMPSON (18)  THOVAITE (1)  TICKLE (1)  TODHUNTER (8)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOREY (1)  TURNER (1)  TYSON (1)  WALLER (5)  WATSON (13)  WESTMORLAND (3)  WETHERALL (2)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (1)  WORSTRUP (1)  WAITES (1)