1881 census place

Waterhead surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Waterhead, 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

21 surnames are listed for Waterhead, Cumberland, covering 85 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Story, with 12 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Waterhead

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	Story	12	3.86%	621.76x
2	Batey	9	2.89%	737.70x
3	Tweddle	9	2.89%	841.12x
4	Laidler	7	2.25%	569.11x
5	Heward	6	1.93%	1000.00x
6	Sawyers	6	1.93%	1428.57x
7	Battle	5	1.61%	526.32x
8	Thirlwall	5	1.61%	2500.00x
9	Christer	4	1.29%	3333.33x
10	Corbet	4	1.29%	465.12x
11	Schollick	4	1.29%	6666.67x
12	Hudspith	2	0.640%	645.16x
13	Jopling	2	0.640%	363.64x
14	Mitcalf	2	0.640%	5000.00x
15	Storrow	2	0.640%	1818.18x
16	Cowman	1	0.320%	384.62x
17	Cubby	1	0.320%	1250.00x
18	Gelderd	1	0.320%	714.29x
19	Heads	1	0.320%	303.03x
20	Luman	1	0.320%	10000.00x
21	Swindle	1	0.320%	312.50x