Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ponsonby, Cumberland

Ponsonby 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
BATEMAN95.4217209.79
JOHNSTON84.819359.70
STANLEY74.2169109.72
WILSON63.61457.87
KNIGHT63.614529.33
HODGSON63.614552.17
SHEPHERD53.012041.12
MURRAY53.012024.30
WATSON53.012012.98
JENKINSON42.4096137.46
MAWSON42.4096298.51
ROBINSON42.40967.56
BREW42.4096952.38
BIRKETT31.8072187.50
HAILE31.80721,764.71
LEVISON31.80723,000.00
STEPHENSON21.204821.05
DIXON21.204811.00
POOL21.2048104.17
JACKSON21.20484.31
COLEBANK21.204820,000.00
MOORE10.60243.01
HANNAH10.602446.30
SMITH10.60240.43
ALFORD10.602470.92
LITTLE10.602412.74
FARRINGTON10.602469.93
ROBSON10.60249.16
WARDLE10.602431.15
PORTER10.60248.03
STOCKDALE10.602477.52
CALVERT10.602429.50
PARKER10.60243.17
HENDERSON10.60245.54
WILKINSON10.60243.95
EILBECK10.60241,250.00
KAYE10.602440.16
WALKER10.60241.80
DAWSON10.60245.46
STEWARD10.602446.95
HAYES10.60249.69
STAFFORD10.602428.33
ASHBURN10.6024769.23
LOUD10.6024666.67
FERGUSON10.60248.50
SANDERSON10.602414.58
LANCASTER10.602424.21
DORN10.60241,428.57
PRESTON10.602412.06
TRAVIS10.602451.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COLEBANK0.1716620000.0000
LEVISON0.171663000.0000
HAILE0.171661764.7059
DORN0.171661428.5714
EILBECK0.171661250.0000
BREW0.17166952.3810
ASHBURN0.17166769.2308
LOUD0.17166666.6667
MAWSON0.17166298.5075
BATEMAN0.17166209.7902
BIRKETT0.17166187.5000
JENKINSON0.17166137.4570
STANLEY0.17166109.7179
POOL0.17166104.1667
STOCKDALE0.1716677.5194
ALFORD0.1716670.9220
FARRINGTON0.1716669.9301
PATTINSON0.1716667.1141
JOHNSTON0.1716659.7015
HODGSON0.1716652.1739
TRAVIS0.1716651.2821
STEWARD0.1716646.9484
HANNAH0.1716646.2963
SHEPHERD0.1716641.1184
KAYE0.1716640.1606
WARDLE0.1716631.1526
CALVERT0.1716629.4985
KNIGHT0.1716629.3255
STAFFORD0.1716628.3286
MURRAY0.1716624.2954
LANCASTER0.1716624.2131
STEPHENSON0.1716621.0526
SANDERSON0.1716614.5773
WATSON0.1716612.9836
LITTLE0.1716612.7389
PRESTON0.1716612.0627
DIXON0.1716610.9951
HAYES0.171669.6899
ROBSON0.171669.1575
FERGUSON0.171668.4962
PORTER0.171668.0257
WILSON0.171667.8699
ROBINSON0.171667.5572
HENDERSON0.171665.5432
DAWSON0.171665.4645
JACKSON0.171664.3113
WILKINSON0.171663.9479
PARKER0.171663.1676
MOORE0.171663.0130
WALKER0.171661.7995

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 166 people called COLEBANK in Ponsonby 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 20000.0000 in Ponsonby means that 20000.0000% of the people in Ponsonby on census day were called COLEBANK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COLEBANK 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 COLEBANK 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 COLEBANK 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 COLEBANK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.17 in Ponsonby means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COLEBANK in Ponsonby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ponsonby in 1881

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

ALFORD (1)  AMLONE (1)  ASHBURN (1)  BATEMAN (9)  BIRKETT (3)  BLOMFIELD (2)  BREW (4)  CALVERT (1)  COLEBANK (2)  CORROL (1)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (2)  DORN (1)  EILBECK (1)  FARRINGTON (1)  FERGUSON (1)  GAINFORD (8)  GREENIP (1)  GUNSON (5)  HAILE (3)  HANNAH (1)  HAYES (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HODGSON (6)  JACKSON (2)  JENKINSON (4)  JOHNSTON (8)  KAYE (1)  KNIGHT (6)  LANCASTER (1)  LEVISON (3)  LITTLE (1)  LOUD (1)  MACARTNY (1)  MASHITER (9)  MAWSON (4)  MC DONALD (1)  MC CLOUD (1)  MINNINGS (1)  MOORE (1)  MOSSOP (10)  MURRAY (5)  PARKER (1)  PATTINSON (1)  POOL (2)  PORTER (1)  PRESTON (1)  RAWES (1)  ROBINSON (4)  ROBSON (1)  SANDERSON (1)  SANDWITH (1)  SHEPHERD (5)  SMITH (1)  STAFFORD (1)  STANLEY (7)  STEPHENSON (2)  STEWARD (1)  STOCKDALE (1)  TRAVIS (1)  WALKER (1)  WARDLE (1)  WATSON (5)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (6)  WIMBLETT (1)