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 Read, with 65 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
601	Read	65	0.030%	0.40x
602	Taggart	65	0.030%	6.84x
603	Tate	65	0.030%	1.34x
604	Thursby	65	0.030%	22.05x
605	Alderson	64	0.030%	1.83x
606	Conway	64	0.030%	1.36x
607	Dobinson	64	0.030%	9.66x
608	Hayes	64	0.030%	0.41x
609	Lowrey	64	0.030%	13.39x
610	Telfer	64	0.030%	4.25x
611	Ashburner	63	0.030%	17.78x
612	Brannan	63	0.030%	3.70x
613	Darby	63	0.030%	1.56x
614	Ellis	63	0.030%	0.17x
615	Garner	63	0.030%	0.79x
616	Maguire	63	0.030%	2.45x
617	Threlkeld	63	0.030%	64.68x
618	Townson	63	0.030%	5.97x
619	Bates	62	0.020%	0.39x
620	Cockton	62	0.020%	68.36x
621	Cowley	62	0.020%	1.34x
622	Grice	62	0.020%	2.39x
623	Haile	62	0.020%	24.20x
624	Hayston	62	0.020%	106.99x
625	Hoodless	62	0.020%	37.86x
626	Scaife	62	0.020%	5.56x
627	Westmorland	62	0.020%	19.63x
628	Brocklebank	61	0.020%	9.95x
629	Bryan	61	0.020%	0.98x
630	Douglass	61	0.020%	3.82x
631	Key	61	0.020%	1.76x
632	Pattison	61	0.020%	1.52x
633	Pooley	61	0.020%	3.00x
634	Bethwaite	60	0.020%	117.16x
635	Birrell	60	0.020%	4.89x
636	Brunskill	60	0.020%	10.28x
637	Fenwick	60	0.020%	1.82x
638	Joyce	60	0.020%	0.97x
639	Knox	60	0.020%	1.39x
640	Lennox	60	0.020%	4.02x
641	Ryan	60	0.020%	0.77x
642	Simon	60	0.020%	3.63x
643	Smithson	60	0.020%	2.49x
644	Spence	60	0.020%	0.72x
645	Workman	60	0.020%	3.63x
646	Carney	59	0.020%	2.59x
647	Cartmell	59	0.020%	11.67x
648	Davey	59	0.020%	0.57x
649	Fulton	59	0.020%	1.86x
650	Gilbertson	59	0.020%	8.02x
651	Haugh	59	0.020%	15.82x
652	Hilton	59	0.020%	0.68x
653	Hine	59	0.020%	2.97x
654	Lees	59	0.020%	0.53x
655	Lowery	59	0.020%	7.21x
656	Marrs	59	0.020%	23.19x
657	Musgrove	59	0.020%	4.86x
658	Paterson	59	0.020%	0.34x
659	Saunders	59	0.020%	0.26x
660	Shadwick	59	0.020%	42.84x
661	Tolson	59	0.020%	8.24x
662	Toole	59	0.020%	4.34x
663	Baker	58	0.020%	0.11x
664	Burrows	58	0.020%	0.53x
665	Dand	58	0.020%	27.85x
666	Farrell	58	0.020%	1.22x
667	Gambles	58	0.020%	15.42x
668	Tiffen	58	0.020%	27.74x
669	Alcock	57	0.020%	1.57x
670	Brady	57	0.020%	1.28x
671	Clapperton	57	0.020%	9.64x
672	Cole	57	0.020%	0.25x
673	Edger	57	0.020%	21.96x
674	Fraser	57	0.020%	0.25x
675	Gorman	57	0.020%	1.88x
676	Hawkins	57	0.020%	0.31x
677	Lomas	57	0.020%	1.23x
678	Maloy	57	0.020%	14.72x
679	Mandale	57	0.020%	113.14x
680	Osborn	57	0.020%	1.09x
681	Snowden	57	0.020%	2.54x
682	Watt	57	0.020%	0.59x
683	Angus	56	0.020%	1.56x
684	Barclay	56	0.020%	1.08x
685	Bewsher	56	0.020%	33.51x
686	Cousin	56	0.020%	11.36x
687	Greenup	56	0.020%	35.85x
688	Henry	56	0.020%	0.88x
689	Ireland	56	0.020%	0.96x
690	Trotter	56	0.020%	2.12x
691	Barber	55	0.020%	0.36x
692	Barlow	55	0.020%	0.40x
693	Bolton	55	0.020%	0.51x
694	Brisco	55	0.020%	37.22x
695	Burney	55	0.020%	16.29x
696	Curran	55	0.020%	2.61x
697	Gregg	55	0.020%	3.11x
698	Hastings	55	0.020%	1.72x
699	Hocking	55	0.020%	2.68x
700	Kane	55	0.020%	2.72x