Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ormside, Westmorland

Ormside 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
CLARKE167.547237.24
LOWIS115.18874,230.77
BIRD104.717061.73
TIFFIN94.24532,368.42
DALTON94.2453184.80
SOWERBY83.7736701.75
SPOONER83.7736261.44
SCOTT83.773614.91
EWIN73.30195,833.33
BRAITHWAITE73.3019284.55
ADDISON62.8302204.78
RAMSBOTTOM62.8302419.58
EGGLESTON62.83021,200.00
BRITTIN62.83025,454.55
ROBERTSON62.830216.89
JOHNSTON52.358529.22
BORROW41.88682,000.00
ROTHERY41.8868512.82
CHAPMAN41.886813.28
HALL41.88686.41
RICHARDSON31.41518.31
BRUNSKILL31.4151612.24
RUDD31.415189.82
WILKINSON31.41519.27
MARSTON31.4151152.28
TAYLOR20.94341.48
CROSBY20.943479.68
FOREMAN20.943472.20
STEADMAN20.9434153.85
BOLT20.9434130.72
FAWCETT20.943448.78
MCCUNE10.471710,000.00
SLACK10.471729.94
LONGMIRE10.4717625.00
HOLMS10.4717166.67
ROBINSON10.47171.48
ATKINSON10.47174.84
SMITH10.47170.33
SIMPSON10.47172.70
HESLOP10.471754.95
ALLISON10.471716.61
MOUNSEY10.4717163.93
SMIDT10.47175,000.00
IRVING10.471721.19
ROBOTHAM10.4717256.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCCUNE10,000.0010.4717
EWIN5,833.3373.3019
BRITTIN5,454.5562.8302
SMIDT5,000.0010.4717
LOWIS4,230.77115.1887
TIFFIN2,368.4294.2453
BORROW2,000.0041.8868
EGGLESTON1,200.0062.8302
SOWERBY701.7583.7736
LONGMIRE625.0010.4717
BRUNSKILL612.2431.4151
ROTHERY512.8241.8868
RAMSBOTTOM419.5862.8302
BRAITHWAITE284.5573.3019
SPOONER261.4483.7736
ROBOTHAM256.4110.4717
ADDISON204.7862.8302
DALTON184.8094.2453
HOLMS166.6710.4717
MOUNSEY163.9310.4717
STEADMAN153.8520.9434
MARSTON152.2831.4151
BOLT130.7220.9434
RUDD89.8231.4151
CROSBY79.6820.9434
FOREMAN72.2020.9434
BIRD61.73104.7170
HESLOP54.9510.4717
FAWCETT48.7820.9434
CLARKE37.24167.5472
SLACK29.9410.4717
JOHNSTON29.2252.3585
IRVING21.1910.4717
ROBERTSON16.8962.8302
ALLISON16.6110.4717
SCOTT14.9183.7736
CHAPMAN13.2841.8868
WILKINSON9.2731.4151
RICHARDSON8.3131.4151
HALL6.4141.8868
ATKINSON4.8410.4717
SIMPSON2.7010.4717
ROBINSON1.4810.4717
TAYLOR1.4820.9434
SMITH0.3310.4717

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called MCCUNE in Ormside 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 0.4717 in Ormside means that 0.4717% of the people in Ormside on census day were called MCCUNE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Ormside in 1881

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

ADDISON (6)  ALLONBY (1)  ALLISON (1)  ATKINSON (1)  BIRBECK (4)  BIRD (10)  BOLT (2)  BRAITHWAITE (7)  BRITTIN (6)  BRUNSKILL (3)  BORROW (4)  CAPSTICK (3)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARKE (16)  CROSBY (2)  DALTON (9)  EGGLESTON (6)  EWIN (7)  FAIRER (1)  FAWCETT (2)  FOREMAN (2)  HALL (4)  HESLOP (1)  HOLMS (1)  IRVING (1)  JOHNSTON (5)  KNUBLEY (8)  LOWIS (11)  LONGMIRE (1)  MACQUE (1)  MARSTON (3)  MAUGHAM (1)  MCCUNE (1)  MOUNSEY (1)  ORRISS (2)  RAMSBOTTOM (6)  RICHARDSON (3)  ROBERTSON (6)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBOTHAM (1)  ROTHERY (4)  RUDD (3)  SCOTT (8)  SIMPSON (1)  SLACK (1)  SMIDT (1)  SMITH (1)  SOWERBY (8)  SPOONER (8)  STEADMAN (2)  TAYLOR (2)  THWAYTES (6)  TIFFIN (9)  WILKINSON (3)