Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thrimby, Westmorland

Thrimby 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
NICHOLSON916.9811238.73
CARSON815.09431,379.31
RICHARDSON59.434055.43
HOLME59.43402,000.00
HARRISON47.547234.01
JACKSON35.660420.26
LAMB23.773671.43
ROBERTS23.773610.03
DALTON11.886881.97
RAW11.8868526.32
ATKINSON11.886819.38
HUTCHINSON11.886833.22
JOHNSON11.88685.61
HUNTER11.886818.38
WARDEN11.8868263.16
FERGUSON11.886826.60
BIRD11.886824.69
MOSES11.8868185.19
RYDER11.8868108.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLME2,000.0059.4340
CARSON1,379.31815.0943
RAW526.3211.8868
WARDEN263.1611.8868
NICHOLSON238.73916.9811
MOSES185.1911.8868
RYDER108.7011.8868
DALTON81.9711.8868
LAMB71.4323.7736
RICHARDSON55.4359.4340
HARRISON34.0147.5472
HUTCHINSON33.2211.8868
FERGUSON26.6011.8868
BIRD24.6911.8868
JACKSON20.2635.6604
ATKINSON19.3811.8868
HUNTER18.3811.8868
ROBERTS10.0323.7736
JOHNSON5.6111.8868

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called HOLME in Thrimby 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 9.4340 in Thrimby means that 9.4340% of the people in Thrimby on census day were called HOLME.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLME 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 HOLME 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 HOLME 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 HOLME here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,000.00 in Thrimby means that you are 2,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLME in Thrimby than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thrimby in 1881

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

ATKINSON (1)  BIRD (1)  BOWNBANK (1)  CARSON (8)  DALTON (1)  FERGUSON (1)  GLIMAN (1)  HARRISON (4)  HOLME (5)  HUNTER (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  JACKSON (3)  JOHNSON (1)  LAMB (2)  MOSES (1)  NICHOLSON (9)  RAW (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  RYDER (1)  ROBERTS (2)  THWAYTES (2)  WARDEN (1)