Top surnames from the 1881 census in Temple Sowerby, Westmorland

Temple Sowerby 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
NICHOLSON225.238173.73
ATKINSON163.809539.11
SISSON153.57141,351.35
ROBINSON143.333310.45
GRAHAM122.857124.89
BRADLEY102.381029.66
CLARK92.14297.13
DIXON92.142919.56
WRIGHT92.14296.68
JACKSON92.14297.67
FORRESTER81.9048141.84
STOCKDALE81.9048244.65
WATSON81.90488.21
THOMPSON81.90486.36
PEARSON71.666714.35
JOHNSTON71.666720.66
EGGLESTON71.6667707.07
BAMFORD71.6667110.76
FURNESS71.6667208.96
STANFIELD61.4286508.47
AITCHISON61.4286204.08
HARRISON61.42866.44
GIFFORD61.4286164.38
RICHARDSON61.42868.39
CLEASBY61.42861,304.35
OLIPHANT51.1905304.88
PARKIN51.190544.29
WHARTON51.190585.03
SHIELD51.1905261.78
BOWSHER51.19051,136.36
HINDSON51.1905675.68
LANCASTER40.952438.31
WILSON40.95242.07
MOORE40.95244.76
SOWERBY40.9524176.99
PARKER40.95245.01
DOBSON40.952421.59
BROWNRIGG30.7143555.56
BURNS30.714310.64
JENKINSON30.714340.82
OLD30.7143175.44
BRUNSKILL30.7143309.28
BIRD30.71439.35
TAYLOR30.71431.12
HUTCHINSON20.47628.38
YEOMANS20.476257.80
WICKHAM20.476270.42
DODD20.476211.71
HODGSON20.47626.87
DINWOODIE20.4762444.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SISSON1,351.35153.5714
CLEASBY1,304.3561.4286
BOWSHER1,136.3651.1905
EGGLESTON707.0771.6667
HINDSON675.6851.1905
BROWNRIGG555.5630.7143
STANFIELD508.4761.4286
DINWOODIE444.4420.4762
BRUNSKILL309.2830.7143
OLIPHANT304.8851.1905
MACADAM277.7810.2381
SHIELD261.7851.1905
STOCKDALE244.6581.9048
FURNESS208.9671.6667
AITCHISON204.0861.4286
SOWERBY176.9940.9524
OLD175.4430.7143
MATTHEWSON166.6710.2381
GIFFORD164.3861.4286
FORRESTER141.8481.9048
BAMFORD110.7671.6667
WHARTON85.0351.1905
FIDLER74.3520.4762
NICHOLSON73.73225.2381
WICKHAM70.4220.4762
SLEE60.9810.2381
YEOMANS57.8020.4762
PARKIN44.2951.1905
COULTHARD42.7410.2381
BLADES42.0210.2381
JENKINSON40.8230.7143
ATKINSON39.11163.8095
STEADMAN38.7610.2381
LANCASTER38.3140.9524
DENNISON30.7710.2381
BRADLEY29.66102.3810
MALLINSON28.8210.2381
RAINE28.5710.2381
JOY28.3310.2381
KIRKPATRICK27.6210.2381
GRAHAM24.89122.8571
DOBSON21.5940.9524
JOHNSTON20.6671.6667
DIXON19.5692.1429
BAINBRIDGE16.9510.2381
PENNINGTON16.0810.2381
SHIELDS15.4110.2381
PEARSON14.3571.6667
DODD11.7120.4762
SANDERSON11.5320.4762

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 15 people called SISSON in Temple Sowerby 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 3.5714 in Temple Sowerby means that 3.5714% of the people in Temple Sowerby on census day were called SISSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SISSON 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 SISSON 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 SISSON 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 SISSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,351.35 in Temple Sowerby means that you are 1,351.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SISSON in Temple Sowerby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Temple Sowerby in 1881

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

MACADAM (1)  AIREY (1)  AKITT (1)  ANDERSON (1)  AITCHISON (6)  ATKINSON (16)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BAMFORD (7)  BELL (1)  BIRD (3)  BLADES (1)  BLENKINSHIP (5)  BLENKINSOP (3)  BOWMAN (1)  BOWSHER (5)  BRADLEY (10)  BROWNRIGG (3)  BRUNSKILL (3)  BURNE (3)  BURNS (3)  BYRES (2)  CLARK (9)  CLEASBY (6)  COULTHARD (1)  DENNISON (1)  DINWOODIE (2)  DIXON (9)  DOBSON (4)  DODD (2)  EDGER (1)  EGGLESTON (7)  FALDER (1)  FIDLER (2)  FLEMING (1)  FORRESTER (8)  FURNESS (7)  GIFFORD (6)  GOWLING (3)  GRAHAM (12)  GRISEDALE (3)  HALL (1)  HARRISON (6)  HINDSON (5)  HEBSON (1)  HODGSON (2)  HOULDSWORTH (1)  HUDDART (12)  HUTCHINSON (2)  HUTTON (1)  IRVING (1)  JACK (1)  JACKSON (9)  JENKINSON (3)  JOHNSTON (7)  JOY (1)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  LANCASTER (4)  LONGRIGG (1)  LOWTHIAN (13)  MALLINSON (1)  MATTHEWSON (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MC HAFFIE (5)  MC KERROW (1)  MOORE (4)  NICHOLSON (22)  OLD (3)  OLIPHANT (5)  PARKER (4)  PARKIN (5)  PEARSON (7)  PENNINGTON (1)  PROCTOR (1)  RAILTON (8)  RAINE (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBINSON (14)  SANDERSON (2)  SEWELL (1)  SHARP (1)  SHIELD (5)  SHIELDS (1)  SISSON (15)  SLEE (1)  SOWERBY (4)  STANFIELD (6)  STEADMAN (1)  STOCKDALE (8)  STUDHOLM (1)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (8)  TIPLING (3)  WAITING (3)  WALKER (1)  WALMSLEY (1)  WATSON (8)  WELLS (1)  WHARTON (5)  WICKHAM (2)  WILSON (4)  WRIGHT (9)  YEOMANS (2)