Top surnames from the 1881 census in Midgeholme, Cumberland

Midgeholme 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
MASON117.638956.82
HUTCHINSON117.6389134.47
ROBSON106.9444105.49
THOMPSON106.944423.18
TODD96.2500122.78
COATES96.2500167.60
RITSON85.55561,379.31
WAUGH74.8611357.14
METCALF74.8611239.73
COWAN53.4722170.07
TEASDALE42.7778327.87
BELL42.777814.78
SMITH42.77781.97
ARMSTRONG32.083327.25
HILLIARD32.0833769.23
RANKIN32.0833140.19
PATTINSON32.0833232.56
SHIPLEY21.3889157.48
HOOK21.388993.90
CROWE21.3889138.89
CHARTERS10.6944256.41
JACKSON10.69442.49
GREEN10.69442.47
WHITTAKER10.694414.66
MURRAY10.69445.60
BROWN10.69441.05
STANLEY10.694418.05
GOODMAN10.694423.81
MILLER10.69443.88
MANN10.694413.18
HUNTER10.69446.76
ROBINSON10.69442.18
HENDERSON10.69446.39
TWEDDLE10.6944200.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RITSON0.141441379.3103
HILLIARD0.14144769.2308
WAUGH0.14144357.1429
TEASDALE0.14144327.8689
CHARTERS0.14144256.4103
METCALF0.14144239.7260
PATTINSON0.14144232.5581
TWEDDLE0.14144200.0000
COWAN0.14144170.0680
COATES0.14144167.5978
SHIPLEY0.14144157.4803
RANKIN0.14144140.1869
CROWE0.14144138.8889
HUTCHINSON0.14144134.4743
TODD0.14144122.7831
ROBSON0.14144105.4852
HOOK0.1414493.8967
MASON0.1414456.8182
ARMSTRONG0.1414427.2480
GOODMAN0.1414423.8095
THOMPSON0.1414423.1803
STANLEY0.1414418.0505
BELL0.1414414.7820
WHITTAKER0.1414414.6628
MANN0.1414413.1752
HUNTER0.141446.7613
HENDERSON0.141446.3898
MURRAY0.141445.5991
MILLER0.141443.8805
JACKSON0.141442.4851
GREEN0.141442.4661
ROBINSON0.141442.1782
SMITH0.141441.9673
BROWN0.141441.0535

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 144 people called RITSON in Midgeholme 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 1379.3103 in Midgeholme means that 1379.3103% of the people in Midgeholme on census day were called RITSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RITSON 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 RITSON 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 RITSON 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 RITSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Midgeholme means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RITSON in Midgeholme than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Midgeholme in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (3)  TELFORD (ARMSTRONG) (2)  BELL (4)  BROWN (1)  CHARTERS (1)  COATES (9)  COWAN (5)  CROWE (2)  GOODMAN (1)  GREEN (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HILLIARD (3)  PATTINSON (HILLIARD) (2)  HUNTER (1)  HOOK (2)  HUTCHINSON (11)  JACKSON (1)  LOWTHIAN (3)  MANN (1)  MARTINOS (2)  MASON (11)  METCALF (7)  MILLER (1)  MORCRIEFF (3)  MURRAY (1)  PATTINSON (3)  PURNIN (1)  RANKIN (3)  RITSON (8)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBSON (10)  SHIPLEY (2)  SMITH (4)  STANLEY (1)  TEASDALE (4)  THOMPSON (10)  TODD (9)  TWEDDLE (1)  WAUGH (7)  WHITTAKER (1)