Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holme Low, Cumberland

Holme Low 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
GIBSON233.318927.34
IRVING223.1746142.49
SMITH202.88602.04
PROUD162.3088451.98
ARMSTRONG152.164528.32
HARRIS142.02027.95
LOMAS131.8759101.56
HOLLIDAY121.7316132.01
MESSENGER111.5873205.61
GRAHAM111.587313.82
SHARP101.443017.32
JARDINE101.4430154.80
HARDING91.298717.94
SCOTT91.29875.13
COULTHARD91.2987232.56
WALTERS81.154424.21
WILSON81.15442.51
RICHARDSON81.15446.78
HAYTON81.1544235.29
BELL81.15446.14
LATIMER81.1544299.63
BATY81.1544476.19
REED81.154415.81
GREENWOOD81.154414.86
JACKSON71.01013.61
BEWLEY71.0101378.38
CAMPBELL71.01015.97
BEATTIE71.010147.20
LIVINGSTONE71.0101108.36
GRICE71.010197.90
PERCIVAL71.010164.46
HOLMES71.01018.29
MASKELL71.0101143.74
WALTON71.010114.35
GEDDES71.010184.24
RITCHIE71.010129.24
LAWSON60.865814.69
STITT60.8658612.24
ATKINSON60.86588.89
JOHNSTON60.865810.73
RUTHERFORD60.865835.48
MADILL60.86585,454.55
SIMPSON60.86584.95
ELLIOTT60.865810.20
CAPE60.8658338.98
WISHART60.8658110.50
BARTON60.865816.03
RAYSON50.7215251.26
STROUD50.721569.74
NEWBY50.721572.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MADILL0.696935454.5455
KEA0.696934285.7143
BRUGH0.696932000.0000
FALCON0.696931250.0000
BRISCO0.69693731.7073
STITT0.69693612.2449
PORTEUS0.69693547.9452
BATY0.69693476.1905
PROUD0.69693451.9774
STRONACH0.69693427.3504
BEWLEY0.69693378.3784
BECKTON0.69693344.8276
CAPE0.69693338.9831
LATIMER0.69693299.6255
RAYSON0.69693251.2563
HAYTON0.69693235.2941
COULTHARD0.69693232.5581
MESSENGER0.69693205.6075
MALOY0.69693186.9159
JARDINE0.69693154.7988
PAPE0.69693144.2308
MASKELL0.69693143.7372
IRVING0.69693142.4870
HANKIN0.69693140.8451
EDMONSON0.69693135.1351
HOLLIDAY0.69693132.0132
SPARK0.69693131.1475
FARISH0.69693119.0476
TOD0.69693111.1111
WISHART0.69693110.4972
LIVINGSTONE0.69693108.3591
LOMAS0.69693101.5625
PIGG0.6969398.0392
GRICE0.6969397.9021
SHANKS0.6969394.8767
ROUTLEDGE0.6969384.7458
GEDDES0.6969384.2359
MILLICAN0.6969376.3359
NEWBY0.6969372.1501
WALES0.6969371.3012
STROUD0.6969369.7350
PATTINSON0.6969364.5161
PERCIVAL0.6969364.4567
DART0.6969362.1118
SEWARD0.6969352.4934
WADDELL0.6969348.7805
STRONG0.6969348.3559
BROUGH0.6969347.2255
BEATTIE0.6969347.2016
CARRUTHERS0.6969343.6205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 693 people called MADILL in Holme Low 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 5454.5455 in Holme Low means that 5454.5455% of the people in Holme Low on census day were called MADILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MADILL 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 MADILL 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 MADILL 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 MADILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.69 in Holme Low means that you are 0.69 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MADILL in Holme Low than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holme Low in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ANDERSON (2)  ARCHER (1)  ARMSTRONG (15)  ATKINS (1)  ATKINSON (6)  BARTON (6)  BATY (8)  BECKTON (1)  BEATTIE (7)  BELL (8)  BEWLEY (7)  BLAIR (3)  BOYLE (1)  BRUGH (1)  BRISCO (3)  BRODIE (1)  BROUGH (4)  BROWN (3)  BROWNLEE (1)  BURROW (2)  BURTON (1)  CAMPBELL (7)  CAPE (6)  CARRUTHERS (4)  CASS (1)  CHISHOLM (2)  CONNELL (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  COULTHARD (9)  COWLEY (1)  CRAIK (2)  DALTON (3)  DART (2)  DAVIDSON (3)  DAY (4)  DICKINSON (2)  DIXON (3)  DODD (3)  EDMONSON (1)  ELLIOTT (6)  FALCON (4)  FARISH (1)  FARLON (4)  FERGUSON (3)  FORSYTH (4)  FOXLEY (1)  GEDDES (7)  GEDLING (3)  GIBSON (23)  JARDINE (10)  MC GOVAN (1)  GRAHAM (11)  GREENWOOD (8)  GRICE (7)  HADFIELD (4)  HOLLIDAY (12)  HAMILTON (1)  HANKIN (3)  HARDING (9)  HARRIS (14)  HAYTON (8)  HETHERINGTON (1)  HOGG (1)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLMES (7)  HOWES (4)  HUGHES (1)  IRVING (22)  JACKSON (7)  JAMES (4)  JEFFERSON (2)  JEFFREY (1)  JOHNSTON (6)  JONES (3)  KEA (3)  KERR (3)  KIRKPATRICK (1)  LONGCAKE (3)  LATIMER (8)  LAWSON (6)  LIGHTFOOT (3)  LIVINGSTONE (7)  LOGAN (1)  LOMAS (13)  LONSDALE (1)  MADILL (6)  MARTIN (3)  MASKELL (7)  MATTHEWS (3)  MC CALLUM (5)  MC DONNELL (4)  MACDONALD (2)  MC KINSEY (1)  MC LACHLAN (4)  MC VITTIE (6)  MENZIES (1)  MESSENGER (11)  MEDCALF (1)  MILLICAN (1)  MALOY (2)  MUNDILL (5)  NEWBY (5)  NICHOLL (1)  OLIPHANT (1)  OLIVER (1)  PAPE (3)  PATERSON (2)  PATTINSON (4)  PATTERSON (1)  PERCIVAL (7)  PIGG (2)  PORTEUS (4)  PORTER (2)  PROUD (16)  RAE (2)  RATCLIFFE (1)  RAWCLIFFE (3)  RAYSON (5)  REED (8)  RICHARDSON (8)  RICKERBY (7)  RITCHIE (7)  ROBINSON (2)  ROBSON (1)  ROSANY (1)  ROSENBLAD (3)  ROUTLEDGE (5)  RUTHERFORD (6)  SCOTT (9)  SEWARD (2)  SHANKS (5)  SHARP (10)  SIMPSON (6)  SMITH (20)  SPARK (4)  STEPHEN (2)  STITT (6)  STRONACH (5)  STRONG (5)  STROUD (5)  THOMPSON (2)  TOD (3)  O TOOLE (2)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WALES (4)  WALLAS (1)  WALTERS (8)  WALTON (7)  WADDELL (3)  WATSON (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLIS (4)  WILSON (8)  WISHART (6)