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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dacre, Cumberland

Dacre 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
THOMPSON333.402111.36
DIXON272.783525.41
ATKINSON272.783528.58
BELL262.680414.26
NICHOLSON202.061929.02
HODGEN161.64953,720.93
BATEMAN161.649563.85
NELSON151.546431.93
SLEE141.4433369.39
WALKER141.44334.31
MOUNSEY141.4433503.60
WAUGH131.340298.34
WILSON131.34022.92
STEPHENSON131.340223.43
MURRAY121.23719.98
DAWSON121.237111.22
RIDLEY121.237164.00
SCOTT111.13404.48
HARRINGTON101.030954.32
BROWN101.03091.56
GILL101.030914.57
GIBSON101.03098.49
NICHOL90.927886.21
TAYLOR90.92781.45
HARRISON90.92784.18
LANCASTER90.927837.33
TODD90.927818.23
HUGILL90.9278370.37
RAYSON80.8247287.77
CARLYLE80.8247299.63
WOODHEAD80.824744.00
FINN80.824790.40
BOLT80.8247114.12
HODGSON80.824711.90
WATSON80.82473.56
POLLOCK70.721649.68
BELLAS70.7216752.69
GARDENER70.721640.21
YOUNG70.72163.36
HARPER70.721611.27
PRESTON70.721614.45
PHILIPSON70.7216258.30
SOWERBY70.7216133.84
NEWTON70.72169.42
ROBINSON70.72162.26
PARKIN70.721626.84
DAVIDSON60.61867.36
MARTINDALE60.6186107.72
WHITHAM60.6186106.38
RELPH60.6186370.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HODGEN0.979703720.9302
SHURR0.979702500.0000
MATISON0.979702000.0000
MARCHEL0.979701250.0000
BELLAS0.97970752.6882
MOUNSEY0.97970503.5971
SANDER0.97970438.5965
PUGMIRE0.97970384.6154
HUTCHEN0.97970384.6154
RELPH0.97970370.3704
HUGILL0.97970370.3704
SLEE0.97970369.3931
TODHUNTER0.97970357.1429
CARLYLE0.97970299.6255
RAYSON0.97970287.7698
PHILIPSON0.97970258.3026
BATMAN0.97970238.0952
MUSE0.97970169.4915
GANDY0.97970153.4527
SOWERBY0.97970133.8432
BOLT0.97970114.1227
PEARS0.97970112.1076
MARTINDALE0.97970107.7199
WHITHAM0.97970106.3830
WAUGH0.9797098.3359
FINN0.9797090.3955
ELAND0.9797090.0901
NICHOL0.9797086.2069
BLISS0.9797084.1751
HOWSON0.9797082.6446
MARK0.9797081.9672
BYERS0.9797079.5229
PARRINGTON0.9797078.1250
HARKNESS0.9797073.5294
JACQUES0.9797072.9927
RIDLEY0.9797064.0000
BATEMAN0.9797063.8468
JANSON0.9797063.2911
HORE0.9797059.8802
MARRIOT0.9797059.8802
BLAYLOCK0.9797059.1716
CODLING0.9797058.6510
MILLICAN0.9797054.6448
HARRINGTON0.9797054.3183
MALLINSON0.9797050.0000
POLLOCK0.9797049.6806
BRUNSKILL0.9797044.4444
WOODHEAD0.9797044.0044
BOSTOCK0.9797043.9078
GARDENER0.9797040.2068

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 970 people called HODGEN in Dacre 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 3720.9302 in Dacre means that 3720.9302% of the people in Dacre on census day were called HODGEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HODGEN 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 HODGEN 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 HODGEN 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 HODGEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.97 in Dacre means that you are 0.97 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HODGEN in Dacre than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dacre in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ELAND (1)  ALLINSON (7)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (27)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BANKS (6)  BIRTLES (1)  BATMAN (1)  BATEMAN (16)  BELLAS (7)  BYERS (4)  BELL (26)  BENSON (2)  BIGGIN (5)  BILLS (1)  BIRD (2)  BIRKBECK (1)  BLACKBURN (6)  BLACKETT-ORD (6)  BLAYLOCK (1)  BLISS (5)  BOLT (8)  BONNISS (4)  BORROWDALE (5)  BOSTOCK (4)  BOWMAN (1)  BOYD (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRISCOE (1)  BROGLIE (1)  BROWN (10)  BRUNSKILL (1)  BRYANT (1)  BUCKLE (1)  BURNE (1)  BURN (2)  BURNS (1)  BUTTERFIELD (4)  CARLYLE (8)  CARRICK (1)  CARRUTHERS (4)  CLARK (4)  CLEMENTSON (1)  COATES (6)  CODLING (2)  COOPER (1)  MC COSS (4)  COULTHARD (1)  CROSBY (4)  DAVIDSON (6)  DAWSON (12)  DENNISON (1)  DIXON (27)  DOBBS (1)  DOBSON (1)  DODD (2)  EDMONDSON (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELLISON (1)  FALLOWFIND (4)  FAWCETT (5)  FELL (1)  FIELDING (1)  FINN (8)  FISHER (1)  FLEMING (1)  FAWKES (2)  GANDY (6)  GARDENER (7)  GIBSON (10)  GILL (10)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GRAHAM (4)  GREEN (4)  GREENHOW (7)  GRISDALE (3)  HALL (1)  HARKNESS (4)  HARPER (7)  HARRINGTON (10)  HARRINSON (5)  HARRISON (9)  HASEL (4)  HAWKINS (2)  HINDE (1)  HORE (2)  HOBSON (4)  HODGEN (16)  HODGSON (8)  HODGSEN (1)  HODYEN (1)  HOGG (2)  HOLDER (1)  HUDLESS (1)  HORRACKS (1)  HOUSBY (13)  HOWE (1)  HOWSON (5)  HUGILL (9)  HUTCHEN (1)  INGLEDEW (4)  JACQUES (6)  JACKSON (3)  JAMES (1)  JANSON (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (3)  JOHNSTON (2)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JONES (1)  KELLET (5)  KIDD (1)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  KITCHEN (3)  LANCASTER (9)  LAYCOCK (5)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (2)  LITTLE (3)  LIVENSTONE (1)  LAIDLOW (1)  MALLINSON (4)  MALLISON (1)  MARK (4)  MARRIOT (1)  MARCHEL (1)  MARTINDALE (6)  MATISON (1)  MACALESTER (2)  DONALD (1)  MC MYN (1)  MESSENGER (1)  MEDCALF (1)  MILLICAN (1)  MITCHEL (2)  MOFFAT (5)  MORTLOCK (1)  MOSSOP (1)  MOLD (1)  MOUNSEY (14)  MURRAY (12)  MUSE (1)  NAPPIN (1)  NELSON (15)  NEWTON (7)  NICHOL (9)  NICHOLSON (20)  NIXON (5)  NOBLE (4)  ORMANDBY (1)  PARK (6)  PARKER (4)  PARKIN (7)  PARKINS (1)  PARRINGTON (1)  PATTERSON (1)  PATTINSON (3)  PEARS (5)  PEARSON (1)  PHILIPSON (7)  PLEDGE (1)  PUGMIRE (1)  POLLOCK (7)  POOLEY (3)  PRESTON (7)  PROCTOR (5)  REAY (1)  RATSON (1)  RAYSON (8)  RICHARDSON (5)  RIDLEY (12)  RITSON (1)  ROBERTSHAW (1)  ROBINSON (7)  RUDDHAM (1)  RELPH (6)  ROWE (4)  RUDD (2)  SANGLEY (4)  SARGINSON (6)  SANDER (5)  SAVAGE (5)  SAWTHWAITE (4)  SCHOLLICK (2)  SCOTT (11)  SHURR (1)  SEWELL (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SISSON (1)  SLEE (14)  SMITH (1)  SOWERBY (7)  STEPHENS (1)  STEPHENSON (13)  STOGDALE (1)  TALLENTIRE (9)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMPSON (33)  TINNISWOOD (2)  TODD (9)  TODHUNTER (5)  TRUEMAN (1)  WAKEFIELD (1)  WALKER (14)  WATSON (8)  WATT (4)  WAUGH (13)  WHITE (5)  WHITHAM (6)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (13)  WISHART (1)  WOODHEAD (8)  YOUNG (7)