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 Tiffin, with 140 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
301	Tiffin	140	0.060%	31.33x
302	Lowthian	138	0.050%	66.53x
303	Russell	137	0.050%	0.45x
304	Slack	137	0.050%	3.46x
305	Tremble	137	0.050%	55.68x
306	Wise	137	0.050%	2.61x
307	Sim	136	0.050%	4.81x
308	Addison	135	0.050%	3.88x
309	Cannon	134	0.050%	2.94x
310	Cartner	134	0.050%	59.98x
311	Knight	133	0.050%	0.43x
312	Slee	133	0.050%	13.55x
313	Batey	132	0.050%	13.42x
314	Boustead	131	0.050%	69.32x
315	Ewart	131	0.050%	9.26x
316	Duffy	130	0.050%	2.37x
317	Grant	130	0.050%	0.52x
318	Bouch	129	0.050%	43.39x
319	Corrie	129	0.050%	22.56x
320	Hannah	129	0.050%	3.95x
321	Furness	128	0.050%	6.37x
322	Cape	127	0.050%	19.79x
323	Irwin	126	0.050%	5.96x
324	Dobie	125	0.050%	14.87x
325	Grave	125	0.050%	34.61x
326	Law	125	0.050%	1.10x
327	Satterthwaite	125	0.050%	28.96x
328	Topping	125	0.050%	7.22x
329	Wren	125	0.050%	4.59x
330	Gardner	124	0.050%	0.73x
331	Cullen	123	0.050%	2.79x
332	Myers	123	0.050%	1.87x
333	Spark	123	0.050%	11.13x
334	Jardine	122	0.050%	5.20x
335	Morley	122	0.050%	1.21x
336	Relph	122	0.050%	28.99x
337	Grisdale	121	0.050%	27.81x
338	Harker	121	0.050%	4.57x
339	Wills	121	0.050%	1.61x
340	Goulding	120	0.050%	4.88x
341	Ross	120	0.050%	0.44x
342	Roper	119	0.050%	2.27x
343	Waters	119	0.050%	1.18x
344	Moscrop	117	0.050%	30.96x
345	Bailey	116	0.050%	0.31x
346	English	116	0.050%	2.45x
347	Lowes	116	0.050%	7.94x
348	Osborne	116	0.050%	0.97x
349	Patrickson	116	0.050%	64.24x
350	Rook	116	0.050%	6.75x
351	Wells	116	0.050%	0.55x
352	Barwise	115	0.050%	52.67x
353	Morris	114	0.050%	0.20x
354	Pape	114	0.050%	15.10x
355	Rudd	114	0.050%	2.87x
356	Twentyman	114	0.050%	55.86x
357	Linton	113	0.040%	5.47x
358	Thwaites	113	0.040%	7.52x
359	Iredale	112	0.040%	13.65x
360	Longcake	112	0.040%	90.12x
361	Pears	112	0.040%	9.68x
362	Richards	112	0.040%	0.29x
363	Byrne	111	0.040%	3.16x
364	Grahame	111	0.040%	16.86x
365	Oliver	111	0.040%	0.62x
366	Preston	111	0.040%	0.88x
367	Rogerson	111	0.040%	3.59x
368	Litt	110	0.040%	78.90x
369	Stuart	110	0.040%	1.83x
370	Creighton	109	0.040%	10.99x
371	Logan	109	0.040%	1.83x
372	Short	109	0.040%	1.11x
373	Barnfather	108	0.040%	29.56x
374	Higgins	108	0.040%	0.85x
375	Moffatt	108	0.040%	6.67x
376	Younghusband	108	0.040%	35.62x
377	Abbott	107	0.040%	0.96x
378	Cass	107	0.040%	6.00x
379	Gunson	107	0.040%	22.00x
380	Sproat	107	0.040%	21.67x
381	Bone	106	0.040%	2.27x
382	Hogarth	106	0.040%	6.39x
383	Jordan	106	0.040%	0.95x
384	Poole	106	0.040%	0.87x
385	Temple	106	0.040%	3.21x
386	Towers	106	0.040%	3.64x
387	Wharton	106	0.040%	3.01x
388	Winter	106	0.040%	1.19x
389	Allinson	105	0.040%	9.62x
390	Beeby	105	0.040%	12.32x
391	Clementson	105	0.040%	31.81x
392	Grainger	105	0.040%	2.72x
393	Harvey	105	0.040%	0.39x
394	Metcalfe	105	0.040%	1.83x
395	Rumney	105	0.040%	26.66x
396	Brockbank	104	0.040%	11.67x
397	Hurst	104	0.040%	1.16x
398	Rayson	104	0.040%	14.43x
399	Rooney	104	0.040%	4.63x
400	Tunstall	104	0.040%	7.79x