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1881 census place

Workington surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Workington, 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

629 surnames are listed for Workington, Cumberland, covering 5,176 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Renicks, with 1 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Workington

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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
601Renicks11000.00x
602Rickerby17.79x
603Rigley15.07x
604Robley113.00x
605Rodham18.89x
606Sheridon125.97x
607Sherridan113.42x
608Sides17.82x
609Skellon128.49x
610Skillen110.25x
611Sleath15.94x
612Sleeth123.64x
613Sleith132.47x
614Smell137.17x
615Sprat135.21x
616Summerson17.88x
617Swithenbank15.44x
618Tarley183.33x
619Thornthwaite115.41x
620Tole114.25x
621Toman114.75x
622Tubman115.17x
623Twaite133.00x
624Venebles164.94x
625Waldon16.38x
626Weed110.45x
627Wheelwright14.92x
628Wigston112.02x
629Wormsley117.92x