Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hartley, Westmorland

Hartley 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
THOMPSON138.666728.93
COOPER117.333330.15
MARSTON74.6667500.00
CLEASBY74.66674,375.00
SAVAGE64.0000104.17
FAULKNER64.0000147.78
REYNOLDSON64.000012,000.00
WILSON53.33337.26
BRUNSKILL53.33331,428.57
GILLAN42.6667754.72
CLARK42.66678.87
BAINBRIDGE42.6667189.57
HUTCHINSON42.666746.95
ALLEN42.666714.11
SIMPSON42.666715.24
JACKSON32.00007.16
PARKIN32.000074.44
WHITEHEAD32.000029.59
HARKER32.0000189.87
ALDERSON21.333396.15
TWEDDLE21.3333384.62
LAMB21.333325.28
BOWMAN10.666725.51
WATT10.666717.39
TAYLOR10.66671.04
STOUT10.6667138.89
ROBINSON10.66672.09
MONKHOUSE10.6667285.71
DIXON10.66676.09
CLARKSON10.666725.13
MILLNER10.6667666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REYNOLDSON12,000.0064.0000
CLEASBY4,375.0074.6667
BRUNSKILL1,428.5753.3333
GILLAN754.7242.6667
MILLNER666.6710.6667
MARSTON500.0074.6667
TWEDDLE384.6221.3333
MONKHOUSE285.7110.6667
HARKER189.8732.0000
BAINBRIDGE189.5742.6667
FAULKNER147.7864.0000
STOUT138.8910.6667
SAVAGE104.1764.0000
ALDERSON96.1521.3333
PARKIN74.4432.0000
HUTCHINSON46.9542.6667
COOPER30.15117.3333
WHITEHEAD29.5932.0000
THOMPSON28.93138.6667
BOWMAN25.5110.6667
LAMB25.2821.3333
CLARKSON25.1310.6667
WATT17.3910.6667
SIMPSON15.2442.6667
ALLEN14.1142.6667
CLARK8.8742.6667
WILSON7.2653.3333
JACKSON7.1632.0000
DIXON6.0910.6667
ROBINSON2.0910.6667
TAYLOR1.0410.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called REYNOLDSON in Hartley 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 4.0000 in Hartley means that 4.0000% of the people in Hartley on census day were called REYNOLDSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON 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 REYNOLDSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 12,000.00 in Hartley means that you are 12,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REYNOLDSON in Hartley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hartley in 1881

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

AKRIGG (2)  ALDERSON (2)  ALLEN (4)  ALLINSON (1)  BAINBRIDGE (4)  BONSFIELD (16)  BOWMAN (1)  BRUNSKILL (5)  CAPSTICK (6)  CLARK (4)  CLARKSON (1)  CLEASBY (7)  COOPER (11)  DIXON (1)  FAULKNER (6)  GILLAN (4)  HARKER (3)  HUTCHINSON (4)  JACKSON (3)  LAMB (2)  LITTLEFAIR (5)  MARSTON (7)  MC NOUGHT (1)  MILLNER (1)  MILNER (MILLNER) (2)  MONKHOUSE (1)  PARKIN (3)  REYNOLDSON (6)  ROBINSON (1)  SAVAGE (6)  SIMPSON (4)  STOUT (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (13)  TWEDDLE (2)  WATT (1)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WILSON (5)