Most Common Surnames in Cumbria, With Meanings

Most Common Last Names In Cumbria

Forebears knows about 20,897 unique surnames in Cumbria and there are 23 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in England
1	Wilson	5,083	1:97	2.59%	6
2	Smith	4,920	1:100	0.78%	1
3	Graham	3,739	1:132	6.68%	100
4	Bell	3,698	1:133	4.39%	56
5	Thompson	3,605	1:137	2.28%	12
6	Brown	3,315	1:149	1.17%	4
7	Robinson	3,270	1:151	2.03%	10
8	Jackson	3,006	1:164	2.23%	21
9	Taylor	3,001	1:164	1.02%	3
10	Hodgson	2,758	1:179	8.15%	187
11	Dixon	2,701	1:182	4.62%	96
12	Armstrong	2,505	1:197	5.93%	137
13	Jones	2,381	1:207	0.63%	2
14	Walker	2,372	1:208	1.56%	14
15	Atkinson	2,240	1:220	4.60%	120
16	Harrison	2,141	1:230	1.92%	34
17	Scott	2,088	1:236	2.04%	41
18	Watson	2,053	1:240	2.08%	42
19	Richardson	2,013	1:245	2.30%	49
20	Nicholson	1,777	1:277	5.13%	183
21	Johnston	1,754	1:281	5.83%	218
22	Johnson	1,702	1:290	0.89%	7
23	Moore	1,569	1:314	1.36%	31
24	Clark	1,544	1:319	1.35%	32
25	Irving	1,513	1:326	14.35%	736
26	Hall	1,496	1:330	1.06%	18
27	Williams	1,484	1:332	0.55%	5
28	Little	1,481	1:333	7.23%	360
29	Martin	1,459	1:338	1.18%	26
30	Wright	1,445	1:341	0.91%	11
31	Wood	1,433	1:344	1.08%	22
32	Davidson	1,423	1:346	5.39%	256
33	Wilkinson	1,402	1:352	1.91%	69
34	Simpson	1,396	1:353	1.83%	65
35	Fisher	1,277	1:386	2.18%	94
36	Burns	1,225	1:402	3.52%	179
37	Miller	1,202	1:410	1.53%	61
38	Pearson	1,199	1:411	2.11%	99
39	Hill	1,169	1:422	0.99%	28
40	White	1,159	1:425	0.78%	15
41	Stephenson	1,127	1:437	3.76%	220
41	Turner	1,127	1:437	0.88%	25
43	Mason	1,125	1:438	1.66%	76
44	Murray	1,123	1:439	2.06%	102
45	Davies	1,104	1:446	0.63%	8
46	Gibson	1,092	1:451	2.08%	105
46	Roberts	1,092	1:451	0.75%	16
48	Hughes	1,025	1:481	0.88%	30
49	Shaw	1,015	1:486	1.20%	55
50	Mitchell	1,004	1:491	1.15%	50
51	Green	992	1:497	0.69%	17
52	Evans	977	1:505	0.63%	13
53	Carruthers	968	1:509	16.90%	1,436
54	Park	966	1:510	8.07%	642
55	Clarke	963	1:512	0.71%	20
56	Pattinson	961	1:513	21.04%	1,790
57	Parker	958	1:515	1.00%	44
58	Foster	943	1:523	1.32%	72
59	Tyson	926	1:532	14.91%	1,301
60	Hunter	919	1:536	2.24%	141
61	Nelson	910	1:542	3.09%	227
62	Henderson	906	1:544	2.54%	175
63	Young	902	1:546	1.02%	47
64	Benson	873	1:565	5.26%	443
65	Dawson	859	1:574	1.84%	128
66	Cooper	840	1:587	0.69%	27
67	Kelly	836	1:590	1.05%	59
68	Campbell	835	1:590	1.32%	83
69	Barnes	834	1:591	1.36%	87
70	Anderson	823	1:599	1.09%	67
71	Stewart	811	1:608	1.57%	108
72	Williamson	807	1:611	2.18%	162
73	Holmes	791	1:623	1.26%	84
74	Ward	781	1:631	0.67%	29
75	Murphy	776	1:635	1.09%	74
76	Holliday	773	1:638	10.37%	1,088
77	Carr	770	1:640	1.95%	147
78	Metcalfe	763	1:646	4.68%	453
79	Ferguson	739	1:667	3.09%	298
80	Todd	730	1:675	3.03%	295
