Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nateby, Westmorland

Nateby 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
DIXON169.142983.46
HIRD158.57141,111.11
SAGAR105.71431,408.45
BURROW95.1429750.00
RAINE84.5714547.95
SAYER84.5714349.35
FOTHERGILL74.0000700.00
SPOONER74.0000277.78
TAYLOR63.42865.36
SIMPSON52.857116.33
ROBINSON52.85718.96
REID52.857127.20
MASON42.285717.00
BROWN42.28573.47
ATKINSON42.285723.47
BOWMAN42.285787.53
HUNTINGTON42.2857784.31
HUTCHINSON31.714330.18
SANDERSON31.714341.49
WILSON21.14292.49
ARMSTRONG10.57147.47
GUY10.571426.11
ALLEN10.57143.02
KETTLEWELL10.5714185.19
BALMER10.5714151.52
HUNTER10.57145.56
ALSOP10.5714128.21
COATES10.571415.34
ALLISON10.571420.12
DOVER10.5714126.58
CALVERT10.571428.01
LISLE10.5714227.27
WHITEHEAD10.57148.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAGAR1,408.45105.7143
HIRD1,111.11158.5714
HUNTINGTON784.3142.2857
BURROW750.0095.1429
FOTHERGILL700.0074.0000
RAINE547.9584.5714
SAYER349.3584.5714
SPOONER277.7874.0000
LISLE227.2710.5714
KETTLEWELL185.1910.5714
BALMER151.5210.5714
ALSOP128.2110.5714
DOVER126.5810.5714
BOWMAN87.5342.2857
DIXON83.46169.1429
SANDERSON41.4931.7143
HUTCHINSON30.1831.7143
CALVERT28.0110.5714
REID27.2052.8571
GUY26.1110.5714
ATKINSON23.4742.2857
ALLISON20.1210.5714
MASON17.0042.2857
SIMPSON16.3352.8571
COATES15.3410.5714
ROBINSON8.9652.8571
WHITEHEAD8.4510.5714
ARMSTRONG7.4710.5714
HUNTER5.5610.5714
TAYLOR5.3663.4286
BROWN3.4742.2857
ALLEN3.0210.5714
WILSON2.4921.1429

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called SAGAR in Nateby 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 5.7143 in Nateby means that 5.7143% of the people in Nateby on census day were called SAGAR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAGAR 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 SAGAR 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 SAGAR 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 SAGAR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,408.45 in Nateby means that you are 1,408.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAGAR in Nateby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nateby in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ALLISON (1)  ALSOP (1)  ARMSTRONG (1)  ATKINSON (4)  BALMER (1)  BIRTLE (3)  BOUSFIELD (2)  BOWMAN (4)  BROWN (4)  BURROW (9)  CALVERT (1)  COATES (1)  DIXON (16)  DOVER (1)  EBDELL (2)  FOTHERGILL (7)  GREENBANK (7)  GUY (1)  HIRD (15)  HUNTER (1)  HUNTINGTON (4)  HUTCHINSON (3)  KETTLEWELL (1)  LISLE (1)  MASON (4)  MAUGHAM (1)  NEESHAM (1)  RAIKSTRAW (1)  RAINE (8)  REID (5)  RENNISON (4)  ROBINSON (5)  SANDERSON (3)  SAYER (8)  SAGAR (10)  SIMPSON (5)  SPOONER (7)  TAYLOR (6)  THEXTON (4)  VARTIE (1)  WAINE (7)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WILSON (2)