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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Clifton, Cumberland

Great Clifton 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
WILSON424.31219.39
HOLLIDAY262.6694203.60
JACKSON232.36148.45
KENDALL232.3614109.68
ROBINSON212.15616.76
MITCHELL191.95079.62
STEEL191.950747.86
HARDY191.950732.57
DYKES181.8480268.66
STEPHENSON151.540026.92
ROTHERY151.5400417.83
HODGSON141.437420.74
BLACK141.437422.20
PATTINSON131.3347149.08
WALLACE111.129416.49
KERR111.129420.71
BURNETT111.129440.82
FIDDLER90.9240428.57
NEALY90.92404,500.00
HENDERSON90.92408.50
HOLMES90.92407.59
THOMPSON90.92403.08
WEDGEWOOD90.92401,011.24
IRELAND80.821435.38
PURDOM80.82142,051.28
BROWNLEE80.8214237.39
BRIGGS80.821415.12
WRIGHT80.82142.56
PARKER80.82144.32
GRAHAM70.71876.26
MESSENGER70.718793.21
KENNEDY70.718711.92
JENKINSON70.718741.03
ALLAN70.718711.45
POOL70.718762.00
MONTGOMERY70.718745.28
DAVISON70.718720.10
SHOW60.61602,222.22
PLASKETT60.6160821.92
FOX60.61606.64
BELL60.61603.28
RIDLEY60.616031.88
DALZELL60.6160476.19
COWEN60.6160112.36
HORMAN60.6160882.35
DEVLIN60.616075.28
FISHER60.61605.26
RICHARDSON60.61603.62
ISMAY60.6160594.06
NEWTON60.61608.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
NEALY0.979744500.0000
ENGLEBY0.979743333.3333
CORNELIOUS0.979742941.1765
GORLEY0.979742222.2222
SHOW0.979742222.2222
PURDOM0.979742051.2821
WEDGEWOOD0.979741011.2360
HANNS0.97974909.0909
HORMAN0.97974882.3529
PLASKETT0.97974821.9178
ISMAY0.97974594.0594
DALZELL0.97974476.1905
FIDDLER0.97974428.5714
ROTHERY0.97974417.8273
DONLEY0.97974370.3704
HEATHERINGTON0.97974344.8276
DYKES0.97974268.6567
BROWNLEE0.97974237.3887
HARCUS0.97974236.2205
BRITT0.97974231.2139
HOLLIDAY0.97974203.6022
COGGINS0.97974196.8504
NIEL0.97974181.8182
FEARON0.97974163.9344
SPROAT0.97974157.0681
PATTINSON0.97974149.0826
TEAR0.97974144.9275
MURDOCK0.97974141.6431
KIRKBRIDE0.97974139.3728
CALDERWOOD0.97974114.2857
COWEN0.97974112.3596
KENDALL0.97974109.6805
BUSHBY0.97974104.7120
DALRYMPLE0.9797494.3396
MESSENGER0.9797493.2091
RODGERSON0.9797483.3333
MATTOCK0.9797479.0514
DEVLIN0.9797475.2823
MILBURN0.9797469.0449
POOL0.9797462.0018
FEE0.9797460.2410
YEATES0.9797455.7621
PENNEY0.9797455.7621
STEEL0.9797447.8589
DOVER0.9797445.5581
MONTGOMERY0.9797445.2781
RUSSEL0.9797444.6429
EMERSON0.9797444.4444
SAMSON0.9797443.1034
FERRIS0.9797441.5369