81	Elliott	727	1:678	1.42%	109
82	Shepherd	725	1:680	2.09%	181
83	Morgan	720	1:685	0.88%	58
84	Hartley	697	1:707	2.80%	276
85	Harris	693	1:711	0.53%	23
85	Marshall	693	1:711	0.90%	64
87	Robson	688	1:716	2.08%	193
88	Allen	680	1:725	0.65%	38
89	Hetherington	673	1:732	10.44%	1,259
90	Bainbridge	663	1:743	7.12%	859
91	Bennett	662	1:745	0.73%	46
92	James	661	1:746	0.73%	45
93	Morris	660	1:747	0.63%	39
94	Barker	659	1:748	1.09%	90
95	Edmondson	658	1:749	11.20%	1,397
96	Edwards	649	1:760	0.50%	24
96	Wallace	649	1:760	2.14%	214
98	Dickinson	647	1:762	2.64%	283
99	Lawson	643	1:767	2.43%	254

100	Lee	636	1:775	0.60%	37
101	Carter	634	1:777	0.73%	52
101	Nixon	634	1:777	3.87%	451
101	Steele	634	1:777	3.43%	395
104	Cook	627	1:786	0.73%	53
105	Reid	605	1:815	1.62%	161
106	Johnstone	595	1:828	5.19%	668
107	King	593	1:831	0.53%	33
108	Telford	588	1:838	13.31%	1,867
109	Newton	581	1:848	1.50%	156
110	Birkett	573	1:860	10.12%	1,450
111	Postlethwaite	566	1:871	28.51%	3,800
112	Riley	561	1:879	1.43%	150
113	Fleming	552	1:893	3.07%	409
114	Lancaster	545	1:904	4.25%	588
115	Thomas	544	1:906	0.39%	19
116	Gray	534	1:923	0.79%	77
116	Ross	534	1:923	1.48%	174
118	Lewis	526	1:937	0.47%	35
119	McDonald	525	1:939	1.65%	201
120	Beattie	520	1:948	5.96%	919
120	Porter	520	1:948	1.37%	158
122	Sharp	519	1:950	1.63%	202
123	Banks	518	1:952	1.95%	253
124	Palmer	516	1:955	0.81%	82
125	Baker	515	1:957	0.47%	36
126	Douglas	514	1:959	2.10%	284
127	Sanderson	511	1:965	2.43%	347
128	Gill	509	1:968	0.98%	106
129	Adams	507	1:972	0.69%	68
130	Robertson	506	1:974	1.38%	166
131	Chapman	505	1:976	0.72%	75
131	Thomson	505	1:976	1.88%	251
133	Butler	504	1:978	0.86%	95
134	Davis	496	1:994	0.52%	43
134	Fletcher	496	1:994	0.91%	101
136	Sowerby	495	1:996	13.64%	2,250
137	Routledge	494	1:998	10.97%	1,819
138	Walton	490	1:1,006	1.34%	170
139	Norman	485	1:1,016	1.94%	274
140	Edgar	482	1:1,023	7.29%	1,233
141	Fell	478	1:1,031	8.03%	1,369
141	Kirkbride	478	1:1,031	24.44%	3,847
143	Rigg	477	1:1,033	13.31%	2,275
144	Storey	473	1:1,042	2.97%	474
145	Dodd	471	1:1,047	2.34%	366
145	Slater	471	1:1,047	1.60%	226
147	Fox	470	1:1,049	0.91%	107
147	Hayton	470	1:1,049	15.34%	2,604
149	Dobson	468	1:1,053	2.17%	335
150	Phillips	460	1:1,072	0.52%	48
151	Quinn	459	1:1,074	1.83%	271
152	Sewell	454	1:1,086	3.90%	656
152	Turnbull	454	1:1,086	2.70%	438
154	Kerr	450	1:1,095	2.50%	408
155	Lamb	449	1:1,098	1.96%	310
155	Parkinson	449	1:1,098	1.90%	299
157	Allan	448	1:1,100	2.69%	441
158	Bradley	447	1:1,103	0.94%	123
158	Whitehead	447	1:1,103	1.58%	234
160	Hudson	445	1:1,108	1.05%	135
161	Bailey	443	1:1,113	0.51%	51
162	Griffiths	442	1:1,115	0.67%	80
163	Sharpe	441	1:1,118	2.43%	403
164	Ellis	438	1:1,125	0.61%	73
165	Reay	437	1:1,128	8.31%	1,567
