Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burtholme, Cumberland

Burtholme 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
ARMSTRONG247.453497.52
HOLMES226.832356.11
MARTIN206.211225.21
WAUGH144.3478318.91
WATSON123.726716.07
OLIVER103.105643.54
GRAHAM103.105627.05
HOPE92.795082.12
ATKINSON82.484525.51
NOBLE82.484559.84
HOLLIDAY82.4845189.57
DAVIDSON72.173925.86
PHILLIPS72.173912.15
BLAYLOCK72.17391,250.00
DOBSON61.863442.25
TELFORD61.8634211.27
SMITH61.86341.32
HYSLOP61.8634324.32
BULMAN61.8634512.82
JOHNSON51.55284.62
HEWARD51.5528806.45
LITTLE51.552832.83
WILSON51.55283.38
TURNBULL51.552836.85
CAMPBELL41.24227.34
BULKELEY41.24224,000.00
BROWN41.24221.88
RIDLEY41.242264.31
MUSGRAVE41.2422205.13
ROWNTREE30.9317315.79
SPROAT30.9317476.19
ROUTLEDGE30.9317109.49
BATH30.9317123.97
THOMPSON20.62112.07
BELL20.62113.31
CALVERT20.621130.44
COULTHARD20.6211111.11
FOSTER20.62114.65
WHITEHEAD10.31064.60
PIERSON10.3106147.06
ADAMS10.31062.11
MOFFET10.3106526.32
GORDON10.31064.93
FERGUSON10.31064.38
IRVING10.310613.95
WESTERN10.310674.07
NIXON10.310610.19
HAUGH10.3106208.33
GOODFELLOW10.310635.09
KENNEDY10.31065.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BULKELEY0.323224000.0000
BLAYLOCK0.323221250.0000
HEWARD0.32322806.4516
MOFFET0.32322526.3158
BULMAN0.32322512.8205
SPROAT0.32322476.1905
HYSLOP0.32322324.3243
WAUGH0.32322318.9066
ROWNTREE0.32322315.7895
TELFORD0.32322211.2676
HAUGH0.32322208.3333
MUSGRAVE0.32322205.1282
HOLLIDAY0.32322189.5735
PIERSON0.32322147.0588
BATH0.32322123.9669
COULTHARD0.32322111.1111
ROUTLEDGE0.32322109.4891
ARMSTRONG0.3232297.5213
HOPE0.3232282.1168
WESTERN0.3232274.0741
RIDLEY0.3232264.3087
NOBLE0.3232259.8355
HOLMES0.3232256.1081
OLIVER0.3232243.5350
DOBSON0.3232242.2535
TURNBULL0.3232236.8460
GOODFELLOW0.3232235.0877
LITTLE0.3232232.8299
CALVERT0.3232230.4414
GRAHAM0.3232227.0490
DAVIDSON0.3232225.8589
ATKINSON0.3232225.5102
MARTIN0.3232225.2143
WATSON0.3232216.0664
IRVING0.3232213.9470
STOREY0.3232212.2249
ELLIOT0.3232212.1803
PHILLIPS0.3232212.1507
NIXON0.3232210.1937
WELSH0.323227.8431
CAMPBELL0.323227.3408
KENNEDY0.323225.1520
GORDON0.323224.9285
FOSTER0.323224.6458
JOHNSON0.323224.6215
WHITEHEAD0.323224.5956
FERGUSON0.323224.3821
WILSON0.323223.3809
BELL0.323223.3052
ADAMS0.323222.1075

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 322 people called BULKELEY in Burtholme 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 4000.0000 in Burtholme means that 4000.0000% of the people in Burtholme on census day were called BULKELEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BULKELEY 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 BULKELEY 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 BULKELEY 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 BULKELEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Burtholme means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BULKELEY in Burtholme than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burtholme in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (24)  ATKINSON (8)  BARNFATHER (5)  BATH (3)  BELL (2)  BLAYCOCK (4)  BLAYLOCK (7)  BROWN (4)  BULKELEY (4)  BULMAN (6)  BURTHOLME (4)  CALVERT (2)  CAMPBELL (4)  COULTHARD (2)  DAVIDSON (7)  DOBSON (6)  ELLIOT (1)  FAULDER (2)  FERGUSON (1)  FOSTER (2)  GADDES (1)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GORDON (1)  GRAHAM (10)  HOLLIDAY (8)  HAUGH (1)  HESLEDEN (1)  HYSLOP (6)  HEWARD (5)  HOLMES (22)  HOPE (9)  IRVING (1)  JOHNSON (5)  KENNEDY (1)  LEEAR (2)  LEAR (LEEAR) (4)  LITTLE (5)  LAIDLOW (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (20)  MITCHINSON (5)  MOFFET (1)  MUSGRAVE (4)  NIXON (1)  NOBLE (8)  OLIVER (10)  PATRICKSON (4)  PIERSON (1)  PHILLIPS (7)  RIDLEY (4)  ROUTLEDGE (3)  ROWNTREE (3)  SMITH (6)  SPROAT (3)  STOREY (1)  STORROW (1)  TELFORD (6)  THOMPSON (2)  TURNBUL (TURNBULL) (4)  TURNBULL (5)  WATSON (12)  WAUGH (14)  WETHERBURN (1)  WELSH (1)  WESTERN (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILSON (5)