Top surnames from the 1881 census in Waberthwaite, Cumberland

Waberthwaite 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
SOUTHWARD105.15462,439.02
DODGSON105.15461,063.83
ATKINSON84.123742.33
KNOWLES84.123777.22
WOODALL84.1237512.82
THOMPSON73.608212.04
KNIGHT73.608229.28
JACKSON73.608212.91
POSTLETHWAITE73.6082945.95
GRAVES73.6082238.10
FISHER73.608230.82
SIM63.0928275.23
BURROUGH63.09281,428.57
SMITH63.09282.19
WILSON63.09286.73
RILEY63.092839.09
HODGSON42.061929.76
PARK42.061966.56
LOWERY42.0619634.92
BOWES42.0619224.72
STEEL42.061950.57
WILLIAMSON21.030911.50
RIGG21.0309122.70
FLETCHER21.03099.03
ASKEW21.030991.32
TOWERS21.030988.89
BRAITHWAITE21.030988.89
BIBBY21.030995.69
CHORLEY21.0309303.03
HUDSON21.030912.59
NEWBY21.0309103.09
WOODWARD10.515510.45
FARRON10.5155714.29
RUSSEL10.515574.63
ALEXANDRIA10.515510,000.00
JOHNSON10.51551.53
HUDDLESTON10.5155185.19
BIRKETT10.515553.48
PENNA10.5155769.23
HARTLEY10.51558.22
BARKER10.51553.94
MYERS10.515519.76
SHARP10.51556.18
ROBINSON10.51551.62
THOMAS10.51551.25
BAMFORD10.515534.25
SAWREY10.51551,250.00
ARMSTRONG10.51556.74
KITCHEN10.515530.21
THWAITES10.515586.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALEXANDRIA0.1919410000.0000
SOUTHWARD0.191942439.0244
BURROUGH0.191941428.5714
SAWREY0.191941250.0000
DODGSON0.191941063.8298
POSTLETHWAITE0.19194945.9459
PENNA0.19194769.2308
FARRON0.19194714.2857
LOWERY0.19194634.9206
WOODALL0.19194512.8205
CHORLEY0.19194303.0303
SIM0.19194275.2294
GRAVES0.19194238.0952
BOWES0.19194224.7191
HUDDLESTON0.19194185.1852
RIGG0.19194122.6994
NEWBY0.19194103.0928
BIBBY0.1919495.6938
ASKEW0.1919491.3242
TOWERS0.1919488.8889
BRAITHWAITE0.1919488.8889
THWAITES0.1919486.2069
KNOWLES0.1919477.2201
RUSSEL0.1919474.6269
PARK0.1919466.5557
FRAMPTON0.1919465.3595
BIRKETT0.1919453.4759
STEEL0.1919450.5689
ATKINSON0.1919442.3280
RILEY0.1919439.0879
BAMFORD0.1919434.2466
FISHER0.1919430.8234
KITCHEN0.1919430.2115
HODGSON0.1919429.7619
KNIGHT0.1919429.2765
PENNY0.1919428.9855
MYERS0.1919419.7628
BENSON0.1919419.0114
JACKSON0.1919412.9104
HUDSON0.1919412.5945
THOMPSON0.1919412.0440
WILLIAMSON0.1919411.5009
WOODWARD0.1919410.4493
FLETCHER0.191949.0293
HARTLEY0.191948.2237
ARMSTRONG0.191946.7431
WILSON0.191946.7340
SHARP0.191946.1843
HENDERSON0.191944.7416
BARKER0.191943.9386

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 194 people called ALEXANDRIA in Waberthwaite 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 10000.0000 in Waberthwaite means that 10000.0000% of the people in Waberthwaite on census day were called ALEXANDRIA.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALEXANDRIA 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 ALEXANDRIA 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 ALEXANDRIA 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 ALEXANDRIA here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Waberthwaite means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALEXANDRIA in Waberthwaite than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Waberthwaite in 1881

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

ALEXANDRIA (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ASKEW (2)  ATKINSON (8)  BAMFORD (1)  BARKER (1)  BENSON (1)  BIBBY (2)  BIRKETT (1)  BORROWDALE (6)  BOWES (4)  BRAITHWAITE (2)  BURROUGH (6)  CHORLEY (2)  CLENNAN (1)  DODGSON (10)  FARRON (1)  FARAN (1)  FISHER (7)  FLETCHER (2)  FRAMPTON (1)  GRAVES (7)  HARTLEY (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HODGSON (4)  HUDDLESTON (1)  HUDSON (2)  JACKSON (7)  JINKENSON (5)  JINKINSON (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KITCHEN (1)  KNIGHT (7)  KNOWLES (8)  LOWERY (4)  MYERS (1)  NEWBY (2)  ORMANDY (1)  PARK (4)  PENNA (1)  PENNY (1)  POSTLETHWAITE (7)  RIGG (2)  RILEY (6)  ROBINSON (1)  RUSSEL (1)  SAWREY (1)  SHARP (1)  SIM (6)  SMITH (6)  SOUTHWARD (10)  STEEL (4)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (7)  THWAITES (1)  TOWERS (2)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WILSON (6)  WOODALL (8)  WOODWARD (1)