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 Greenop, with 25 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
501	Greenop	25	0.040%	98.00x
502	Huddleston	25	0.040%	13.92x
503	Kipling	25	0.040%	16.33x
504	Morphet	25	0.040%	56.33x
505	Page	25	0.040%	0.49x
506	Postlethwaite	25	0.040%	10.26x
507	Ray	25	0.040%	1.97x
508	Suart	25	0.040%	72.89x
509	Whalley	25	0.040%	2.47x
510	Wightman	25	0.040%	5.92x
511	Wildman	25	0.040%	6.37x
512	Blair	24	0.040%	1.44x
513	Fidler	24	0.040%	5.84x
514	Hartwell	24	0.040%	9.09x
515	Heaton	24	0.040%	1.56x
516	Hope	24	0.040%	1.10x
517	Ireland	24	0.040%	1.61x
518	Jon	24	0.040%	102.74x
519	Mallinson	24	0.040%	4.53x
520	Matthews	24	0.040%	0.43x
521	Riley	24	0.040%	0.47x
522	Shephard	24	0.040%	3.90x
523	Webb	24	0.040%	0.28x
524	Archer	23	0.040%	0.87x
525	Baldwin	23	0.040%	0.84x
526	Beckett	23	0.040%	1.80x
527	Binks	23	0.040%	6.07x
528	Bonson	23	0.040%	69.68x
529	Castley	23	0.040%	111.76x
530	Elliot	23	0.040%	1.40x
531	Gott	23	0.040%	8.27x
532	Jopson	23	0.040%	31.74x
533	Kelly	23	0.040%	0.33x
534	Longrigg	23	0.040%	72.01x
535	Medcalfe	23	0.040%	87.22x
536	Sharpe	23	0.040%	1.22x
537	Spencer	23	0.040%	0.39x
538	Stockdale	23	0.040%	4.60x
539	Trotter	23	0.040%	3.42x
540	Waugh	23	0.040%	2.63x
541	Wooff	23	0.040%	65.83x
542	Abram	22	0.030%	9.55x
543	Adamthwaite	22	0.030%	86.96x
544	Ainsworth	22	0.030%	1.73x
545	Chapelhow	22	0.030%	293.33x
546	Clapham	22	0.030%	3.98x
547	Forsyth	22	0.030%	1.61x
548	Frear	22	0.030%	31.97x
549	Goodwin	22	0.030%	0.65x
550	Goulding	22	0.030%	3.51x
551	Grant	22	0.030%	0.35x
552	Hewetson	22	0.030%	33.76x
553	Holliday	22	0.030%	2.61x
554	Horsfield	22	0.030%	5.11x
555	Law	22	0.030%	0.76x
556	Liddle	22	0.030%	2.91x
557	Millward	22	0.030%	3.05x
558	Poole	22	0.030%	0.71x
559	Reid	22	0.030%	0.33x
560	Stout	22	0.030%	7.15x
561	Threlfall	22	0.030%	7.56x
562	Varey	22	0.030%	22.36x
563	Wearmouth	22	0.030%	25.09x
564	Woods	22	0.030%	0.54x
565	Wren	22	0.030%	3.16x
566	Abba	21	0.030%	115.26x
567	Bayliff	21	0.030%	54.12x
568	Brennand	21	0.030%	21.58x
569	Brocklebank	21	0.030%	13.42x
570	Carlton	21	0.030%	6.37x
571	Denney	21	0.030%	13.55x
572	Dinsdale	21	0.030%	6.35x
573	Forrest	21	0.030%	1.27x
574	Gudgeon	21	0.030%	13.40x
575	Huddlestone	21	0.030%	18.87x
576	Kirby	21	0.030%	0.86x
577	Mawson	21	0.030%	4.05x
578	Milner	21	0.030%	1.43x
579	Pool	21	0.030%	2.82x
580	Rhodes	21	0.030%	0.70x
581	Rogerson	21	0.030%	2.66x
582	Rothery	21	0.030%	8.87x
583	Seed	21	0.030%	4.53x
584	Simm	21	0.030%	8.45x
585	Snaith	21	0.030%	7.69x
586	Stilling	21	0.030%	95.11x
587	Thistlethwaite	21	0.030%	20.20x
588	Barwick	20	0.030%	7.32x
589	Bates	20	0.030%	0.49x
590	Blenkarn	20	0.030%	124.38x
591	Bowerbank	20	0.030%	35.61x
592	Crosby	20	0.030%	2.63x
593	Hargreaves	20	0.030%	0.75x
594	Huddart	20	0.030%	18.08x
595	Millburn	20	0.030%	26.89x
596	Muncaster	20	0.030%	23.68x
597	Nowell	20	0.030%	6.64x
598	Parke	20	0.030%	13.16x
599	Raine	20	0.030%	3.74x
600	Threlkeld	20	0.030%	80.42x