Top surnames from the 1881 census in Milbourne, Westmorland

Milbourne 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
CRAIG176.9959159.33
SOWERBY104.1152763.36
SIMPSON104.115223.53
FAWCETT93.7037191.49
SMITH93.70372.62
ATKINSON83.292233.80
BRUNSKILL72.88071,250.00
ROBINSON72.88079.03
LOWIS72.88072,333.33
ARMSTRONG62.469132.31
TATTERS62.46915,454.55
SHAW52.057611.20
PARKER52.057610.82
NIXON52.057667.57
MITCHELL41.64618.12
WARWICK41.6461119.05
HARRISON41.64617.42
COLLIN41.6461314.96
PATTINSON41.6461184.33
HALL41.64615.60
MOORE41.64618.23
LAMB41.646131.20
CLARK31.23464.11
WAUGH31.234690.63
FOSTER31.23469.23
THWAITES31.2346206.90
RICHARDSON31.23467.25
HOWE31.234631.45
HODGSON31.234617.81
SCRIVENS20.8230273.97
BROWN20.82301.25
STEPHENSON20.823014.39
BRYDEN20.8230194.17
PARKIN20.823030.63
NICHOLSON20.823011.58
GOODCHILD20.823084.75
EMMERSON10.411541.67
LAWER10.41151,111.11
PERCIVAL10.411526.25
JACKSON10.41151.47
STEEL10.411510.10
SLEE10.4115105.26
CANNON10.411522.73
NEWTON10.41155.37
MILBURN10.411546.08
ELLWOOD10.411574.07
LANCASTER10.411516.56
CHERRY10.411540.16
WATT10.411510.73
ROSS10.41153.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TATTERS5,454.5562.4691
LOWIS2,333.3372.8807
BRUNSKILL1,250.0072.8807
LAWER1,111.1110.4115
COCKFIELD909.0910.4115
SOWERBY763.36104.1152
COLLIN314.9641.6461
SCRIVENS273.9720.8230
THWAITES206.9031.2346
BRYDEN194.1720.8230
FAWCETT191.4993.7037
PATTINSON184.3341.6461
CRAIG159.33176.9959
WARWICK119.0541.6461
SLEE105.2610.4115
WAUGH90.6331.2346
GOODCHILD84.7520.8230
ELLWOOD74.0710.4115
REA72.9910.4115
NIXON67.5752.0576
CARRICK57.1410.4115
MILBURN46.0810.4115
EMMERSON41.6710.4115
CHERRY40.1610.4115
DEWHURST34.7210.4115
ATKINSON33.8083.2922
ARMSTRONG32.3162.4691
HOWE31.4531.2346
LAMB31.2041.6461
PARKIN30.6320.8230
PERCIVAL26.2510.4115
SIMPSON23.53104.1152
CANNON22.7310.4115
HODGSON17.8131.2346
LANCASTER16.5610.4115
STEELE15.3810.4115
STEPHENSON14.3920.8230
NICHOLSON11.5820.8230
SHAW11.2052.0576
PARKER10.8252.0576
WATT10.7310.4115
STEEL10.1010.4115
FOSTER9.2331.2346
ROBINSON9.0372.8807
MOORE8.2341.6461
MITCHELL8.1241.6461
HARRISON7.4241.6461
RICHARDSON7.2531.2346
HALL5.6041.6461
NEWTON5.3710.4115

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 6 people called TATTERS in Milbourne 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 2.4691 in Milbourne means that 2.4691% of the people in Milbourne on census day were called TATTERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TATTERS 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 TATTERS 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 TATTERS 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 TATTERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,454.55 in Milbourne means that you are 5,454.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TATTERS in Milbourne than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Milbourne in 1881

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

ALLONBY (5)  ARMSTRONG (6)  ATKINSON (8)  BRUNSKILL ((ATKINSON)) (2)  BIRBECK (8)  BLENKINSHIP (1)  BONSFIELD (6)  BOUSFIELD (2)  BROWN (2)  BRUNSKILL (7)  BRYDEN (2)  CANNON (1)  CARRICK (1)  CHERRY (1)  CLARK (3)  COCKFIELD (1)  COLLIN (4)  CRAIG (17)  DEWHURST (1)  ELLWOOD (1)  EMMERSON (1)  FAWCETT (9)  FOSTER (3)  FURNASS (3)  GOODCHILD (2)  HALL (4)  HARRISON (4)  HEWITSON (3)  HODGSON (3)  HOWE (3)  IDLE (1)  JACKSON (1)  LAMB (4)  LANCASTER (1)  LAWER (1)  LOWIS (7)  LIGHTBURN (2)  LOADMAN (1)  MC DONALD (2)  MC INTOSH (1)  MILBURN (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MOORE (4)  NEWTON (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  NIXON (5)  PARKER (5)  PARKIN (2)  PATTINSON (4)  PERCIVAL (1)  REA (1)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROBINSON (7)  ROSS (1)  SCRIVENS (2)  SHAW (5)  SIMPSON (10)  SLEE (1)  SMITH (9)  SOWERBY (10)  STEELE (1)  STEEL (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  STUDHOLME (6)  TATTERS (6)  TAYLOR (1)  THWAITES (3)  WARWICK (4)  WATT (1)  WAUGH (3)  WOOF (1)  WRIGHT (1)