Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upper Denton, Cumberland

Upper Denton 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
ARMSTRONG117.236894.66
SMITH95.92114.19
WILSON85.263211.46
BALFOUR85.2632754.72
LOWTHER74.6053752.69
HALL74.605315.65
GRAHAM63.947434.38
KIRBY63.9474103.99
LAIDLER53.2895833.33
WRIGHT42.63168.20
ELLIOT42.6316103.09
STOREY31.973777.72
JACKSON31.97377.06
CHARLTON31.973768.97
NIXON31.973764.79
THOMPSON31.97376.59
BELL31.973710.50
COWAN31.973796.77
PATTINSON31.9737220.59
FERGUSON31.973727.86
WALTON21.315818.69
CALVERT21.315864.52
MARK21.3158263.16
HEPPEL21.31582,857.14
HUNT21.31589.91
NOBLE21.315831.70
BRIGHT21.315865.15
BAXTER10.657911.04
DAWES10.657948.31
POWELL10.65795.27
PARKE10.6579277.78
HOLLAND10.65799.24
TODD10.657912.94
BIRKETT10.657968.03
FALLON10.6579178.57
BARNES10.65795.46
DAVIDSON10.65797.82
PEARSON10.65795.66
IRVING10.657929.50
CARRUTHERS10.657949.75
PALMER10.65795.58
WALLACE10.65799.61
BURKE10.657922.37
MOLE10.657984.75
FLIN10.65791,666.67
ROUTLEDGE10.657977.52
JOHNSON10.65791.96
WILLIAMS10.65790.92
CARRIE10.6579384.62
TURNBULL10.657915.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEPPEL0.151522857.1429
FLIN0.151521666.6667
LAIDLER0.15152833.3333
BALFOUR0.15152754.7170
LOWTHER0.15152752.6882
CARRIE0.15152384.6154
PARKE0.15152277.7778
MARK0.15152263.1579
PATTINSON0.15152220.5882
FALLON0.15152178.5714
KIRBY0.15152103.9861
ELLIOT0.15152103.0928
COWAN0.1515296.7742
ARMSTRONG0.1515294.6644
MOLE0.1515284.7458
STOREY0.1515277.7202
ROUTLEDGE0.1515277.5194
CHARLTON0.1515268.9655
BIRKETT0.1515268.0272
BRIGHT0.1515265.1466
NIXON0.1515264.7948
CALVERT0.1515264.5161
CARRUTHERS0.1515249.7512
DAWES0.1515248.3092
GRAHAM0.1515234.3840
NOBLE0.1515231.6957
IRVING0.1515229.4985
FERGUSON0.1515227.8552
BURKE0.1515222.3714
WALTON0.1515218.6916
HALL0.1515215.6530
TURNBULL0.1515215.6006
TODD0.1515212.9366
WILSON0.1515211.4597
BAXTER0.1515211.0375
BELL0.1515210.5042
HUNT0.151529.9059
WALLACE0.151529.6061
HOLLAND0.151529.2421
WRIGHT0.151528.2034
DAVIDSON0.151527.8247
JACKSON0.151527.0621
THOMPSON0.151526.5891
PEARSON0.151525.6625
PALMER0.151525.5804
BARNES0.151525.4645
POWELL0.151525.2743
SMITH0.151524.1935
MARSHALL0.151523.9231
JOHNSON0.151521.9581

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 152 people called HEPPEL in Upper Denton 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 2857.1429 in Upper Denton means that 2857.1429% of the people in Upper Denton on census day were called HEPPEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEPPEL 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 HEPPEL 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 HEPPEL 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 HEPPEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Upper Denton means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEPPEL in Upper Denton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upper Denton in 1881

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

ARMSTRONG (11)  BALFOUR (8)  BARNES (1)  BAXTER (1)  BELL (3)  BURKE (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BRIGHT (2)  CALVERT (2)  CARRIE (1)  CARRUTHERS (1)  CHARLTON (3)  COWAN (3)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAWES (1)  DOBINSON (2)  ELLIOT (4)  FALLON (1)  FERGUSON (3)  FLIN (1)  GRAHAM (6)  GRISDALE (3)  HALL (7)  HEPPEL (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HUNT (2)  IRVING (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KIRBY (6)  LAIDLER (5)  LOWTHER (7)  MARK (2)  MARSHALL (1)  MINGINS (2)  MOLE (1)  NIXON (3)  NOBLE (2)  PALMER (1)  PARKE (1)  PATTINSON (3)  PEARSON (1)  POWELL (1)  PRUDHAM (1)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  SMITH (9)  STOREY (3)  SURTEES (4)  THOMPSON (3)  TODD (1)  TURNBULL (1)  WALLACE (1)  WALTON (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (8)  WRIGHT (4)