Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cliburn, Westmorland

Cliburn 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
BYERS155.37631,034.48
STEPHENSON145.017987.72
ELLIS93.225822.22
ATKINSON93.225833.12
COLLIN93.2258620.69
GROVES82.8674102.04
EDGAR82.8674186.05
MOFFAT72.5090138.61
MARK72.5090500.00
PARKER72.509013.19
ROBINSON72.50907.87
LANCASTER72.5090101.01
JACKSON62.15057.70
STEADMAN62.1505348.84
CARRICK62.1505298.51
LEWIS62.15058.18
DAVIDSON51.792121.31
THOMPSON51.79215.98
DOBSON51.792140.62
COULSTON51.79211,724.14
BURTON51.792121.03
WORKMAN51.7921271.74
BROWNRIGG51.79211,388.89
WINTER41.433740.44
JOHNSON41.43374.27
SOWERBY41.4337266.67
METCALFE41.433762.79
SMITH31.07530.76
FIDLER31.0753168.54
SISSON31.0753410.96
JAMES31.07535.47
CARLTON31.0753209.79
RICHARDSON31.07536.32
WATSON31.07534.64
HUTCHINSON20.716812.62
CHESTER20.716858.48
IRVING20.716832.15
MILLER20.71684.01
HETHERINGTON20.716856.82
TAYLOR20.71681.12
HALL20.71682.44
SANDERSON20.716817.35
JOHNSTON20.71688.88
PARKIN10.358413.33
BALMER10.358494.34
ARMSTRONG10.35844.69
RYDER10.358420.70
LEGGETT10.358445.66
PENN10.358439.68
BELL10.35841.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COULSTON1,724.1451.7921
BROWNRIGG1,388.8951.7921
BYERS1,034.48155.3763
ION714.2910.3584
COLLIN620.6993.2258
MARK500.0072.5090
SISSON410.9631.0753
STEADMAN348.8462.1505
CARRICK298.5162.1505
WORKMAN271.7451.7921
SOWERBY266.6741.4337
CARLTON209.7931.0753
EDGAR186.0582.8674
LUSTY185.1910.3584
FIDLER168.5431.0753
MOFFAT138.6172.5090
GROVES102.0482.8674
LANCASTER101.0172.5090
BALMER94.3410.3584
STEPHENSON87.72145.0179
METCALFE62.7941.4337
CHESTER58.4820.7168
HETHERINGTON56.8220.7168
LEGGETT45.6610.3584
DOBSON40.6251.7921
WINTER40.4441.4337
PENN39.6810.3584
ATKINSON33.1293.2258
IRVING32.1520.7168
WYLIE30.7710.3584
ELLIS22.2293.2258
DAVIDSON21.3151.7921
BURTON21.0351.7921
RYDER20.7010.3584
SANDERSON17.3520.7168
BATEMAN13.8710.3584
PARKIN13.3310.3584
PARKER13.1972.5090
HUTCHINSON12.6220.7168
PEACOCK10.0510.3584
JOHNSTON8.8820.7168
LEWIS8.1862.1505
ROBINSON7.8772.5090
JACKSON7.7062.1505
RICHARDSON6.3231.0753
THOMPSON5.9851.7921
JAMES5.4731.0753
NICHOLSON5.0510.3584
ARMSTRONG4.6910.3584
WATSON4.6431.0753

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called COULSTON in Cliburn 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 1.7921 in Cliburn means that 1.7921% of the people in Cliburn on census day were called COULSTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COULSTON 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 COULSTON 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 COULSTON 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 COULSTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,724.14 in Cliburn means that you are 1,724.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COULSTON in Cliburn than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cliburn in 1881

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

AIREY (8)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (9)  BAILEY (1)  BALMER (1)  BATEMAN (1)  BYERS (15)  BELL (1)  BEETHAM (5)  BIRKBECK (5)  BROWNRIGG (5)  BURTON (5)  CA... (1)  CARRICK (6)  CARLTON (3)  CHESTER (2)  COLLIN (9)  COULSTON (5)  DAVIDSON (5)  DAVIS (1)  DOBSON (5)  DUFTON (1)  EDGAR (8)  ELLIS (9)  FAWCET (2)  FIDLER (3)  GOODHILL (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRAY (1)  GRISDALE (1)  GROVES (8)  HALL (2)  HETHERINGTON (2)  HUTCHINSON (2)  ION (1)  IRVING (2)  JACKSON (6)  JAMES (3)  JOHNSON (4)  JOHNSTON (2)  KINDLEYSIDES (4)  LANCASTER (7)  LEGGETT (1)  LEWIS (6)  LUSTY (1)  MARK (7)  METCALFE (4)  MILLER (2)  MOFFAT (7)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARKER (7)  PARKIN (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PENN (1)  RAILTON (2)  RICHARDSON (3)  RYDER (1)  ROBINSON (7)  ROUTELEDGE (1)  SANDERSON (2)  SISSON (3)  SMITH (3)  SOWERBY (4)  STEADMAN (6)  STEPHENSON (14)  SWINGLEHURST (9)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (5)  WATSON (3)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (4)  WORKMAN (5)  WYLIE (1)