Top surnames from the 1881 census in Uldale, Cumberland

Uldale 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
HARRISON124.705921.20
PEARSON124.705940.51
DEANS93.5294520.23
JAMES93.529417.97
LITTLE83.137366.34
EWART72.7451489.51
SANDERSON72.745166.48
SMITHSON62.3529245.90
LETT62.35291,764.71
GRAHAM62.352920.49
IRVING62.3529105.63
BURGESS62.352933.88
NORMAN51.960842.30
WILSON51.96084.27
TURNER51.96087.04
SIMPSON51.960811.21
PEEL51.9608109.17
HOLLIDAY51.9608149.70
GRAVES51.9608129.20
MATTINSON41.5686888.89
ARMSTRONG41.568620.52
BROWNRIGG41.56861,212.12
PHILLIPSON41.5686421.05
CASSON41.5686263.16
LOWES31.1765202.70
GIBSON31.17659.69
TODHUNTER31.1765810.81
NORTH31.176535.50
STALKER31.1765238.10
NELSON31.176524.29
BOWES20.784385.47
PARK20.784325.32
GREENWOOD20.784310.10
CAPE20.7843307.69
HUNTER20.78437.64
WOOD20.78432.46
HOWE20.784319.98
HENLEY10.392251.28
DALTON10.392217.09
HALL10.39221.33
RUDDICK10.3922163.93
CROSS10.39225.70
PEET10.392274.07
CARTER10.39222.34
HORSLEY10.392242.02
STEWART10.39222.51
NEWTON10.39225.12
BERNS10.392210,000.00
CURRIE10.392213.93
YOUNG10.39221.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BERNS0.2625510000.0000
LETT0.262551764.7059
BROWNRIGG0.262551212.1212
MATTINSON0.26255888.8889
TODHUNTER0.26255810.8108
DEANS0.26255520.2312
EWART0.26255489.5105
PHILLIPSON0.26255421.0526
CAPE0.26255307.6923
CASSON0.26255263.1579
SMITHSON0.26255245.9016
CROSTHWAITE0.26255243.9024
STALKER0.26255238.0952
LOWES0.26255202.7027
RUDDICK0.26255163.9344
HOLLIDAY0.26255149.7006
GRAVES0.26255129.1990
TWEDDLE0.26255113.6364
PEEL0.26255109.1703
IRVING0.26255105.6338
CREIGHTON0.2625599.0099
BOWES0.2625585.4701
PEET0.2625574.0741
FOTHERGILL0.2625568.4932
SANDERSON0.2625566.4767
LITTLE0.2625566.3350
HENLEY0.2625551.2821
JACQUES0.2625546.2963
NORMAN0.2625542.3012
HORSLEY0.2625542.0168
PEARSON0.2625540.5132
NORTH0.2625535.5030
BURGESS0.2625533.8792
ROGERSON0.2625531.8471
HANNAH0.2625530.2115
EDGAR0.2625525.4453
PARK0.2625525.3165
NELSON0.2625524.2915
HARRISON0.2625521.2014
ARMSTRONG0.2625520.5233
GRAHAM0.2625520.4918
HOWE0.2625519.9800
JAMES0.2625517.9677
DALTON0.2625517.0940
BOWMAN0.2625515.0150
CURRIE0.2625513.9276
SIMPSON0.2625511.2108
GREENWOOD0.2625510.1010
GIBSON0.262559.6931
HUNTER0.262557.6365

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 255 people called BERNS in Uldale 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 10000.0000 in Uldale means that 10000.0000% of the people in Uldale on census day were called BERNS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BERNS 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 BERNS 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 BERNS 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 BERNS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Uldale means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BERNS in Uldale than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Uldale in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (4)  ASHBRIDGE (2)  BELL (1)  BIRKITT (4)  BOWES (2)  BOWMAN (1)  BRANLEY (1)  BROWNRIGG (4)  BURGESS (6)  BERNS (1)  CAPE (2)  CARTER (1)  CASSON (4)  COUX (6)  CRAGHILL (1)  CREIGHTON (1)  CROSS (1)  CROSTHWAITE (1)  CURRIE (1)  DALTON (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DEANS (9)  DIXON (1)  DOWTHWAITE (1)  EDGAR (1)  EWART (7)  FODEN (1)  FOTHERGILL (1)  GIBSON (3)  GRAHAM (6)  GRAVES (5)  GREENWOOD (2)  HALL (1)  HOLLIDAY (5)  HANNAH (1)  HARRISON (12)  HENLEY (1)  HEWITSON (4)  HORSLEY (1)  HOWE (2)  HUNTER (2)  IRVING (6)  JACQUES (1)  JAMES (9)  LETT (6)  LITTLE (8)  LOWES (3)  MATTINSON (4)  MOSCROP (7)  NELSON (3)  NEWTON (1)  NORMAN (5)  NORTH (3)  PARK (2)  PEARSON (12)  PEET (1)  PEEL (5)  PHILLIPSON (4)  ROGERSON (1)  ROUTLIDGE (3)  RUDDICK (1)  SAMZ (6)  SANDERSON (7)  SCOON (2)  SEVRILL (1)  SIMPSON (5)  SMITHSON (6)  STALKER (3)  STEWART (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TEMSTALL (1)  THORNBURROW (2)  THWAITE (4)  TODHUNTER (3)  TURNER (5)  TWEDDLE (1)  WALKIN (1)  WILKINSON (1)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (2)  YOUNG (1)