Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brough, Westmorland

Brough is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Westmorland

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
DENT284.4586234.11
HILTON203.184792.64
ALLISON203.1847112.04
BOWMAN172.7070103.66
RUDD142.2293141.41
WILKINSON132.070113.57
ATKINSON132.070121.25
ALDERSON121.9108137.77
SIMPSON121.910810.93
BAILEY121.910812.69
FAWCETT111.751690.61
REA101.5924283.29
WALTON91.433120.36
ABRAM91.4331400.00
JACKSON91.43315.13
NICHOLSON91.433120.17
PATTINSON91.4331160.14
DIXON81.273911.63
BURTON81.273914.95
MASON71.11468.29
STEEL71.114627.34
HOWSON71.1146178.57
WATSON71.11464.81
SCOTT60.95543.78
HUNTER60.95549.30
DINWOODIE60.9554895.52
WALLER60.955437.93
POOL60.955482.42
BUCK60.955444.58
SLEE60.9554244.90
BROGDEN60.9554289.86
BALMER60.9554252.10
CLARK60.95543.18
SANDERSON60.955423.13
BELL60.95545.08
TURNER50.79622.86
JOHNSON50.79622.37
LANCASTER50.796232.03
DEIGHTON50.7962158.73
HALL50.79622.71
LAMB40.636912.07
BAINBRIDGE40.636945.30
THOMPSON40.63692.13
SAWER40.6369816.33
GRAHAM40.63695.55
COATES40.636917.09
STRONG40.636942.69
LYDE40.63692,352.94
ROBINSON40.63692.00
ALLAN40.636910.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LYDE2,352.9440.6369
REYNOLDSON1,363.6430.4777
BAILIFF952.3820.3185
DINWOODIE895.5260.9554
SAWER816.3340.6369
ABRAM400.0091.4331
SAWREY384.6210.1592
BOAK338.9820.3185
BONSON312.5010.1592
BROGDEN289.8660.9554
REA283.29101.5924
BALMER252.1060.9554
SLEE244.9060.9554
DENT234.11284.4586
HOPES232.5620.3185
LONGMIRE208.3310.1592
KIPLING200.0030.4777
HOWSON178.5771.1146
SPROAT162.6020.3185
PATTINSON160.1491.4331
DEIGHTON158.7350.7962
RUDD141.41142.2293
ALDERSON137.77121.9108
EWBANK128.2110.1592
SOWERBY117.9940.6369
ALLISON112.04203.1847
BOWMAN103.66172.7070
HILTON92.64203.1847
FAWCETT90.61111.7516
POOL82.4260.9554
WEIGHTMAN81.3020.3185
BRUNSKILL68.4910.1592
TUNSTALL60.0620.3185
BAINBRIDGE45.3040.6369
BUCK44.5860.9554
SNOWDON42.7420.3185
STRONG42.6940.6369
BLACKETT41.6710.1592
WALLER37.9360.9554
BENTHAM34.8410.1592
HORSLEY34.0720.3185
SERGEANT33.4410.1592
LANCASTER32.0350.7962
SAUL31.1510.1592
HORNBY27.9720.3185
BRAITHWAITE27.4320.3185
STEEL27.3471.1146
SAYER24.3020.3185
SANDERSON23.1360.9554
WHARTON22.7320.3185

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called LYDE in Brough 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 0.6369 in Brough means that 0.6369% of the people in Brough on census day were called LYDE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LYDE 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 LYDE 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 LYDE 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 LYDE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,352.94 in Brough means that you are 2,352.94 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LYDE in Brough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brough in 1881

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

ABRAM (9)  ADAMS (2)  ADDISON (1)  ALDERSON (12)  ALLAN (4)  ALLEN (1)  ALLINSON (2)  ALLISON (20)  ARNOLD (1)  ATKINSON (13)  BAILEY (12)  BAILIFF (2)  BAINBRIDGE (4)  BALMER (6)  BARDGETT (3)  BARNES (2)  BATES (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (6)  BENSON (1)  BENTHAM (1)  BETT (1)  BIRBECK (3)  BLACKBURN (1)  BLACKETT (1)  BONSON (1)  BOUSFIELD (8)  BOWMAN (17)  BRAITHWAITE (2)  BRENCH (2)  BROGDEN (6)  BRUNSKILL (1)  BUCHANAN (2)  BUCK (6)  BOAK (2)  BUCKLE (1)  BURNS (1)  BARROW (1)  BURTON (8)  CAMPION (1)  CLARK (6)  COATES (4)  MC CUE (1)  COWPERTHWAITE (2)  CROWTHER (1)  DALSTON (1)  DARGUE (3)  DAVIS (2)  DEIGHTON (5)  DENT (28)  DICKINSON (1)  DENWOODIE (6)  DINWOODIE (6)  DIXON (8)  DOBSON (3)  DODD (1)  DOWSNAP (2)  ELDER (1)  EWBANK (1)  FAINT (1)  FAULDER (2)  FAWCETT (11)  GILL (4)  GOWLING (7)  GRAHAM (4)  GREY (1)  HALL (5)  HARGREAVES (1)  HEWITSON (6)  HILTON (20)  HOPES (2)  HORN (1)  HORNBY (2)  HORSLEY (2)  HOWSON (7)  HUDDLESTIN (1)  HUDSON (2)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTER (6)  HUTCHINSON (2)  HINDMOOR (1)  HINDMORE (1)  JACKSON (9)  JOHNSON (5)  KILVINGTON (6)  KING (1)  KIPLING (3)  LAMB (4)  LAMBERT (4)  LANCASTER (5)  LARKUM (6)  LITTLEDYKE (1)  LONGMIRE (1)  LYDE (4)  MASON (7)  MC NAUGHTON (5)  MOORE (2)  NANSON (1)  NICHOLSON (9)  PARKIN (1)  PATTINSON (9)  PICKTHALL (4)  PIGHILLS (2)  POOL (6)  REA (10)  REYNOLDSON (3)  RICE (3)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (4)  RUDD (14)  SANDERSON (6)  SERGEANT (1)  SAUL (1)  SAWREY (1)  SAWER (4)  SAYER (2)  SCOTT (6)  SIMPSON (12)  SLATER (1)  SLEE (6)  SLEO (3)  SNOWDON (2)  SOWERBY (4)  SPROAT (2)  STEEL (7)  STEPHENSON (4)  STRONG (4)  SWALL (8)  TALLENTIRE (4)  THOMPSON (4)  THORNBURN (1)  TUNSTALL (2)  TURNBULL (1)  TURNER (5)  WALKER (1)  WALLER (6)  WALTON (9)  WATSON (7)  WEIGHTMAN (2)  WEBSTER (1)  WHARTON (2)  WILKINSON (13)  WILLAN (3)  WILSON (2)  WOOFF (1)  YARE (18)  YOUNG (1)