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 Moore, with 112 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
101	Moore	112	0.170%	0.87x
102	Rowlandson	111	0.170%	137.70x
103	Hine	109	0.170%	21.49x
104	Parkinson	109	0.170%	3.54x
105	Bowness	108	0.170%	88.08x
106	Bowman	107	0.170%	6.38x
107	Thwaites	106	0.170%	27.64x
108	Ward	106	0.170%	0.76x
109	Barker	105	0.160%	1.25x
110	Martin	105	0.160%	0.66x
111	Parkin	105	0.160%	6.08x
112	Fothergill	103	0.160%	27.98x
113	Irving	103	0.160%	7.20x
114	Bellas	102	0.160%	165.77x
115	Chapman	101	0.160%	1.11x
116	Baines	100	0.160%	8.13x
117	Saul	100	0.160%	30.49x
118	Bird	98	0.150%	2.00x
119	Metcalf	98	0.150%	7.54x
120	Addison	96	0.150%	10.80x
121	Hartley	96	0.150%	2.39x
122	Fell	95	0.150%	10.53x
123	Bateman	94	0.150%	5.67x
124	Hewitson	93	0.140%	24.51x
125	Armer	92	0.140%	115.67x
126	Cragg	92	0.140%	22.59x
127	Longstaff	92	0.140%	20.31x
128	Savage	92	0.140%	3.73x
129	Allan	91	0.140%	2.26x
130	Holme	91	0.140%	30.58x
131	Kitchen	91	0.140%	8.32x
132	Newton	91	0.140%	1.85x
133	Clement	90	0.140%	13.92x
134	Kitching	90	0.140%	24.17x
135	Leighton	90	0.140%	13.03x
136	Balmer	86	0.130%	35.41x
137	Brockbank	86	0.130%	37.81x
138	Coates	86	0.130%	3.59x
139	Gill	84	0.130%	1.85x
140	Sisson	84	0.130%	49.72x
141	Whitwell	84	0.130%	44.22x
142	Mitchell	83	0.130%	0.64x
143	Philipson	83	0.130%	46.31x
144	Cannon	82	0.130%	7.05x
145	Hutton	81	0.130%	4.22x
146	Casson	80	0.120%	20.96x
147	Ion	80	0.120%	257.40x
148	Jennings	80	0.120%	2.46x
149	Booth	79	0.120%	1.25x
150	Dodgson	79	0.120%	25.33x
151	Askew	78	0.120%	10.76x
152	Kirkbride	78	0.120%	41.20x
153	Bennett	77	0.120%	0.73x
154	Bradley	77	0.120%	1.49x
155	Fairer	77	0.120%	282.88x
156	Foster	77	0.120%	0.90x
157	Teasdale	77	0.120%	14.15x
158	Ellis	76	0.120%	0.82x
159	Green	76	0.120%	0.42x
160	Hadwin	76	0.120%	106.15x
161	Jenkinson	76	0.120%	6.76x
162	Langhorn	76	0.120%	92.81x
163	Lewthwaite	76	0.120%	77.06x
164	Procter	76	0.120%	9.12x
165	Tomlinson	76	0.120%	2.57x
166	Mattinson	75	0.120%	65.76x
167	Pennington	75	0.120%	7.89x
168	Longmire	74	0.120%	152.08x
169	Stubbs	74	0.120%	4.36x
170	Thexton	74	0.120%	153.40x
171	Walton	74	0.120%	1.64x
172	Watt	74	0.120%	3.01x
173	Greenhow	73	0.110%	57.81x
174	Grisdale	73	0.110%	65.74x
175	Handley	73	0.110%	6.74x
176	Hill	73	0.110%	0.45x
177	Johnston	73	0.110%	1.41x
178	Salkeld	73	0.110%	50.52x
179	Winter	73	0.110%	3.21x
180	Jones	72	0.110%	0.10x
181	Strickland	72	0.110%	14.06x
182	Towers	72	0.110%	9.68x
183	Allison	71	0.110%	3.89x
184	Berry	71	0.110%	1.39x
185	Nixon	71	0.110%	3.63x
186	Beetham	70	0.110%	65.57x
187	Blamire	70	0.110%	97.47x
188	Carradus	70	0.110%	259.16x
189	Milburn	70	0.110%	12.22x
190	Prickett	70	0.110%	39.97x
191	Sewell	70	0.110%	5.16x
192	Slee	70	0.110%	27.93x
193	Thornborrow	70	0.110%	217.73x
194	Banks	69	0.110%	2.10x
195	Ellison	69	0.110%	5.09x
196	Oldcorn	69	0.110%	197.48x
197	Stables	69	0.110%	28.04x
198	Cleasby	68	0.110%	96.41x
199	Henderson	68	0.110%	0.97x
200	Backhouse	67	0.100%	14.01x