Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holme Abbey, Cumberland

Holme Abbey 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
JOHNSTON343.617044.82
GRAHAM333.510630.58
WILSON313.29797.18
ARMSTRONG282.978738.97
LITTLE242.553253.99
WOOD242.55328.01
WATSON181.91498.26
BROWN171.80852.74
PATTINSON161.7021190.25
TODD161.702133.45
IRVING151.595771.63
YOUNG141.48946.93
NICHOL131.3830128.46
SCOTT111.17024.63
NIXON111.170238.41
LANCASTER111.170247.09
BELL101.06385.66
SHARP101.063812.76
HOLLIDAY101.063881.10
STUBBS90.957436.26
CARRUTHERS90.957472.41
HENDERSON90.95748.81
BARNES80.85117.07
BRIGGS80.851115.67
MASON80.85116.33
ROBINSON80.85112.67
HALLIDAY80.851141.19
GIBSON80.85117.01
DAWSON80.85117.72
ACKERLEY70.7447510.95
HURST70.744720.85
MAXWELL70.744731.33
BECKTON70.74471,750.00
DIXON70.74476.80
JEFFERSON60.638358.77
CARSON60.638357.92
MESSENGER60.638382.76
WRIGHT60.63831.99
CARRICK60.638388.76
GASH60.6383310.88
LAWSON60.638310.83
CROSIER60.6383659.34
STAMPER60.6383281.69
PARKIN60.638323.73
MATTINSON60.6383359.28
CARLEY60.6383284.36
MARSTON60.638368.57
HARRISON60.63832.88
MOORE50.53192.66
SMITH50.53190.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BECKTON0.949401750.0000
DRAPE0.949401666.6667
CROSIER0.94940659.3407
ACKERLEY0.94940510.9489
MATTINSON0.94940359.2814
CARRIE0.94940314.4654
GASH0.94940310.8808
CARLEY0.94940284.3602
STAMPER0.94940281.6901
PATTINSON0.94940190.2497
MOUNSEY0.94940185.1852
LITTLETON0.94940178.5714
PAPE0.94940177.3050
NICHOL0.94940128.4585
CARTNER0.94940120.4819
BULMAN0.94940116.9591
CARRICK0.9494088.7574
CAPE0.9494083.3333
MESSENGER0.9494082.7586
COLLIN0.9494081.6327
HOLLIDAY0.9494081.1030
TRAINER0.9494078.1250
BLACKLOCK0.9494075.1880
VARTY0.9494074.0741
TODHUNTER0.9494073.5294
CARRUTHERS0.9494072.4055
IRVING0.9494071.6332
MARSTON0.9494068.5714
YEOMANS0.9494064.5161
BYERS0.9494061.6016
JEFFERSON0.9494058.7659
WILKIN0.9494058.2524
CARSON0.9494057.9151
RUGG0.9494054.9451
LITTLE0.9494053.9933
REAY0.9494049.0196
LANCASTER0.9494047.0890
JOHNSTON0.9494044.8194
KINNEAR0.9494043.8596
BRYSON0.9494041.6089
HALLIDAY0.9494041.1946
WISHART0.9494040.7609
PEAT0.9494040.0000
ARMSTRONG0.9494038.9701
ELLWOOD0.9494038.4615
NIXON0.9494038.4078
STUBBS0.9494036.2611
KIRKBRIDE0.9494036.1011
TODD0.9494033.4518
ACKLAND0.9494032.3625

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 940 people called BECKTON in Holme Abbey 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 1750.0000 in Holme Abbey means that 1750.0000% of the people in Holme Abbey on census day were called BECKTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BECKTON 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 BECKTON 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 BECKTON 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 BECKTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.94 in Holme Abbey means that you are 0.94 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BECKTON in Holme Abbey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holme Abbey in 1881

