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 Beadle, with 15 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
701	Beadle	15	0.020%	3.33x
702	Beagan	15	0.020%	122.75x
703	Beard	15	0.020%	0.89x
704	Billington	15	0.020%	2.15x
705	Blenkhorn	15	0.020%	42.41x
706	Bouskill	15	0.020%	78.62x
707	Boyd	15	0.020%	0.67x
708	Calvert	15	0.020%	1.15x
709	Chorley	15	0.020%	6.90x
710	Collin	15	0.020%	4.49x
711	Dove	15	0.020%	2.04x
712	Garside	15	0.020%	1.62x
713	Hewertson	15	0.020%	118.58x
714	Kellet	15	0.020%	10.86x
715	Moser	15	0.020%	55.99x
716	Oliphant	15	0.020%	6.00x
717	Oversby	15	0.020%	41.40x
718	Peel	15	0.020%	1.30x
719	Pickering	15	0.020%	0.65x
720	Richmond	15	0.020%	1.07x
721	Rooks	15	0.020%	10.83x
722	Rose	15	0.020%	0.32x
723	Ruddick	15	0.020%	9.79x
724	Sargent	15	0.020%	1.52x
725	Scales	15	0.020%	3.95x
726	Shuttleworth	15	0.020%	1.97x
727	Sproat	15	0.020%	11.90x
728	Thewlis	15	0.020%	10.55x
729	Vipond	15	0.020%	16.39x
730	Wakefield	15	0.020%	1.30x
731	Watts	15	0.020%	0.28x
732	West	15	0.020%	0.24x
733	Winster	15	0.020%	368.55x
734	Adams	14	0.020%	0.15x
735	Aldren	14	0.020%	81.63x
736	Barclay	14	0.020%	1.06x
737	Battersby	14	0.020%	3.09x
738	Boardley	14	0.020%	53.54x
739	Brier	14	0.020%	13.14x
740	Butler	14	0.020%	0.22x
741	Chamley	14	0.020%	68.03x
742	Cherry	14	0.020%	2.13x
743	Coulton	14	0.020%	6.21x
744	Cowell	14	0.020%	1.52x
745	Deighton	14	0.020%	4.35x
746	Duff	14	0.020%	1.23x
747	Edwards	14	0.020%	0.08x
748	Farrar	14	0.020%	1.64x
749	Forster	14	0.020%	0.67x
750	Freeman	14	0.020%	0.34x
751	Goodburn	14	0.020%	21.34x
752	Halliwell	14	0.020%	1.97x
753	Haygarth	14	0.020%	22.75x
754	Heelis	14	0.020%	45.99x
755	Hull	14	0.020%	1.04x
756	Kilner	14	0.020%	5.22x
757	Latham	14	0.020%	1.07x
758	Lawrence	14	0.020%	0.34x
759	Maudsley	14	0.020%	7.68x
760	Mcdonald	14	0.020%	2.69x
761	Mitchel	14	0.020%	2.23x
762	Morton	14	0.020%	0.41x
763	Musgrave	14	0.020%	3.60x
764	Musgrove	14	0.020%	4.52x
765	Nevison	14	0.020%	18.99x
766	Nichol	14	0.020%	2.03x
767	Oldfield	14	0.020%	1.32x
768	Pallister	14	0.020%	8.63x
769	Pattison	14	0.020%	1.37x
770	Pepper	14	0.020%	1.55x
771	Rigby	14	0.020%	0.75x
772	Senogles	14	0.020%	88.27x
773	Shelton	14	0.020%	1.85x
774	Tate	14	0.020%	1.13x
775	Thackeray	14	0.020%	14.98x
776	Topping	14	0.020%	3.17x
777	Town	14	0.020%	4.40x
778	Willacy	14	0.020%	21.07x
779	Armitage	13	0.020%	0.79x
780	Bamford	13	0.020%	1.35x
781	Barlow	13	0.020%	0.38x
782	Bowe	13	0.020%	8.98x
783	Branthwaite	13	0.020%	39.38x
784	Brockelbank	13	0.020%	93.32x
785	Burrows	13	0.020%	0.46x
786	Carleton	13	0.020%	33.32x
787	Clegg	13	0.020%	0.59x
788	Cook	13	0.020%	0.10x
789	Cottam	13	0.020%	3.33x
790	Coulthard	13	0.020%	3.63x
791	Dalzell	13	0.020%	15.67x
792	Dawes	13	0.020%	1.49x
793	Dinwoodie	13	0.020%	18.89x
794	Dodds	13	0.020%	0.96x
795	Egglestone	13	0.020%	24.07x
796	Fagan	13	0.020%	4.25x
797	Forbes	13	0.020%	0.60x
798	Gillbanks	13	0.020%	52.27x
799	Grindal	13	0.020%	276.01x
800	Hale	13	0.020%	0.56x