Top surnames from the 1881 census in Crosthwaite, Cumberland

Crosthwaite 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
ROBINSON227.096822.26
CROSTHWAITE206.45164,000.00
TAYLOR144.51617.06
HAYTON134.1935855.26
ALLISON134.1935147.56
FLEMING92.903269.88
WILSON82.58065.62
WILLIAMS82.58063.59
EDMONDSON72.2581195.53
FREEMAN72.258135.35
TURNER72.25818.11
TOWNLEY61.9355307.69
MAWSON61.9355240.00
THOMPSON51.61295.38
SWINDLE51.61291,562.50
WEBB51.612911.90
OLIVER51.612922.61
BELLAS51.61291,666.67
POSTLETHWAITE51.6129423.73
GRAHAM41.290311.24
NEWTON41.290316.84
WRIGHT41.29034.02
LANGTON30.9677121.95
BURROWS30.967722.11
MITCHELL30.96774.77
WALKER30.96772.89
NIXON30.967731.78
ABBOTT20.645214.63
MARK20.6452128.21
BELL20.64523.43
DIXON20.64525.89
HARDY20.645210.77
COOKSON20.645254.64
WILLIAMSON20.64527.20
LANCASTER20.645225.97
STEPHENS20.645211.63
PHILLIP20.6452127.39
LEDGER20.645294.34
BOWMAN20.645224.69
WATERS20.645216.05
FITZPATRICK20.645244.05
LONGSTAFF10.322645.66
ATKINSON10.32263.31
HARPER10.32265.04
PEARSON10.32262.78
NICHOLSON10.32264.54
JOHNSTON10.32264.00
SOWERBY10.322659.88
FOSTER10.32262.41
BLAKE10.32266.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CROSTHWAITE0.313104000.0000
BELLAS0.313101666.6667
SWINDLE0.313101562.5000
HAYTON0.31310855.2632
POSTLETHWAITE0.31310423.7288
TOWNLEY0.31310307.6923
MARWICK0.31310270.2703
MAWSON0.31310240.0000
MAINE0.31310227.2727
EDMONDSON0.31310195.5307
ALLISON0.31310147.5596
STANGER0.31310128.2051
MARK0.31310128.2051
PHILLIP0.31310127.3885
LANGTON0.31310121.9512
LEDGER0.3131094.3396
COATS0.3131071.4286
DOVER0.3131071.4286
FLEMING0.3131069.8758
SOWERBY0.3131059.8802
COOKSON0.3131054.6448
LONGSTAFF0.3131045.6621
FITZPATRICK0.3131044.0529
DENNISON0.3131041.6667
TEASDALE0.3131038.0228
FREEMAN0.3131035.3535
BIRKETT0.3131033.4448
NIXON0.3131031.7797
WREN0.3131029.7619
LANCASTER0.3131025.9740
BOWMAN0.3131024.6914
OLIVER0.3131022.6142
ROBINSON0.3131022.2582
BURROWS0.3131022.1076
RUTTER0.3131021.1864
HEAP0.3131019.0114
BARRY0.3131017.8253
NEWTON0.3131016.8350
WATERS0.3131016.0514
ABBOTT0.3131014.6306
WEBB0.3131011.8991
STEPHENS0.3131011.6279
GRAHAM0.3131011.2391
HARDY0.3131010.7701
HOPE0.313109.4787
HOUGHTON0.313109.2336
WINTER0.313109.0992
ATKINS0.313108.5985
TURNER0.313108.1122
WILLIAMSON0.313107.1968

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 310 people called CROSTHWAITE in Crosthwaite 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 4000.0000 in Crosthwaite means that 4000.0000% of the people in Crosthwaite on census day were called CROSTHWAITE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CROSTHWAITE 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 CROSTHWAITE 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 CROSTHWAITE 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 CROSTHWAITE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Crosthwaite means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CROSTHWAITE in Crosthwaite than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Crosthwaite in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ALLISON (13)  ARNISON (2)  ATKINS (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BELLAS (5)  BELL (2)  BARRY (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLAKE (1)  BOWMAN (2)  BEWSHER (1)  BROWN (1)  BURROWS (3)  CARTMEL (3)  COATS (1)  COOKSON (2)  CRAGHILL (1)  CREWDSON (1)  CROSTHWAITE (20)  CULLING (1)  DENNISON (1)  DIXON (2)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOVER (1)  DRUGGAN (1)  DUNGLINSON (1)  EDMONDSON (7)  FLEMING (9)  FOSTER (1)  FREEMAN (7)  GILL (1)  GOLDSMURTHEY (2)  GRAHAM (4)  GRISDALE (3)  HALL (1)  HARDY (2)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAYTON (13)  HEAP (1)  HOPE (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUDSPITH (2)  HUNTER (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (1)  KIDSON (7)  LEAKEY (1)  LANCASTER (2)  LANGTON (3)  LEARMOUTH (1)  LEDGER (2)  LEWIS (1)  LONGSTAFF (1)  MAINE (1)  MAPPIN (1)  MARK (2)  MARWICK (1)  MAWSON (6)  MC MULLEN (4)  MITCHELL (3)  MOORSON (1)  MUNNINGS (1)  MURRAY (1)  NEWTON (4)  NICHOLSON (1)  NIXON (3)  OLIVER (5)  FITZPATRICK (2)  PEARSON (1)  PHILLIP (2)  PORTER (1)  POSTLETHWAITE (5)  RECKERBY (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (22)  RUTTER (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SOWERBY (1)  STANGER (1)  STEPHENS (2)  STOULL (1)  SWINDLE (5)  TAYLOR (14)  TEASDALE (1)  THOMPSON (5)  THORNTON (1)  THWAITE (5)  TICKELL (2)  TOWNLEY (6)  TURNER (7)  WALKER (3)  WALLACE (1)  WATERS (2)  WATSON (1)  WEBB (5)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (8)  WINTER (1)  WREN (1)  WRIGHT (4)  YOUNGHUSBAND (1)