Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mallerstang, Westmorland

Mallerstang 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
METCALF3111.4391564.66
MASON165.904143.91
PARKER124.428023.28
FAWCETT93.3210171.76
BLADES93.3210584.42
SLINGER82.9520975.61
SUTHERLAND72.583051.28
ATKINSON72.583026.52
PARK72.583083.33
BELLAS72.58302,692.31
TOWN72.5830522.39
HARRISON72.583011.64
HEWITT62.214045.45
DENT62.2140116.28
STEEL62.214054.30
ALDERSON62.2140159.57
ALLISON51.845064.94
HUTCHINSON51.845032.49
ALLAN51.845029.39
BRADLEY51.845022.98
ELLWOOD51.8450333.33
RICHARDSON41.47608.67
BRUNSKILL41.4760634.92
GUY41.476067.45
SAYER41.4760112.68
WATSON41.47606.36
THOMPSON31.10703.70
HARPER31.107017.29
BROWN31.10701.68
SCOTT31.10704.38
PETTIFORD31.10706,000.00
BELL31.10705.89
GARVIE20.7380416.67
DAVIS20.73803.36
ROACH10.369025.06
CLIFFORD10.369017.95
ADCOCK10.369037.31
MILNER10.369016.10
GORDON10.36905.85
BINKS10.369062.50
KING10.36901.69
FOTHERGILL10.369064.52
RUTHERFORD10.369015.13
WADE10.36909.22
HELM10.369082.64
TAYLOR10.36900.58
CLARK10.36901.23
HARKER10.369035.09
JOLLY10.369026.04
WHITEHEAD10.36905.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PETTIFORD6,000.0031.1070
BELLAS2,692.3172.5830
SLINGER975.6182.9520
BRUNSKILL634.9241.4760
SYERS625.0010.3690
BLADES584.4293.3210
METCALF564.663111.4391
TOWN522.3972.5830
GARVIE416.6720.7380
ELLWOOD333.3351.8450
FAWCETT171.7693.3210
ALDERSON159.5762.2140
IVESON129.8710.3690
DENT116.2862.2140
SAYER112.6841.4760
PARK83.3372.5830
HELM82.6410.3690
SOWERBY68.4910.3690
GUY67.4541.4760
ALLISON64.9451.8450
FOTHERGILL64.5210.3690
BINKS62.5010.3690
HISLOP61.3510.3690
STEEL54.3062.2140
SUTHERLAND51.2872.5830
HEWITT45.4562.2140
MASON43.91165.9041
GARLICK41.8410.3690
ADCOCK37.3110.3690
HARKER35.0910.3690
HUTCHINSON32.4951.8450
ALLAN29.3951.8450
ATKINSON26.5272.5830
JOLLY26.0410.3690
ROACH25.0610.3690
RUDD23.4210.3690
PARKER23.28124.4280
BRADLEY22.9851.8450
CLIFFORD17.9510.3690
HARPER17.2931.1070
MILNER16.1010.3690
RUTHERFORD15.1310.3690
HARRISON11.6472.5830
WADE9.2210.3690
RICHARDSON8.6741.4760
WATSON6.3641.4760
BELL5.8931.1070
GORDON5.8510.3690
WHITEHEAD5.4610.3690
NICHOLSON5.1910.3690

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called PETTIFORD in Mallerstang 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 1.1070 in Mallerstang means that 1.1070% of the people in Mallerstang on census day were called PETTIFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PETTIFORD 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 PETTIFORD 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 PETTIFORD 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 PETTIFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,000.00 in Mallerstang means that you are 6,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PETTIFORD in Mallerstang than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mallerstang in 1881

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

ADCOCK (1)  ALDERSON (6)  ALLAN (5)  ALLISON (5)  ANDERSON (1)  ATKINSON (7)  BELLAS (7)  BELL (3)  BINKS (1)  BLADES (9)  BOUSFIELD (4)  BRADLEY (5)  BROWN (3)  BRUNSKILL (4)  CLARK (1)  CLIFFORD (1)  COWPERTHWAITE (1)  DARGAE (1)  DAVIS (2)  DENT (6)  ELLWOOD (5)  FAWCETT (9)  FOTHERGILL (1)  GARLICK (1)  GORDON (1)  GUY (4)  HARKER (1)  HARPER (3)  HARRISON (7)  HELM (1)  HISLOP (1)  HEWITT (6)  HUTCHINSON (5)  IVESON (1)  GARVIE (2)  JOLLY (1)  KING (1)  KEARTON (4)  LIGHTBURN (1)  MASON (16)  METCALF (31)  MILNER (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARK (7)  PARKER (12)  PETTIFORD (3)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROACH (1)  RUDD (1)  RUTHERFORD (1)  SAYER (4)  SYERS (1)  SCOTT (3)  SLINGER (8)  SOWERBY (1)  STEEL (6)  SUTHERLAND (7)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (3)  THORNBARROW (5)  THROUP (7)  THWAIT (2)  TOWN (7)  WADE (1)  WATSON (4)  WEARMOUTH (4)  WHITEHEAD (1)