Top surnames from the 1881 census in Preston Patrick, Westmorland

Preston Patrick 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
BROWN213.86035.86
PARKER183.308817.40
ROBINSON162.94129.22
WHITEHEAD142.573538.07
HODGSON122.205931.83
JAMES122.205911.23
FOX112.022121.78
MIDDLETON101.838235.01
BRACKEN91.65441,000.00
BOOTH91.654416.77
DAWSON81.470613.34
GILL81.470620.78
CLARKE81.47067.26
WALLING81.4706733.95
RIGBY81.470650.70
ASHWORTH81.470636.87
HENDERSON81.470613.53
MOSES81.4706143.88
HAYHURST71.2868294.12
TAYLOR71.28682.01
STOTT71.286841.20
COWHERD71.28688,750.00
TOWELL71.2868451.61
NELSON71.286826.57
DUFF71.286872.31
IRVINE71.286858.38
TEASDALE71.2868151.84
JACKSON61.10293.95
SCOTT61.10294.36
MEDCALF61.1029283.02
GIBSON61.10299.09
MASON61.10298.20
CLARK61.10293.67
GARNETT61.102988.76
ELLWOOD61.1029199.34
GUNN50.919137.54
PROCTOR50.919137.40
WATSON50.91913.96
YEATES50.9191166.67
DODGSON50.9191189.39
GREGG50.9191130.55
PRATT50.919116.00
WOODHOUSE50.919138.79
RATCLIFFE50.919133.29
PATTINSON50.9191102.67
TUGMAN50.91914,545.45
HUCK50.9191925.93
PARK50.919129.66
HUTCHINSON40.735312.95
PARKIN40.735327.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COWHERD8,750.0071.2868
TUGMAN4,545.4550.9191
BRACKEN1,000.0091.6544
HUCK925.9350.9191
WALLING733.9581.4706
TOWELL451.6171.2868
DORR333.3310.1838
HAYHURST294.1271.2868
MEDCALF283.0261.1029
LISHMAN270.2730.5515
GORDAN263.1610.1838
BETTON227.2710.1838
MATTINSON206.1920.3676
ELLWOOD199.3461.1029
HUDDLESTON197.3730.5515
DODGSON189.3950.9191
TREMBLE188.6810.1838
YEATES166.6750.9191
TEASDALE151.8471.2868
MOSES143.8881.4706
YEATS133.3320.3676
GREGG130.5550.9191
PATTINSON102.6750.9191
ARMISTEAD99.0110.1838
HIRD95.2440.7353
GARNETT88.7661.1029
DUFF72.3171.2868
ROYAL64.9410.1838
IVESON64.5210.1838
BRAITHWAITE63.3940.7353
WEARING60.2410.1838
SMYTH59.0630.5515
IRVINE58.3871.2868
CRAGG57.9720.3676
LEIGHTON51.2830.5515
RIGBY50.7081.4706
MAHON41.4910.1838
STOTT41.2071.2868
WOODHOUSE38.7950.9191
BAINES38.3940.7353
WHITEHEAD38.07142.5735
GUNN37.5450.9191
PROCTOR37.4050.9191
STALKER37.3110.1838
ASHWORTH36.8781.4706
BAMFORD36.6330.5515
MIDDLETON35.01101.8382
RATCLIFFE33.2950.9191
MARTINDALE32.0510.1838
HODGSON31.83122.2059

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called COWHERD in Preston Patrick 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 1.2868 in Preston Patrick means that 1.2868% of the people in Preston Patrick on census day were called COWHERD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COWHERD 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 COWHERD 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 COWHERD 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 COWHERD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,750.00 in Preston Patrick means that you are 8,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COWHERD in Preston Patrick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Preston Patrick in 1881

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

OLDCORN (3)  ARMISTEAD (1)  ARMITSTEAD (3)  MC CARTY (1)  ASHWORTH (8)  ASTLEY (1)  ATKINSON (2)  BAINES (4)  BAINBRIDGE (2)  BAMFORD (3)  BARLOW (3)  BARNETT (1)  BETTON (1)  BECK (1)  BELL (2)  BENNET (1)  BENNETT (4)  BERRY (1)  BOOTH (9)  BRACKEN (9)  BRAITHWAITE (4)  BREWER (1)  BROWN (21)  BUSH (4)  CAPSTICK (2)  CHRISTOPHERSON (1)  CLARK (6)  CLARKE (8)  COLLINSON (1)  CORNTHWAITE (8)  COWHERD (7)  CRAGG (2)  CURWEN (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (8)  DORR (1)  DIXON (1)  DODGSON (5)  DUFF (7)  DYSON (1)  ELLERSHOW (8)  ELLWOOD (6)  FARDON (1)  FERRILOW (1)  FOX (11)  GARDENER (1)  GARNETT (6)  GIBSON (6)  GILL (8)  GORDAN (1)  GREGG (5)  GUNN (5)  HADWEN (2)  HARTLEY (3)  HAYHURST (7)  HIRD (4)  HENDERSON (8)  HEWITSON (2)  HODGSON (12)  HOGGARTH (3)  HUDDLESTON (3)  HUCK (5)  HUTCHINSON (4)  IRVINE (7)  IVESON (1)  JACKSON (6)  JAMES (12)  KIDD (2)  KING (2)  LEIGHTON (3)  LISHMAN (3)  LEWTHWAITE (3)  LINDSON (1)  LITTLE (1)  LUPTON (1)  MAHON (1)  MARTINDALE (1)  MASON (6)  MATTINSON (2)  MATTHEWS (3)  MEDCALF (6)  MIDDLETON (10)  MOORE (1)  MORTON (2)  MOSES (8)  O'NEIL (1)  NELSON (7)  NEWTON (3)  NODDLE (1)  PARK (5)  PARKER (18)  PARKIN (4)  PATTINSON (5)  PICKTHALL (1)  PRATT (5)  PROCTOR (5)  RATCLIFFE (5)  READ (1)  RICHARDS (4)  RIGBY (8)  ROBINSON (16)  ROYAL (1)  SCOTT (6)  SAXTON (1)  SHARP (4)  SMYTH (3)  STALKER (1)  STOREY (1)  STOTT (7)  STRICKLAND (1)  TALBOT (1)  TAYLOR (7)  TEASDALE (7)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNBURROW (8)  TODD (1)  TOMLINSON (2)  TOWELL (7)  TUGMAN (5)  TREMBLE (1)  WAIDSON (1)  WEARING (1)  WATSON (5)  WALLING (8)  WHITEHEAD (14)  WILLACY (1)  WILSON (3)  WOODHOUSE (5)  YEATES (5)  YEATS (2)