Top surnames from the 1881 census in Lower Allithwaite, Lancashire

Lower Allithwaite is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lancashire

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
THOMPSON283.373511.26
NELSON242.891659.70
BURROW222.6506385.96
BURTON202.409628.28
WILSON202.40965.25
JACKSON172.04827.33
BROWN172.04823.11
DICKINSON161.927745.13
CARTER151.807210.77
PAISLEY141.6867756.76
ROBINSON141.68675.29
HUDSON131.566319.13
ATKINSON121.445814.84
CRAGG121.4458227.70
WRIGHT121.44584.51
DIXON111.325312.10
JOHNSON111.32533.94
RIGG111.3253157.59
LANCASTER101.204848.47
WOODHOUSE101.204850.84
WILKINSON91.08437.11
WEARING91.0843354.33
HOWSON91.0843173.75
WATSON91.08434.67
GOLDSWORTHY80.9639233.92
WITHERS70.843451.43
GREAVES70.843428.77
LAMBERT70.843415.45
HILL70.84343.31
SLATER70.843413.93
COUPLAND70.8434133.08
BARBER60.722912.01
OLIVER60.722910.13
RADCLIFFE60.722962.24
BRICKEL60.72297,500.00
TOWNER60.7229270.27
RAWLINSON60.722960.61
NASH60.722915.68
WREN60.722966.74
GREENWOOD60.72299.31
BROUGH60.722959.11
HOGG50.602416.68
BLAIR50.602423.23
STOREY50.602423.71
WOODBURN50.6024190.11
TYSON50.602446.21
CHANDLER50.602418.75
MACFARLANE50.6024105.26
ORR50.602435.74
BUTLER50.60246.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRICKEL0.838307500.0000
PAISLEY0.83830756.7568
BURROW0.83830385.9649
BRENNER0.83830370.3704
BAILIFF0.83830370.3704
WEARING0.83830354.3307
TOWNER0.83830270.2703
EWAN0.83830264.5503
GOLDSWORTHY0.83830233.9181
CRAGG0.83830227.7040
WOODBURN0.83830190.1141
BEWLEY0.83830180.9955
HOWSON0.83830173.7452
RIGG0.83830157.5931
RELPH0.83830143.8849
COUPLAND0.83830133.0798
MOUNSEY0.83830126.0504
DRINKALL0.83830112.3596
CRAFT0.83830109.2896
MACFARLANE0.83830105.2632
SILL0.83830102.0408
HENNEY0.8383086.2069
KENDELL0.8383085.4701
MARTINDALE0.8383084.0336
PEDDER0.8383068.4932
WREN0.8383066.7408
RADCLIFFE0.8383062.2407
RAWLINSON0.8383060.6061
NELSON0.8383059.7015
BROUGH0.8383059.1133
WITHERS0.8383051.4328
WOODHOUSE0.8383050.8388
BROCKLEBANK0.8383049.5050
LANCASTER0.8383048.4731
TYSON0.8383046.2107
DICKINSON0.8383045.1340
CRITCHLEY0.8383040.5405
WINDER0.8383036.6972
ORR0.8383035.7398
CROW0.8383031.9234
LEAK0.8383031.2500
HORROCKS0.8383029.4118
GREAVES0.8383028.7711
HANDLEY0.8383028.5510
BURTON0.8383028.2845
HIGH0.8383026.6667
MOOR0.8383025.7954
LEEK0.8383024.8756
NEWBY0.8383024.0964
STOREY0.8383023.7079

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 830 people called BRICKEL in Lower Allithwaite 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 7500.0000 in Lower Allithwaite means that 7500.0000% of the people in Lower Allithwaite on census day were called BRICKEL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRICKEL 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 BRICKEL 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 BRICKEL 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 BRICKEL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.83 in Lower Allithwaite means that you are 0.83 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRICKEL in Lower Allithwaite than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Lower Allithwaite in 1881

