Top surnames from the 1881 census in Witherslack, Westmorland

Witherslack 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
DICKINSON193.486281.62
WILSON162.93586.39
PARKE162.93581,240.31
SARGENT152.7523178.78
BARROW142.5688121.21
TITTERINGTON132.38531,645.57
PARKINSON132.385349.73
PARK112.018365.13
BARBER112.018333.54
SAUL101.8349359.71
COUPLAND101.8349289.86
HODGSON101.834926.48
PRESTON101.834936.74
JACKSON91.65145.91
SCOTT91.65146.53
BELL91.65148.79
WILKINSON91.651410.82
PHILLIPSON81.4679396.04
MOOR81.4679104.71
TEASDALE81.4679173.16
MARTINDALE71.2844223.64
STALKER71.2844261.19
FARRAR71.284496.42
LEWIS61.10094.19
DICKENSON61.100972.64
GILL61.100915.56
HAYTON50.9174187.27
WHITEHEAD50.917413.57
HOLMES50.91747.53
ATKINSON50.91749.42
CHILDS50.917449.95
LISHMAN50.9174446.43
LOGAN40.733930.96
YOUNG40.73393.42
BIRKETT40.733976.05
MATHEWS40.733919.87
MATTHEWS40.73398.41
HUTCHINSON40.733912.92
PROCTOR40.733929.85
STANLEY40.733919.09
GIBSON40.73396.05
BARKER30.55054.21
FARRAH30.5505882.35
ABBOTT30.550512.48
FLETCHER30.55054.82
SHAW30.55053.00
DODD30.550513.54
MARTIN30.55052.23
CLARKE30.55052.72
LODGE30.550530.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COTHAM1,764.7130.5505
TITTERINGTON1,645.57132.3853
PARKE1,240.31162.9358
FARRAH882.3530.5505
LISHMAN446.4350.9174
PHILLIPSON396.0481.4679
THORNBORROW370.3710.1835
SAUL359.71101.8349
LADYMAN322.5810.1835
COUPLAND289.86101.8349
STALKER261.1971.2844
MARTINDALE223.6471.2844
HAYTON187.2750.9174
DOCKER186.9220.3670
SARGENT178.78152.7523
TEASDALE173.1681.4679
TANSLEY148.5130.5505
WELLING129.8710.1835
BARROW121.21142.5688
MOOR104.7181.4679
POSTLETHWAITE96.6220.3670
FARRAR96.4271.2844
DICKINSON81.62193.4862
BIRKETT76.0540.7339
DICKENSON72.6461.1009
PARK65.13112.0183
WOODBURN57.8010.1835
PANTON54.3510.1835
CHILDS49.9550.9174
PARKINSON49.73132.3853
CROCKETT38.9110.1835
PRESTON36.74101.8349
REDHEAD33.7810.1835
BARBER33.54112.0183
LOGAN30.9640.7339
LODGE30.2730.5505
PROCTOR29.8540.7339
HODGSON26.48101.8349
ROOKE24.8810.1835
MATTHEW24.3310.1835
PICKETT22.8310.1835
BENSON20.3030.5505
MATHEWS19.8740.7339
STANLEY19.0940.7339
CROWE18.3810.1835
CLEMENT18.2110.1835
KIDD18.0320.3670
WREN16.9510.1835
GILL15.5661.1009
DEWHURST15.4610.1835

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called COTHAM in Witherslack 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 0.5505 in Witherslack means that 0.5505% of the people in Witherslack on census day were called COTHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COTHAM 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 COTHAM 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 COTHAM 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 COTHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,764.71 in Witherslack means that you are 1,764.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COTHAM in Witherslack than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Witherslack in 1881

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

ABBOTT (3)  ATKINSON (5)  BARBER (11)  BARKER (3)  BARSWELS (1)  BECK (1)  BELL (9)  BENSON (3)  BIRKETT (4)  BORWICK (1)  BOWNAS (1)  BOWSKILL (1)  BRENNAND (1)  BRIGGS (1)  BRUNODEN (1)  BARROW (14)  BUTCHER (1)  CALDWELL (1)  CAPSTICK (1)  CHILDS (5)  CLARKE (3)  CLEMENT (1)  COUPLAND (10)  COTHAM (3)  COUPERTHWAITE (1)  CROCKETT (1)  CROFT (1)  CROWE (1)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEWHURST (1)  DICKINSON (19)  DICKENSON (6)  DOCKER (2)  DODD (3)  DOWRSHAM (7)  DUGURD (1)  FARRAR (7)  FARRAH (3)  FLETCHER (3)  GATTRELL (1)  GIBSON (4)  GILL (6)  GRAVASTON (3)  GRAY (1)  HALL (1)  HARRISON (1)  HAYTON (5)  HODGSON (10)  HOGGARTH (10)  HOLMES (5)  HUARTSON (8)  HUDDLESTONE (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUTCHINSON (4)  JACKSON (9)  JAMES (2)  KIDD (2)  KING (1)  LADYMAN (1)  LANCASTER (1)  LISHMAN (5)  LEWIS (6)  LEWTHWAITE (5)  LODGE (3)  LOGAN (4)  LONG (1)  MARTIN (3)  MARTINDALE (7)  MASON (2)  MATTHEWS (4)  MATHEWS (4)  MATTHEW (1)  MAYCHELLE (1)  MEDCALFE (3)  MOOR (8)  MOTTERSHAW (1)  NEASHAM (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  OSMROD (3)  OTWAY (26)  PANTON (1)  PARKE (16)  PARK (11)  PARKINSON (13)  PATERSON (1)  PEARSON (3)  PHILLIPSON (8)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKETT (1)  POSTLETHWAITE (2)  POSTLETWAITE (1)  PRESTON (10)  PRICE (3)  PROCTOR (4)  PROCTER (1)  REDHEAD (1)  RICHARDONN (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROOKE (1)  SARGENT (15)  SAUL (10)  SCOTT (9)  SHAW (3)  SHILTON (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (1)  SPARNON (1)  SPEDDING (1)  STALKER (7)  STANLEY (4)  STEPHENSON (1)  STEWARDSOM (12)  STEWART (1)  TANSLEY (3)  TAUSLEY (2)  TEASDALE (8)  THOMPSON (1)  THORNBORROW (1)  THURLOE (1)  TITTERINGTON (13)  TOLLADY (1)  VARAY (1)  VAREY (1)  WELLING (1)  WEBSTER (2)  WHITEHEAD (5)  WILKINSON (9)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILSON (16)  WOODBURN (1)  WOOF (15)  WREN (1)  YOUNG (4)