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 974 people called NEALY in Great Clifton 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 4500.0000 in Great Clifton means that 4500.0000% of the people in Great Clifton on census day were called NEALY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Great Clifton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ALLAN (7)  ANDERSON (3)  ARMSTRONG (4)  BAILEY (1)  BANKS (5)  BARNES (2)  BECK (5)  BELL (6)  BLACK (14)  BLACKBURN (3)  BOWEN (2)  BOWES (1)  BRITT (4)  BRIGGS (8)  BROWN (3)  BROWNLEE (8)  BURNETT (11)  BUSHBY (4)  CALDERWOOD (4)  CAMERON (5)  CARRUTHERS (2)  CASSON (1)  CHARLTON (4)  CLARK (4)  MC CLEMENTS (4)  CLIEMONSON (1)  COGGINS (5)  CORNELIOUS (5)  COWEN (6)  CRAIGG (4)  CROOK (5)  DALRYMPLE (4)  DALZELL (6)  DAVISON (7)  DEVLIN (6)  DYKES (18)  DONLEY (3)  DOVER (2)  DYKER (3)  EADIE (1)  EMERSON (3)  EUSTON (3)  FEE (1)  FEARON (4)  FERRIS (4)  FIDDLER (9)  FISHER (6)  FLEMING (2)  FORREST (1)  FOSTER (4)  FOULSTON (1)  FOX (6)  FREASER (7)  FRASER (6)  FROST (4)  GIBSON (5)  GOULDING (2)  GOLIGLY (1)  GORLEY (6)  GRAHAM (7)  GUNSON (8)  HOLLIDAY (26)  HANNS (3)  HARCUS (3)  HARDY (19)  HENDERSON (9)  HORMAN (6)  HETHERINGTON (3)  HEATHERINGTON (3)  HODGSON (14)  HOLEMS (2)  HOLMES (9)  HUGHES (1)  HUTCHINSON (6)  ENGLEBY (1)  INGLES (1)  IRELAND (8)  ISMAY (6)  IVISON (8)  JACKSON (23)  JEFFERSON (1)  JENKINSON (7)  JOHNSTON (4)  MC KEAY (1)  NEEN (27)  KENDALL (23)  KENNEDY (7)  KENYON (3)  KERR (11)  KIRKBRIDE (4)  LIGHTFOOT (2)  LITTLE (3)  M...TON (1)  MC CANCE (1)  MARTIN (2)  MATTOCK (2)  MC COULLOUGH (2)  MC COLLOUGH (2)  MC DONALD (1)  MC DOWALL (3)  MC FARLAND (5)  MC GIMPSEY (2)  MC TEAR (5)  NEALY (9)  MC MASTER (1)  MERRY (1)  MESSENGER (7)  MILBURN (6)  MITCHELL (19)  MITCHINSON (1)  MOFFAT (4)  MONTGOMERY (7)  MOOR (4)  MUIR (5)  MURDOCK (5)  MURRAY (3)  NIEL (1)  NEESHAM (2)  NEWTON (6)  NIXON (1)  PARKER (8)  PATTINSON (13)  PEARSON (2)  PENNEY (3)  PLASKETT (6)  PLASKET (8)  POOL (7)  POTTS (4)  PURDOM (8)  RAE (3)  RAEY (6)  RAVEN (1)  REDFERN (4)  RENNOLDS (2)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIDLEY (6)  ROBERTSON (3)  ROBINSON (21)  RODGERSON (1)  ROTHERY (15)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  RUDDICH (1)  RUSSEL (3)  SAMSON (3)  SCOTT (5)  SHORTRIGGS (1)  SHOW (6)  SIMON (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (2)  SOMMERVILL (5)  SPENCE (3)  SPROAT (3)  STABLES (2)  STEEL (19)  STEPHENSON (15)  STRANIX (1)  TERWART (1)  THOMPSON (9)  TINNION (25)  TUNSTALL (1)  TWIDDLE (2)  TEAR (2)  TYSON (3)  VARAH (5)  VICKERS (1)  WALKER (3)  WALLACE (11)  WALES (3)  WARD (1)  WEDGEWOOD (9)  WHITE (5)  WILSON (42)  WOOD (3)  WOODIMAN (1)  WRIGHT (8)  YEATES (3)  YOUNG (1)