1881 census place

Whitehaven surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Whitehaven, 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

706 surnames are listed for Whitehaven, Cumberland, covering 5,581 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Graham, with 133 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Whitehaven

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	Graham	133	0.990%	8.64x
2	Bell	123	0.920%	4.88x
3	Hodgson	104	0.780%	11.19x
4	Johnston	98	0.730%	9.06x
5	Murray	90	0.670%	5.41x
6	Nicholson	80	0.600%	8.40x
7	Atkinson	79	0.590%	6.05x
8	Fisher	72	0.540%	4.59x
9	Burns	64	0.480%	7.11x
10	Doran	59	0.440%	52.95x
11	Wallace	51	0.380%	5.55x
12	Kennedy	50	0.370%	6.19x
13	Mossop	44	0.330%	121.21x
14	Kitchen	41	0.310%	17.95x
15	Bowman	40	0.300%	11.42x
16	Tyson	38	0.280%	21.74x
17	Benson	37	0.280%	10.18x
18	Douglas	35	0.260%	5.39x
19	Kendall	34	0.250%	11.78x
20	Little	33	0.250%	5.21x
21	Cowan	32	0.240%	11.70x
22	Shields	32	0.240%	15.44x
23	Carruthers	31	0.230%	17.48x
24	Fearon	30	0.220%	89.23x
25	Telford	29	0.220%	24.55x
26	Rooney	28	0.210%	23.41x
27	Christian	27	0.200%	20.31x
28	Hetherington	27	0.200%	15.98x
29	Quinn	27	0.200%	10.54x
30	Rodgers	27	0.200%	7.36x
31	Cockbain	26	0.190%	253.66x
32	Glaister	26	0.190%	113.69x
33	Joyce	26	0.190%	7.90x
34	Kirkpatrick	26	0.190%	22.52x
35	Quayle	26	0.190%	29.31x
36	Curwen	25	0.190%	88.25x
37	Boyle	24	0.180%	6.90x
38	Mckee	24	0.180%	258.90x
39	Quin	24	0.180%	16.71x
40	Blaney	23	0.170%	85.22x
41	Cowley	23	0.170%	9.33x
42	Holloway	23	0.170%	5.60x
43	Rogan	23	0.170%	65.21x
44	Braithwaite	22	0.160%	14.14x
45	Steele	22	0.160%	6.13x
46	Birkett	21	0.160%	16.23x
47	Fitzsimons	21	0.160%	101.30x
48	Dickenson	20	0.150%	9.84x
49	Donnelly	20	0.150%	11.85x
50	Farrer	20	0.150%	22.52x
51	Kitchin	20	0.150%	69.28x
52	Mcmullen	20	0.150%	255.43x
53	Ofee	20	0.150%	2127.66x
54	Cartmel	19	0.140%	127.09x
55	Howson	19	0.140%	22.72x
56	Mcgowan	19	0.140%	142.00x
57	Moffatt	19	0.140%	22.03x
58	Mooney	19	0.140%	12.21x
59	Routledge	19	0.140%	16.66x
60	Smallwood	19	0.140%	15.36x
61	Cartmell	18	0.130%	66.79x
62	Coulthard	18	0.130%	24.05x
63	Greenop	18	0.130%	337.71x
64	Hadwin	18	0.130%	120.40x
65	Mcgee	18	0.130%	123.37x
66	Sewell	18	0.130%	6.35x
67	Graves	17	0.130%	8.36x
68	Orr	17	0.130%	7.53x
69	Warwick	17	0.130%	9.17x
70	Knox	16	0.120%	6.95x
71	Mcclymont	16	0.120%	1194.03x
72	Mclaughlin	16	0.120%	148.29x
73	Milligan	16	0.120%	10.14x
74	Trainer	16	0.120%	29.18x
75	Calvin	15	0.110%	313.15x
76	Cowman	15	0.110%	133.45x
77	Denwood	15	0.110%	210.67x
78	Edgar	15	0.110%	7.27x
79	Fitzpatrick	15	0.110%	7.65x
80	Heslop	15	0.110%	13.05x
81	Kearney	15	0.110%	24.11x
82	Lewthwaite	15	0.110%	72.85x
83	Lindow	15	0.110%	248.34x
84	Satterthwaite	15	0.110%	65.19x
85	Shackley	15	0.110%	185.19x
86	Stainton	15	0.110%	34.16x
87	Todhunter	15	0.110%	77.40x
88	Topping	15	0.110%	16.26x
89	Younghusband	15	0.110%	92.82x
90	Brannon	14	0.100%	37.54x
91	Carling	14	0.100%	41.64x
92	Carlyle	14	0.100%	37.91x
93	Corlett	14	0.100%	18.32x
94	Coward	14	0.100%	9.11x
95	Fagan	14	0.100%	21.92x
96	Mccourt	14	0.100%	434.78x
97	Oneil	14	0.100%	10.40x
98	Pattinson	14	0.100%	11.67x
99	Quick	14	0.100%	9.32x
100	Tweddle	14	0.100%	30.34x