1881 census place

Holme surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Holme, Westmorland 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

43 surnames are listed for Holme, Westmorland, covering 310 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Procter, with 22 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Holme

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	Procter	22	2.82%	217.61x
2	Towers	18	2.31%	199.34x
3	Wadeson	17	2.18%	2500.00x
4	Stamper	13	1.67%	734.46x
5	Cornthwaite	12	1.54%	895.52x
6	Cragg	10	1.28%	202.43x
7	Denwood	10	1.28%	2439.02x
8	Fife	10	1.28%	483.09x
9	Thistlethwaite	10	1.28%	793.65x
10	Airey	9	1.16%	152.03x
11	Dennison	9	1.16%	149.50x
12	Phillipson	9	1.16%	311.42x
13	Ripley	9	1.16%	174.76x
14	Hayton	8	1.03%	209.42x
15	Hendson	8	1.03%	6666.67x
16	Herd	8	1.03%	139.86x
17	Hewertson	8	1.03%	5333.33x
18	High	8	1.03%	227.27x
19	Winder	8	1.03%	156.56x
20	Woodend	8	1.03%	1012.66x
21	Coulton	7	0.900%	256.41x
22	Greenhow	7	0.900%	457.52x
23	Hoggarth	7	0.900%	364.58x
24	Holme	7	0.900%	193.91x
25	Mahon	7	0.900%	202.90x
26	Swindlehurst	7	0.900%	445.86x
27	Varey	6	0.770%	504.20x
28	Bouskill	5	0.640%	2173.91x
29	Heaps	5	0.640%	147.49x
30	Helm	5	0.640%	143.68x
31	Hindson	5	0.640%	362.32x
32	Brennard	4	0.510%	4444.44x
33	Mashiter	4	0.510%	666.67x
34	Railton	4	0.510%	194.17x
35	Washer	4	0.510%	481.93x
36	Bains	3	0.390%	154.64x
37	Lewthwaite	2	0.260%	166.67x
38	Thexton	2	0.260%	338.98x
39	Armer	1	0.130%	103.09x
40	Carvel	1	0.130%	322.58x
41	Fossey	1	0.130%	76.34x
42	Hallwell	1	0.130%	625.00x
43	Pasley	1	0.130%	188.68x