Top surnames from the 1881 census in Staffield, Cumberland

Staffield 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
ELLIOT156.0729238.10
ELLWOOD135.2632948.91
DAVIDSON124.858357.78
BROWNRIGG104.04863,125.00
WILSON104.04868.82
LOWIS93.64372,903.23
GRAHAM93.643731.73
HOLLIDAY93.6437277.78
ROBLEY93.64376,923.08
MASON83.238924.09
BELLAS83.23893,333.33
EARL83.2389247.68
BOWES72.8340308.37
NICHOLSON62.429134.19
LITTLE62.429151.37
LEE62.429114.86
JAMES52.024310.31
PARMLEY52.02434,545.45
JOHNSON52.02436.02
ANDERSON52.024310.25
ABLE41.6194869.57
BEATY41.6194714.29
JOHNSTON41.619420.07
MURRAY41.619413.06
CHAMBERS41.619428.47
SIMPSON31.21466.94
BULMAN31.2146333.33
WATSON31.21465.24
BEATTIE31.214656.71
THOMPSON20.80972.70
WHITFIELD20.809740.57
HARRISON20.80973.65
FORRESTER20.809760.24
BAXTER10.40496.79
CLARK10.40491.35
MOUNSEY10.4049140.85
HETHERINGTON10.404932.15
RUDDICK10.4049169.49
CARTMELL10.4049200.00
ROBINSON10.40491.27
BOYD10.404911.55
LATTIN10.40493,333.33
VICKERS10.404915.77
DOHERTY10.404949.51
ARMSTRONG10.40495.30
HOWARD10.40494.13
CHARLTON10.404914.12
METCALF10.404920.00
ROUTLEDGE10.404947.62
GILL10.40495.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROBLEY0.252476923.0769
PARMLEY0.252474545.4545
LATTIN0.252473333.3333
BELLAS0.252473333.3333
BROWNRIGG0.252473125.0000
LOWIS0.252472903.2258
ELLWOOD0.25247948.9051
ABLE0.25247869.5652
BEATY0.25247714.2857
BULMAN0.25247333.3333
BOWES0.25247308.3700
HOLLIDAY0.25247277.7778
EARL0.25247247.6780
ELLIOT0.25247238.0952
MULLAN0.25247222.2222
CARTMELL0.25247200.0000
RUDDICK0.25247169.4915
MOUNSEY0.25247140.8451
POWLEY0.25247129.8701
GRIERSON0.2524772.9927
FORRESTER0.2524760.2410
DAVIDSON0.2524757.7756
BEATTIE0.2524756.7108
LITTLE0.2524751.3699
DOHERTY0.2524749.5050
ROUTLEDGE0.2524747.6190
WHITFIELD0.2524740.5680
KELLEY0.2524734.8432
NICHOLSON0.2524734.1880
HETHERINGTON0.2524732.1543
GRAHAM0.2524731.7348
WARWICK0.2524729.2398
URQUHART0.2524728.8184
CHAMBERS0.2524728.4698
MASON0.2524724.0891
JOHNSTON0.2524720.0702
METCALF0.2524720.0000
VICKERS0.2524715.7729
LEE0.2524714.8625
CHARLTON0.2524714.1243
MURRAY0.2524713.0591
BOYD0.2524711.5473
JAMES0.2524710.3050
ANDERSON0.2524710.2480
WILSON0.252478.8152
NORMAN0.252478.7336
KAY0.252477.7942
SIMPSON0.252476.9444
BAXTER0.252476.7935
JOHNSON0.252476.0248

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 247 people called ROBLEY in Staffield 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 6923.0769 in Staffield means that 6923.0769% of the people in Staffield on census day were called ROBLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROBLEY 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 ROBLEY 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 ROBLEY 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 ROBLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Staffield means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROBLEY in Staffield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Staffield in 1881

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

ABLE (4)  ANDERSON (5)  ARMSTRONG (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELLAS (8)  BEATTIE (3)  BEATY (4)  BOWES (7)  BOYD (1)  BROWNRIGG (10)  BULMAN (3)  CARTMELL (1)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (1)  DAVIDSON (12)  DOHERTY (1)  DONAKAY (1)  EARL (8)  ILLINGSWORTH (2)  ELLIOT (15)  ELLWOOD (13)  FAIRBAIRNS (1)  FETHERSTONHAUGH (2)  FORRESTER (2)  GILL (1)  GRAHAM (9)  GRIERSON (1)  HOLLIDAY (9)  HARRISON (2)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HOWARD (1)  IDLE (2)  JAMES (5)  JOHNSON (5)  JOHNSTON (4)  JOHNSTPM (1)  KAY (1)  KELLEY (1)  LEE (6)  LOWIS (9)  LATTIN (1)  LITTLE (6)  LOUTHIAN (1)  MASON (8)  METCALF (1)  MOUNSEY (1)  MULLAN (1)  MURRAY (4)  NICHOLSON (6)  NOCHER (2)  NORMAN (1)  OGILVY (1)  PARMLEY (5)  PEARSON (1)  POWLEY (1)  RAILTON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBLEY (9)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  RUDDICK (1)  SCOTT (1)  SIMPSON (3)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNBURN (1)  URQUHART (1)  VICKERS (1)  WARWICK (1)  WATSON (3)  WHITFIELD (2)  WILSON (10)