Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nether Staveley, Westmorland

Nether Staveley 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
DOBSON134.012390.97
CLARK134.012313.35
JOHNSTONE134.012388.80
THOMPSON103.086410.30
GASKELL103.0864301.20
ROBINSON103.08649.68
TUBMAN92.77786,000.00
GIBSON82.469120.34
BIRKETT82.4691255.59
CLAYTON72.160539.75
BOYD72.160561.62
WILSON72.16054.70
STOREY61.851972.90
DAWSON61.851916.80
HOLMES61.851915.21
VARTY61.85191,276.60
ELLWOOD61.8519335.20
NELSON51.543231.87
READ51.543223.93
PINCH51.5432909.09
RAVEN51.5432183.82
DIXON51.543214.08
DAWES51.5432113.38
BYERS41.2346238.10
JOHNSON41.23463.67
STEWARDSON41.23461,142.86
NICHOLSON41.234617.38
CANNON41.234668.14
BETHEL30.9259576.92
HUTCHINSON30.925916.30
BECK30.925939.58
BENSON30.925934.17
STEEL30.925922.71
BELL20.61733.29
HUDSON20.61737.54
SHAW20.61733.36
MIDGLEY20.617346.08
ATKINSON20.61736.34
RUDD20.617339.14
MOOR20.617344.05
WOODWARD20.617312.52
JACKSON20.61732.21
WALKER10.30860.92
CRAGG10.308648.54
TYSON10.308623.70
HINDSON10.3086175.44
CARR10.30864.28
MATTINSON10.3086172.41
THORNBORROW10.3086625.00
WOOD10.30860.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUBMAN6,000.0092.7778
VARTY1,276.6061.8519
STEWARDSON1,142.8641.2346
PINCH909.0951.5432
SAND666.6710.3086
THORNBORROW625.0010.3086
BETHEL576.9230.9259
ELLWOOD335.2061.8519
GASKELL301.20103.0864
BIRKETT255.5982.4691
BYERS238.1041.2346
MILLAN217.3910.3086
RAVEN183.8251.5432
HINDSON175.4410.3086
MATTINSON172.4110.3086
DAWES113.3851.5432
CARLYLE112.3610.3086
BARRET108.7010.3086
DOBSON90.97134.0123
JOHNSTONE88.80134.0123
STOREY72.9061.8519
CANNON68.1441.2346
BOYD61.6272.1605
MARTINDALE53.7610.3086
MELLING50.0010.3086
TOWNLEY49.0210.3086
CRAGG48.5410.3086
MIDGLEY46.0820.6173
MOOR44.0520.6173
ROOKE41.8410.3086
CLAYTON39.7572.1605
BECK39.5830.9259
RUDD39.1420.6173
BENSON34.1730.9259
SMITHSON32.1510.3086
NELSON31.8751.5432
READ23.9351.5432
TYSON23.7010.3086
STEEL22.7130.9259
GIBSON20.3482.4691
NICHOLSON17.3841.2346
DAWSON16.8061.8519
HUTCHINSON16.3030.9259
HOLMES15.2161.8519
DIXON14.0851.5432
CLARK13.35134.0123
WOODWARD12.5220.6173
SMALL12.1710.3086
THOMPSON10.30103.0864
ROBINSON9.68103.0864

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called TUBMAN in Nether Staveley 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 2.7778 in Nether Staveley means that 2.7778% of the people in Nether Staveley on census day were called TUBMAN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Nether Staveley in 1881

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

ABBA (10)  AIREY (3)  ARMITSTEAD (3)  ATKINSON (2)  BARRET (1)  BECK (3)  BYERS (4)  BELL (2)  BENSON (3)  BINTLEY (2)  BUTLEY (BINTLEY) (2)  BETHEL (3)  BEETHAM (6)  BIRKETT (8)  BLAMIRE (5)  BLENKINSHIP (1)  BOWNESS (7)  BOYD (7)  BURNYEAT (3)  CANNON (4)  CARLYLE (1)  CARR (1)  CARRADUS (2)  CLARK (13)  CLAYTON (7)  CRAGG (1)  DAWES (5)  DAWSON (6)  DICKINSON (1)  DIXON (5)  DOBSON (13)  DOUTHWAITE (2)  ELLWOOD (6)  GASKELL (10)  GIBSON (8)  GOORE (3)  GREENHOW (1)  GRISDALE (4)  HALL (1)  HARTLEY (1)  HINDSON (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLMES (6)  HORSEFELL (1)  HUDSON (2)  HUNTER (1)  HUTCHINSON (3)  JACKSON (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JOPSON (1)  JOHNSON (4)  JOHNSTONE (13)  MACKERETH (1)  MARTINDALE (1)  MATTINSON (1)  MELLING (1)  MIDDLETON (1)  MIDGLEY (2)  MILLAN (1)  MOOR (2)  NELSON (5)  NICHOLSON (4)  PINCH (5)  POWELL (1)  RAVEN (5)  READ (5)  ROBINSON (10)  ROOKE (1)  RUDD (2)  SAND (1)  SHARP (1)  SHAW (2)  SMALL (1)  SMITHSON (1)  SPEDDING (1)  STEEL (3)  STEWARDSON (4)  STOREY (6)  SUART (8)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMPSON (10)  THORNBORROW (1)  TOWNLEY (1)  TUBMAN (9)  TYSON (1)  UAALL (1)  VARTY (6)  WADE (1)  WALKER (1)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (1)  WOODWARD (2)