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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stainton, Cumberland

Stainton 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
JOHNSTON313.681745.62
LITTLE273.206767.81
SCOTT202.37539.39
REAY192.2565259.92
MORRISON182.137827.20
GRAHAM182.137818.62
BELL151.78159.48
DIXON121.425213.01
PATTINSON111.3064146.08
CAMPBELL101.18767.02
DOWELL101.1876236.97
ASQUITH101.1876202.84
REED101.187616.27
TAIT101.187640.34
PARKINSON91.068922.28
BULMAN91.0689293.16
FAIRBAIRN91.0689144.69
ELLIOT80.950137.24
FARQUHAR80.9501122.14
BROWN80.95011.44
BONE80.950151.25
SHIELDS80.950161.49
RELPH80.9501567.38
HOPE80.950127.91
SINCLAIR80.950118.42
TOD70.8314213.41
KERR70.831415.24
COULTHARD70.8314148.94
SMITH70.83140.59
BOLT70.8314114.94
HAMILTON70.831411.08
DOUGLAS70.831417.16
ROBERTSON70.83144.96
BARCLAY70.831440.39
ROAN60.71261,000.00
LEWIS60.71262.71
HODGSON60.712610.28
JACKSON60.71262.55
LINDSAY60.712621.87
WRIGHT60.71262.22
TAYLOR60.71261.11
WILLIAMS60.71260.99
BOWMAN60.712627.29
SPARKS60.712647.13
HERRON50.5938166.11
FROST50.593810.56
BARBOUR50.5938107.99
ROBINSON50.59381.86
METCALFE50.593826.00
DUNNE50.5938182.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CANTIN0.848425000.0000
LAPAGE0.848425000.0000
FRIDGE0.848422307.6923
ROAN0.848421000.0000
RELPH0.84842567.3759
JAMISON0.84842297.6190
BULMAN0.84842293.1596
WEATHERLY0.84842285.7143
ORMAN0.84842265.4867
REAY0.84842259.9179
HAUGH0.84842240.0000
DOWELL0.84842236.9668
TOD0.84842213.4146
BRISCO0.84842204.0816
HALLIBURTON0.84842204.0816
ASQUITH0.84842202.8398
BATY0.84842196.0784
WESTMORLAND0.84842188.6792
DUNNE0.84842182.4818
HERRON0.84842166.1130
BOUSTEAD0.84842158.7302
COULTHARD0.84842148.9362
PATTINSON0.84842146.0823
FAIRBAIRN0.84842144.6945
FULLERTON0.84842140.4494
SEALE0.84842134.2282
TIFFIN0.84842133.3333
FARQUHAR0.84842122.1374
OLIPHANT0.84842121.9512
STURGEON0.84842117.6471
BOLT0.84842114.9425
BURROUGH0.84842109.8901
BARBOUR0.84842107.9914
BEATY0.84842104.1667
MEIN0.84842104.1667
BIRRELL0.8484297.5610
DINSDALE0.8484292.1659
VINCE0.8484278.5855
SHIELD0.8484278.3290
ROUTLEDGE0.8484269.8324
BLAYLOCK0.8484268.0272
LITTLE0.8484267.8051
MARTINDALE0.8484262.1118
SHIELDS0.8484261.4912
LOWES0.8484261.3497
CREIGHTON0.8484260.2410
MACINTOSH0.8484254.9451
EMERSON0.8484251.4580
BONE0.8484251.2492
MONKHOUSE0.8484251.0204

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 842 people called CANTIN in Stainton 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 5000.0000 in Stainton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Stainton on census day were called CANTIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CANTIN 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 CANTIN 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 CANTIN 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 CANTIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.84 in Stainton means that you are 0.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CANTIN in Stainton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stainton in 1881