166	Harper	432	1:1,141	1.30%	190
167	Matthews	426	1:1,157	0.70%	89
168	Bowman	425	1:1,160	3.39%	605
168	Bragg	425	1:1,160	11.85%	2,271
168	Reed	425	1:1,160	1.16%	167
171	Ellwood	424	1:1,163	12.76%	2,429
172	Winder	423	1:1,165	11.75%	2,267
173	Airey	422	1:1,168	11.93%	2,301
174	Kendall	419	1:1,176	3.21%	575
175	Chambers	416	1:1,185	1.26%	194
176	Boyd	415	1:1,188	2.97%	530
176	Messenger	415	1:1,188	11.07%	2,192
178	Teasdale	414	1:1,191	8.21%	1,630
179	Cameron	413	1:1,194	2.46%	438
179	Crawford	413	1:1,194	2.06%	369
179	Walsh	413	1:1,194	0.84%	118
182	Hutchinson	409	1:1,205	1.33%	212
183	Milburn	405	1:1,217	7.58%	1,542
184	Potts	401	1:1,229	2.52%	475
185	Gardner	400	1:1,232	1.13%	177
186	Rogers	393	1:1,254	0.63%	86
187	Baxter	392	1:1,257	1.37%	232
188	Noble	391	1:1,261	1.98%	378
188	Wharton	391	1:1,261	4.68%	962
190	Dunn	390	1:1,264	1.00%	155
191	Reynolds	388	1:1,270	0.79%	116
192	Hamilton	387	1:1,274	1.14%	186
193	Hogg	384	1:1,284	2.91%	568
193	Tomlinson	384	1:1,284	1.68%	313
195	Brough	382	1:1,290	6.32%	1,347
196	Black	380	1:1,297	1.56%	290
197	Forster	378	1:1,304	2.44%	486
197	Lightfoot	378	1:1,304	6.45%	1,402
199	Jenkinson	374	1:1,318	3.64%	757

199	Kennedy	374	1:1,318	1.05%	176
201	Barton	372	1:1,325	1.33%	239
202	Dent	371	1:1,329	3.74%	797
203	Berry	369	1:1,336	0.95%	154
204	Bland	368	1:1,339	3.56%	752
204	Collins	368	1:1,339	0.44%	57
204	Rudd	368	1:1,339	4.11%	891
207	Harvey	365	1:1,350	0.64%	98
208	Burton	360	1:1,369	0.77%	126
208	Coulthard	360	1:1,369	12.38%	2,741
208	Woods	360	1:1,369	0.92%	151
211	Allison	355	1:1,389	2.67%	561
212	Ridley	354	1:1,392	3.19%	702
213	Todhunter	353	1:1,396	42.58%	7,789
214	Mills	349	1:1,412	0.56%	85
215	Howe	343	1:1,437	1.53%	319
215	Mawson	343	1:1,437	9.19%	2,206
215	Patterson	343	1:1,437	1.66%	354
218	Fawcett	342	1:1,441	3.51%	817
218	Mattinson	342	1:1,441	28.13%	5,771
220	Craig	341	1:1,446	2.23%	491
221	Coward	338	1:1,458	7.08%	1,719
221	Price	338	1:1,458	0.45%	66
223	Preston	337	1:1,463	1.38%	287
223	Savage	337	1:1,463	1.56%	336
225	Casson	335	1:1,471	11.71%	2,782
225	Mossop	335	1:1,471	36.69%	7,202
227	Braithwaite	333	1:1,480	5.02%	1,228
228	Richards	332	1:1,485	0.50%	78
229	Doran	331	1:1,489	4.20%	1,028
229	Glaister	331	1:1,489	26.80%	5,684
231	Steel	330	1:1,494	2.88%	669
232	Long	329	1:1,498	1.01%	198
233	Coates	328	1:1,503	1.66%	376
234	O'Neill	327	1:1,507	1.19%	244
235	Strong	324	1:1,521	4.34%	1,086
235	Winter	324	1:1,521	1.72%	390
237	Webster	323	1:1,526	0.79%	142
238	Morton	322	1:1,531	1.30%	280
239	Knowles	321	1:1,536	1.31%	282
239	McKenna	321	1:1,536	2.42%	563
241	Holden	319	1:1,545	1.37%	307
241	Hunt	319	1:1,545	0.49%	81
241	Warwick	319	1:1,545	4.02%	1,020
244	Blair	314	1:1,570	3.42%	867