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 Gaskill, with 4 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
301	Gaskill	4	0.030%	19.08x
302	Gedling	4	0.030%	87.91x
303	Hesford	4	0.030%	22.75x
304	Hewetson	4	0.030%	33.53x
305	Kitchin	4	0.030%	15.80x
306	Leck	4	0.030%	29.99x
307	Macnamara	4	0.030%	24.55x
308	Newsham	4	0.030%	10.88x
309	Pask	4	0.030%	12.65x
310	Pollit	4	0.030%	78.43x
311	Prickett	4	0.030%	12.48x
312	Rawcliff	4	0.030%	136.05x
313	Rawsthorn	4	0.030%	64.10x
314	Ruthven	4	0.030%	26.83x
315	Syres	4	0.030%	512.82x
316	Taylforth	4	0.030%	236.69x
317	Varey	4	0.030%	22.21x
318	Walsham	4	0.030%	28.01x
319	Whitnell	4	0.030%	67.91x
320	Wileman	4	0.030%	14.86x
321	Willock	4	0.030%	25.41x
322	Ascroft	3	0.030%	17.86x
323	Ashburner	3	0.030%	18.12x
324	Bellman	3	0.030%	25.73x
325	Bouskill	3	0.030%	85.96x
326	Brade	3	0.030%	32.68x
327	Bullough	3	0.030%	8.32x
328	Creary	3	0.030%	206.90x
329	Dacre	3	0.030%	19.80x
330	Dowker	3	0.030%	89.82x
331	Eatough	3	0.030%	22.03x
332	Eddington	3	0.030%	25.49x
333	Forsythe	3	0.030%	26.27x
334	Gash	3	0.030%	12.41x
335	Gass	3	0.030%	16.03x
336	Greenhow	3	0.030%	12.98x
337	Helson	3	0.030%	61.22x
338	Higgin	3	0.030%	10.65x
339	Hoof	3	0.030%	59.29x
340	Ivins	3	0.030%	37.50x
341	Jonson	3	0.030%	40.65x
342	Oneal	3	0.030%	25.82x
343	Pinnington	3	0.030%	15.38x
344	Punch	3	0.030%	50.93x
345	Ruxton	3	0.030%	24.04x
346	Sawyers	3	0.030%	18.98x
347	Sweney	3	0.030%	46.08x
348	Thewlis	3	0.030%	11.53x
349	Tuer	3	0.030%	55.35x
350	Wiggans	3	0.030%	30.58x
351	Abson	2	0.020%	14.86x
352	Balderstone	2	0.020%	27.25x
353	Belk	2	0.020%	17.21x
354	Bewsher	2	0.020%	25.61x
355	Cartmel	2	0.020%	15.26x
356	Cartmell	2	0.020%	8.47x
357	Clemmet	2	0.020%	70.67x
358	Cloudsdale	2	0.020%	73.80x
359	Craghill	2	0.020%	43.20x
360	Dowthwaite	2	0.020%	19.16x
361	Englefield	2	0.020%	10.38x
362	Fine	2	0.020%	45.15x
363	Fines	2	0.020%	32.89x
364	Gills	2	0.020%	17.83x
365	Goth	2	0.020%	37.45x
366	Grisenthwaite	2	0.020%	54.20x
367	Hartridge	2	0.020%	17.15x
368	Mcleish	2	0.020%	163.93x
369	Murrow	2	0.020%	39.84x
370	Myerscough	2	0.020%	11.43x
371	Pennells	2	0.020%	22.05x
372	Rayne	2	0.020%	19.82x
373	Redmayne	2	0.020%	12.87x
374	Rowlandson	2	0.020%	13.55x
375	Ruttledge	2	0.020%	77.22x
376	Simcock	2	0.020%	5.86x
377	Tarver	2	0.020%	22.55x
378	Tawse	2	0.020%	16.03x
379	Toppin	2	0.020%	18.67x
380	Wane	2	0.020%	17.15x
381	Warbrick	2	0.020%	14.95x
382	Armer	1	0.010%	6.87x
383	Aster	1	0.010%	35.34x
384	Bagster	1	0.010%	30.30x
385	Bauer	1	0.010%	12.80x
386	Bayliffe	1	0.010%	29.94x
387	Beers	1	0.010%	15.17x
388	Bicket	1	0.010%	16.56x
389	Billingsley	1	0.010%	6.08x
390	Binstead	1	0.010%	8.97x
391	Boness	1	0.010%	13.48x
392	Bowerbank	1	0.010%	9.73x
393	Bows	1	0.010%	18.45x
394	Brakewell	1	0.010%	42.55x
395	Branwell	1	0.010%	17.57x
396	Brookbank	1	0.010%	11.90x
397	Burris	1	0.010%	24.51x
398	Casely	1	0.010%	13.85x
399	Colburn	1	0.010%	13.35x
400	Cornthwaite	1	0.010%	4.96x