Top surnames from the 1881 census in Levens, Westmorland

Levens 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
PRICKETT343.59791,317.83
ROBINSON323.386210.62
DOBSON242.539757.58
MASON242.539718.89
JACKSON232.43398.71
WILSON232.43395.30
ATKINSON222.328023.90
DIXON202.116419.32
SCOTT181.90487.53
GARNETT161.6931136.29
PHILIPSON161.6931606.06
RICHARDSON161.69319.95
CROSS161.693124.60
HAYTON151.5873323.97
CLEMENT151.5873157.56
CLARK131.37574.58
BENSON131.375750.74
WHALLEY121.269880.65
SMITH121.26980.90
HARRISON121.26985.72
SHEPHERD121.269817.33
ROUTLEDGE111.1640136.82
SAUL101.0582207.04
COWARD101.058292.34
BLACKBURN101.058228.07
WEARING101.0582346.02
KNOWLES101.058219.81
CRAIG90.952421.69
ARMER80.8466683.76
TODD80.846616.64
LANGHORN80.8466661.16
WALKER80.84662.53
LONGMIRE80.84661,111.11
INMAN70.7407108.86
STABLER70.7407429.45
NICHOLASON70.740710,000.00
WINDER70.7407112.90
GIBSON70.74076.10
POWLEY70.7407238.91
NEWSHAM70.7407236.49
ANDERSON70.74073.75
ARMSTRONG60.63498.31
BATEMAN60.634924.57
REICH60.63491,714.29
FRYER60.634934.23
PENNEY60.6349114.94
TYSON60.634948.70
KIDD50.529125.99
PARKINSON50.529111.03
BARNES50.52914.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARREY15,000.0030.3175
NICHOLASON10,000.0070.7407
REICH1,714.2960.6349
PRICKETT1,317.83343.5979
LONGMIRE1,111.1180.8466
ARMER683.7680.8466
LANGHORN661.1680.8466
PHILIPSON606.06161.6931
KARR454.5510.1058
STABLER429.4570.7407
AUSTON416.6720.2116
ANGLES408.1620.2116
WEARING346.02101.0582
HAYTON323.97151.5873
POWLEY238.9170.7407
NEWSHAM236.4970.7407
SAUL207.04101.0582
DALZELL163.9320.2116
CLEMENT157.56151.5873
GARTH142.8630.3175
ROUTLEDGE136.82111.1640
GARNETT136.29161.6931
KENDAL135.5050.5291
GANDY131.2350.5291
PENNEY114.9460.6349
WINDER112.9070.7407
INMAN108.8670.7407
WILKIN96.5350.5291
COWARD92.34101.0582
HOLME91.3240.4233
POSTLETHWAITE83.5730.3175
MEDCALF81.5230.3175
WHALLEY80.65121.2698
BRINKLEY76.3410.1058
SHEPHEARD61.3510.1058
DOBSON57.58242.5397
CHEESEMAN53.7640.4233
BENSON50.74131.3757
MOFFATT49.3430.3175
TYSON48.7060.6349
HORNBY46.4750.5291
HIRD41.1530.3175
MILLIGAN35.9740.4233
FRYER34.2360.6349
HUGHS29.1510.1058
BLACKBURN28.07101.0582
KIDD25.9950.5291
CROSS24.60161.6931
BATEMAN24.5760.6349
GOTT24.4510.1058

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called ARREY in Levens 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 0.3175 in Levens means that 0.3175% of the people in Levens on census day were called ARREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARREY 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 ARREY 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 ARREY 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 ARREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 15,000.00 in Levens means that you are 15,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARREY in Levens than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Levens in 1881

