Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cumrew, Cumberland

Cumrew 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
METCALF97.3770364.37
BROWN75.73778.70
DIXON75.737752.36
WATSON54.098417.67
WHITFIELD54.0984204.92
BECKTON54.098410,000.00
GOODFELLOW54.0984462.96
HODGSON43.278747.34
WAUGH43.2787240.96
ATKINSON43.278733.67
GILL43.278746.35
GRAHAM32.459021.41
TOPPIN32.45902,727.27
LAMB21.639331.06
JACKSON21.63935.87
HETHERINGTON21.6393129.87
THOMPSON21.63935.47
BLYTHE10.8197107.53
ARMSTRONG10.819710.72
RICHARDSON10.81974.81
ELWOOD10.8197434.78
DOYLE10.819733.67
PHILIPS10.819744.25
ELLIOT10.819732.15
MASON10.81976.10
BOWMAN10.819731.35
NEWTON10.819710.70
EDGAR10.819753.19
LEACH10.819719.88
CONNELL10.819747.17
WOODHOUSE10.819734.60
IRVING10.819736.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BECKTON0.1212210000.0000
TOPPIN0.121222727.2727
GOODFELLOW0.12122462.9630
ELWOOD0.12122434.7826
METCALF0.12122364.3725
WAUGH0.12122240.9639
WHITFIELD0.12122204.9180
HETHERINGTON0.12122129.8701
BLYTHE0.12122107.5269
EDGAR0.1212253.1915
DIXON0.1212252.3560
HODGSON0.1212247.3373
CONNELL0.1212247.1698
GILL0.1212246.3499
PHILIPS0.1212244.2478
IRVING0.1212236.7647
WOODHOUSE0.1212234.6021
DOYLE0.1212233.6700
ATKINSON0.1212233.6700
ELLIOT0.1212232.1543
BOWMAN0.1212231.3480
LAMB0.1212231.0559
GRAHAM0.1212221.4133
LEACH0.1212219.8807
WATSON0.1212217.6678
ARMSTRONG0.1212210.7181
NEWTON0.1212210.6952
BROWN0.121228.7043
MASON0.121226.0976
JACKSON0.121225.8651
THOMPSON0.121225.4720
RICHARDSON0.121224.8146

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 122 people called BECKTON in Cumrew 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 10000.0000 in Cumrew means that 10000.0000% of the people in Cumrew on census day were called BECKTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BECKTON 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 BECKTON 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 BECKTON 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 BECKTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Cumrew means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BECKTON in Cumrew than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cumrew in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (4)  BECKTON (5)  BLYTHE (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BROWN (7)  CONNELL (1)  CRUDDAS (1)  DIXON (7)  DOBINSON (6)  DOYLE (1)  EDGAR (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ELWOOD (1)  GILL (4)  GOODFELLOW (5)  GRAHAM (3)  GRISDALE (1)  HAUGHAN (1)  HETHERINGTON (2)  HODGSON (4)  IRVING (1)  IVINSON (7)  JACKSON (2)  LAIDMAN (5)  LAMB (2)  LEACH (1)  LOWTHIAN (9)  MASON (1)  METCALF (9)  MULCASTER (2)  NEWTON (1)  PHILIPS (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  SARGINSON (1)  SPEDDING (1)  THOMPSON (2)  TOPPIN (3)  WATSON (5)  WAUGH (4)  WHITFIELD (5)  WOODHOUSE (1)