1881 census county

Westmorland surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Westmorland 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

3,021 surnames are listed for Westmorland, covering 60,155 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Atkinson, with 1,240 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Westmorland

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
1	Atkinson	1,240	1.93%	19.83x
2	Robinson	1,166	1.82%	5.70x
3	Wilson	1,131	1.76%	3.84x
4	Thompson	976	1.52%	5.07x
5	Hodgson	649	1.01%	14.59x
6	Harrison	624	0.970%	4.38x
7	Jackson	613	0.950%	3.42x
8	Dixon	607	0.950%	8.63x
9	Taylor	605	0.940%	1.47x
10	Richardson	540	0.840%	4.94x
11	Nicholson	480	0.750%	10.52x
12	Walker	468	0.730%	2.18x
13	Airey	441	0.690%	90.34x
14	Smith	425	0.660%	0.47x
15	Wilkinson	422	0.660%	4.31x
16	Bell	382	0.600%	3.17x
17	Simpson	351	0.550%	3.13x
18	Clark	349	0.540%	1.81x
19	Dobson	346	0.540%	12.22x
20	Scott	334	0.520%	2.06x
21	Hutchinson	315	0.490%	8.64x
22	Garnett	309	0.480%	38.76x
23	Graham	300	0.470%	4.07x
24	Gibson	284	0.440%	3.64x
25	Nelson	284	0.440%	9.13x
26	Dent	281	0.440%	22.97x
27	Hall	279	0.430%	1.48x
28	Braithwaite	278	0.430%	37.32x
29	Pearson	270	0.420%	3.62x
30	Brown	269	0.420%	0.64x
31	Shepherd	253	0.390%	5.38x
32	Mason	247	0.380%	2.86x
33	Watson	239	0.370%	1.60x
34	Shaw	234	0.360%	1.98x
35	Martindale	219	0.340%	59.43x
36	Holmes	217	0.340%	2.78x
37	Park	214	0.330%	10.75x
38	Fawcett	206	0.320%	16.59x
39	Rigg	206	0.320%	38.16x
40	Bland	205	0.320%	15.40x
41	Parker	205	0.320%	1.68x
42	Tyson	200	0.310%	23.90x
43	Ellwood	196	0.310%	55.14x
44	Benson	194	0.300%	11.14x
45	Lancaster	193	0.300%	12.10x
46	Hayton	191	0.300%	60.69x
47	Armstrong	190	0.300%	3.87x
48	Pattinson	186	0.290%	32.37x
49	Johnson	183	0.290%	0.85x
50	Bainbridge	176	0.270%	19.50x
51	Dawson	173	0.270%	2.44x
52	Whitehead	173	0.270%	3.99x
53	Troughton	168	0.260%	80.95x
54	Birkett	161	0.250%	25.99x
55	Hunter	161	0.250%	2.44x
56	Capstick	157	0.240%	83.03x
57	Brunskill	151	0.240%	101.34x
58	Fleming	150	0.230%	5.62x
59	Preston	150	0.230%	4.68x
60	Alderson	146	0.230%	16.39x
61	Sanderson	146	0.230%	5.50x
62	Wharton	146	0.230%	16.23x
63	Hoggarth	144	0.220%	91.14x
64	Todd	143	0.220%	4.38x
65	Clarke	142	0.220%	1.09x
66	Noble	142	0.220%	5.33x
67	Davis	141	0.220%	1.00x
68	Metcalfe	139	0.220%	9.48x
69	Dickinson	138	0.210%	5.03x
70	Fisher	136	0.210%	1.81x
71	Horn	136	0.210%	9.32x
72	Huck	136	0.210%	214.34x
73	Mounsey	136	0.210%	73.85x
74	Storey	135	0.210%	8.27x
75	Wright	133	0.210%	0.65x
76	Woof	132	0.210%	127.47x
77	Coward	131	0.200%	17.80x
78	Mackereth	131	0.200%	219.03x
79	Farrer	128	0.200%	30.09x
80	Hudson	127	0.200%	2.42x
81	Knowles	127	0.200%	3.70x
82	Sowerby	127	0.200%	36.68x
83	Dodd	125	0.190%	4.79x
84	Beck	124	0.190%	8.26x
85	Lamb	122	0.190%	3.60x
86	Winder	120	0.190%	28.47x
87	Barrow	119	0.190%	8.75x
88	Lowis	118	0.180%	147.56x
89	Turner	118	0.180%	0.66x
90	Allen	117	0.180%	0.96x
91	Barnes	117	0.180%	1.51x
92	Bousfield	117	0.180%	92.98x
93	Medcalf	116	0.180%	46.36x
94	Rudd	115	0.180%	11.36x
95	Sharp	115	0.180%	2.15x
96	Cooper	114	0.180%	0.73x
97	Willan	113	0.180%	63.50x
98	Wood	113	0.180%	0.55x
99	Burrow	112	0.170%	25.42x
100	Burton	112	0.170%	2.05x