Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nichol Forest, Cumberland

Nichol Forest 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
GRAHAM6910.883394.79
ARMSTRONG385.993778.42
DIXON274.258738.87
FORSTER253.9432120.25
JOHNSTON243.785546.91
TELFORD182.8391322.00
MILLICAN142.20821,166.67
LESLIE121.8927114.29
LITTLE121.892740.03
FOSTER121.892714.16
ROUTLEDGE101.5773185.53
IRVING101.577370.82
POTTS101.577347.26
LAWSON101.577326.75
BLAYLOCK101.5773900.90
DAVIDSON101.577318.76
JACKSON91.41965.08
WALKER91.41964.24
HENDERSON91.419613.06
NIXON91.419646.61
BATY91.4196588.24
TAIT81.261842.85
WHITE81.26183.93
ATKINSON81.261812.96
FORRESTER81.261894.01
JOYCE81.261851.38
SCOTT71.10414.36
WILSON71.10412.40
MARSHALL71.10416.58
BELL60.94645.04
MURRAY60.94647.63
BAXTER60.946415.88
GOODFELLOW60.9464107.14
CAIRNS50.788636.47
NICHOL50.788673.21
KENNEDY50.788613.08
JEFFREY50.788642.66
HOPE50.788623.17
TURNBULL50.788618.71
MERRY40.630984.39
LAW40.630913.95
MOUNSEY40.6309219.78
FOREST30.4732164.84
BORTHWICK30.473284.27
MATTINSON30.4732265.49
WARDLE30.473224.45
COWAN30.473223.20
CARRUTHERS30.473235.76
PATERSON30.47326.95
WHITFIELD30.473223.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROAM0.636345000.0000
MILLICAN0.636341166.6667
BLAYLOCK0.63634900.9009
BATTIE0.63634645.1613
BROACH0.63634625.0000
BATY0.63634588.2353
TELFORD0.63634322.0036
MATTINSON0.63634265.4867
MOUNSEY0.63634219.7802
MATTISON0.63634198.0198
ROUTLEDGE0.63634185.5288
FOREST0.63634164.8352
COUGHLAN0.63634140.8451
FORSTER0.63634120.2501
LESLIE0.63634114.2857
LATTIMER0.63634113.6364
GOODFELLOW0.63634107.1429
GRAHAM0.6363494.7932
FORRESTER0.6363494.0071
MALLOY0.6363490.9091
MERRY0.6363484.3882
BORTHWICK0.6363484.2697
ARMSTRONG0.6363478.4152
NICHOL0.6363473.2064
PAISLEY0.6363470.9220
IRVING0.6363470.8215
HURD0.6363470.4225
RUDDICK0.6363466.2252
CHARTERS0.6363457.8035
JOYCE0.6363451.3809
POTTS0.6363447.2590
JOHNSTON0.6363446.9116
NIXON0.6363446.6080
TAIT0.6363442.8495
JEFFREY0.6363442.6621
BOYS0.6363440.1606
LITTLE0.6363440.0267
DIXON0.6363438.8713
CAIRNS0.6363436.4697
CARRUTHERS0.6363435.7569
HYSLOP0.6363427.3973
LAWSON0.6363426.7523
WARDLE0.6363424.4499
ALSTON0.6363424.2131
WHITFIELD0.6363423.6967
COWAN0.6363423.2019
HOPE0.6363423.1696
EASTON0.6363420.7900
DAVIDSON0.6363418.7617
TURNBULL0.6363418.7126

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 634 people called ROAM in Nichol Forest 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 Nichol Forest means that 5000.0000% of the people in Nichol Forest on census day were called ROAM.

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

All the surnames recorded in Nichol Forest in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ALSTON (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ARMSTRONG (38)  ATKINSON (8)  BATY (9)  BATTIE (2)  BAXTER (6)  BEATEY (3)  BELL (6)  BLAIR (2)  BLAYLOCK (10)  BORTHWICK (3)  BOYS (1)  BRATCH (2)  BROATCH (17)  BROACH (1)  CAIRNS (5)  CARRUTHERS (3)  CHARTERS (1)  COWAN (3)  COUGHLAN (1)  CRAIGHILL (5)  DALTON (1)  DAVIDSON (10)  DIXON (27)  DONALDSON (1)  DOUGHTY (1)  DUERDON (DUERDEN) (8)  DUERDEN (1)  EASTON (2)  EDGAR (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLOTT (1)  ELLOT (1)  FERGUSON (2)  FERGISON (1)  FOREST (3)  FORRESTER (8)  FORSTER (25)  FOSTER (12)  GLENDINNING (5)  GOODFELLOW (6)  GRAHAM (69)  GREAVES (1)  HURD (2)  HENDERSON (9)  HERBERTSON (3)  HYSLOP (1)  HEWITSON (4)  HOGG (1)  HOPE (5)  HOUNAM (2)  INGLIS (1)  IRVING (10)  JACKSON (9)  JEFFREY (5)  JERDINE (4)  JOHNSTON (24)  JOYCE (8)  KENNEDY (5)  LATTIMER (1)  LAW (4)  LAWSON (10)  LESLIE (12)  LITTLE (12)  MAIDMENT (1)  MARSHALL (7)  MATTINSON (3)  MATTISON (2)  MACDONALD (1)  MERRY (4)  MILLBURN (2)  MILLICAN (14)  MALLOY (1)  MORRISON (MRRISON) (6)  MOUNSEY (4)  MRRISON (1)  MURRAY (6)  NICHOL (5)  NIXON (9)  PAISLEY (1)  PARK (1)  PATERSON (3)  POTTS (10)  RAE (1)  REAY (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROAM (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROUTLEDGE (10)  RUDDICK (1)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SCOON (3)  SCOTT (7)  SIMPSON (1)  SLACKEN (1)  SUTHERLAND (1)  TAIT (8)  TELFORD (18)  THOMPSON (1)  TURNBULL (5)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (9)  WARD (2)  WARDLE (3)  WARWICK (1)  WATSON (3)  WAUGH (1)  WHITE (8)  WHITFIELD (3)  WIGHMAN (1)  WILSON (7)  WRIGHT (1)  WILIE (1)  YOUNG (2)