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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 Pierce, with 14 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.

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1901Pierce140.38x
1902Powley141.79x
1903Prince140.25x
1904Randall140.18x
1905Riddick143.40x
1906Rowley140.21x
1907Ruddy143.41x
1908Rycroft141.94x
1909Sawyers144.14x
1910Schofield140.10x
1911Seaton140.66x
1912Sedgwick140.77x
1913Shakespeare141.52x
1914Sheffield141.06x
1915Spooner140.39x
1916Suart1410.42x
1917Swainson142.95x
1918Sweeten1440.66x
1919Thwaits1414.50x
1920Timpson143.17x
1921Tindale141.93x
1922Wailes145.75x
1923Walter140.36x
1924Warbrick144.89x
1925Wardrope145.67x
1926Woodall140.69x
1927Worrall140.44x
1928Ainslie131.96x
1929Bannan137.10x
1930Bartlett130.12x
1931Bedlington138.95x
1932Bellman135.21x
1933Bennetts131.39x
1934Billing130.93x
1935Blight131.14x
1936Blundell130.44x
1937Brenan136.45x
1938Brewer130.19x
1939Brookes130.22x
1940Cahill131.12x
1941Carrie133.05x
1942Caruthers1315.96x
1943Caton131.08x
1944Coan138.60x
1945Coils1385.98x
1946Combe132.28x
1947Corkindale1316.13x
1948Corris135.67x
1949Crichton130.61x
1950Cron1315.33x
1951Crosbie131.01x
1952Devon135.61x
1953Dillon130.52x
1954Dollan136.29x
1955Dorman131.61x
1956Dornan139.32x
1957Duckett130.81x
1958Duke130.44x
1959Dunbar130.45x
1960Dunstan130.91x
1961Elleray1311.22x
1962Farguson1335.18x
1963Farlam1343.00x
1964Farley130.41x
1965Fay131.24x
1966Foxcroft133.49x
1967Frizell1324.19x
1968Fuller130.13x
1969Gillespy1318.00x
1970Gold130.91x
1971Greenall131.70x
1972Haggarty132.68x
1973Hanna133.27x
1974Haslam130.34x
1975Herring130.50x
1976Hicks130.12x
1977Hislop130.86x
1978Honeywell138.85x
1979Horner130.27x
1980Ingham130.21x
1981Kelton1315.33x
1982Leathers135.84x
1983Ling130.55x
1984Lockie132.27x
1985Longley130.76x
1986Losh1323.46x
1987Louther1314.20x
1988Macdonald130.13x
1989Masters130.28x
1990Mcgrath133.27x
1991Mcnaughton1317.79x
1992Mcvittie1391.16x
1993Meek130.44x
1994Mulvey133.04x
1995New130.59x
1996Obrien130.35x
1997Ogilvie130.53x
1998Parry130.07x
1999Patrick130.26x
2000Penney130.94x