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 Waller, with 33 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
401	Waller	33	0.050%	2.04x
402	Woodend	33	0.050%	50.80x
403	Batty	32	0.050%	3.26x
404	Bibby	32	0.050%	4.62x
405	Clarkson	32	0.050%	1.88x
406	Collinson	32	0.050%	4.25x
407	Crewdson	32	0.050%	45.23x
408	Earl	32	0.050%	3.81x
409	Greenwood	32	0.050%	0.64x
410	Heap	32	0.050%	2.94x
411	Jordan	32	0.050%	1.13x
412	Ridding	32	0.050%	50.77x
413	Schofield	32	0.050%	0.92x
414	Tinkler	32	0.050%	11.51x
415	Baxter	31	0.050%	0.81x
416	Fishwick	31	0.050%	9.68x
417	Hilton	31	0.050%	1.40x
418	Holland	31	0.050%	0.68x
419	Kirkby	31	0.050%	8.53x
420	Leather	31	0.050%	7.07x
421	Milligan	31	0.050%	4.10x
422	Moffat	31	0.050%	2.67x
423	Moon	31	0.050%	2.29x
424	Relph	31	0.050%	28.86x
425	Rumney	31	0.050%	30.83x
426	Russell	31	0.050%	0.40x
427	Workman	31	0.050%	7.34x
428	Baker	30	0.050%	0.21x
429	Brogden	30	0.050%	14.15x
430	Carlisle	30	0.050%	8.87x
431	Carradice	30	0.050%	144.30x
432	Close	30	0.050%	5.36x
433	Ewan	30	0.050%	20.52x
434	Harker	30	0.050%	4.44x
435	Whitfield	30	0.050%	2.34x
436	Blades	29	0.050%	7.96x
437	Butterworth	29	0.050%	1.26x
438	Carruthers	29	0.050%	3.42x
439	Crayston	29	0.050%	157.35x
440	Elliott	29	0.050%	0.53x
441	Glover	29	0.050%	1.06x
442	Grisedale	29	0.050%	142.37x
443	Inman	29	0.050%	6.64x
444	Langley	29	0.050%	2.06x
445	Longhorn	29	0.050%	39.79x
446	Patterson	29	0.050%	1.30x
447	Whiteside	29	0.050%	5.67x
448	Barton	28	0.040%	0.81x
449	Bonsfield	28	0.040%	76.40x
450	Borwick	28	0.040%	49.85x
451	Cowin	28	0.040%	21.70x
452	Davison	28	0.040%	1.22x
453	Gaskell	28	0.040%	4.25x
454	Harrop	28	0.040%	3.83x
455	Idle	28	0.040%	27.73x
456	Littlefair	28	0.040%	30.59x
457	Lowthian	28	0.040%	52.88x
458	Monkhouse	28	0.040%	18.74x
459	Norman	28	0.040%	0.94x
460	Speight	28	0.040%	5.37x
461	Strong	28	0.040%	2.92x
462	Tuer	28	0.040%	94.63x
463	Unsworth	28	0.040%	3.79x
464	Barnett	27	0.040%	0.93x
465	Burne	27	0.040%	27.50x
466	Clayton	27	0.040%	0.77x
467	Coulston	27	0.040%	41.02x
468	Dobinson	27	0.040%	15.96x
469	Ewbank	27	0.040%	33.67x
470	Greaves	27	0.040%	1.43x
471	Hobson	27	0.040%	1.62x
472	Howarth	27	0.040%	0.88x
473	Hughes	27	0.040%	0.15x
474	Laycock	27	0.040%	3.06x
475	Percival	27	0.040%	2.68x
476	Sarjeant	27	0.040%	49.01x
477	Snowdon	27	0.040%	5.64x
478	Stalker	27	0.040%	8.54x
479	Walmsley	27	0.040%	2.03x
480	Blaylock	26	0.040%	23.23x
481	Brough	26	0.040%	3.31x
482	Carrick	26	0.040%	5.63x
483	Clifford	26	0.040%	1.97x
484	Cole	26	0.040%	0.44x
485	Creighton	26	0.040%	10.27x
486	Douglas	26	0.040%	0.84x
487	Halhead	26	0.040%	228.87x
488	Harrington	26	0.040%	2.13x
489	Kendall	26	0.040%	1.88x
490	Morris	26	0.040%	0.18x
491	Potts	26	0.040%	1.21x
492	Rowlinson	26	0.040%	12.99x
493	Spooner	26	0.040%	2.81x
494	Thornborough	26	0.040%	78.24x
495	Tunstall	26	0.040%	7.63x
496	Wadeson	26	0.040%	46.29x
497	Yates	26	0.040%	0.59x
498	Alexander	25	0.040%	0.74x
499	Carr	25	0.040%	0.54x
500	Graves	25	0.040%	2.57x