Top surnames from the 1881 census in Watermillock, Cumberland

Watermillock 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
THOMPSON255.399618.02
ROBINSON204.319713.55
WATSON194.103717.69
JACKSON183.887713.91
EDMONDSON163.4557299.07
HARRISON153.239714.59
HODGSON153.239746.74
NIXON112.375878.01
TEASDALE112.3758280.61
SMITH102.15981.53
WOOD91.94386.10
NICHOLSON91.943827.36
DODD91.943847.80
MARTIN91.94387.89
STAMPER81.7279761.90
WEIGHTMAN71.5119386.74
PEARSON61.295911.16
DONALDSON51.079937.88
BROWNRIGG51.0799833.33
BLAKE51.079922.29
RIGG51.0799128.53
HOWE51.079927.50
GRAHAM40.86397.52
DIXON40.86397.88
MARK40.8639171.67
POTTS40.863925.89
LANGLEY40.863939.37
TODD40.863916.98
GRANT40.86398.71
BUSH40.863935.00
WIGHTMAN40.8639131.58
DENT40.863945.35
SEWELL30.647930.64
LAMB30.647912.29
HORMAN30.6479937.50
RELPH30.6479389.61
HERD30.647988.24
WINDER30.647998.68
DENTON30.647935.25
LITTLE30.647913.70
RUMNEY30.6479410.96
REYNOLDS30.64797.48
CARR20.43205.99
DAVIDSON20.43205.14
GREEN20.43201.53
TAYLOR20.43200.68
HUDDLESTON20.4320153.85
RICHARDSON20.43202.54
LANCASTER20.432017.38
BARBER20.43207.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HORMAN0.46463937.5000
BROWNRIGG0.46463833.3333
STAMPER0.46463761.9048
PRITT0.46463689.6552
RUMNEY0.46463410.9589
RELPH0.46463389.6104
WEIGHTMAN0.46463386.7403
RIGHT0.46463344.8276
EDMONDSON0.46463299.0654
TEASDALE0.46463280.6122
BELLAS0.46463227.2727
MARK0.46463171.6738
HUDDLESTON0.46463153.8462
WIGHTMAN0.46463131.5789
RIGG0.46463128.5347
WINDER0.4646398.6842
HERD0.4646388.2353
HUGILL0.4646386.2069
NIXON0.4646378.0142
CARRICK0.4646360.0601
DODD0.4646347.7961
THRELFALL0.4646347.6190
HODGSON0.4646346.7435
DENT0.4646345.3515
STOUT0.4646345.0450
STALKER0.4646343.8596
CARLTON0.4646342.0168
BOUCHER0.4646340.9836
LANGLEY0.4646339.3701
DONALDSON0.4646337.8788
THWAITES0.4646336.1011
DENTON0.4646335.2526
BUSH0.4646334.9956
WARWICK0.4646331.2500
SEWELL0.4646330.6435
HOWE0.4646327.5028
NICHOLSON0.4646327.3556
POTTS0.4646325.8900
SNAPE0.4646323.4192
BLAKE0.4646322.2916
GOULDING0.4646322.1239
CRUMP0.4646320.0000
POOL0.4646318.6567
THOMPSON0.4646318.0245
WATSON0.4646317.6909
LANCASTER0.4646317.3762
TODD0.4646316.9779
CARRUTHERS0.4646316.3399
HARRISON0.4646314.5943
JACKSON0.4646313.9114

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 463 people called HORMAN in Watermillock 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 937.5000 in Watermillock means that 937.5000% of the people in Watermillock on census day were called HORMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HORMAN 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 HORMAN 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 HORMAN 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 HORMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Watermillock means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HORMAN in Watermillock than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Watermillock in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BARBER (2)  BATEMAN (1)  BATHAM (1)  BELLAS (1)  BEBBINGTON (1)  BLAKE (5)  BROWN (2)  BROWNRIGG (5)  BURTON (1)  BUSH (4)  BOUCHER (1)  CAMPLIN (1)  CARR (2)  CARRICK (2)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CASTLEHOW (2)  CHAPPLOW (6)  CARLTON (1)  CHICKEN (1)  COOK (1)  CRUMP (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DENKIN (1)  DENT (4)  DENTON (3)  DIXON (4)  DODD (9)  DONALDSON (5)  DONOHOOW (2)  DOWTHWAITE (6)  EDMONDSON (16)  FOX (1)  GOULDING (1)  GRAHAM (4)  GRANT (4)  GREEN (2)  GREENHOW (7)  GRISDALE (10)  HARRISON (15)  HEAD (1)  HERD (3)  HORMAN (3)  HEWITSON (1)  HEBSON (3)  HODGSON (15)  HOLMES (1)  HOWE (5)  HUDDLESTON (2)  HUGILL (1)  HUTCHINSON (2)  JACKSON (18)  MC KAY (2)  LAMB (3)  LANCASTER (2)  LANGLEY (4)  LEE (1)  LITTLE (3)  LOWTHIAN (5)  MARK (4)  MARTIN (9)  MC NAUGHT (1)  MC PHERSON (1)  MEYNELL (1)  MILNER (1)  MELLRAY (1)  MOFFAT (1)  NANSON (9)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (9)  NIXON (11)  OVEREND (3)  PARKER (2)  PARKIN (1)  PATTERICKSON (1)  PEARSON (6)  PURSHALL (2)  PICKTHALL (5)  POOL (1)  POTTS (4)  PRITT (2)  REEVES (1)  REYNOLDS (3)  RICHARDSON (2)  RIDLEY (1)  RIGG (5)  ROBINSON (20)  RELPH (3)  RUMNEY (3)  SANDERSON (1)  SEWELL (3)  SIMPSON (1)  SMITH (10)  SNAPE (1)  STALKER (1)  STAMPER (8)  STOUT (1)  SWINBURN (12)  TAYLOR (2)  TEASDALE (11)  THOMPSON (25)  THRELFALL (1)  THWAITES (1)  TINNION (1)  TODD (4)  WALKER (1)  WARWICK (2)  WATSON (19)  WEIGHTMAN (7)  WIGHTMAN (4)  WINDER (3)  WOOD (9)  WOOF (6)  RIGHT (1)