1881 census place

Alston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Alston, Cumberland in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

142 surnames are listed for Alston, Cumberland, covering 2,519 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Byrnes, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Alston

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
101	Byrnes	3	0.060%	36.45x
102	Cray	3	0.060%	33.59x
103	Fairless	3	0.060%	32.68x
104	Madgin	3	0.060%	272.73x
105	Pearl	3	0.060%	31.02x
106	Philipson	3	0.060%	23.18x
107	Cail	2	0.040%	147.06x
108	Denwood	2	0.040%	81.30x
109	Fairgrieve	2	0.040%	28.09x
110	Goodburn	2	0.040%	42.19x
111	Hindmarch	2	0.040%	22.35x
112	Kirsop	2	0.040%	92.17x
113	Pickworth	2	0.040%	46.95x
114	Rodham	2	0.040%	55.25x
115	Swindles	2	0.040%	47.73x
116	Tindle	2	0.040%	27.86x
117	Tinniswood	2	0.040%	117.65x
118	Bayton	1	0.020%	36.90x
119	Beautyman	1	0.020%	74.07x
120	Butterley	1	0.020%	103.09x
121	Chalder	1	0.020%	68.03x
122	Clint	1	0.020%	29.67x
123	Code	1	0.020%	53.48x
124	Coil	1	0.020%	64.52x
125	Crass	1	0.020%	41.67x
126	Diggles	1	0.020%	31.35x
127	Fairlamb	1	0.020%	42.02x
128	Fitzsimons	1	0.020%	13.95x
129	Garrigan	1	0.020%	61.35x
130	Garvin	1	0.020%	24.21x
131	Grieveson	1	0.020%	38.76x
132	Holdon	1	0.020%	52.91x
133	Hopes	1	0.020%	15.80x
134	Kensington	1	0.020%	64.10x
135	Kippax	1	0.020%	21.88x
136	Laidlow	1	0.020%	34.36x
137	Lovel	1	0.020%	24.27x
138	Mulcaster	1	0.020%	38.46x
139	Revie	1	0.020%	28.09x
140	Shortridge	1	0.020%	33.33x
141	Stothert	1	0.020%	70.42x
142	Temperley	1	0.020%	24.21x