1881 census place

Wigton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Wigton, 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

150 surnames are listed for Wigton, Cumberland, covering 1,175 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Bewes, with 2 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Wigton

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
101	Bewes	2	0.050%	185.19x
102	Canny	2	0.050%	289.86x
103	Cartner	2	0.050%	59.70x
104	Cheesbrough	2	0.050%	84.03x
105	Cockton	2	0.050%	147.06x
106	Dalgliesh	2	0.050%	38.39x
107	Feely	2	0.050%	86.21x
108	Finlinson	2	0.050%	160.00x
109	Flyn	2	0.050%	43.01x
110	Hadder	2	0.050%	162.60x
111	Kayes	2	0.050%	145.99x
112	Kewley	2	0.050%	18.66x
113	Mandall	2	0.050%	277.78x
114	Mcvittie	2	0.050%	952.38x
115	Murdy	2	0.050%	148.15x
116	Quigly	2	0.050%	588.24x
117	Tiffin	2	0.050%	29.85x
118	Wannop	2	0.050%	72.99x
119	Wrangham	2	0.050%	110.50x
120	Astell	1	0.030%	27.70x
121	Barnfather	1	0.030%	18.25x
122	Betham	1	0.030%	109.89x
123	Blamire	1	0.030%	23.70x
124	Bodkin	1	0.030%	29.41x
125	Carns	1	0.030%	75.76x
126	Carry	1	0.030%	34.97x
127	Cottier	1	0.030%	18.83x
128	Doughan	1	0.030%	175.44x
129	Drinnan	1	0.030%	40.32x
130	Gilkerson	1	0.030%	109.89x
131	Grossart	1	0.030%	53.19x
132	Hallifax	1	0.030%	55.25x
133	Hamel	1	0.030%	54.05x
134	Hornsley	1	0.030%	169.49x
135	Huddart	1	0.030%	15.38x
136	Ivison	1	0.030%	19.57x
137	Keddy	1	0.030%	89.29x
138	Larwood	1	0.030%	48.54x
139	Leavers	1	0.030%	45.05x
140	Lightburn	1	0.030%	50.25x
141	Lyness	1	0.030%	96.15x
142	Oldcorn	1	0.030%	48.78x
143	Philipps	1	0.030%	27.40x
144	Queenan	1	0.030%	56.82x
145	Smails	1	0.030%	92.59x
146	Strachen	1	0.030%	56.82x
147	Varty	1	0.030%	18.42x
148	Wadge	1	0.030%	28.74x
149	Westmorland	1	0.030%	21.14x
150	Younghusband	1	0.030%	21.98x