Top surnames from the 1881 census in Skelsmergh, Westmorland

Skelsmergh 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
STEELE174.5333169.32
ATKINSON154.000041.07
KNIGHT123.200025.96
GERMAN123.2000685.71
THOMPSON102.66678.90
BROWNRIGG92.40001,875.00
TAYLOR92.40003.75
FAWCETT82.1333110.34
BRENNAN82.1333204.08
LONG82.133332.88
BECK82.133391.22
HOGARTH82.1333323.89
ROBINSON82.13336.69
ALLAN71.866729.74
BARNES71.866715.51
GOULD71.866751.66
CLARKE71.86679.21
HODGSON61.600023.09
BARROW61.600075.47
HUNTER61.600015.58
RICHARDSON61.60009.40
WOOD61.60005.02
PEAT51.3333167.22
WITHERS51.333381.30
SEED51.3333184.50
NELSON51.333327.53
SILL51.33331,136.36
KITCHEN51.333378.25
MORTON51.333324.95
DOBSON41.066724.18
HARRISON41.06674.81
WILSON41.06672.32
WHITWELL41.0667360.36
READE41.0667353.98
HARLING30.8000186.34
LAMBERT30.800014.66
LEWIS30.80003.04
BROWN30.80001.21
EDMONDSON30.800069.28
WILDING20.533345.35
TOWNSON20.5333127.39
RIGG20.533363.49
HAYES20.53338.58
PUNCH20.53331,052.63
PARKER20.53332.80
LONGMIRE10.2667357.14
BAINBRIDGE10.266718.98
STEPHENSON10.26674.66
CRAGG10.266742.02
SHEPHERD10.26673.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROWNRIGG1,875.0092.4000
SILL1,136.3651.3333
PUNCH1,052.6320.5333
GERMAN685.71123.2000
THORNBORROW526.3210.2667
TEBAY384.6210.2667
WHITWELL360.3641.0667
LONGMIRE357.1410.2667
READE353.9841.0667
HOGARTH323.8982.1333
STEWARDSON250.0010.2667
ARMER217.3910.2667
BRENNAN204.0882.1333
HARLING186.3430.8000
SEED184.5051.3333
STEELE169.32174.5333
PEAT167.2251.3333
SATTERTHWAITE156.2510.2667
CURREY129.8710.2667
TOWNSON127.3920.5333
FAWCETT110.3482.1333
SCARBOROUGH94.3410.2667
BECK91.2282.1333
WITHERS81.3051.3333
KITCHEN78.2551.3333
BARROW75.4761.6000
EDMONDSON69.2830.8000
MEDCALF68.4910.2667
RIGG63.4920.5333
HELM59.5210.2667
GOULD51.6671.8667
WILDING45.3520.5333
TOWNLEY42.3710.2667
CRAGG42.0210.2667
ATKINSON41.07154.0000
SEDGWICK36.7610.2667
HIRD34.6010.2667
LONG32.8882.1333
RAVEN31.7510.2667
ALLAN29.7471.8667
NELSON27.5351.3333
DEARDEN27.1710.2667
KNIGHT25.96123.2000
MORTON24.9551.3333
DOBSON24.1841.0667
HODGSON23.0961.6000
GORMAN22.1210.2667
MAJOR19.7610.2667
BAINBRIDGE18.9810.2667
CLARE18.4210.2667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called BROWNRIGG in Skelsmergh 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 2.4000 in Skelsmergh means that 2.4000% of the people in Skelsmergh on census day were called BROWNRIGG.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROWNRIGG 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 BROWNRIGG 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 BROWNRIGG 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 BROWNRIGG here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,875.00 in Skelsmergh means that you are 1,875.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROWNRIGG in Skelsmergh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Skelsmergh in 1881

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

AIREY (10)  ALLAN (7)  ARMER (1)  ATKINSON (15)  BAINBRIDGE (1)  BARNES (7)  BATEMAN (1)  BECK (8)  BLENKAM (BLENKHAM) (14)  BLENKHAM (1)  BLANKHORN (2)  BRAYSHAW (1)  BRENNAN (8)  BROWN (3)  BROWNRIGG (9)  BARROW (6)  CAPSTICK (1)  CLARE (1)  CLARKE (7)  COOPER (1)  CRAGG (1)  CROSSBY (4)  CROSSLY (1)  CURREY (1)  DAMERTER (1)  DAVIS (1)  DEARDEN (1)  DOBSON (4)  DODD (1)  EDMONDSON (3)  EVANS (1)  FALLOWFIELD (1)  FAWCETT (8)  FOX (1)  GERMAN (12)  GORMAN (1)  GOULD (7)  GRAVESTONE (1)  GREEN (1)  GRINDAL (1)  HARLING (3)  HARRISON (4)  HAYES (2)  HIRD (1)  HELM (1)  HEWARDSON (1)  HODGSON (6)  HOGARTH (8)  HUNTER (6)  JACKSON (1)  KITCHEN (5)  KNIGHT (12)  LAMBERT (3)  LEWIS (3)  LONG (8)  LONGMURE (1)  LONGMIRE (1)  MAJOR (1)  MUNCASTER (5)  MEDCALFE (7)  MEDCALF (1)  MILES (1)  MITCHINSON (1)  MOON (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORTON (5)  NELSON (5)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARKER (2)  PATERSON (1)  PEAT (5)  PUNCH (2)  RAVEN (1)  RAWES (1)  READE (4)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIDDING (1)  RIGG (2)  ROBINSON (8)  SATTERTHWAITE (1)  SCARBOROUGH (1)  SEDGWICK (1)  SEED (5)  SHEPHERD (1)  SILL (5)  STAINTON (1)  STEELE (17)  STEPHENSON (1)  STEWARDSON (1)  STOTT (1)  SWINDILLS (7)  TAYLOR (9)  TEBAY (1)  THOMPSON (10)  THORNBORROW (1)  TITTENNGTON (1)  TOWNLEY (1)  TOWNSON (2)  WHITWELL (4)  WILDE (1)  WILDING (2)  WILSON (4)  WITHERS (5)  WOOD (6)  WOOF (2)