Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ainstable, Cumberland

Ainstable is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Cumberland

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
BOWMAN235.0773194.42
HOPE183.9735116.73
WATSON173.752816.18
LITTLE163.532074.70
HOGARTH153.3113501.67
ELAND132.86982,500.00
NICHOLSON122.649037.28
WILSON122.64905.77
DIXON112.428322.16
HARRISON102.20759.94
JOHNSTON102.207527.35
WINTER91.986856.04
WAUGH91.9868145.87
BYERS81.7660340.43
GRAHAM81.766015.38
MORTON81.766033.04
CLARK71.54535.14
ARMSTRONG71.545320.21
ELLWOOD71.5453278.88
EARL71.5453118.24
FISHER71.545313.20
KENDALL71.545371.79
BELL61.32457.05
YOUNG61.32456.17
SMITH61.32450.94
BIRD61.324517.33
ROWE61.324523.32
DODD61.324532.57
BRAGG51.1038134.77
BELTON51.1038204.92
SANDER51.1038943.40
BARNS51.1038171.23
ROBINSON51.10383.46
LAWSON51.103818.72
GOULDING51.1038113.12
HODGSON40.883012.74
BAXTER40.883014.81
RAINE40.8830106.10
STEPHENSON40.883015.44
STEELE40.883033.00
SCOTT40.88303.49
THRELKELD30.66231,666.67
LOWIS30.6623535.71
PEARSON30.66235.70
JACKSON30.66232.37
MILLICAN30.6623348.84
ELLIOT30.662325.95
COLLINGWOOD30.6623120.48
THOMLINSON30.6623365.85
WILLIAMS30.66230.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELAND0.454532500.0000
THRELKELD0.454531666.6667
SANDER0.45453943.3962
BOUSTEAD0.45453588.2353
LOWIS0.45453535.7143
HOGARTH0.45453501.6722
MEMORY0.45453400.0000
THOMLINSON0.45453365.8537
MILLICAN0.45453348.8372
BYERS0.45453340.4255
VARTY0.45453307.6923
ELLWOOD0.45453278.8845
TOPPIN0.45453243.9024
BELTON0.45453204.9180
BOWMAN0.45453194.4210
WESTMORLAND0.45453175.4386
BARNS0.45453171.2329
HAUGH0.45453149.2537
WAUGH0.45453145.8671
BRAGG0.45453134.7709
COLLINGWOOD0.45453120.4819
EARL0.45453118.2432
HOPE0.45453116.7315
GOULDING0.45453113.1222
RAINE0.45453106.1008
MONKHOUSE0.4545395.2381
MOUNSEY0.4545376.9231
LITTLE0.4545374.6965
ROWNTREE0.4545374.6269
KENDALL0.4545371.7949
HEALY0.4545366.6667
WINTER0.4545356.0399
CREIGHTON0.4545355.8659
CARLTON0.4545343.1034
COWEN0.4545340.1606
NICHOLSON0.4545337.2787
MORTON0.4545333.0442
STEELE0.4545333.0033
DODD0.4545332.5733
MOOR0.4545331.4961
BUCK0.4545330.8960
JOHNSTON0.4545327.3523
HUGGINS0.4545326.2467
ELLIOT0.4545325.9516
PATTINSON0.4545324.6914
ROWE0.4545323.3191
DIXON0.4545322.1640
ARMSTRONG0.4545320.2137
LANGLEY0.4545320.1207
DOWNIE0.4545318.8324

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 453 people called ELAND in Ainstable 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 2500.0000 in Ainstable means that 2500.0000% of the people in Ainstable on census day were called ELAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELAND 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 ELAND 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 ELAND 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 ELAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Ainstable means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELAND in Ainstable than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ainstable in 1881

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

ELAND (13)  ARMSTRONG (7)  BARNS (5)  BAXTER (4)  BYERS (8)  BELL (6)  BELTON (5)  BIRD (6)  BOUSTEAD (2)  BOWMAN (23)  BRAGG (5)  BUCK (3)  CAIRNS (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CATHRAE (1)  CHAPLOW (6)  CARLTON (1)  CHICKEN (2)  CLARK (7)  COLLINGWOOD (3)  COOPER (2)  COWEN (1)  CREIGHTON (1)  DIXON (11)  DODD (6)  DOWNIE (1)  DUERS (10)  EARL (7)  ELLIOT (3)  ELLWOOD (7)  FERGUSON (1)  FISHER (7)  FOSTER (2)  GATAAC (3)  GIBSON (1)  GILL (1)  GOULDING (5)  GRAHAM (8)  HALL (1)  HAMILTON (1)  HARRISON (10)  HAUGH (1)  HEALY (2)  HILTON (2)  HODGSON (4)  HOGARTH (15)  HOODLES (1)  HOPE (18)  HUDSON (1)  HUGGINS (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSTON (10)  KENDALL (7)  KENEAR (1)  KNUBLEY (1)  LANGLEY (2)  LAWSON (5)  LOWIS (3)  LITTLE (16)  LITHGOW (1)  MCLYNN (1)  MEMORY (1)  MILLICAN (3)  MONKHOUSE (1)  MOOR (2)  MORLEY (2)  MORTON (8)  MOUNSEY (1)  NICHOLSON (12)  PARKER (1)  PATTINSON (1)  PEARSON (3)  PHILLIPS (2)  PORTHOUSE (4)  RAINE (4)  RANBURY (1)  RIDLEY (1)  ROBINSON (5)  ROWE (6)  ROWNTREE (1)  SANDER (5)  SAVAGE (2)  SCOTT (4)  SLACK (1)  SMITH (6)  STEELE (4)  STEPHENSON (4)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (2)  THRELKELD (3)  THOMLINSON (3)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOPPIN (1)  VARTY (2)  WARD (1)  WATSON (17)  WAUGH (9)  WESTMORLAND (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (12)  WINTER (9)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (6)