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 Peel, with 208 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
201	Peel	208	0.080%	4.61x
202	Carter	207	0.080%	0.49x
203	Palmer	207	0.080%	0.70x
204	Graves	206	0.080%	5.40x
205	Ray	205	0.080%	4.12x
206	Davis	204	0.080%	0.37x
207	Stamper	204	0.080%	35.77x
208	Cowen	202	0.080%	14.64x
209	Roberts	201	0.080%	0.21x
210	Fox	198	0.080%	0.85x
211	Goodfellow	198	0.080%	8.91x
212	Lowther	198	0.080%	12.89x
213	Carrick	196	0.080%	10.83x
214	Cameron	194	0.080%	0.99x
215	Whitfield	193	0.080%	3.84x
216	Blair	192	0.080%	2.94x
217	Morton	192	0.080%	1.43x
218	Vickers	192	0.080%	2.97x
219	Lewis	191	0.080%	0.29x
220	Rutherford	191	0.080%	3.11x
221	Bennett	190	0.080%	0.46x
222	Faulder	190	0.080%	70.04x
223	Fawcett	190	0.080%	3.91x
224	Allan	189	0.080%	1.20x
225	Chambers	188	0.070%	1.31x
226	Forrester	188	0.070%	5.57x
227	Collins	186	0.070%	0.52x
228	Monkhouse	186	0.070%	31.78x
229	Mattinson	185	0.070%	41.41x
230	Spedding	185	0.070%	23.74x
231	Bowes	184	0.070%	7.97x
232	Hewitt	183	0.070%	1.49x
233	Head	182	0.070%	2.97x
234	Musgrave	179	0.070%	11.76x
235	Coates	178	0.070%	1.90x
236	King	178	0.070%	0.32x
237	Postlethwaite	178	0.070%	18.64x
238	Riley	177	0.070%	0.89x
239	Rothery	177	0.070%	19.09x
240	Savage	176	0.070%	1.82x
241	Thomlinson	176	0.070%	38.59x
242	Tinnion	176	0.070%	101.24x
243	Boyd	175	0.070%	1.98x
244	Carlyle	174	0.070%	25.11x
245	Quinn	174	0.070%	3.62x
246	Gray	173	0.070%	0.48x
247	Greenhow	173	0.070%	34.97x
248	Evans	172	0.070%	0.16x
249	Long	172	0.070%	1.05x
250	Studholme	171	0.070%	62.27x
251	Coward	170	0.070%	5.90x
252	Ostle	169	0.070%	84.91x
253	Wannop	169	0.070%	92.31x
254	Baty	168	0.070%	27.59x
255	Heslop	168	0.070%	7.79x
256	Lewthwaite	168	0.070%	43.49x
257	Matthews	168	0.070%	0.77x
258	Mawson	168	0.070%	8.28x
259	Edwards	166	0.070%	0.24x
260	Morrison	166	0.070%	0.84x
261	Crosthwaite	165	0.070%	40.59x
262	Stoddart	165	0.070%	7.86x
263	Calvert	164	0.070%	3.20x
264	Cockbain	164	0.070%	85.28x
265	Percival	164	0.070%	4.16x
266	Tomlinson	164	0.070%	1.41x
267	Bateman	161	0.060%	2.48x
268	Edmondson	161	0.060%	5.54x
269	Gate	161	0.060%	47.69x
270	Welsh	161	0.060%	1.62x
271	Rodgers	160	0.060%	2.32x
272	Bowness	159	0.060%	33.10x
273	Bradley	159	0.060%	0.79x
274	Martindale	159	0.060%	11.01x
275	Burgess	158	0.060%	0.90x
276	Bowe	156	0.060%	27.52x
277	Robertson	156	0.060%	0.37x
278	Waite	153	0.060%	2.93x
279	Metcalf	152	0.060%	2.98x
280	Gordon	151	0.060%	0.95x
281	Weightman	151	0.060%	15.34x
282	Railton	150	0.060%	22.58x
283	Blacklock	148	0.060%	13.85x
284	Parkin	148	0.060%	2.19x
285	Hutton	147	0.060%	1.96x
286	Lattimer	147	0.060%	42.18x
287	Adams	146	0.060%	0.39x
288	Harkness	145	0.060%	10.29x
289	Benn	144	0.060%	10.05x
290	Forsyth	144	0.060%	2.68x
291	Stubbs	144	0.060%	2.17x
292	Mark	143	0.060%	11.31x
293	Rogan	143	0.060%	21.61x
294	Harrington	142	0.060%	2.97x
295	Singleton	142	0.060%	2.86x
296	Barton	141	0.060%	1.04x
297	Harper	141	0.060%	0.88x
298	Varty	141	0.060%	38.95x
299	Askew	140	0.060%	4.93x
300	Shields	140	0.060%	3.60x