Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whinfell, Westmorland

Whinfell 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
NICHOLSON1910.9827154.60
MARTINDALE116.35841,111.11
ROBINSON116.358419.94
WHARTON105.7803413.22
JUST74.04625,384.62
TAYLOR63.46825.42
HOLIDAY63.46821,224.49
BARNES63.468228.82
BLACK52.890244.64
HAYES42.312137.17
GARNETT31.7341139.53
BENSON21.156142.64
HARRISON21.15615.21
MITCHELL21.15615.70
ELLAND21.15614,000.00
MEDCALF10.5780149.25
DAWSON10.57805.24
KITCHING10.5780100.00
BROWNRIGG10.5780454.55
JACKSON10.57802.07
BECK10.578024.69
STAMPER10.5780256.41
MURRAY10.57804.66
FAULKNER10.578021.32
COWELL10.578040.32
KENDAL10.5780149.25
WEBSTER10.57806.64
HUCK10.5780588.24
BATEMAN10.578022.37
LINDSAY10.578017.73
CHAMLEY10.57801,666.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JUST5,384.6274.0462
ELLAND4,000.0021.1561
CHAMLEY1,666.6710.5780
HOLIDAY1,224.4963.4682
MARTINDALE1,111.11116.3584
HUCK588.2410.5780
BROWNRIGG454.5510.5780
WHARTON413.22105.7803
STAMPER256.4110.5780
NICHOLSON154.601910.9827
KENDAL149.2510.5780
MEDCALF149.2510.5780
GARNETT139.5331.7341
KITCHING100.0010.5780
BLACK44.6452.8902
BENSON42.6421.1561
COWELL40.3210.5780
HAYES37.1742.3121
BARNES28.8263.4682
BECK24.6910.5780
BATEMAN22.3710.5780
FAULKNER21.3210.5780
ROBINSON19.94116.3584
LINDSAY17.7310.5780
WEBSTER6.6410.5780
MITCHELL5.7021.1561
TAYLOR5.4263.4682
DAWSON5.2410.5780
HARRISON5.2121.1561
MURRAY4.6610.5780
JACKSON2.0710.5780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called JUST in Whinfell 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 4.0462 in Whinfell means that 4.0462% of the people in Whinfell on census day were called JUST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JUST 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 JUST 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 JUST 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 JUST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,384.62 in Whinfell means that you are 5,384.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JUST in Whinfell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whinfell in 1881

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

AIREY (9)  ELLAND (2)  BARNES (6)  BATEMAN (1)  BECK (1)  BENSON (2)  BLACK (5)  BLENKINSHIP (2)  BLENKHARN (13)  BLENKHORN (5)  BROWNRIGG (1)  CHAMLEY (1)  COWELL (1)  DAWSON (1)  DOWTHWAITE (1)  FAULKNER (1)  GARNETT (3)  HOLIDAY (6)  HARRISON (2)  HAYES (4)  HUYTON (6)  HEWETSON (1)  HUCK (1)  JACKSON (1)  JUST (7)  KENDAL (1)  KITCHING (1)  LINDSAY (1)  MARTINDALE (11)  MACHELL (6)  MEDCALF (1)  MITCHELL (2)  MURRAY (1)  NICHOLSON (19)  ROWLANDSON (12)  ROBINSON (11)  STAMPER (1)  SWIDENBANK (5)  TAYLOR (6)  WEBSTER (1)  WHARTON (10)  WOOF (1)