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 Thoburn, with 35 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
1001	Thoburn	35	0.010%	20.94x
1002	Ainsworth	34	0.010%	0.68x
1003	Borthwick	34	0.010%	2.41x
1004	Brannon	34	0.010%	4.86x
1005	Chicken	34	0.010%	9.64x
1006	Connell	34	0.010%	0.78x
1007	Diamond	34	0.010%	2.91x
1008	Falder	34	0.010%	55.46x
1009	Fenton	34	0.010%	0.68x
1010	Gale	34	0.010%	0.45x
1011	Hadfield	34	0.010%	0.97x
1012	Hinds	34	0.010%	1.96x
1013	Hyslop	34	0.010%	2.35x
1014	Kelley	34	0.010%	1.16x
1015	Kinsella	34	0.010%	9.08x
1016	Kirkwood	34	0.010%	1.50x
1017	Knott	34	0.010%	0.68x
1018	Mackay	34	0.010%	0.37x
1019	Miles	34	0.010%	0.23x
1020	Ormandy	34	0.010%	13.91x
1021	Pelter	34	0.010%	59.54x
1022	Penn	34	0.010%	1.50x
1023	Pickthall	34	0.010%	10.41x
1024	Piper	34	0.010%	0.68x
1025	Pugmire	34	0.010%	51.26x
1026	Rees	34	0.010%	0.16x
1027	Slone	34	0.010%	28.31x
1028	Stobbart	34	0.010%	10.85x
1029	Bennet	33	0.010%	0.95x
1030	Berwick	33	0.010%	3.26x
1031	Brew	33	0.010%	5.21x
1032	Buchanan	33	0.010%	0.51x
1033	Cherry	33	0.010%	1.28x
1034	Christie	33	0.010%	0.40x
1035	Colman	33	0.010%	1.41x
1036	Courtney	33	0.010%	1.83x
1037	Dougherty	33	0.010%	3.39x
1038	Drake	33	0.010%	0.45x
1039	Forsythe	33	0.010%	13.50x
1040	Frost	33	0.010%	0.23x
1041	Gaitskell	33	0.010%	61.40x
1042	Gass	33	0.010%	8.24x
1043	Griffin	33	0.010%	0.28x
1044	Halliburton	33	0.010%	22.46x
1045	Holiday	33	0.010%	4.67x
1046	Host	33	0.010%	53.11x
1047	Hume	33	0.010%	0.93x
1048	Jenkins	33	0.010%	0.11x
1049	Jopson	33	0.010%	11.63x
1050	Liddell	33	0.010%	1.43x
1051	Lynn	33	0.010%	1.50x
1052	Millar	33	0.010%	0.36x
1053	Moyle	33	0.010%	2.72x
1054	Nichols	33	0.010%	0.40x
1055	Peters	33	0.010%	0.37x
1056	Ramsey	33	0.010%	1.21x
1057	Strick	33	0.010%	20.47x
1058	Bain	32	0.010%	0.51x
1059	Baird	32	0.010%	0.60x
1060	Barr	32	0.010%	0.53x
1061	Biggins	32	0.010%	5.28x
1062	Briscoe	32	0.010%	1.98x
1063	Brodie	32	0.010%	0.95x
1064	Conner	32	0.010%	1.64x
1065	Dugdale	32	0.010%	1.85x
1066	Dyer	32	0.010%	0.33x
1067	Hartness	32	0.010%	52.92x
1068	Hastie	32	0.010%	2.01x
1069	Hillary	32	0.010%	7.73x
1070	Hodgkinson	32	0.010%	0.74x
1071	Horsley	32	0.010%	1.36x
1072	Kennaugh	32	0.010%	12.58x
1073	Laverty	32	0.010%	8.64x
1074	Mclean	32	0.010%	4.99x
1075	Oglethorpe	32	0.010%	43.79x
1076	Paton	32	0.010%	0.57x
1077	Pettigrew	32	0.010%	2.62x
1078	Powe	32	0.010%	25.07x
1079	Rose	32	0.010%	0.17x
1080	Selby	32	0.010%	1.07x
1081	Selkirk	32	0.010%	6.80x
1082	Shortridge	32	0.010%	19.64x
1083	Thorpe	32	0.010%	0.32x
1084	Westgarth	32	0.010%	7.31x
1085	Barry	31	0.010%	0.68x
1086	Bright	31	0.010%	0.61x
1087	Carlile	31	0.010%	8.41x
1088	Chaplow	31	0.010%	48.58x
1089	Christopherson	31	0.010%	16.78x
1090	Cooney	31	0.010%	2.97x
1091	Corkill	31	0.010%	4.87x
1092	Culling	31	0.010%	7.58x
1093	Cuthbertson	31	0.010%	1.60x
1094	Denvir	31	0.010%	58.61x
1095	Downes	31	0.010%	1.00x
1096	Dryden	31	0.010%	2.04x
1097	Gilbert	31	0.010%	0.22x
1098	Goldsworthy	31	0.010%	2.99x
1099	Grieve	31	0.010%	1.06x
1100	Hardisty	31	0.010%	4.28x