Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beckermet St John, Cumberland

Beckermet St John 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
DIXON193.035127.70
THOMPSON182.87549.60
JENKINSON162.5559145.99
DICKINSON132.076748.62
HEWSON121.9169234.83
SMITH121.91691.36
OBRIEN111.7572658.68
MOORE111.75728.79
COOK101.59748.04
DAVY101.5974129.53
SIMPTON91.437715,000.00
CAUFIELD91.43772,093.02
ATKINSON81.278013.12
PARK81.278041.24
NELSON81.278026.39
WATSON81.27805.51
HEAD71.118245.93
JACKSON71.11824.00
ROTHERY71.1182303.03
FISHER71.11829.55
HERBERT71.118229.93
WILSON71.11822.43
HAYTON71.1182228.01
SCOTT60.95853.79
BRAGG60.9585117.19
BIGGINS60.9585397.35
NOBLE60.958523.09
MCCLELLAN60.95856,666.67
WALKER60.95852.86
PATTINSON60.9585107.14
SANDS60.958585.59
BURNS60.958514.28
MILBY60.95856,000.00
FORD50.79878.20
HERON50.798783.33
SLONE50.79871,666.67
CHRISTIAN50.798780.52
TOMLINSON50.798717.32
MATHER50.798732.22
FERGUSON50.798711.27
CHESTER50.798765.19
MCGUFFIE50.79877,142.86
ROBLEY40.63901,212.12
ROBERTS40.63901.70
BENN40.6390112.04
WOOD40.63902.01
RICHARDSON40.63903.75
MOOR40.639045.61
ASKEW40.639056.58
SIMPSON40.63903.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OSBY0.6362630000.0000
MCFARLEN0.6362620000.0000
SIMPTON0.6362615000.0000
STELLE0.6362610000.0000
MCGUFFIE0.636267142.8571
MCCLELLAN0.636266666.6667
MILBY0.636266000.0000
CAUFIELD0.636262093.0233
SLONE0.636261666.6667
CUMPSTON0.636261428.5714
BALFORD0.636261428.5714
POWE0.636261250.0000
ROBLEY0.636261212.1212
STANDFIELD0.636261081.0811
HELLING0.63626833.3333
BRUMWELL0.63626800.0000
HOST0.63626666.6667
OBRIEN0.63626658.6826
BIGGINS0.63626397.3510
HAGON0.63626392.1569
MCLAREN0.63626377.3585
LINDOW0.63626357.1429
ROTHERY0.63626303.0303
BEWLEY0.63626239.5210
HEWSON0.63626234.8337
HAYTON0.63626228.0130
TRUMP0.63626208.3333
MCLEAN0.63626187.5000
MCINTYRE0.63626160.0000
JENKINSON0.63626145.9854
DAVY0.63626129.5337
BRAGG0.63626117.1875
BENN0.63626112.0448
PATTINSON0.63626107.1429
RATCLIFF0.6362699.2556
SATTERTHWAITE0.6362693.4579
HORSMAN0.6362691.3242
SANDS0.6362685.5920
HERON0.6362683.3333
CHRISTIAN0.6362680.5153
CORRIE0.6362670.4225
CHESTER0.6362665.1890
FEARON0.6362663.6943
RIGG0.6362657.0342
ASKEW0.6362656.5771
SLOAN0.6362650.9338
DICKINSON0.6362648.6163
HEAD0.6362645.9318
MOOR0.6362645.6100
LUPTON0.6362644.1501

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 626 people called OSBY in Beckermet St John 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 30000.0000 in Beckermet St John means that 30000.0000% of the people in Beckermet St John on census day were called OSBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OSBY 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 OSBY 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 OSBY 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 OSBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Beckermet St John means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OSBY in Beckermet St John than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beckermet St John in 1881

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

ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ASKEW (4)  ATKINSON (8)  BALFORD (1)  BANKS (1)  BARNS (1)  BATEMAN (2)  BAXTER (1)  BECK (4)  BELL (3)  BENN (4)  BEWLEY (4)  BIGGINS (6)  BIRKETT (2)  BLACK (2)  BORROWDALE (4)  BRAGG (6)  BRUMWELL (4)  BROWN (2)  OBRIEN (11)  BUCHANAN (2)  BURNS (6)  BUTLER (1)  CANAVEN (1)  CARR (1)  CASTLEHOW (1)  CASS (1)  CAUFIELD (9)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHESTER (5)  CHRISTIAN (5)  COOK (10)  CORKHILL (1)  CORRIE (1)  COULTHWARD (1)  CROSS (1)  CUMPSTON (1)  CURTHT... (1)  DAVY (10)  DICKINSON (13)  DIXON (19)  DORAN (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DUKE (1)  ELLIOT (1)  FEARON (1)  FERGUSON (5)  FISHER (7)  FORD (5)  FOSTER (2)  FREEBODY (4)  FREARS (1)  GABBOT (1)  GAINFORD (1)  GIBSON (2)  GILLIAT (7)  GLAISTER (1)  GLENROSS (1)  GRAHANE (1)  GREENHOW (1)  HAGON (2)  HARRIS (2)  HARTLEY (1)  HAYTON (7)  HEAD (7)  HELLING (2)  HERBERT (7)  HERON (5)  HEWSON (12)  HAYWOOD (1)  HOADLY (3)  HODGON (1)  HODGSON (2)  HOLMES (2)  HORSMAN (2)  HOST (1)  HUTCHINSON (2)  HUCHINSON (HUTCHINSON) (2)  IRWIN (1)  JACKSON (7)  JENKINSON (16)  KENDALL (3)  KENNEDY (3)  KENSELLA (4)  LANCASTER (3)  LAWSON (1)  LEATHER (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LINDOW (1)  LUPTON (2)  MUNCASTER (11)  MATHER (5)  MAWSON (2)  MCCARTIN (1)  MCFARLEN (2)  MCGUFFIE (5)  MCINTYRE (2)  MCLAREN (2)  MCLEAN (3)  MCCLELLAN (6)  MIDDLETON (2)  MILBY (6)  MOFFAT (2)  MOORE (11)  MOOR (4)  MOSSOP (12)  MULHOLLAND (1)  MULLENDER (1)  NELSON (8)  NEWBY (1)  NOBLE (6)  OSBY (3)  OWLER (1)  PALMER (1)  PARK (8)  PARNEL (3)  PATTINSON (6)  PERCY (1)  PETTIGREW (1)  POWE (4)  REAY (1)  RAE (1)  RATCLIFF (4)  RENNY (5)  RICHARDSON (4)  RIGG (3)  RILEY (2)  ROBERTS (4)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROBLEY (4)  ROGERS (1)  ROTHERY (7)  RUSSELL (1)  RUSSEL (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SANDS (6)  SATTERTHWAITE (1)  SATTETHWAITE (1)  SCOTT (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHERWEN (13)  SILKIRK (8)  SIMPSON (4)  SIMPTON (9)  SKEAD (1)  SLONE (5)  SLOAN (3)  SMITH (12)  SPEDDING (5)  STABLES (1)  STANDFIELD (4)  STELLE (1)  STEWART (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (18)  TOMLINSON (5)  TOWARD (4)  TOWNSEND (2)  TRUMP (2)  TURNER (1)  TWENTYMAN (2)  TYSON (1)  WALKER (6)  WATSON (8)  WHITTLE (2)  WILCOCK (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (4)