1881 census place

Kendal surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kendal, 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

462 surnames are listed for Kendal, Westmorland, covering 6,253 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Atkinson, with 237 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kendal

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	Atkinson	237	2.02%	20.70x
2	Thompson	227	1.93%	6.45x
3	Robinson	197	1.68%	5.26x
4	Dixon	171	1.45%	13.28x
5	Harrison	139	1.18%	5.33x
6	Garnett	131	1.11%	89.76x
7	Airey	124	1.06%	138.76x
8	Graham	101	0.860%	7.48x
9	Troughton	99	0.840%	260.59x
10	Braithwaite	97	0.830%	71.12x
11	Hine	91	0.770%	98.01x
12	Hodgson	89	0.760%	10.93x
13	Nelson	69	0.590%	12.12x
14	Nicholson	62	0.530%	7.42x
15	Medcalf	53	0.450%	115.72x
16	Capstick	52	0.440%	150.25x
17	Hutton	51	0.430%	14.53x
18	Birkett	50	0.430%	44.08x
19	Hutchinson	46	0.390%	6.89x
20	Lewthwaite	46	0.390%	254.85x
21	Casson	44	0.370%	62.98x
22	Dobson	44	0.370%	8.49x
23	Park	44	0.370%	12.08x
24	Preston	43	0.370%	7.32x
25	Bateman	42	0.360%	13.83x
26	Benson	42	0.360%	13.18x
27	Bland	41	0.350%	16.82x
28	Barrow	37	0.310%	14.86x
29	Cragg	37	0.310%	49.62x
30	Leighton	37	0.310%	29.27x
31	Rigg	37	0.310%	37.44x
32	Storey	37	0.310%	12.39x
33	Baines	36	0.310%	16.00x
34	Clement	36	0.310%	30.42x
35	Hoggarth	36	0.310%	124.48x
36	Pennington	35	0.300%	20.11x
37	Jennings	34	0.290%	5.71x
38	Lishman	34	0.290%	141.31x
39	Thwaites	34	0.290%	48.43x
40	Winder	34	0.290%	44.07x
41	Dennison	33	0.280%	36.32x
42	Whitwell	33	0.280%	94.91x
43	Dent	32	0.270%	14.29x
44	Stubbs	32	0.270%	10.31x
45	Tyson	32	0.270%	20.89x
46	Crossley	31	0.260%	9.61x
47	Lancaster	31	0.260%	10.61x
48	Dodd	30	0.260%	6.28x
49	Hayton	30	0.260%	52.07x
50	Newby	30	0.260%	25.52x
51	Noble	30	0.260%	6.15x
52	Graveson	27	0.230%	427.22x
53	Heap	27	0.230%	13.54x
54	Langhorn	27	0.230%	180.12x
55	Caton	26	0.220%	46.16x
56	Mackereth	26	0.220%	237.44x
57	Woodburn	26	0.220%	69.82x
58	Carradus	25	0.210%	506.07x
59	Harrington	24	0.200%	10.76x
60	Major	23	0.200%	14.51x
61	Compston	22	0.190%	424.71x
62	Fawcett	22	0.190%	9.68x
63	Coward	21	0.180%	15.59x
64	Stainton	21	0.180%	54.55x
65	Stilling	21	0.180%	519.80x
66	Townley	21	0.180%	28.34x
67	Carlisle	20	0.170%	32.32x
68	Ewan	20	0.170%	74.71x
69	Ion	20	0.170%	351.49x
70	Jon	20	0.170%	467.29x
71	Oldcorn	20	0.170%	312.50x
72	Cleasby	19	0.160%	147.17x
73	Crosthwaite	19	0.160%	100.05x
74	Gudgeon	19	0.160%	66.23x
75	Nowell	19	0.160%	34.43x
76	Rawes	19	0.160%	215.18x
77	Sisson	19	0.160%	61.45x
78	Brockbank	18	0.150%	43.23x
79	Cookson	18	0.150%	12.99x
80	Cummings	18	0.150%	9.94x
81	Fell	18	0.150%	10.90x
82	German	18	0.150%	32.83x
83	Tanner	18	0.150%	6.83x
84	Dover	17	0.140%	32.11x
85	Low	17	0.140%	6.83x
86	Phillipson	17	0.140%	38.99x
87	Pickthall	17	0.140%	111.33x
88	Railton	17	0.140%	54.77x
89	Saul	17	0.140%	28.31x
90	Sill	17	0.140%	122.39x
91	Ainsworth	16	0.140%	6.87x
92	Dobie	16	0.140%	40.73x
93	Dodgson	16	0.140%	28.02x
94	Doherty	16	0.140%	16.68x
95	Ellwood	16	0.140%	24.59x
96	Hully	16	0.140%	263.16x
97	Kendal	16	0.140%	34.90x
98	Mounsey	16	0.140%	47.46x
99	Rowlinson	16	0.140%	43.66x
100	Sarginson	16	0.140%	154.44x