Top surnames from the 1881 census in Patton, Westmorland

Patton 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
CHAMLEY1015.873050,000.00
WOOD69.523829.90
PARK57.9365256.41
SMITH46.34924.50
TEBAY46.349210,000.00
THOMPSON46.349221.20
CROFT34.7619201.34
LONG34.761973.35
PARKINSON34.761999.34
BLACK23.174649.02
BRAITHWAITE23.1746273.97
LEWIS23.174612.08
LAMB11.587330.12
FARRER11.5873238.10
SHARP11.587319.05
HOLLIDAY11.5873120.48
EWAN11.5873714.29
STORY11.5873256.41
HAYTON11.5873322.58
THACKERY11.58732,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHAMLEY50,000.001015.8730
TEBAY10,000.0046.3492
THACKERY2,000.0011.5873
EWAN714.2911.5873
HAYTON322.5811.5873
BRAITHWAITE273.9723.1746
STORY256.4111.5873
PARK256.4157.9365
FARRER238.1011.5873
CROFT201.3434.7619
HOLLIDAY120.4811.5873
PARKINSON99.3434.7619
LONG73.3534.7619
BLACK49.0223.1746
LAMB30.1211.5873
WOOD29.9069.5238
THOMPSON21.2046.3492
SHARP19.0511.5873
LEWIS12.0823.1746
SMITH4.5046.3492

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called CHAMLEY in Patton 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 15.8730 in Patton means that 15.8730% of the people in Patton on census day were called CHAMLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHAMLEY 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 CHAMLEY 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 CHAMLEY 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 CHAMLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Patton means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHAMLEY in Patton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Patton in 1881

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

AERIY (4)  BLACK (2)  BRAITHWAITE (2)  CHAMLEY (10)  CROFT (3)  EWAN (1)  FARRER (1)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HAYTON (1)  LAMB (1)  LEWIS (2)  LICKBARROW (1)  LONG (3)  PARK (5)  PARKINSON (3)  SHARP (1)  SMITH (4)  STORY (1)  TALYFORTH (2)  TEBAY (4)  THACKERY (1)  THOMPSON (4)  WOOD (6)