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 Newby, with 81 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
501	Newby	81	0.030%	3.22x
502	Porthouse	81	0.030%	70.92x
503	Quayle	81	0.030%	4.87x
504	Raine	81	0.030%	3.87x
505	Smallwood	81	0.030%	3.49x
506	Stordy	81	0.030%	88.50x
507	Tinning	81	0.030%	56.07x
508	Crellin	80	0.030%	12.09x
509	Dalzell	80	0.030%	24.61x
510	Donaldson	80	0.030%	1.12x
511	Skinner	80	0.030%	0.63x
512	Stout	80	0.030%	6.64x
513	Thornthwaite	80	0.030%	70.57x
514	Kendal	79	0.030%	8.05x
515	Magee	79	0.030%	7.14x
516	Main	79	0.030%	1.92x
517	Orr	79	0.030%	1.86x
518	Pollock	79	0.030%	2.16x
519	Proud	79	0.030%	6.15x
520	Sandwith	79	0.030%	72.37x
521	Barrow	78	0.030%	1.46x
522	Jamieson	78	0.030%	1.11x
523	Airey	77	0.030%	4.03x
524	Boyle	77	0.030%	1.18x
525	Chapman	77	0.030%	0.22x
526	Dennison	77	0.030%	3.96x
527	Hindson	77	0.030%	17.27x
528	Mathews	77	0.030%	0.83x
529	Muncaster	77	0.030%	23.27x
530	Stanley	77	0.030%	0.80x
531	Willis	77	0.030%	0.58x
532	Bond	76	0.030%	0.57x
533	Saul	76	0.030%	5.91x
534	Templeton	76	0.030%	4.09x
535	Underwood	76	0.030%	1.12x
536	Flinn	75	0.030%	4.94x
537	Frazer	75	0.030%	3.85x
538	Howard	75	0.030%	0.30x
539	Mallinson	75	0.030%	3.61x
540	Moses	75	0.030%	2.92x
541	Mullen	75	0.030%	3.12x
542	Rice	75	0.030%	0.96x
543	Mckenzie	74	0.030%	8.80x
544	Peat	74	0.030%	3.69x
545	Price	74	0.030%	0.17x
546	Ramsay	74	0.030%	1.14x
547	Robley	74	0.030%	55.08x
548	Swindle	74	0.030%	28.24x
549	Alexander	73	0.030%	0.55x
550	Bland	73	0.030%	1.40x
551	Gilmour	73	0.030%	2.05x
552	Raven	73	0.030%	3.46x
553	Shackley	73	0.030%	48.03x
554	Wear	73	0.030%	9.27x
555	Adair	72	0.030%	9.19x
556	Arnison	72	0.030%	46.85x
557	Carty	72	0.030%	12.19x
558	French	72	0.030%	0.59x
559	Howson	72	0.030%	4.59x
560	Kirkby	72	0.030%	5.05x
561	Ashburn	71	0.030%	35.97x
562	Bowerbank	71	0.030%	32.27x
563	Dent	71	0.030%	1.48x
564	Lowden	71	0.030%	8.61x
565	Pigg	71	0.030%	9.57x
566	Walsh	71	0.030%	0.53x
567	Cowper	70	0.030%	6.35x
568	Devlin	70	0.030%	3.40x
569	Eland	70	0.030%	24.23x
570	Farrer	70	0.030%	4.20x
571	Foy	70	0.030%	3.37x
572	Muir	70	0.030%	0.73x
573	Pennington	70	0.030%	1.88x
574	Sutton	70	0.030%	0.44x
575	Thirlwall	70	0.030%	43.87x
576	Crosby	69	0.030%	2.32x
577	Forrest	69	0.030%	1.06x
578	Troughton	69	0.030%	8.49x
579	Fawkes	68	0.030%	10.70x
580	Hewetson	68	0.030%	26.63x
581	Ralph	68	0.030%	1.78x
582	Sumpton	68	0.030%	44.99x
583	Christian	67	0.030%	2.69x
584	Crozier	67	0.030%	5.67x
585	Parkinson	67	0.030%	0.56x
586	Sloane	67	0.030%	11.53x
587	Winder	67	0.030%	4.06x
588	Cowman	66	0.030%	31.31x
589	Dickson	66	0.030%	0.71x
590	Donnelly	66	0.030%	2.09x
591	Flynn	66	0.030%	1.37x
592	Glover	66	0.030%	0.62x
593	Hewson	66	0.030%	3.22x
594	Peile	66	0.030%	50.06x
595	Rome	66	0.030%	13.32x
596	Stephens	66	0.030%	0.47x
597	Walters	66	0.030%	0.55x
598	Fagan	65	0.030%	5.42x
599	Ford	65	0.030%	0.27x
600	Glendinning	65	0.030%	6.77x