1881 census place

Brampton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brampton, 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

117 surnames are listed for Brampton, Cumberland, covering 1,326 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Armstrong, with 144 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brampton

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
1	Armstrong	144	4.18%	54.63x
2	Bell	137	3.97%	21.14x
3	Hetherington	87	2.52%	200.18x
4	Little	62	1.80%	38.02x
5	Dodd	61	1.77%	43.50x
6	Routledge	42	1.22%	143.15x
7	Forster	38	1.10%	33.61x
8	Nixon	28	0.810%	26.66x
9	Irving	26	0.750%	33.85x
10	Skelton	25	0.730%	49.81x
11	Reay	24	0.700%	80.19x
12	Ridley	24	0.700%	36.01x
13	Batey	22	0.640%	163.20x
14	Carruthers	19	0.550%	41.67x
15	Mark	19	0.550%	109.57x
16	Byers	18	0.520%	100.67x
17	Birrell	16	0.460%	95.18x
18	Blaylock	16	0.460%	266.22x
19	Sproat	15	0.440%	221.57x
20	Dobinson	14	0.410%	154.19x
21	Milburn	14	0.410%	45.48x
22	Riddell	14	0.410%	48.41x
23	Coulthard	13	0.380%	67.53x
24	Kirkpatrick	12	0.350%	40.42x
25	Latimer	12	0.350%	90.43x
26	Ruddick	12	0.350%	145.81x
27	Blain	11	0.320%	91.90x
28	Carrick	11	0.320%	44.35x
29	Clementson	11	0.320%	243.36x
30	Mattinson	11	0.320%	179.45x
31	Railton	11	0.320%	120.75x
32	Stobbart	11	0.320%	256.41x
33	Halliburton	10	0.290%	497.51x
34	Heslop	10	0.290%	33.82x
35	Lappin	10	0.290%	373.13x
36	Mole	10	0.290%	37.37x
37	Moses	10	0.290%	28.35x
38	Pettigrew	10	0.290%	59.74x
39	Coats	9	0.260%	57.77x
40	Hudspith	9	0.260%	263.16x
41	Louther	9	0.260%	720.00x
42	Edger	8	0.230%	224.72x
43	Farish	8	0.230%	190.93x
44	Gillespy	8	0.230%	808.08x
45	Laidlow	8	0.230%	370.37x
46	Mitchelson	8	0.230%	183.49x
47	Grindley	7	0.200%	72.92x
48	Heward	7	0.200%	105.74x
49	Mitchinson	7	0.200%	79.55x
50	Ritson	7	0.200%	50.54x
51	Thirlwall	7	0.200%	319.63x
52	Blackstock	6	0.170%	118.11x
53	Gaddes	6	0.170%	431.65x
54	Kindred	6	0.170%	221.40x
55	Laidler	6	0.170%	43.83x
56	Rowntree	6	0.170%	59.00x
57	Wannop	6	0.170%	239.04x
58	Ashburn	5	0.150%	184.50x
59	Bendle	5	0.150%	134.41x
60	Birnie	5	0.150%	34.06x
61	Monkhouse	5	0.150%	62.34x
62	Mounsey	5	0.150%	50.56x
63	Nilson	5	0.150%	186.57x
64	Beaty	4	0.120%	50.83x
65	Hugill	4	0.120%	46.24x
66	Jemison	4	0.120%	540.54x
67	Kiss	4	0.120%	470.59x
68	Lazonby	4	0.120%	341.88x
69	Mingins	4	0.120%	439.56x
70	Prudham	4	0.120%	769.23x
71	Shadwick	4	0.120%	211.64x
72	Spoors	4	0.120%	92.81x
73	Westgarth	4	0.120%	66.67x
74	Whitefield	4	0.120%	56.18x
75	Winthrop	4	0.120%	444.44x
76	Wotherspoon	4	0.120%	36.50x
77	Barnfather	3	0.090%	59.88x
78	Cheesbrough	3	0.090%	137.61x
79	Dayson	3	0.090%	160.43x
80	Ganning	3	0.090%	1666.67x
81	Garrow	3	0.090%	75.19x
82	Hudspeth	3	0.090%	93.17x
83	Moscrop	3	0.090%	57.92x
84	Pitchers	3	0.090%	119.52x
85	Boustead	2	0.060%	77.22x
86	Bowmaker	2	0.060%	100.00x
87	Brassey	2	0.060%	93.46x
88	Cleminson	2	0.060%	39.45x
89	Maclaren	2	0.060%	62.89x
90	Mart	2	0.060%	89.29x
91	Rodden	2	0.060%	112.99x
92	Storrow	2	0.060%	168.07x
93	Woof	2	0.060%	35.97x
94	Ackerly	1	0.030%	204.08x
95	Aitkinson	1	0.030%	103.09x
96	Appelby	1	0.030%	71.43x
97	Berney	1	0.030%	74.07x
98	Brougham	1	0.030%	27.70x
99	Cairnes	1	0.030%	71.94x
100	Cartner	1	0.030%	32.68x