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

ADDISON (3)  AIREY (1)  OLDCORN (4)  ANDERSON (7)  ARMER (8)  ARMSTRONG (6)  ARREY (3)  ASKEW (1)  ATKINSON (22)  AUSTON (2)  BAILEY (5)  BAINES (3)  BARBER (1)  BARKER (1)  BARNES (5)  BARNETT (2)  BATEMAN (6)  BENSON (13)  BERRY (1)  BIBBY (1)  BINDLOSS (7)  BLACKBURN (10)  BLAIR (1)  BOUSKILL (1)  BRADLEY (3)  BRINKLEY (1)  BROOK (3)  BROCKBANK (10)  BROWN (1)  BUTLER (4)  BUTTERFIELD (3)  CAMERON (1)  KARR (1)  CAUDLEN (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHEESEMAN (4)  CLARK (13)  CLOUGHTON (5)  CLAUGTON (2)  CLEMENT (15)  COOPER (1)  COWARD (10)  CRAIG (9)  CROSS (16)  DAKIN (1)  DAKNES (4)  DALZELL (2)  DAVISON (1)  DENNINSON (5)  DIXON (20)  DOBSON (24)  ECCLES (2)  EDDEN (1)  ELLWOOD (1)  FAULKNER (1)  FAWCETT (3)  FENTON (2)  FORSYTH (2)  FRYER (6)  GANDY (5)  GARNETT (16)  GARTH (3)  GIBSON (7)  GLAIVE (1)  GOODWYNE (1)  GORDON (1)  GOTT (1)  MC GOWAN (1)  GRAHAM (2)  GRAVESON (1)  GRAVESTON (5)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALHEAD (7)  HALORO (4)  HARRISON (12)  HAYTON (15)  HIRD (3)  HERBERT (1)  HEWITSON (1)  HEYWOOD (3)  HODGSON (3)  HOGGARTH (9)  HOLME (4)  HOPE (1)  HORNBY (5)  HUDDLESTONE (7)  HUGHS (1)  ABBOTSON (1)  ANGLES (2)  INMAN (7)  JACKSON (23)  JAMES (1)  JENNINGS (2)  JESPER (2)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMP (4)  KENDAL (5)  KIDD (5)  KNOWLES (10)  LAIDMAN (1)  LANCASTER (3)  LANGHORN (8)  LATHAM (3)  LAURENCE (2)  LAYCOCK (1)  LEHALE (1)  LEWTHWAITE (1)  LONGMIRE (8)  MACKARETH (5)  MACKERETH (3)  MASON (24)  MC DERMOTT (1)  DONALD (3)  MACDONALD (4)  MC CLEN (1)  MEDCALF (3)  METCALF (4)  MILLBURN (1)  MILLIGAN (4)  MILNE (5)  MOFFATT (3)  MOON (1)  MOORBY (7)  MOORHOUSE (2)  NEWBY (1)  NEWSHAM (7)  NICHOLASON (7)  NOBLE (4)  ORMROD (5)  PARK (3)  PARKINSON (5)  PEDDERS (7)  PENNINGTON (3)  PENNEY (6)  PHILIPSON (16)  POSTLETHWAITE (3)  POWLEY (7)  PRICKETT (34)  ROCKCLIFFE (3)  RAWES (1)  ROWLANDSON (1)  RICHARDSON (16)  RICHMOND (2)  RILEY (1)  REICH (6)  ROBINSON (32)  ROSS (1)  ROUTLEDGE (11)  SADLER (2)  SANDERSON (1)  SAUL (10)  SANDERS (1)  SCHOLLICK (1)  SCOTT (18)  SHAND (1)  SHEPHERD (12)  SHEPHEARD (1)  SMITH (12)  SPICER (2)  SQUIRES (3)  STABLER (7)  STANLEY (1)  STEADMAN (1)  STOCKWELL (1)  STONES (2)  STROUD (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TEBAM (1)  THEXTON (7)  THOMPSON (2)  THORNTON (4)  TODD (8)  TOWERS (2)  TREDDLES (1)  TURNER (3)  TYSON (6)  VARLEY (1)  WALKER (8)  WHALLEY (12)  WARD (1)  WEARING (10)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILKIN (5)  WILKINSON (4)  WILSON (23)  WINDER (7)  WINN (1)  WOOF (1)