Top surnames from the 1881 census in Underskiddaw, Cumberland

Underskiddaw 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
ATKINSON213.910640.15
LITTLE142.607155.12
STANLEY142.607167.80
ROBINSON122.23467.01
MARTIN122.23469.07
SCOTT122.23468.83
GRAHAM112.048417.84
KELLY112.048418.70
HARRISON101.86228.39
STAMPER91.6760737.70
LECK91.67601,475.41
BRYDON91.6760532.54
NIXON91.676055.01
JAMES91.67608.53
NICHOLSON81.489820.96
CLAPHAM81.4898172.79
GIBSON81.489812.27
BROMLEY81.489896.74
THOMAS71.30353.16
HOLMES71.303510.71
WILKINSON71.30358.54
ALLEN71.30356.90
DEVON71.30351,428.57
CLARK71.30354.34
EDGAR61.117372.55
SHAW61.11736.08
WILSON61.11732.43
STRONG61.117374.81
SANDERSON61.117327.05
POSTLETHWAITE61.1173294.12
DENT50.931148.88
CRAWFORD50.931119.03
REAY50.9311107.30
BANKS50.931118.16
RICHMOND50.931142.52
HOLLIDAY50.931171.02
MAGEE50.9311211.86
HODGSON50.931113.44
WREN40.744968.73
HUTCHINSON40.744913.11
POWELL40.74495.97
DIXON40.74496.80
EMMERSON40.744975.47
BIRKETT40.744977.22
DRINKWATER40.744975.47
DOVER40.7449165.29
WILLIAMSON40.74498.31
ARMSTRONG30.55877.31
KIRBY30.558714.72
BLACKBURN30.558714.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KLETT0.5453710000.0000
NOWLEY0.545373333.3333
LECK0.545371475.4098
DEVON0.545371428.5714
STAMPER0.54537737.7049
SHOW0.54537666.6667
BRYDON0.54537532.5444
THRELKELD0.54537476.1905
POSTLETHWAITE0.54537294.1176
WIER0.54537256.4103
MAGEE0.54537211.8644
NISBETT0.54537188.6792
CLAPHAM0.54537172.7862
DOVER0.54537165.2893
QUAIL0.54537158.7302
SCOTLAND0.54537130.7190
REAY0.54537107.2961
BROMLEY0.5453796.7352
SLEE0.5453795.2381
LIDDIARD0.5453781.3008
BIRKETT0.5453777.2201
DRINKWATER0.5453775.4717
EMMERSON0.5453775.4717
STRONG0.5453774.8130
HALDANE0.5453773.5294
EDGAR0.5453772.5514
HOLLIDAY0.5453771.0227
WREN0.5453768.7285
STANLEY0.5453767.7966
BORTHWICK0.5453766.4452
CASSON0.5453762.6959
STORY0.5453760.0601
ADAIR0.5453759.8802
LITTLE0.5453755.1181
NIXON0.5453755.0122
DENT0.5453748.8759
FRANK0.5453744.2478
HAYS0.5453743.6681
RICHMOND0.5453742.5170
ATKINSON0.5453740.1530
SOWERBY0.5453734.4828
COULTHARD0.5453733.3333
EDMONDSON0.5453732.2061
MATHERS0.5453731.2500
DOWNES0.5453730.1205
FARRER0.5453728.0899
SANDERSON0.5453727.0514
STARLING0.5453725.3165
MERRY0.5453724.9377
STRICKLAND0.5453723.3645

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 537 people called KLETT in Underskiddaw 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 Underskiddaw means that 10000.0000% of the people in Underskiddaw on census day were called KLETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KLETT 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 KLETT 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 KLETT 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 KLETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Underskiddaw means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KLETT in Underskiddaw than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Underskiddaw in 1881

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

ADAIR (1)  ALLEN (7)  ANDERSON (2)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ATKINSON (21)  BANKS (5)  BATES (1)  BIRKETT (4)  BIRKET (1)  BLACKBURN (3)  BORTHWICK (2)  BOWES (1)  BOWNESS (1)  BRAITHWAITE (1)  BRISKELL (1)  BROMLEY (8)  BRYDON (9)  CARNIAGIE (1)  CASSON (2)  CATMELL (8)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLAPHAM (8)  CLARK (7)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMENT (1)  COLES (1)  CORFIELD (6)  COULTHARD (1)  CRAGHILL (2)  CRAWFORD (5)  CRAYSON (3)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (2)  DENT (5)  DEVON (7)  DIXON (4)  DOVER (4)  DOWNES (2)  DOWNIE (1)  DRINKWATER (4)  EDGAR (6)  EDMONDSON (2)  EMMERSON (4)  FARRER (1)  FAULKNER (1)  FISHER (1)  FLEIMERY (2)  FLEMING (1)  FLETCHER (2)  FOLDER (4)  FRANK (1)  GATES (1)  GIBSON (8)  GLOAG (1)  GODFREE (1)  GRAHAM (11)  GRAVES (1)  GREEN (1)  GRENWOOD (1)  HALDANE (1)  HOLLIDAY (5)  HAMILTON (2)  HARDY (1)  HARIDING (1)  HARKER (1)  HARPER (1)  HARRISON (10)  HAYS (1)  HELLON (1)  HENDERSON (1)  HILL (1)  HLICK (1)  HODGSON (5)  HOLMES (7)  HOPKINSON (1)  HOWE (1)  HOWEL (6)  HUDDART (5)  HUTCHINSON (4)  JAMES (9)  JARAWAY (1)  KELLY (11)  KIRBY (3)  KLETT (1)  NOWEL (1)  NOWLEY (1)  LECK (9)  LONGRIGG (7)  LEWIS (1)  LIDDIARD (1)  LITTLE (14)  MACAN (1)  MAGEE (5)  MARTIN (12)  MATHERS (1)  DONALD (1)  MERRY (1)  MITCHINSON (8)  MOSS (1)  MUNCLERK (1)  NICHOLSON (8)  NASBIT (1)  NISBETT (1)  NIXON (9)  ODDIE (2)  OLVANHILL (1)  PLUMRIDGE (1)  POLICK (1)  POSTLETHWAITE (6)  POWELL (4)  QUAIL (1)  REAY (5)  RAVEN (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RICHERDSON (6)  RICHMOND (5)  ROBINSON (12)  ROUKE (1)  SANDERSON (6)  SANDERS (1)  GASKARTH (5)  SCOTLAND (2)  SCOTT (12)  SEACASTLE (1)  SHANKEW (1)  SHAW (6)  SHOW (1)  SIMPSON (1)  SLEE (2)  SMALWOOD (1)  SMITH (1)  SOWERBY (1)  SPEDDING (7)  STAMPER (9)  STANLEY (14)  SENHOUSE (3)  STARLING (1)  STORY (2)  STRICKLAND (1)  STRONG (6)  THOMAS (7)  THOMPSON (1)  THRELKELD (1)  THWAITE (1)  TODD (1)  TROUGHEN (1)  TURNER (1)  WAKE (1)  WARWICK (1)  WATSON (2)  WIER (1)  WHITE (2)  WILKINSON (7)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (4)  WILSON (6)  WREN (4)