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

ACKERLEY (7)  ACKLAND (1)  ARMSTRONG (28)  ATKINSON (4)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BARNES (8)  BARTON (4)  BARWISE (4)  BECKTON (7)  BECKHOUSE (2)  BYERS (3)  BELL (10)  BIGLANDS (11)  BLACKBURN (2)  BLACKLOCK (3)  BLAIR (5)  BLENKENSHOP (2)  BOWMAN (1)  BRANNIFF (3)  BRIGGS (8)  BROUGH (3)  BROWN (17)  BRYSON (3)  BULMAN (4)  CAPE (2)  CARRIE (5)  CARLEY (6)  CARR (5)  CARRICK (6)  CARRUTHERS (9)  CARSON (6)  CARTNER (1)  SHERRINTON (1)  CLARK (2)  COLLIN (4)  COCKTON (1)  CROSIER (6)  DAVIDSON (5)  DAWSON (8)  DEWSNAP (8)  DENWOODIE (1)  DIXON (7)  DODD (1)  DRAPE (3)  DRUMMOND (1)  EASTON (2)  EDGAR (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLWOOD (2)  EMERSON (1)  FARLAM (6)  FAULDER (2)  FELL (1)  FERGUSON (5)  FLAXTON (7)  FOSTER (1)  GARNER (3)  GASGARTH (6)  GASH (6)  GELKERSON (1)  GIBSON (8)  GILBANKS (3)  GLAISTER (20)  GLENDOWER (1)  GOODFELLOW (2)  GORDON (2)  GRAHAM (33)  GRAINGER (4)  HALL (1)  HOLLIDAY (10)  HALLIDAY (8)  HOLEYWELL (7)  HARDEN (1)  HARRISON (6)  HENDERSON (9)  HESLOP (1)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HEWITSON (5)  HODGSON (2)  HOLDEN (4)  HOLMES (1)  HALWELL (1)  HORNABY (1)  HOXTON (1)  HUDDART (9)  HUGGAN (1)  HURST (7)  IRVING (15)  JACKSON (4)  JEFFERSON (6)  JOHNSON (5)  JOHNSTON (34)  MC KAY (2)  KINNEAR (2)  KENNEAR (6)  KIRKBRIDE (1)  O'NELL (2)  KNOTT (4)  LANCASTER (11)  LONGCAKE (8)  LAWSON (6)  LENNORE (2)  LEWIS (3)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LITTLE (24)  LITTLETON (3)  LLOYD (1)  LOMAS (3)  LONG (4)  LOWTHER (1)  MACCULLACK (3)  MC CANN (1)  MADERATE (5)  MARSTON (6)  MASON (8)  MATTINSON (6)  MATTHEWS (4)  MAXWELL (7)  DONALD (2)  MC DONALD (1)  MACKAY (1)  MC KENNALL (3)  MC VITTIE (2)  MESSENGER (6)  MILLER (2)  MOFFAT (1)  MOORE (5)  MORRISON (1)  MOUNSEY (5)  MC NEILL (9)  NICHOL (13)  NICHOLSON (1)  NIXON (11)  NOBLE (2)  NUNNEN (1)  OLLEPHANT (8)  OSBORN (2)  PAPE (5)  PARKIN (6)  PATTINSON (16)  PEAT (3)  PORTHOUSE (3)  POTTS (2)  REAY (4)  RAFFERTY (1)  RAILTON (1)  REED (3)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIDLEY (3)  ROBINSON (8)  ROBSON (1)  ROWENTREE (1)  RUGG (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SCOTT (11)  SHARP (10)  SHEPHARD (2)  SHILTON (2)  SMITH (5)  STAMPER (6)  STEEL (5)  STEPHENSON (1)  STEWART (1)  STUBBS (9)  STUDHOLME (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TODD (16)  TODHUNTER (1)  TRAINER (3)  TURNBULL (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  VARTY (1)  WATSON (18)  WAUGH (1)  WIGHTMAN (1)  WILKIN (3)  WILLIS (2)  WILSON (31)  WISE (3)  WISHART (3)  WOOD (24)  WRIGHT (6)  YEOMANS (5)  YOUNG (14)