Top surnames from the 1881 census in Plumpton Wall, Cumberland

Plumpton Wall 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
WATSON205.797124.99
IRVING174.9275221.07
SIMPSON174.927528.17
NICHOLSON164.637765.28
ATKINSON92.608726.79
ARMSTRONG92.608734.13
SISSON82.3188879.12
GOULDING82.3188237.39
RAVEN82.3188275.86
PARKER82.318812.19
VARTY72.02901,400.00
BLAYLOCK72.02901,166.67
WORKMAN72.0290308.37
STALKER72.0290411.76
STEEL61.739142.67
JACKSON61.73916.22
GRAHAM61.739115.15
BLADES51.4493255.10
GIBSON51.449311.94
COULTHARD51.4493259.07
HALLIBURTON51.44932,500.00
DAVIDSON41.159413.79
TODD41.159422.78
HESKETT41.15942,000.00
FURNESS41.1594144.93
SEWELL30.869641.15
GRIFFITH30.869626.69
REAY30.8696100.00
STAMPER30.8696384.62
HARRISON20.57972.61
CLAPHAM20.579767.34
STOUT20.5797121.21
TAYLOR20.57970.91
REED20.57977.94
HUNTER20.57975.64
ROBINSON20.57971.82
BRUNSKILL20.5797250.00
BIRD20.57977.59
HUMPHREYS20.579716.46
PARKIN10.289910.78
WHITHAM10.289949.75
HETHERINGTON10.289922.99
MURRAY10.28992.34
ABBOTT10.28996.57
LOVE10.289912.22
TIFFIN10.2899163.93
HALL10.28990.99
RICHARDSON10.28991.70
BELL10.28991.54
HOWE10.28997.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HALLIBURTON0.353452500.0000
HESKETT0.353452000.0000
VARTY0.353451400.0000
BLAYLOCK0.353451166.6667
PUGMIRE0.353451111.1111
SCAFE0.353451000.0000
SISSON0.35345879.1209
CARLETON0.35345476.1905
STALKER0.35345411.7647
STAMPER0.35345384.6154
WORKMAN0.35345308.3700
RAVEN0.35345275.8621
COULTHARD0.35345259.0674
BLADES0.35345255.1020
BRUNSKILL0.35345250.0000
GOULDING0.35345237.3887
IRVING0.35345221.0663
TIFFIN0.35345163.9344
FURNESS0.35345144.9275
STOUT0.35345121.2121
BATY0.35345119.0476
REAY0.35345100.0000
CLAPHAM0.3534567.3401
TINKLER0.3534567.1141
NICHOLSON0.3534565.2795
ELLWOOD0.3534552.3560
HARKNESS0.3534551.8135
WHITHAM0.3534549.7512
STEEL0.3534542.6743
SEWELL0.3534541.1523
ARMSTRONG0.3534534.1297
HESLOP0.3534533.7838
SIMPSON0.3534528.1737
ATKINSON0.3534526.7857
GRIFFITH0.3534526.6904
WATSON0.3534524.9906
HETHERINGTON0.3534522.9885
TODD0.3534522.7790
MOOR0.3534520.7039
HUMPHREYS0.3534516.4609
GRAHAM0.3534515.1477
SINGLETON0.3534514.6628
AINSWORTH0.3534514.6413
DAVIDSON0.3534513.7883
DALTON0.3534512.6263
LOVE0.3534512.2249
PARKER0.3534512.1914
GIBSON0.3534511.9389
STUBBS0.3534510.9769
PARKIN0.3534510.7759

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 345 people called HALLIBURTON in Plumpton Wall 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 2500.0000 in Plumpton Wall means that 2500.0000% of the people in Plumpton Wall on census day were called HALLIBURTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HALLIBURTON 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 HALLIBURTON 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 HALLIBURTON 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 HALLIBURTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Plumpton Wall means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HALLIBURTON in Plumpton Wall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Plumpton Wall in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  AINSWORTH (1)  ARMSTRONG (9)  ATKINSON (9)  BARDGETT (4)  BATY (1)  BELL (1)  BIRD (2)  BIRKET (1)  BLACKSTOK (8)  BLADES (5)  BLAYLOCK (7)  BRUNSKILL (2)  CARLETON (1)  CLAPHAM (2)  COULTHARD (5)  DALTON (1)  DAVIDSON (4)  DOUTHWAITE (1)  ELLWOOD (1)  FOSTER (1)  FURNESS (4)  GIBSON (5)  GOULDING (8)  GRAHAM (6)  GRIFFITH (3)  HALLIBURTON (5)  HALL (1)  HARKNESS (1)  HARRISON (2)  HESKETT (4)  HESLOP (1)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HOGG (1)  HOWE (1)  HUDDART (3)  HUMPHREYS (2)  HUNTER (2)  IRVING (17)  JACKSON (6)  JEMESON (1)  KENNEDY (1)  LONGRIGG (1)  LAZONBY (6)  LOWTHIAN (25)  LOVE (1)  LOUNSON (5)  MC NIELE (3)  MILLER (1)  MOOR (1)  MOUSEY (1)  MURRAY (1)  NANSON (1)  NICHOLSON (16)  OSTLE (3)  PALESTER (1)  PARKER (8)  PARKIN (1)  PICKRING (1)  PUGMIRE (1)  REAY (3)  RAVEN (8)  REED (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (2)  SCAFE (1)  SEWELL (3)  SCAIF (1)  SIMPSON (17)  SINGLETON (1)  SISSON (8)  SMITH (1)  STALKER (7)  STAMPER (3)  STEEL (6)  STOUT (2)  STUBBS (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THWAITS (1)  TIFFIN (1)  TINKLER (1)  TINNISWOOD (3)  TODD (4)  VARTY (7)  VIETCH (1)  WALKER (1)  WATSON (20)  WESTGARTH (9)  WHITHAM (1)  WILSON (1)  WORKMAN (7)