Top surnames from the 1881 census in Skelton, Cumberland

Skelton 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
TURNER293.994514.35
RICHARDSON202.754816.18
TOPPIN192.61712,878.79
WILSON192.61715.70
BELL192.617113.93
HETHERINGTON172.3416185.79
BAINBRIDGE172.3416166.67
SIMPSON172.341613.39
DAVIDSON162.203926.21
ROBINSON152.06616.48
ATKINSON152.066121.21
EARL131.7906136.99
THOMPSON121.65295.52
HOWSON121.6529264.90
HARTNESS121.65297,058.82
SALKELD121.6529736.20
HAMILTON111.515220.20
HODGSON101.377419.88
CLARK101.37744.58
SANDERSON91.239730.01
HARRISON91.23975.58
SCOTT91.23974.90
SANDER91.23971,058.82
WALKER91.23973.70
IRVING91.239755.66
JACKSON91.23974.44
WETHERELL81.1019571.43
ANDERSON81.10195.58
WHITFIELD81.101955.17
GRAHAM81.10199.60
JOHNSTON81.101913.65
MOFFAT70.964253.23
GRAY70.96426.75
YOUNG70.96424.49
WALLACE60.826412.07
BOWMAN60.826431.65
GIBSON60.82646.81
STAMPER60.8264363.64
STRONG50.688746.13
ARMSTRONG50.68879.01
MORLEY50.688717.23
WATSON50.68872.97
THOMLINSON50.6887378.79
MILLER50.68873.85
WEARING50.6887225.23
WORKMAN50.6887104.60
ENTWISTLE40.551031.65
IRELAND40.551023.74
HOLLIDAY40.551042.02
MARTIN40.55102.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARTNESS0.737267058.8235
GRHAM0.737265000.0000
TOPPIN0.737262878.7879
THRELKELD0.737261071.4286
SANDER0.737261058.8235
VEACH0.73726769.2308
SALKELD0.73726736.1963
WETHERELL0.73726571.4286
THOMLINSON0.73726378.7879
STAMPER0.73726363.6364
LATTIMER0.73726297.0297
HOWSON0.73726264.9007
BROUGHAM0.73726263.1579
ROBLEY0.73726256.4103
WEARING0.73726225.2252
MAVER0.73726217.3913
HETHERINGTON0.73726185.7923
BOUSTEAD0.73726181.8182
BAINBRIDGE0.73726166.6667
CARTNER0.73726156.2500
EARL0.73726136.9863
JEANS0.73726122.9508
MONKHOUSE0.73726118.3432
WORKMAN0.73726104.6025
CRUIKSHANK0.7372692.5926
CROSTHWAITE0.7372685.4701
PATTINSON0.7372661.5385
IRVING0.7372655.6586
WHITFIELD0.7372655.1724
MOSES0.7372653.8358
MOFFAT0.7372653.2319
CARLYLE0.7372650.0000
IVESON0.7372648.3092
STRONG0.7372646.1255
LAMBIE0.7372642.1941
HOLLIDAY0.7372642.0168
SANDFORD0.7372638.6847
NICHOL0.7372638.3632
USHER0.7372637.4532
STOCKDALE0.7372635.3982
ROUTLEDGE0.7372632.3625
BOWMAN0.7372631.6456
ENTWISTLE0.7372631.6456
FORRESTER0.7372630.7692
SANDERSON0.7372630.0100
OGILVIE0.7372628.4900
DAVIDSON0.7372626.2123
WILKIN0.7372625.1256
MAUGHAN0.7372624.6914
IRELAND0.7372623.7389

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 726 people called HARTNESS in Skelton 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 7058.8235 in Skelton means that 7058.8235% of the people in Skelton on census day were called HARTNESS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARTNESS 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 HARTNESS 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 HARTNESS 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 HARTNESS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Skelton means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARTNESS in Skelton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Skelton in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ANDERSON (8)  ARMSTRONG (5)  ARNISON (4)  ASHBRIDGE (1)  ATHERTON (1)  ATKINSON (15)  ATSON (1)  BAINBRIDGE (17)  BELL (19)  BIRD (1)  BLACK (1)  BORROWDALE (1)  BOUSTEAD (1)  BOWERBANK (1)  BOWMAN (6)  BOWNESS (4)  BROUGHAM (2)  BROWN (2)  CARLYLE (1)  CARR (1)  CARTNER (1)  CHAMBERS (3)  CLARK (10)  CLEMENTSON (2)  CONNOR (1)  CROSTHWAITE (1)  CRUIKSHANK (1)  DAVIDSON (16)  DENT (2)  DIXON (1)  DOBSON (1)  EARL (13)  EDGAR (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ENTWISTLE (4)  FERGUSON (1)  FISHER (2)  FLEMING (1)  FORRESTER (3)  FOSTER (1)  FRENCH (1)  GASGARTH (1)  GIBSON (6)  GOUGH (1)  GRHAM (1)  GRAHAM (8)  GRAY (7)  GREEN (1)  GRINDAL (6)  GRISEDALE (3)  HOLLIDAY (4)  HAMILTON (11)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (9)  HARTNESS (12)  HADDON (1)  HEAD (2)  HESMONELHALEGH (1)  HETHERINGTON (17)  HEWITSON (5)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (10)  HOWSON (12)  HUNT (1)  IRELAND (4)  IRVING (9)  IVESON (1)  JACKSON (9)  JEANS (3)  JOPSON (6)  JOHNSON (2)  JOHNSTON (8)  JONES (1)  KENNEDY (1)  KIRKUP (1)  KNUBLEY (1)  LAMBIE (1)  LATTIMER (3)  LEEMING (1)  LIGHTBURN (7)  LITTLE (3)  LOVEGROVE (2)  MARTIN (4)  MASON (3)  MAUGHAN (1)  MAVER (1)  MAWSON (1)  MC INNES (1)  MC MILLAN (1)  MC AVOY (2)  MILLER (5)  MOFFAT (7)  MONKHOUSE (2)  MONNINGTON (8)  MORLEY (5)  MORTLOCK (3)  MORTON (1)  MOSES (4)  MURRAY (1)  NANSON (5)  NAYLOR (3)  NELSON (3)  NICHOL (3)  NICHOLSON (1)  NOBLE (4)  OGILVIE (2)  PARKER (4)  PATTINSON (4)  PEEL (1)  PEASCOD (7)  PICKERING (1)  REED (1)  REID (1)  RICHARDSON (20)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBINSON (15)  ROBLEY (1)  ROUTLEDGE (2)  SALKELD (12)  SANDERSON (9)  SANDFORD (2)  SANDER (9)  SCOTT (9)  SEWELL (3)  SIMPSON (17)  SLACK (1)  SMITH (1)  STAMPER (6)  STEEL (2)  STEWART (1)  STOCKDALE (2)  STRONG (5)  SWAINSON (1)  TALLONTIRE (5)  TELFORD (1)  THOMPSON (12)  THRELKELD (3)  TINNISWOOD (1)  THOMLINSON (5)  TOPPIN (19)  TURNBULL (2)  TURNER (29)  TYLER (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  USHER (3)  VARIE (2)  VEACH (1)  WAITING (1)  WALKER (9)  WALLACE (6)  WEARING (5)  WARWICK (1)  WATSON (5)  WATT (1)  WELLS (2)  WETHERELL (8)  WHITFIELD (8)  WEEDY (4)  WIEDMER (2)  WILKINS (2)  WILKIN (1)  WILSON (19)  WOOD (1)  WORKMAN (5)  WAITE (1)  YOUNG (7)