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 Gowling, with 5 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
201	Gowling	5	0.050%	105.26x
202	Hardisty	5	0.050%	18.67x
203	Lamonby	5	0.050%	169.49x
204	Langhorn	5	0.050%	42.19x
205	Machell	5	0.050%	42.99x
206	Marrs	5	0.050%	53.19x
207	Mattison	5	0.050%	33.65x
208	Mcphearson	5	0.050%	1470.59x
209	Monkhouse	5	0.050%	23.12x
210	Moscrop	5	0.050%	35.82x
211	Oliphant	5	0.050%	13.82x
212	Parken	5	0.050%	151.98x
213	Rotheram	5	0.050%	76.34x
214	Tannahill	5	0.050%	54.29x
215	Welford	5	0.050%	19.32x
216	Abott	4	0.040%	143.37x
217	Armer	4	0.040%	34.75x
218	Bardgett	4	0.040%	243.90x
219	Breaks	4	0.040%	67.45x
220	Burne	4	0.040%	28.15x
221	Cartmell	4	0.040%	21.41x
222	Charters	4	0.040%	15.76x
223	Dudson	4	0.040%	57.55x
224	Ellam	4	0.040%	17.12x
225	Heskett	4	0.040%	73.26x
226	Ingledew	4	0.040%	30.98x
227	Lawe	4	0.040%	93.46x
228	Loy	4	0.040%	49.02x
229	Mcneill	4	0.040%	148.15x
230	Philipson	4	0.040%	15.42x
231	Relph	4	0.040%	25.74x
232	Robison	4	0.040%	19.27x
233	Scarlet	4	0.040%	83.16x
234	Shawyer	4	0.040%	33.06x
235	Spruce	4	0.040%	21.34x
236	Thexton	4	0.040%	57.31x
237	Vessey	4	0.040%	25.43x
238	Waiter	4	0.040%	189.57x
239	Wannop	4	0.040%	59.17x
240	Younghusband	4	0.040%	35.71x
241	Ashburn	3	0.030%	41.15x
242	Bagot	3	0.030%	23.08x
243	Birkbeck	3	0.030%	22.03x
244	Bouch	3	0.030%	27.32x
245	Deaton	3	0.030%	77.32x
246	Foxcroft	3	0.030%	21.83x
247	Gradwell	3	0.030%	13.93x
248	Huntington	3	0.030%	11.12x
249	Loury	3	0.030%	225.56x
250	Mckeand	3	0.030%	600.00x
251	Ostle	3	0.030%	40.82x
252	Pletts	3	0.030%	91.19x
253	Pollack	3	0.030%	119.52x
254	Ratchford	3	0.030%	48.86x
255	Rodham	3	0.030%	41.32x
256	Sawers	3	0.030%	27.62x
257	Sheehan	3	0.030%	13.18x
258	Smiley	3	0.030%	81.97x
259	Stockbridge	3	0.030%	19.93x
260	Swindlehurst	3	0.030%	15.98x
261	Thistlethwaite	3	0.030%	19.93x
262	Tinniswood	3	0.030%	87.98x
263	Ashbridge	2	0.020%	27.32x
264	Brisco	2	0.020%	36.63x
265	Brownrigg	2	0.020%	16.65x
266	Burrill	2	0.020%	19.31x
267	Cleasby	2	0.020%	19.59x
268	Coales	2	0.020%	24.24x
269	Curle	2	0.020%	18.62x
270	Dalston	2	0.020%	53.76x
271	Dands	2	0.020%	109.29x
272	Dinwoodie	2	0.020%	20.08x
273	Ewbank	2	0.020%	17.24x
274	Fallas	2	0.020%	31.15x
275	Gate	2	0.020%	16.04x
276	Haygarth	2	0.020%	22.47x
277	Hewer	2	0.020%	10.89x
278	Hoodless	2	0.020%	33.06x
279	Hopes	2	0.020%	15.76x
280	Leck	2	0.020%	18.96x
281	Longstaffe	2	0.020%	37.45x
282	Lows	2	0.020%	74.91x
283	Mcdonell	2	0.020%	270.27x
284	Mcgarr	2	0.020%	465.12x
285	Stears	2	0.020%	34.48x
286	Studholme	2	0.020%	19.70x
287	Tallentire	2	0.020%	44.15x
288	Waiting	2	0.020%	58.65x
289	Wane	2	0.020%	21.72x
290	Woof	2	0.020%	13.34x
291	Akrigg	1	0.010%	37.45x
292	Armstead	1	0.010%	6.86x
293	Bailiff	1	0.010%	32.57x
294	Ballentine	1	0.010%	30.40x
295	Barkley	1	0.010%	8.22x
296	Barwise	1	0.010%	12.39x
297	Bears	1	0.010%	75.19x
298	Beetham	1	0.010%	6.47x
299	Billows	1	0.010%	30.67x
300	Birket	1	0.010%	20.66x