Top surnames from the 1881 census in Matterdale, Cumberland

Matterdale 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
MARTIN205.780323.47
BENNETT185.202331.65
WILKINSON144.046226.52
WILSON133.75728.18
WHITE113.17929.89
WEIR113.1792122.22
ATKINSON92.601226.71
HEAD92.6012106.89
LANCASTER82.312193.02
KILGOUR82.3121629.92
JACKSON72.02317.24
WALKER72.02316.04
GIBSON72.023116.67
SCOTT61.73416.85
KIRKLAND61.7341194.81
WYNN61.7341200.00
WATSON61.73417.48
ROBINSON61.73415.44
BELL51.44517.69
NICHOLSON51.445120.34
BOWMAN51.445155.31
COOPER51.44515.94
NEWTON51.445118.86
POTTS51.445143.29
DICKINSON51.445133.83
RICHARDSON51.44518.49
SUTTON41.156118.16
DAWSON41.156110.49
BRUNSKILL41.1561500.00
WEIGHTMAN41.1561296.30
FOTHERGILL41.1561202.02
BENSON41.156142.64
SMITH41.15610.82
TAYLOR41.15611.81
HIND41.156191.53
HILL30.86713.40
MILLER30.86714.85
THOMPSON30.86712.89
DOBSON30.867119.66
SLEE30.8671222.22
EDMONDSON30.867175.00
POOL20.578049.88
ALLISON20.578020.35
RAINE20.578069.44
STOUT20.5780120.48
PARKER20.57803.04
COATES20.578015.50
BROWN20.57800.88
TODHUNTER20.5780400.00
STALKER10.289058.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BIRTON0.353465000.0000
KILGOUR0.35346629.9213
BRUNSKILL0.35346500.0000
MOFFET0.35346500.0000
TODHUNTER0.35346400.0000
WEIGHTMAN0.35346296.2963
BROWNRIGG0.35346222.2222
SLEE0.35346222.2222
FOTHERGILL0.35346202.0202
WYNN0.35346200.0000
KIRKLAND0.35346194.8052
STAMPER0.35346128.2051
WEIR0.35346122.2222
STOUT0.35346120.4819
HEAD0.35346106.8884
LANCASTER0.3534693.0233
HIND0.3534691.5332
TWEDDLE0.3534684.0336
EDMONDSON0.3534675.0000
RAINE0.3534669.4444
MARSON0.3534663.6943
STALKER0.3534658.8235
BOWMAN0.3534655.3097
POOL0.3534649.8753
KITCHING0.3534649.7512
POTTS0.3534643.2900
BENSON0.3534642.6439
DICKINSON0.3534633.8295
BENNETT0.3534631.6511
HERRING0.3534628.1690
BIBBY0.3534626.7380
ATKINSON0.3534626.7062
WILKINSON0.3534626.5152
MARTIN0.3534623.4659
BAINBRIDGE0.3534620.5761
ALLISON0.3534620.3459
NICHOLSON0.3534620.3417
DOBSON0.3534619.6592
NEWTON0.3534618.8608
SUTTON0.3534618.1571
GIBSON0.3534616.6667
COATES0.3534615.5039
METCALF0.3534614.2653
PAUL0.3534611.5473
ELLIOT0.3534611.3250
DAWSON0.3534610.4877
WHITE0.353469.8903
RICHARDSON0.353468.4890
WILSON0.353468.1807
BELL0.353467.6899

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 346 people called BIRTON in Matterdale 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 5000.0000 in Matterdale means that 5000.0000% of the people in Matterdale on census day were called BIRTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BIRTON 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 BIRTON 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 BIRTON 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 BIRTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in Matterdale means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BIRTON in Matterdale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Matterdale in 1881

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

AIREY (1)  ALLISON (2)  ATKINSON (9)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BELL (5)  BENNETT (18)  BENSON (4)  BIBBY (1)  BLAMIRE (4)  BLENCONSHIP (1)  BOWMAN (5)  BROWN (2)  BROWNRIGG (1)  BROWREGS (1)  BRUNSKILL (4)  BIRTON (1)  CHAPPLOW (7)  COATES (2)  COOPER (5)  DAWSON (4)  DICKINSON (5)  DOBSON (3)  DIRKIN (1)  EDMONDSON (3)  ELLIOT (1)  FIRGINSON (1)  FOTHERGILL (4)  GIBSON (7)  GRAHAM (1)  GRISDALE (12)  HARRISON (1)  HEAD (9)  HERRING (1)  HILL (3)  HIND (4)  HEBSON (4)  HODGSON (1)  JACKSON (7)  KILGOUR (8)  KIRKLAND (6)  KIRKUP (1)  KITCHING (1)  LANCASTER (8)  MARSON (1)  MARTIN (20)  MAUGHAM (5)  METCALF (1)  MILLER (3)  MOFFET (1)  NANSON (5)  NEWTON (5)  NICHOLSON (5)  PARKER (2)  PAUL (1)  POOL (2)  POTTS (5)  RAINE (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBINSON (6)  SCOTT (6)  SEALBY (3)  SLEE (3)  SMITH (4)  STALKER (1)  STAMPER (1)  STOUT (2)  SUTTON (4)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMPSON (3)  TODHUNTER (2)  TURNER (1)  TWEDDLE (1)  WALKER (7)  WATSON (6)  WEIGHTMAN (4)  WEIR (11)  WHITE (11)  WILKINSON (14)  WILSON (13)  WYNN (6)