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

AIREY (9)  AKISTER (15)  ASKBURNER (1)  ATKINSON (12)  ATTWOOD (1)  BAILIFF (1)  BARBER (6)  BARKER (1)  BATES (1)  BAXENDALE (1)  BAXTER (2)  BECKHOUSE (1)  BELL (3)  BEETHAM (9)  BEWLEY (4)  BIGLAND (2)  BLAIR (5)  BOWNESS (4)  BRADLEY (2)  BRENNER (1)  BRETT (2)  BRICKEL (6)  BROCKLEBANK (1)  BROCKBANK (3)  BROUGH (6)  BROWN (17)  BULFIELD (2)  BURNS (1)  BARROW (1)  BURROW (22)  BURROWS (1)  BURTON (20)  BUTLER (5)  CARR (1)  CARTER (15)  CASSON (1)  CHANDLER (5)  CLARK (1)  COLE (1)  COOPER (1)  COUPLAND (7)  CRAFT (2)  CRAGG (12)  CRAYSTON (1)  CRITCHLEY (3)  CROSBY (1)  CROW (4)  CROWE (1)  DICKINSON (16)  DICKNSON (3)  DIXON (11)  DOCKERAY (1)  DODD (3)  DRINKALL (1)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (2)  EWAN (5)  FELL (2)  FITZSUMMERS (1)  FLEMING (1)  FREARSON (1)  FREASON (2)  FREEMAN (1)  GARDNER (1)  GARNETT (1)  GIBSON (1)  GOLDSWORTHY (8)  GRAHAM (1)  GREAVES (7)  GRAVES (1)  GREENWOOD (6)  GREGG (1)  GRISDALE (2)  HADATH (2)  HANDLEY (4)  HARKER (2)  HARRISON (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HAWORTH (2)  HENDERSON (4)  HENNEY (1)  HIGH (1)  HILL (7)  HOGG (5)  HOLMES (1)  HULME (1)  HORROCKS (3)  HOWSON (9)  HUDDLESTONE (16)  HUDSON (13)  HUIR (1)  HUTTON (5)  JACKSON (17)  JOHNSON (11)  JOHNSTONE (1)  KENDELL (1)  KIDD (1)  KNOWLES (1)  LEAK (1)  LEEK (1)  LAMBERT (7)  LANCASTER (10)  LANGSTROTH (1)  LAST (1)  LAWRENCE (4)  LEACH (1)  LEFFETT (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LITTLE (1)  LOMAX (1)  MARTINDALE (4)  MARTINGDALE (1)  MASON (2)  MAYCLELL (1)  DONALD (2)  MACFARLANE (5)  MILES (2)  MOLYNEU (4)  MOOR (3)  MOORE (1)  MOSSOP (8)  MOUNSEY (3)  NANSON (1)  NASH (6)  NELSON (24)  NEWBY (2)  NICHOL (2)  NICHOLSON (1)  OLIVER (6)  ORR (5)  ORMANDY (2)  PAISLEY (14)  SEDGWICK (PAISLEY) (2)  PARKER (3)  PARRINDON (5)  PEARSON (1)  PEDDER (2)  PLATT (1)  PORTER (4)  WRAY (1)  RADCLIFFE (6)  ROCKLIFFE (3)  RAWLINSON (6)  ROWLINSON (3)  REDLEAD (1)  REVELEY (3)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIGG (11)  RIGGE (3)  ROBINSON (14)  RELPH (2)  RAWSTHORNE (5)  RUDGE (1)  SALTERWNTE (2)  SANDHAM (3)  SERGANT (1)  GASKARTH (3)  SHARPLES (1)  SHAW (4)  SILL (1)  SLATER (7)  SMITH (2)  SQUIRES (1)  STABLES (1)  STAFFORD (1)  STOREY (5)  SWAINSON (6)  SYKES (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THISTLETHWAITE (1)  THMOPSON (3)  THOMPSON (28)  TOWNER (6)  TREMOUTH (5)  TYSON (5)  VICKERS (2)  WALKER (3)  WALLER (1)  WONSON (8)  WEARING (9)  WATSON (9)  WESTWOOD (1)  WILCOCK (1)  WILMAN (5)  WILKINSON (9)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (20)  WINDER (2)  WITHERS (7)  WOOD (4)  WOODBURN (5)  WOODHOUSE (10)  WOOLEY (1)  WREN (6)  WRIGHT (12)  YATES (1)