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

ALLISON (4)  AMOS (1)  ASQUITH (10)  ATKIN (1)  WILKINSON ((ATKINSON)) (2)  ATKINSON (3)  BARBOUR (5)  BARCLAY (7)  BARNFATHER (5)  BATY (4)  BEATTIE (1)  BEATY (2)  BELL (15)  BERTRAM (1)  BLACK (1)  BLAIN (1)  BLAMIRE (2)  BLAYLOCK (1)  BOLT (7)  BOND (2)  BONE (8)  BOUSTEAD (1)  BOWMAN (6)  BEWSHER (1)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRISCO (1)  BROUGH (4)  BROWN (8)  BRYANT (4)  BULMAN (9)  BULMORE (2)  BIRRELL (4)  BURROUGH (2)  CAMPBELL (10)  CANTIN (1)  CARRUTHERS (2)  CHURCH (2)  CLARK (1)  CLENNING (3)  COULTHARD (7)  CRAIG (1)  CREIGHTON (2)  DALTON (3)  DAVIDSON (4)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEWERS (1)  DINSDALE (4)  DIXON (12)  DOBBIE (8)  DODD (1)  DOUGLAS (7)  DUCKWORTH (3)  DUNNE (5)  ELLIOT (8)  EMERSON (3)  EMMERSON (4)  ERRINGTON (1)  FAIRBAIRN (9)  FARQUHAR (8)  FAWCET (2)  FEDDON (1)  FERVET (8)  FINLAY (1)  FORSTER (3)  FOX (2)  FRENCH (1)  FRIDGE (3)  FROST (5)  FULLERTON (5)  GIBSON (2)  GLENDINING (2)  GLENKIN (1)  GODDARD (1)  GRAHAM (18)  GRISDALE (1)  HADFIELD (2)  HALLIBURTON (1)  HALL (4)  HAMILTON (7)  HANNAH (3)  HARRISON (3)  HAUGH (3)  HAY (5)  HAYTON (2)  MC HENRY (1)  HERRON (5)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (6)  HOPE (8)  HOWE (1)  INNES (1)  IRVING (4)  IVISON (4)  JACKSON (6)  JAMES (3)  JAMISON (5)  JEFFERSON (1)  JEFFREY (5)  JOHNSTON (31)  KERR (7)  KNUBLEY (2)  LAPAGE (4)  LAWSON (1)  LEIGHTON ((SPARKS)) (2)  LEWIS (6)  LIDDLE (2)  LINDSAY (6)  LINDSEY (1)  LINTON (1)  LITTLE (27)  LOWES (3)  MARTINDALE (3)  MATHISON (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  DOWELL (10)  MACINTOSH (2)  MC INTOSH (3)  MACKAY (3)  MC MASTER (1)  QUEEN (1)  MEIN (1)  METCALFE (5)  MISHKELLY (5)  MITCHELL (1)  MOFFAT (1)  MONKHOUSE (1)  MOORE (4)  MORRISON (18)  MULCASTER (1)  MURPHY (1)  NICHOLSON (3)  NOBLE (1)  NORVAL (6)  OLIPHANT (4)  ORMAN (3)  PAGE (4)  PALMER (2)  PARK (2)  PARKER (3)  PARKINSON (9)  PATTINSON (11)  PEAT (1)  PHILLIPS (3)  PHILIPS (3)  PICKERING (1)  POTTS (1)  REAY (19)  RAILTON (5)  RAMSAY (3)  REED (10)  REID (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  RIMNER (2)  ROAN (6)  ROBESON ((ROBERTS)) (2)  ROBERTSON (7)  ROBINSON (5)  ROGERSON (3)  RELPH (8)  ROUTLEDGE (5)  SEALE (2)  SCOTT (20)  SEWELL (1)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (1)  SHERWOOD (4)  SHIELDS (8)  SHIELD (3)  SHIBBS (2)  SHIVEY ? (1)  SHUBBS (3)  SILFORD (8)  SIMPSON (1)  SINCLAIR (8)  SKELTON (3)  SMELLIE (8)  SMITH (7)  SPARKS (6)  STEAD (4)  STURGEON (4)  TAIT (10)  TALLENTIRE (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TELFORD (1)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNBURN (4)  TIFFIN (2)  TOD (7)  TWEDDLE (1)  WANNOP (5)  WATERS (3)  WAUGH (2)  WEATHERLY (3)  WESTMORLAND (2)  WIGSTON (8)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (5)  VINCE (4)  WRIGHT (6)  YOUNG (1)