1881 census place

Ulverston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ulverston, Lancashire 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

426 surnames are listed for Ulverston, Lancashire, covering 4,187 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Tyson, with 129 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ulverston

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	Tyson	129	1.28%	98.01x
2	Atkinson	116	1.15%	11.80x
3	Hodgson	98	0.970%	14.01x
4	Dickinson	90	0.890%	20.87x
5	Kitchin	75	0.740%	344.83x
6	Park	65	0.640%	20.77x
7	Burns	63	0.620%	9.29x
8	Coward	57	0.560%	49.25x
9	Nicholson	48	0.480%	6.69x
10	Briggs	46	0.460%	8.39x
11	Benson	45	0.450%	16.44x
12	Braithwaite	45	0.450%	38.41x
13	Ireland	44	0.440%	18.77x
14	Gelderd	42	0.420%	909.09x
15	Fell	41	0.410%	28.91x
16	Garnett	39	0.390%	31.10x
17	Postlethwaite	38	0.380%	99.14x
18	Parkinson	37	0.370%	7.64x
19	Woodburn	37	0.370%	115.63x
20	Nelson	36	0.360%	7.36x
21	Caddy	35	0.350%	121.70x
22	Crewdson	33	0.330%	296.50x
23	Ashburner	32	0.320%	224.88x
24	Greaves	32	0.320%	10.81x
25	Newby	32	0.320%	31.69x
26	Jenkinson	31	0.310%	17.53x
27	Kendall	31	0.310%	14.26x
28	Brocklebank	30	0.300%	121.90x
29	Higgin	30	0.300%	123.92x
30	Baynes	29	0.290%	72.77x
31	Winder	29	0.290%	43.75x
32	Askew	28	0.280%	24.55x
33	Casson	28	0.280%	46.66x
34	Brockbank	27	0.270%	75.48x
35	Storey	26	0.260%	10.13x
36	Townson	26	0.260%	61.35x
37	Ainsworth	25	0.250%	12.50x
38	Athersmith	25	0.250%	1196.17x
39	Denney	25	0.250%	102.54x
40	Murthwaite	25	0.250%	558.04x
41	Redhead	25	0.250%	45.58x
42	Wearing	25	0.250%	80.96x
43	Kellett	24	0.240%	27.33x
44	Pennington	24	0.240%	16.05x
45	Farrell	23	0.230%	12.01x
46	Iddon	23	0.230%	90.23x
47	Mount	23	0.230%	58.70x
48	Rigg	23	0.230%	27.09x
49	Barrow	21	0.210%	9.82x
50	Boulton	21	0.210%	11.54x
51	Metcalfe	21	0.210%	9.11x
52	Ormandy	21	0.210%	214.07x
53	Satterthwaite	21	0.210%	121.18x
54	Birkett	20	0.200%	20.53x
55	Bower	20	0.200%	10.81x
56	Case	20	0.200%	19.83x
57	Frearson	20	0.200%	153.26x
58	Huddleston	20	0.200%	70.80x
59	Kirkby	20	0.200%	34.98x
60	Pickthall	20	0.200%	152.56x
61	Sawrey	20	0.200%	478.47x
62	Newsham	19	0.190%	60.15x
63	Rawlinson	19	0.190%	15.78x
64	Dodgson	18	0.180%	36.69x
65	Edmondson	18	0.180%	15.43x
66	Martindale	18	0.180%	31.06x
67	Stables	18	0.180%	46.51x
68	Balderstone	17	0.170%	269.84x
69	Gregg	17	0.170%	23.92x
70	High	17	0.170%	37.24x
71	Stalker	17	0.170%	34.21x
72	Stones	17	0.170%	14.16x
73	Armer	16	0.160%	127.90x
74	Fullard	16	0.160%	187.57x
75	Higham	16	0.160%	15.55x
76	Lowther	16	0.160%	25.94x
77	Obrien	15	0.150%	10.05x
78	Hamlet	14	0.140%	81.44x
79	Seward	14	0.140%	25.24x
80	Stamper	14	0.140%	61.16x
81	Swainson	14	0.140%	73.38x
82	Thistlethwaite	14	0.140%	85.63x
83	Troughton	14	0.140%	42.89x
84	Blamire	13	0.130%	115.15x
85	Cottam	13	0.130%	21.16x
86	Gardener	13	0.130%	7.17x
87	Linton	13	0.130%	15.67x
88	Saul	13	0.130%	25.20x
89	Akister	12	0.120%	456.27x
90	Gillam	12	0.120%	30.84x
91	Sandwell	12	0.120%	147.60x
92	Shuttleworth	12	0.120%	10.02x
93	Breen	11	0.110%	38.57x
94	Capstick	11	0.110%	36.99x
95	Dunstan	11	0.110%	19.14x
96	Eckersley	11	0.110%	17.42x
97	Gradwell	11	0.110%	47.01x
98	Hird	11	0.110%	14.12x
99	Inman	11	0.110%	16.02x
100	Muncaster	11	0.110%	82.83x