Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bolton, Westmorland

Bolton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Westmorland

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
SAVAGE215.2109135.66
ROBINSON174.218413.23
JACKSON163.970214.21
SIMPSON163.970222.70
WILSON143.47397.56
HOWE122.977775.81
BULLOCK122.977791.53
LONGMIRE112.72953,548.39
BRUNSKILL102.48141,063.83
RICHARDSON102.481414.58
THOMPSON92.23337.45
HODGSON92.233332.22
DENT92.2333117.19
HORN81.985187.34
BLAND81.985195.69
WATT81.985151.78
SEWELL81.985193.90
RIGG71.7370206.49
HOLLAND71.737024.40
CHERRY71.7370169.90
DIXON71.737015.86
WATSON71.73707.49
BUTTERWORTH61.488841.47
DODD51.240730.51
BELLAS51.24071,282.05
ARMSTRONG51.240716.23
BEWLEY51.2407467.29
CHESTER40.992680.97
GRAHAM40.99268.64
JOHNSTON40.992612.30
SLACK40.992662.99
PARKIN40.992636.90
CLARKE40.99264.90
FARRER40.9926149.81
CANNON40.992654.79
LAMBERT30.744413.64
STEEL30.744418.26
ELLWOOD30.7444134.53
MOORE30.74443.72
METCALFE30.744432.61
FERGUSON30.744410.50
NICHOLSON30.744410.48
BATEMAN20.496319.21
JENKINSON20.496328.33
DAVIDSON20.49635.90
BAILEY20.49633.29
WALKER20.49631.48
JENNINGS20.49639.79
STEPHENSON20.49638.68
HALL20.49631.69

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LONGMIRE3,548.39112.7295
BELLAS1,282.0551.2407
BRUNSKILL1,063.83102.4814
TUER526.3210.2481
BEWLEY467.2951.2407
RIGG206.4971.7370
CUSTANCE204.0810.2481
CHERRY169.9071.7370
FARRER149.8140.9926
SAVAGE135.66215.2109
ELLWOOD134.5330.7444
DENT117.1992.2333
BLAND95.6981.9851
SEWELL93.9081.9851
BULLOCK91.53122.9777
HORN87.3481.9851
CHESTER80.9740.9926
HOWE75.81122.9777
SLACK62.9940.9926
CANNON54.7940.9926
HOLME53.4810.2481
WATT51.7881.9851
BUTTERWORTH41.4761.4888
PARKIN36.9040.9926
METCALFE32.6130.7444
HODGSON32.2292.2333
DODD30.5151.2407
ROUTLEDGE29.1510.2481
REAY28.5710.2481
JENKINSON28.3320.4963
HOLLAND24.4071.7370
SIMPSON22.70163.9702
EDMONDSON21.4610.2481
BATEMAN19.2120.4963
BURN18.4510.2481
STEEL18.2630.7444
WHARTON17.7010.2481
PENNINGTON16.7510.2481
ARMSTRONG16.2351.2407
EDGAR16.1310.2481
DIXON15.8671.7370
RICHARDSON14.58102.4814
JACKSON14.21163.9702
LAMBERT13.6430.7444
ROBINSON13.23174.2184
JOHNSTON12.3040.9926
CLIFFORD12.0610.2481
ROPER11.9210.2481
DALTON10.8110.2481
FERGUSON10.5030.7444

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called LONGMIRE in Bolton 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 2.7295 in Bolton means that 2.7295% of the people in Bolton on census day were called LONGMIRE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LONGMIRE 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 LONGMIRE 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 LONGMIRE 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 LONGMIRE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,548.39 in Bolton means that you are 3,548.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LONGMIRE in Bolton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bolton in 1881

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

AIREY (5)  AKRIGG (1)  ALLISON (1)  ARMSTRONG (5)  BAILEY (2)  BAMBRIDGE (3)  BATEMAN (2)  BELLAS (5)  BELL (1)  BEWCHER (2)  BEWLEY (5)  BLAND (8)  BRUNSKILL (10)  BULLOCK (12)  BURN (1)  BUTTERWORTH (6)  CANNON (4)  CHERRY (7)  CHESTER (4)  CLARKE (4)  CLEMETSON (1)  CLIFFORD (1)  CUSTANCE (1)  DALTON (1)  DAVIDSON (2)  DENT (9)  DIXON (7)  DODD (5)  EDGAR (1)  EDMONDSON (1)  EGGLESON (1)  ELLWOOD (3)  FARRER (4)  FERGUSON (3)  GIBSON (1)  GOODBURN (1)  GOODMAN (1)  GRAHAM (4)  HALL (2)  HEWETSON (5)  HODGSON (9)  HOLLAND (7)  HOLME (1)  HORN (8)  HOWE (12)  JACKSON (16)  JAMES (1)  JENKINSON (2)  JENNINGS (2)  JOHNSTON (4)  LAMBERT (3)  LONGMIRE (11)  MACKERETH (6)  MC DONALD (1)  METCALFE (3)  MILLER (1)  MILNE (1)  MOORE (3)  NICHOLSON (3)  OGLETHORPE (1)  OUSBY (3)  PARKIN (4)  PEND (1)  PENNINGTON (1)  RACHFORT (1)  REAY (1)  RICHARDSON (10)  RIGG (7)  ROBINSON (17)  ROPER (1)  ROUTLEDGE (1)  SAVAGE (21)  SKAIF (1)  SCOTT (1)  SEWELL (8)  SHAW (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMPSON (16)  SLACK (4)  STEEL (3)  STEPHENSON (2)  STEWARTSON (1)  THOMPSON (9)  TUER (1)  VETTIE (1)  WALKER (2)  WAPPEL (1)  WATSON (7)  WATT (8)  WHARTON (1)  WILSON (14)  WOOD (1)  WOOFF (13)  WOOF (2)