Many thanks to Pauline Litton for pointing out this website at our meeting of the Yorkshire branches of the Guild of One Name Studies in Harrogate on 4th June.
This is a very simple front page search engine giving a summary of surnames in the UK English census. It is not entirely accurate but gives a very good overview for those contemplating where to find data.
The Cumpston Family in the Census
| Census | frequency of the Surname Cumpston | |
|---|---|---|
| 1841 Census | 0 |  |
| 1851 Census | 7 | |
| 1861 Census | 16 | |
| 1871 Census | 30 | |
| 1881 Census | 31 | |
| 1891 Census | 32 | |
| 1901 Census | 34 | |
Most Frequent Forenames for the Cumpston Family in the Census
| Name | 1841 Census | 1851 Census | 1861 Census | 1881 Census | 1871 Census | 1891 Census | 1901 Census | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| John Cumpston | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Joseph Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| William Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| George Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Elizabeth Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ellen Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Margaret Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Emma Cumpston | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thomas Cumpston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| James Cumpston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ann Cumpston | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Annie Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Martha Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jane Cumpston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Catherine Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rosa Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Cumpston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
It also gives details of some variants which I have identified
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