1881 census county

Cumberland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cumberland in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

6,767 surnames are listed for Cumberland, covering 225,719 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Graham, with 3,998 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cumberland

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Graham	3,998	1.59%	13.84x
2	Bell	3,625	1.44%	7.67x
3	Wilson	3,332	1.32%	2.88x
4	Thompson	2,935	1.17%	3.90x
5	Armstrong	2,786	1.11%	14.49x
6	Smith	2,613	1.04%	0.74x
7	Robinson	2,465	0.980%	3.07x
8	Hodgson	2,355	0.940%	13.51x
9	Johnston	2,191	0.870%	10.79x
10	Brown	2,054	0.820%	1.24x
11	Little	2,002	0.800%	16.83x
12	Jackson	1,951	0.780%	2.78x
13	Scott	1,937	0.770%	3.04x
14	Dixon	1,891	0.750%	6.86x
15	Irving	1,820	0.720%	32.48x
16	Watson	1,780	0.710%	3.05x
17	Nicholson	1,466	0.580%	8.20x
18	Richardson	1,464	0.580%	3.42x
19	Atkinson	1,347	0.540%	5.50x
20	Harrison	1,256	0.500%	2.25x
21	Walker	1,254	0.500%	1.49x
22	Davidson	1,141	0.450%	5.40x
23	Hetherington	1,062	0.420%	33.50x
24	Taylor	1,036	0.410%	0.64x
25	Clark	1,010	0.400%	1.34x
26	Carruthers	935	0.370%	28.11x
27	Pearson	932	0.370%	3.19x
28	Murray	919	0.370%	2.95x
29	Pattinson	914	0.360%	40.61x
30	Martin	882	0.350%	1.42x
31	Wilkinson	880	0.350%	2.29x
32	Nixon	852	0.340%	11.12x
33	Fisher	847	0.340%	2.88x
34	Simpson	847	0.340%	1.93x
35	Burns	811	0.320%	4.80x
36	Routledge	759	0.300%	35.47x
37	Gibson	749	0.300%	2.45x
38	Wood	743	0.300%	0.93x
39	Barnes	718	0.290%	2.37x
40	Parker	705	0.280%	1.47x
41	Moore	698	0.280%	1.39x
42	Tyson	665	0.260%	20.28x
43	Holliday	662	0.260%	20.07x
44	Young	661	0.260%	1.22x
45	Wright	642	0.260%	0.80x
46	Ferguson	623	0.250%	3.49x
47	Sewell	603	0.240%	11.34x
48	Johnstone	588	0.230%	5.17x
49	Williamson	587	0.230%	2.60x
50	Park	578	0.230%	7.41x
51	Miller	576	0.230%	1.28x
52	Bowman	567	0.230%	8.63x
53	Mitchell	567	0.230%	1.11x
54	Hall	564	0.220%	0.76x
55	Henderson	555	0.220%	2.03x
56	Foster	553	0.220%	1.64x
57	Holmes	550	0.220%	1.80x
58	Turner	549	0.220%	0.78x
59	White	545	0.220%	0.67x
60	Lawson	527	0.210%	3.55x
61	Coulthard	517	0.210%	36.82x
62	Robson	515	0.200%	3.11x
63	Elliot	503	0.200%	7.84x
64	Kelly	501	0.200%	1.82x
65	Campbell	498	0.200%	1.17x
66	Forster	496	0.200%	6.01x
67	Reay	494	0.200%	22.62x
68	Lancaster	484	0.190%	7.74x
69	Walton	477	0.190%	2.69x
70	Telford	473	0.190%	21.34x
71	Jones	472	0.190%	0.17x
72	Mossop	472	0.190%	69.30x
73	Dawson	466	0.190%	1.68x
74	Sanderson	465	0.180%	4.48x
75	Ward	465	0.180%	0.85x
76	Kennedy	463	0.180%	3.05x
77	Anderson	458	0.180%	0.92x
78	Murphy	458	0.180%	2.28x
79	Birkett	455	0.180%	18.75x
80	Elliott	443	0.180%	2.08x
81	Todd	440	0.170%	3.44x
82	Nelson	438	0.170%	3.60x
83	Johnson	435	0.170%	0.51x
84	Reed	432	0.170%	2.35x
85	Fletcher	430	0.170%	1.50x
86	Hunter	419	0.170%	1.62x
87	Dodd	418	0.170%	4.09x
88	Stewart	417	0.170%	1.06x
89	Carr	409	0.160%	2.25x
90	Edgar	408	0.160%	10.54x
91	Hope	407	0.160%	4.75x
92	Dickinson	399	0.160%	3.71x
93	Gill	395	0.160%	2.22x
94	Hill	394	0.160%	0.62x
95	Williams	393	0.160%	0.22x
96	Wallace	387	0.150%	2.25x
97	Steele	386	0.150%	5.73x
98	Harris	379	0.150%	0.59x
99	Sharp	379	0.150%	1.81x
100	Hutchinson	376	0.150%	2.63x