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 Thwaite, with 3 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
1901	Thwaite	3	0.000%	2.07x
1902	Tipling	3	0.000%	8.64x
1903	Tombs	3	0.000%	0.93x
1904	Toppin	3	0.000%	5.13x
1905	Waddington	3	0.000%	0.29x
1906	Wadge	3	0.000%	5.07x
1907	Waistell	3	0.000%	8.28x
1908	Waring	3	0.000%	0.37x
1909	Warton	3	0.000%	2.69x
1910	Watmough	3	0.000%	1.92x
1911	Weight	3	0.000%	2.06x
1912	Westgarth	3	0.000%	2.69x
1913	Whitelock	3	0.000%	1.62x
1914	Whiteman	3	0.000%	0.72x
1915	Wiggans	3	0.000%	5.60x
1916	Wilkins	3	0.000%	0.11x
1917	Willins	3	0.000%	9.72x
1918	Witten	3	0.000%	10.14x
1919	Wormwell	3	0.000%	7.86x
1920	Wynne	3	0.000%	0.48x
1921	Abbatt	2	0.000%	12.96x
1922	Abraham	2	0.000%	0.32x
1923	Abson	2	0.000%	2.72x
1924	Adamson	2	0.000%	0.12x
1925	Alcock	2	0.000%	0.22x
1926	Anderton	2	0.000%	0.26x
1927	Angles	2	0.000%	6.06x
1928	Ashby	2	0.000%	0.19x
1929	Asquith	2	0.000%	0.53x
1930	Astley	2	0.000%	0.47x
1931	Atkin	2	0.000%	0.23x
1932	Auston	2	0.000%	6.14x
1933	Back	2	0.000%	0.58x
1934	Bagott	2	0.000%	6.53x
1935	Bailie	2	0.000%	2.24x
1936	Balderson	2	0.000%	1.64x
1937	Balshaw	2	0.000%	1.51x
1938	Banister	2	0.000%	0.75x
1939	Barr	2	0.000%	0.13x
1940	Barrett	2	0.000%	0.05x
1941	Barry	2	0.000%	0.17x
1942	Bassett	2	0.000%	0.20x
1943	Bate	2	0.000%	0.18x
1944	Beeby	2	0.000%	0.92x
1945	Belk	2	0.000%	3.15x
1946	Bergin	2	0.000%	3.30x
1947	Betts	2	0.000%	0.15x
1948	Bickersteth	2	0.000%	23.34x
1949	Bintley	2	0.000%	31.10x
1950	Binyon	2	0.000%	6.44x
1951	Blezard	2	0.000%	2.47x
1952	Boundy	2	0.000%	1.82x
1953	Bowker	2	0.000%	0.32x
1954	Bowron	2	0.000%	3.82x
1955	Bradberry	2	0.000%	8.88x
1956	Bradbury	2	0.000%	0.11x
1957	Braithwait	2	0.000%	8.18x
1958	Brassington	2	0.000%	0.78x
1959	Brench	2	0.000%	17.61x
1960	Brewer	2	0.000%	0.12x
1961	Brewster	2	0.000%	0.32x
1962	Brierley	2	0.000%	0.18x
1963	Broadfoot	2	0.000%	1.30x
1964	Bryan	2	0.000%	0.13x
1965	Bryce	2	0.000%	0.31x
1966	Bulpit	2	0.000%	6.71x
1967	Buncher	2	0.000%	10.48x
1968	Butt	2	0.000%	0.24x
1969	Buxton	2	0.000%	0.21x
1970	Byram	2	0.000%	4.32x
1971	Byres	2	0.000%	4.62x
1972	Byrnes	2	0.000%	1.75x
1973	Caldwell	2	0.000%	0.20x
1974	Carne	2	0.000%	1.12x
1975	Cary	2	0.000%	1.28x
1976	Chatterton	2	0.000%	0.55x
1977	Claughton	2	0.000%	3.00x
1978	Cleary	2	0.000%	0.75x
1979	Cleghorn	2	0.000%	1.13x
1980	Clowes	2	0.000%	0.56x
1981	Cohen	2	0.000%	0.20x
1982	Combs	2	0.000%	1.59x
1983	Corrigan	2	0.000%	0.70x
1984	Coulman	2	0.000%	5.30x
1985	Coulter	2	0.000%	0.62x
1986	Craghill	2	0.000%	7.91x
1987	Crampton	2	0.000%	0.64x
1988	Critchley	2	0.000%	0.35x
1989	Cronshaw	2	0.000%	1.25x
1990	Cruickshank	2	0.000%	0.28x
1991	Currey	2	0.000%	1.51x
1992	Curry	2	0.000%	0.22x
1993	Daniel	2	0.000%	0.14x
1994	Darling	2	0.000%	0.33x
1995	Darlington	2	0.000%	0.46x
1996	Davy	2	0.000%	0.25x
1997	Dobbie	2	0.000%	0.71x
1998	Doggett	2	0.000%	1.21x
1999	Dooley	2	0.000%	0.51x
2000	Dowson	2	0.000%	0.57x