Top surnames from the 1881 census in Skirwith, Cumberland

Skirwith 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
JACKSON176.159422.04
SOWERBY145.0725939.60
BIRD113.985552.16
PRESTON93.260965.26
SLEE93.2609833.33
GROVES93.2609115.98
GRAHAM82.898625.24
ROBINSON82.89869.09
SLACK72.5362160.92
NICHOLSON72.536235.70
WALKER72.53627.58
DENT62.1739114.07
ATKINSON62.173922.32
LEGGETT62.1739276.50
WILKINSON62.173914.25
HETHERINGTON62.1739172.41
GILL62.173930.72
DAVIDSON51.811621.54
HOPE51.811653.25
PEARSON41.449312.48
SANDERSON41.449335.09
ELLIOT41.449356.82
RONSON41.44931,481.48
JENNINGS41.449328.59
BRUNSKILL41.4493625.00
FURNESS31.0870136.36
PARKER31.08705.72
WILSON20.72461.58
ROUTLEDGE20.724685.11
SAVAGE20.724618.87
CARR20.724610.04
HUNTER20.72467.06
BENSON10.362313.37
HOGARTH10.362354.95
MARSON10.362379.37
HAYCOCK10.362364.52
CARSWELL10.362399.01
LIDDLE10.362330.77
ROGERSON10.362329.41
CALVERT10.362317.76
TELFORD10.362341.15
PROUD10.362370.92
BOOTH10.36233.67
HOWE10.36239.23
BELL10.36231.93
HODGSON10.36235.23
SCOTT10.36231.43
MALLINSON10.362343.86
GRUNDON10.3623909.09
CARRICK10.362350.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RONSON0.282761481.4815
SOWERBY0.28276939.5973
GRUNDON0.28276909.0909
SLEE0.28276833.3333
BRUNSKILL0.28276625.0000
LOWIS0.28276294.1176
LEGGETT0.28276276.4977
HETHERINGTON0.28276172.4138
SLACK0.28276160.9195
FURNESS0.28276136.3636
STANFIELD0.28276128.2051
GROVES0.28276115.9794
DENT0.28276114.0684
CARSWELL0.2827699.0099
ROUTLEDGE0.2827685.1064
MARSON0.2827679.3651
PROUD0.2827670.9220
PRESTON0.2827665.2647
HAYCOCK0.2827664.5161
ELLIOT0.2827656.8182
HOGARTH0.2827654.9451
HOPE0.2827653.2481
BIRD0.2827652.1574
CARRICK0.2827650.2513
MALLINSON0.2827643.8596
TELFORD0.2827641.1523
NICHOLSON0.2827635.6961
SANDERSON0.2827635.0877
LIDDLE0.2827630.7692
GILL0.2827630.7220
ROGERSON0.2827629.4118
JENNINGS0.2827628.5919
GRAHAM0.2827625.2446
ATKINSON0.2827622.3214
JACKSON0.2827622.0407
DAVIDSON0.2827621.5424
SAVAGE0.2827618.8679
CALVERT0.2827617.7620
IRVING0.2827616.2602
WILKINSON0.2827614.2450
BEARD0.2827613.7552
BENSON0.2827613.3690
PEARSON0.2827612.4766
FRANKLIN0.2827610.9051
CARR0.2827610.0402
HOWE0.282769.2251
ROBINSON0.282769.0909
WALKER0.282767.5766
FIELD0.282767.2833
HUNTER0.282767.0572

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 276 people called RONSON in Skirwith 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 1481.4815 in Skirwith means that 1481.4815% of the people in Skirwith on census day were called RONSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RONSON 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 RONSON 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 RONSON 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 RONSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Skirwith means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RONSON in Skirwith than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Skirwith in 1881

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

AIREY (8)  ATKINSON (6)  BELLASIS (1)  BEARD (1)  BELL (1)  BENSON (1)  BIOLETTI (6)  BIRD (11)  BOOTH (1)  BRUNSKILL (4)  BURTON (1)  CALDOW (6)  CALVERT (1)  CARR (2)  CARRICK (1)  CARSWELL (1)  CHAPPLOW (1)  COOPER (1)  CRUDDAL (1)  CRUDDASS (1)  DAVIDSON (5)  DENT (6)  DIXON (1)  DOWTHWAITE (1)  EGGLESTONE (1)  ELLIOT (4)  FIELD (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  FURNESS (3)  GEDLING (1)  GILL (6)  MC GILL (1)  GORDON (1)  GRAHAM (8)  GROVES (9)  GRUNDON (1)  HAYCOCK (1)  HETHERINGTON (6)  HEBSON (6)  HODGSON (1)  HOGGARTH (1)  HOGARTH (1)  HOPE (5)  HOWE (1)  HUNTER (2)  IRVING (1)  JACKSON (17)  JENNINGS (4)  LEGGETT (6)  LOWIS (1)  LIDDLE (1)  MALLINSON (1)  MARSON (1)  NICHOLSON (7)  PARKER (3)  PEARSON (4)  PRESTON (9)  PROUD (1)  MC QUEEN (1)  RIDSDALE (2)  ROBINSON (8)  ROBSON (1)  ROGERSON (1)  RONSON (4)  ROUTLEDGE (2)  SANDERSON (4)  SAVAGE (2)  SCOTT (1)  SLACK (7)  SLEE (9)  SOWERBY (14)  SPEDDING (4)  STANFIELD (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STUDHOLME (8)  TALLENTIRE (1)  TELFORD (1)  TOTHERGILL (1)  WALKER (7)  WAPPET (1)  WILKINSON (6)  WILSON (2)  WINSKELL (1)