1881 census place

Cockermouth surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Cockermouth, 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

218 surnames are listed for Cockermouth, Cumberland, covering 1,754 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bell, with 121 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Cockermouth

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	Bell	121	2.29%	12.16x
2	Hodgson	71	1.34%	19.35x
3	Elliot	43	0.810%	31.84x
4	Thursby	38	0.720%	611.92x
5	Birkett	35	0.660%	68.49x
6	Grave	34	0.640%	447.37x
7	Denwood	32	0.600%	1138.79x
8	Huddart	31	0.590%	339.91x
9	Irving	28	0.530%	23.73x
10	Moffat	28	0.530%	29.19x
11	Ritson	27	0.510%	126.94x
12	Potts	26	0.490%	14.71x
13	Sloan	24	0.450%	48.13x
14	Bewley	23	0.430%	163.01x
15	Bowe	23	0.430%	192.79x
16	Keenan	20	0.380%	44.58x
17	Millington	20	0.380%	24.94x
18	Starkie	20	0.380%	118.06x
19	Casson	19	0.360%	60.38x
20	Rushforth	19	0.360%	113.03x
21	Sewell	19	0.360%	16.97x
22	Roe	17	0.320%	16.48x
23	Rook	17	0.320%	47.00x
24	Swinburn	17	0.320%	170.51x
25	Pattinson	16	0.300%	33.77x
26	Ray	16	0.300%	15.27x
27	Crone	15	0.280%	155.12x
28	Iredale	15	0.280%	86.86x
29	Lowden	15	0.280%	86.41x
30	Telford	15	0.280%	32.15x
31	Thwaite	15	0.280%	125.73x
32	Bulman	14	0.260%	72.58x
33	Coulthard	14	0.260%	47.36x
34	Dodgson	14	0.260%	54.41x
35	Edgar	14	0.260%	17.17x
36	Gorley	14	0.260%	945.95x
37	Mawson	14	0.260%	32.77x
38	Reay	14	0.260%	30.45x
39	Cass	13	0.250%	34.63x
40	Glaister	13	0.250%	143.96x
41	Kennon	13	0.250%	714.29x
42	Bowes	12	0.230%	24.69x
43	Mounsey	12	0.230%	79.00x
44	Musgrave	12	0.230%	37.45x
45	Sim	12	0.230%	20.17x
46	Wordsworth	12	0.230%	92.95x
47	Barwise	11	0.210%	239.13x
48	Messenger	11	0.210%	26.93x
49	Moscrop	11	0.210%	138.19x
50	Stamper	11	0.210%	91.67x
51	Askew	10	0.190%	16.72x
52	Clementson	10	0.190%	143.88x
53	Cockton	10	0.190%	523.56x
54	Doran	10	0.190%	22.72x
55	Ellwood	10	0.190%	34.12x
56	Shearman	10	0.190%	46.06x
57	Allinson	9	0.170%	39.18x
58	Bracken	9	0.170%	103.09x
59	Fagan	9	0.170%	35.67x
60	Harkness	9	0.170%	30.33x
61	Hewetson	9	0.170%	167.60x
62	Hewson	9	0.170%	20.83x
63	Moncrieff	9	0.170%	67.52x
64	Stoddart	9	0.170%	20.36x
65	Suart	9	0.170%	318.02x
66	Dobie	8	0.150%	45.20x
67	Dover	8	0.150%	33.54x
68	Huddleston	8	0.150%	53.98x
69	Lowdon	8	0.150%	107.24x
70	Mulcaster	8	0.150%	269.36x
71	Pears	8	0.150%	32.84x
72	Rooke	8	0.150%	20.49x
73	Simm	8	0.150%	39.04x
74	Straughton	8	0.150%	1568.63x
75	Thornthwaite	8	0.150%	334.73x
76	Tickle	8	0.150%	33.80x
77	Younghusband	8	0.150%	125.39x
78	Aitkin	7	0.130%	76.84x
79	Bowerbank	7	0.130%	151.19x
80	Clague	7	0.130%	37.14x
81	Cowper	7	0.130%	30.17x
82	Eland	7	0.130%	115.13x
83	Gash	7	0.130%	64.28x
84	Grahame	7	0.130%	50.51x
85	Harden	7	0.130%	33.64x
86	Hefford	7	0.130%	83.33x
87	Hurd	7	0.130%	29.49x
88	Maloy	7	0.130%	85.89x
89	Pagan	7	0.130%	84.75x
90	Tindell	7	0.130%	214.07x
91	Todhunter	7	0.130%	91.38x
92	Boadle	6	0.110%	472.44x
93	Dobbins	6	0.110%	62.83x
94	Elwood	6	0.110%	61.04x
95	Gunson	6	0.110%	58.59x
96	Lewthwaite	6	0.110%	73.80x
97	Melvin	6	0.110%	23.53x
98	Ostle	6	0.110%	143.20x
99	Scurr	6	0.110%	93.46x
100	Shawyer	6	0.110%	86.96x