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 Varty, with 20 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
601	Varty	20	0.030%	21.65x
602	Akrigg	19	0.030%	103.09x
603	Arkwright	19	0.030%	12.59x
604	Bentley	19	0.030%	0.70x
605	Bingham	19	0.030%	2.01x
606	Broderick	19	0.030%	8.94x
607	Bullock	19	0.030%	0.91x
608	Chaplow	19	0.030%	116.64x
609	Chester	19	0.030%	2.42x
610	Coupland	19	0.030%	4.67x
611	Cussons	19	0.030%	29.25x
612	Dobie	19	0.030%	8.85x
613	Dunn	19	0.030%	0.36x
614	Holiday	19	0.030%	10.54x
615	Irwin	19	0.030%	3.52x
616	Oliver	19	0.030%	0.41x
617	Parsons	19	0.030%	0.39x
618	Redhead	19	0.030%	5.45x
619	Ritson	19	0.030%	7.37x
620	Rogers	19	0.030%	0.23x
621	Rooke	19	0.030%	4.01x
622	Scambler	19	0.030%	54.71x
623	Squires	19	0.030%	2.09x
624	Wiper	19	0.030%	81.34x
625	Ashworth	18	0.030%	0.70x
626	Austin	18	0.030%	0.57x
627	Blackburn	18	0.030%	0.74x
628	Blenkharn	18	0.030%	466.32x
629	Breaks	18	0.030%	43.97x
630	Buckle	18	0.030%	2.58x
631	Cox	18	0.030%	0.19x
632	Gass	18	0.030%	17.60x
633	Hebblethwaite	18	0.030%	16.89x
634	Heywood	18	0.030%	1.41x
635	Just	18	0.030%	37.82x
636	Leck	18	0.030%	24.69x
637	Leeming	18	0.030%	4.53x
638	Lister	18	0.030%	0.98x
639	Mansergh	18	0.030%	55.99x
640	Moor	18	0.030%	2.00x
641	Ousby	18	0.030%	123.54x
642	Proud	18	0.030%	5.49x
643	Sandham	18	0.030%	10.90x
644	Stavert	18	0.030%	62.67x
645	Talbot	18	0.030%	1.13x
646	Vickers	18	0.030%	1.09x
647	Westmorland	18	0.030%	22.33x
648	Arnold	17	0.030%	0.49x
649	Beaumont	17	0.030%	0.89x
650	Blenkinship	17	0.030%	107.19x
651	Bradshaw	17	0.030%	0.64x
652	Case	17	0.030%	2.65x
653	Cheesman	17	0.030%	5.18x
654	Corbett	17	0.030%	1.35x
655	Fryer	17	0.030%	1.43x
656	Hadwen	17	0.030%	64.47x
657	Heaps	17	0.030%	6.08x
658	Hodson	17	0.030%	1.28x
659	Horsfall	17	0.030%	2.63x
660	Illingworth	17	0.030%	2.34x
661	Kindleysides	17	0.030%	198.37x
662	Leak	17	0.030%	6.86x
663	Low	17	0.030%	1.25x
664	Pilling	17	0.030%	2.19x
665	Rennie	17	0.030%	1.52x
666	Saunders	17	0.030%	0.29x
667	Stackhouse	17	0.030%	21.55x
668	Sutton	17	0.030%	0.42x
669	Tiffin	17	0.030%	14.91x
670	Wade	17	0.030%	0.66x
671	Whitaker	17	0.030%	0.94x
672	Withers	17	0.030%	1.61x
673	Armistead	16	0.020%	13.38x
674	Brass	16	0.020%	13.16x
675	Currah	16	0.020%	44.96x
676	Curwen	16	0.020%	11.79x
677	Danson	16	0.020%	11.16x
678	Doherty	16	0.020%	3.05x
679	Dowbiggin	16	0.020%	66.64x
680	Fulton	16	0.020%	1.97x
681	Geldart	16	0.020%	15.81x
682	Hesmondhalgh	16	0.020%	36.94x
683	Horne	16	0.020%	1.15x
684	Kilshaw	16	0.020%	18.75x
685	Lightburn	16	0.020%	47.24x
686	Looker	16	0.020%	8.42x
687	Lyon	16	0.020%	1.19x
688	Mark	16	0.020%	4.96x
689	Mathews	16	0.020%	0.67x
690	Mayor	16	0.020%	5.70x
691	Moses	16	0.020%	2.44x
692	Salmon	16	0.020%	1.09x
693	Scaife	16	0.020%	5.62x
694	Scarborough	16	0.020%	8.82x
695	Severs	16	0.020%	19.04x
696	Sim	16	0.020%	2.22x
697	Sutherland	16	0.020%	0.49x
698	Tarn	16	0.020%	26.75x
699	Tatham	16	0.020%	7.38x
700	Usher	16	0.020%	2.26x