1881 census place

Penrith surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Penrith, 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

356 surnames are listed for Penrith, Cumberland, covering 4,503 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hodgson, with 167 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Penrith

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	Hodgson	167	1.80%	25.93x
2	Thompson	167	1.80%	6.00x
3	Bell	134	1.44%	7.67x
4	Richardson	108	1.16%	6.83x
5	Nicholson	104	1.12%	15.75x
6	Atkinson	92	0.990%	10.17x
7	Pattinson	91	0.980%	109.44x
8	Dixon	89	0.960%	8.74x
9	Armstrong	78	0.840%	10.98x
10	Bird	59	0.640%	8.31x
11	Hetherington	55	0.590%	46.96x
12	Johnston	55	0.590%	7.33x
13	Davidson	52	0.560%	6.66x
14	Lancaster	51	0.550%	22.08x
15	Sisson	49	0.530%	200.41x
16	Stalker	49	0.530%	107.15x
17	Dennison	47	0.510%	65.43x
18	Bowman	46	0.500%	18.95x
19	Irving	46	0.500%	22.22x
20	Mounsey	42	0.450%	157.60x
21	Sarginson	41	0.440%	500.61x
22	Carruthers	40	0.430%	32.55x
23	Borrowdale	39	0.420%	537.19x
24	Lawson	37	0.400%	6.75x
25	Kirkbride	34	0.370%	124.09x
26	Thwaites	34	0.370%	61.25x
27	Cowper	33	0.360%	81.06x
28	Fawcett	33	0.360%	18.37x
29	Grisenthwaite	33	0.360%	1130.14x
30	Little	33	0.360%	7.51x
31	Grisdale	32	0.340%	199.13x
32	Dalton	31	0.330%	14.53x
33	Patrickson	31	0.330%	464.77x
34	Howe	30	0.320%	8.22x
35	Pears	30	0.320%	70.16x
36	Ivison	29	0.310%	230.16x
37	Slee	29	0.310%	79.96x
38	Varty	29	0.310%	216.90x
39	Hope	28	0.300%	8.85x
40	Lowthian	28	0.300%	365.54x
41	Pickering	28	0.300%	8.35x
42	Vipond	28	0.300%	211.32x
43	Arnison	27	0.290%	475.35x
44	Burrell	26	0.280%	21.48x
45	Stamper	26	0.280%	123.40x
46	Goulding	25	0.270%	27.55x
47	Moffat	25	0.270%	14.85x
48	Nixon	25	0.270%	8.83x
49	Bewley	24	0.260%	96.93x
50	Bowerbank	24	0.260%	295.20x
51	Kirkpatrick	24	0.260%	29.99x
52	Lowther	24	0.260%	42.29x
53	Pelter	24	0.260%	1137.44x
54	Strong	23	0.250%	16.58x
55	Warwick	23	0.250%	17.90x
56	Blenkinship	22	0.240%	956.52x
57	Eddy	22	0.240%	39.53x
58	Routledge	22	0.240%	27.83x
59	Birkett	21	0.230%	23.42x
60	Fenton	21	0.230%	11.32x
61	Forrester	21	0.230%	16.84x
62	Moor	21	0.230%	16.13x
63	Sinkinson	20	0.220%	370.37x
64	Crosby	19	0.200%	17.28x
65	Ousby	19	0.200%	900.47x
66	Alcock	18	0.190%	13.42x
67	Mattinson	18	0.190%	109.02x
68	Rylands	18	0.190%	140.08x
69	Tindal	18	0.190%	129.50x
70	Salkeld	17	0.180%	81.30x
71	Lynn	16	0.170%	19.73x
72	Reay	16	0.170%	19.83x
73	Satterthwaite	16	0.170%	100.31x
74	Sowerby	16	0.170%	31.93x
75	Workman	16	0.170%	26.18x
76	Birbeck	15	0.160%	103.52x
77	Clementson	15	0.160%	123.05x
78	Eland	15	0.160%	140.58x
79	Pugmire	15	0.160%	612.24x
80	Robertshaw	15	0.160%	19.75x
81	Stout	15	0.160%	33.69x
82	Teasdale	15	0.160%	19.05x
83	Weightman	15	0.160%	41.25x
84	Chester	14	0.150%	12.30x
85	Fallowfield	14	0.150%	184.21x
86	Fidler	14	0.150%	23.55x
87	Harriman	14	0.150%	58.68x
88	Nanson	14	0.150%	191.26x
89	Rawes	14	0.150%	200.57x
90	Siddle	14	0.150%	70.49x
91	Sweeten	14	0.150%	1102.36x
92	Westmorland	14	0.150%	119.97x
93	Airey	13	0.140%	18.40x
94	Beacham	13	0.140%	50.12x
95	Errington	13	0.140%	25.11x
96	Grierson	13	0.140%	25.18x
97	Main	13	0.140%	8.55x
98	Mallinson	13	0.140%	16.96x
99	Proudfoot	13	0.140%	32.08x
100	Thornborrow	13	0.140%	279.57x