Top surnames from the 1881 census in Salter Eskat, Cumberland

Salter Eskat 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
DOYLE136.6327272.54
GILL115.612279.31
WATSON105.102021.99
TYNAN94.59183,913.04
ELLIS94.591831.62
HUGHES84.081614.57
LOWDEN84.08161,250.00
WILLIAMS84.08165.68
TOWERS73.5714308.37
GRAFTON73.57141,296.30
LONG73.571455.03
CASSON63.0612517.24
GRENFELL63.06121,818.18
COURTNEY63.0612425.53
COOK63.061215.41
MORGAN52.551012.83
JACKSON42.04087.30
NELSON42.040842.15
HARRISON31.53066.90
WINTER31.530643.17
HALL31.53065.20
REGAN31.5306149.25
CUFF21.0204263.16
NIXON21.020433.50
WALKER21.02043.05
STEELE10.510219.08
RAGAN10.5102312.50
GOODFELLOW10.510257.80
WOODS10.51028.09
DUFFEY10.5102142.86
JOHNSTON10.51026.32
ROTHERY10.5102138.89
GRAHAM10.51024.44
TOOLE10.510294.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TYNAN0.201963913.0435
GRENFELL0.201961818.1818
GRAFTON0.201961296.2963
LOWDEN0.201961250.0000
CASSON0.20196517.2414
COURTNEY0.20196425.5319
RAGAN0.20196312.5000
TOWERS0.20196308.3700
DOYLE0.20196272.5367
CUFF0.20196263.1579
REGAN0.20196149.2537
DUFFEY0.20196142.8571
ROTHERY0.20196138.8889
TOOLE0.2019694.3396
GILL0.2019679.3079
GOODFELLOW0.2019657.8035
LONG0.2019655.0314
WINTER0.2019643.1655
NELSON0.2019642.1496
NIXON0.2019633.5008
ELLIS0.2019631.6233
WATSON0.2019621.9925
STEELE0.2019619.0840
COOK0.2019615.4123
HUGHES0.2019614.5666
MORGAN0.2019612.8271
WOODS0.201968.0906
JACKSON0.201967.3019
HARRISON0.201966.8950
JOHNSTON0.201966.3211
WILLIAMS0.201965.6818
HALL0.201965.2029
GRAHAM0.201964.4444
WALKER0.201963.0483

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 196 people called TYNAN in Salter Eskat 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 3913.0435 in Salter Eskat means that 3913.0435% of the people in Salter Eskat on census day were called TYNAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TYNAN 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 TYNAN 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 TYNAN 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 TYNAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Salter Eskat means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TYNAN in Salter Eskat than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Salter Eskat in 1881

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

CASSON (6)  CAVNAGH (1)  COOK (6)  COURTNEY (6)  CUFF (2)  DOYLE (13)  DUFFEY (1)  ELLIS (9)  GILL (11)  GLENDANNAN (8)  GOODFELLOW (1)  GRAFTON (7)  GRAHAM (1)  GRENFELL (6)  HALL (3)  HARRISON (3)  HUGHES (8)  JACKSON (4)  JOHNSTON (1)  LONG (7)  LOWDEN (8)  LAIDLOW (1)  MAC DONALD (7)  MC MULLAN (4)  MORGAN (5)  MUMBERSON (3)  NELSON (4)  NIXON (2)  REGAN (3)  RAGAN (1)  RETALLICK (2)  ROTHERY (1)  ROTHEY (1)  SPEDDING (5)  STEELE (1)  STETON (1)  SYIMETT (1)  TOOLE (1)  TOWERS (7)  TROUGHEAR (1)  TYNAN (9)  WALKER (2)  WATSON (10)  WILLIAMS (8)  WINTER (3)  WOODS (1)