Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kirkby Thore, Westmorland

Kirkby Thore 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
WATT224.2389110.55
HODGSON183.468250.04
ATKINSON183.468235.61
ELLWOOD173.2755592.33
PATTINSON142.6975301.72
THOMPSON132.50488.36
GRAHAM132.504821.82
HUTCHINSON112.119537.31
RICHARDSON112.119512.45
FRITH101.9268193.05
HUNTER101.926818.76
SHAW91.73419.44
PARKIN91.734164.47
SMITH81.54141.09
TAYLOR81.54142.41
COWPER71.3487308.37
HARRISON71.34876.08
BROWN71.34872.05
ALDERSON61.156183.33
JORDAN61.156126.17
SANDERSON61.156127.99
TEASDALE61.1561136.36
ROBINSON61.15613.63
WILSON50.96342.10
LINTON50.9634117.37
HETHERINGTON50.963476.45
HALL50.96343.27
METCALFE50.963442.19
SHURR50.963425,000.00
ANGUS50.963467.29
COWEN50.9634175.44
JACKSON40.77072.76
SOWERBY40.7707142.86
EARL40.770758.91
BULMAN40.7707211.64
LANCASTER40.770731.01
ETCHELLS40.7707199.01
JEPSON40.770778.74
HOGG40.770721.33
WESTMORLAND40.7707615.38
LAWSON40.770713.07
SCOTT40.77073.05
HORN30.578025.45
CROSBY30.578048.86
PARKER30.57803.04
TIFFIN30.5780326.09
MOORE30.57802.89
DIXON30.57805.28
SLEE30.5780147.78
GILL20.38545.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHURR25,000.0050.9634
EUBANKS20,000.0020.3854
WESTMORLAND615.3840.7707
ELLWOOD592.33173.2755
BOWRON476.1920.3854
TIFFIN326.0930.5780
COWPER308.3771.3487
PATTINSON301.72142.6975
SINTON289.8620.3854
BULMAN211.6440.7707
ETCHELLS199.0140.7707
FRITH193.05101.9268
GARNET185.1910.1927
COWEN175.4450.9634
SALKELD170.9420.3854
LECK169.4910.1927
EWBANK153.8510.1927
SLEE147.7830.5780
SOWERBY142.8640.7707
TEASDALE136.3661.1561
POUNDER118.3420.3854
LINTON117.3750.9634
WATT110.55224.2389
HINDSON108.7010.1927
ALDERSON83.3361.1561
MONKHOUSE82.6410.1927
JEPSON78.7440.7707
HETHERINGTON76.4550.9634
BEWLEY72.4610.1927
ANGUS67.2950.9634
FOTHERGILL67.1120.3854
PARKIN64.4791.7341
EARL58.9140.7707
HODGSON50.04183.4682
MOUNT49.7510.1927
CROSBY48.8630.5780
FURNESS48.1920.3854
HAMBLETON47.3910.1927
METCALFE42.1950.9634
PETTY38.9120.3854
HUTCHINSON37.31112.1195
BYERS37.1710.1927
ATKINSON35.61183.4682
KITCHING33.2210.1927
LANCASTER31.0140.7707
BURROW28.0910.1927
SANDERSON27.9961.1561
JORDAN26.1761.1561
HORN25.4530.5780
CUMMINGS25.0320.3854

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called SHURR in Kirkby Thore 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 0.9634 in Kirkby Thore means that 0.9634% of the people in Kirkby Thore on census day were called SHURR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHURR 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 SHURR 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 SHURR 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 SHURR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 25,000.00 in Kirkby Thore means that you are 25,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHURR in Kirkby Thore than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kirkby Thore in 1881

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

AIREY (4)  ALDERSON (6)  ALLONBY (2)  ALLINSON (7)  ANGUS (5)  ARNISON (1)  ATKINSON (18)  BAILEY (1)  BEEBY (1)  BYERS (1)  BEWLEY (1)  BIRD (1)  BIRKETT (1)  BLACKBURN (1)  BOWRON (2)  BROWN (7)  BULMAN (4)  BURNE (3)  BURROW (1)  BUTTERWORTH (1)  CALKELD (1)  CARR (1)  CASTLEY (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHESTER (1)  CLARK (1)  MC CUE (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOMBS (1)  COWPER (7)  COWEN (5)  CROSBY (3)  CUMMINGS (2)  DALTON (2)  DAWSON (1)  DIXON (3)  EARL (4)  EGGLESTONE (1)  ELLWOOD (17)  ETCHELLS (4)  EUBANKS (2)  EWBANK (1)  FALLOWFIELD (2)  FORSYTH (2)  FOTHERGILL (2)  FRASER (1)  FRITH (10)  FURNESS (2)  GARNET (1)  JEPSON (4)  GIBSON (1)  GILL (2)  GOODBURN (1)  JORDAN (6)  GOWLING (7)  GRAHAM (13)  GRISDALE (2)  HEELIS (7)  HALL (5)  HINDMERE (6)  HAMBLETON (1)  HARRISON (7)  HINDSON (1)  HETHERINGTON (5)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (18)  HOGG (4)  HOLMES (1)  HORN (3)  HUDDART (3)  HUNTER (10)  HUTCHINSON (11)  IROIN (2)  JACKSON (4)  KITCHING (1)  LECK (1)  LANCASTER (4)  LAW (1)  LAWSON (4)  LIGHTBURN (5)  LINTON (5)  MARTIN (1)  MC GEE (2)  MC HAFFIE (6)  MC GUINESS (3)  MC VITTIE (4)  METCALFE (5)  MONKHOUSE (1)  MOORE (3)  MORTON (1)  MOUNT (1)  NICHOLSON (2)  NISLITE (1)  PARKER (3)  PARKIN (9)  PATTINSON (14)  PETTY (2)  POUNDER (2)  RICHARDSON (11)  RIDLEY (1)  RIGG (1)  ROBINSON (6)  RUDD (1)  SALKELD (2)  SANDERSON (6)  SCOTT (4)  SHURR (5)  SEWELL (1)  SHAW (9)  SHIELDS (2)  SINTON (2)  SLEE (3)  SMITH (8)  SOWERBY (4)  STEWARTSON (5)  STUDHOLME (8)  TAYLOR (8)  TEASDALE (6)  TELFORD (1)  TENGATE (3)  THOMPSON (13)  TIFFIN (3)  TODD (1)  WATT (22)  WAUGH (1)  WESTMORLAND (4)  WHARTON (1)  WILSON (5)  WINSKELL (9)  WOOF (3)  YARKER (5)