Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bow, Devon

Bow is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Devon

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
COCKRAM253.0675905.80
ROWDEN232.82211,173.47
WHITE222.69948.40
PYKE182.2086640.57
PARISH161.9632127.29
PARKER161.963210.32
MADGE151.8405583.66
BRIGHT131.595178.88
STEER131.5951136.55
POPE121.472442.72
WEBBER101.227040.16
MARTIN101.22704.98
WEEKS101.227057.31
AVERY91.104365.84
NORTHCOTT91.1043243.24
LANG91.104349.53
PIKE91.104337.97
MITCHELL91.10435.44
HAWKINS80.981613.56
RICE80.981631.62
FROST80.981617.46
TUCKER80.981617.74
WOODLEY80.9816110.19
DREW70.858932.51
PARTRIDGE70.858932.88
ROWE70.858915.12
TUCK70.858966.92
DRAKE70.858929.49
HILL70.85893.37
BURROWS70.858919.62
BROCK70.858973.92
HARVEY70.85898.05
MAY70.858913.49
HOWE70.858921.88
SNELL60.736238.89
LOGAN60.736231.04
METHERELL60.7362857.14
HARRIS60.73622.90
BLACKMORE60.736251.11
GODFREY60.736224.82
BARRY60.736240.71
WARDEN60.7362103.09
OXFORD60.7362212.77
GLOVER60.736217.27
LEE60.73624.50
STONEMAN60.7362180.18
JACKMAN50.613566.05
ANDREWS50.61356.40
MOON50.613529.09
HATHERLY50.61351,041.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLMOR0.828154285.7143
ROWDEN0.828151173.4694
JERRETT0.828151063.8298
HATHERLY0.828151041.6667
ENDERSON0.828151000.0000
COCKRAM0.82815905.7971
METHERELL0.82815857.1429
LIAS0.82815769.2308
PYKE0.82815640.5694
FRIZELL0.82815588.2353
MADGE0.82815583.6576
MASTON0.82815461.5385
JESSE0.82815384.6154
SUMMONS0.82815312.5000
NOURSE0.82815294.1176
VILE0.82815285.7143
NORTHCOTT0.82815243.2432
HUTCHING0.82815212.7660
OXFORD0.82815212.7660
NORTHAM0.82815201.3423
DUNT0.82815196.0784
STONEMAN0.82815180.1802
MERRIFIELD0.82815155.4404
TOLLY0.82815144.9275
STEER0.82815136.5546
PARISH0.82815127.2872
BRAILEY0.82815113.6364
LUXTON0.82815110.8033
WOODLEY0.82815110.1928
WARDEN0.82815103.0928
GRIBBLE0.82815102.3891
BASTIN0.8281592.1659
LANGMAN0.8281580.6452
TRUMP0.8281580.0000
PUGSLEY0.8281579.6813
BRIGHT0.8281578.8835
BROCK0.8281573.9176
NEWCOMBE0.8281569.6864
TUCK0.8281566.9216
JACKMAN0.8281566.0502
AVERY0.8281565.8376
MORRISH0.8281561.7284
ALFORD0.8281557.6369
WEEKS0.8281557.3066
WESTAWAY0.8281555.5556
STUCKEY0.8281554.0541
COMBE0.8281554.0541
BLACKMORE0.8281551.1073
LANG0.8281549.5322
CLEMENT0.8281548.7211

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 815 people called GILLMOR in Bow at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4285.7143 in Bow means that 4285.7143% of the people in Bow on census day were called GILLMOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLMOR in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called GILLMOR as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called GILLMOR here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called GILLMOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Bow means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLMOR in Bow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bow in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALFORD (4)  ALLEN (2)  ANDREWS (5)  ATTFIELD (1)  AVERY (9)  BADCOCK (1)  BAKER (3)  BATSTONE (1)  BATTIOHILL (1)  BATTISHILL (1)  BASTIN (2)  BARRY (6)  BIBBINGS (3)  BIDDER (1)  BIDGEWAY (5)  BISHOP (4)  BLACKMORE (6)  BRADFORD (1)  BRAILEY (1)  BRIDLE (1)  BRIGHT (13)  BROCK (7)  BURROWS (7)  BUSBY (2)  BUTT (1)  CASELY (2)  CASTLE (4)  CHILD (1)  CLEMENT (4)  CLETWORTHY (6)  CLORR (1)  CLOW (1)  COCKRAM (25)  COCKWELL (1)  COLES (4)  COLEMAN (1)  COMBE (1)  CONIBEAR (1)  COPLESTONE (1)  COUSINS (1)  CROCKER (1)  DAVY (2)  DELVE (13)  DRAKE (7)  DREW (7)  DUNN (2)  DUNT (1)  EDRLAND (7)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLACOTT (11)  ELLACOT (7)  ELLIOTT (3)  ENDERSON (2)  FOWLER (2)  FOX (4)  FRIZELL (1)  FROST (8)  FRY (4)  GARD (1)  GARLAND (1)  JERRETT (5)  GAY (1)  GILLMOR (3)  GLOVER (6)  GODFREY (6)  GREENSLADE (2)  GRIBBLE (3)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HARRIS (6)  HARVEY (7)  HATCHLEY (4)  HATHERLY (5)  HAWKINS (8)  HEARD (4)  HILL (7)  HOLSEROOE (1)  HONEYCHURCH (11)  HOOPER (1)  HORWILL (5)  HOWARD (1)  HOWE (7)  HOLE (2)  HOXFORD (1)  HUTCHING (1)  JACKMAN (5)  JESSE (2)  JONES (1)  KELLAND (3)  KNAPMAN (9)  LANE (2)  LANG (9)  LANGMAN (1)  LEE (6)  LIAS (1)  LOGAN (6)  LUXTON (4)  MADGE (15)  MALLETT (3)  MARTIN (10)  MASTON (3)  MAY (7)  MELHUISH (3)  MENHENNET (4)  MERRIFIELD (3)  METHERELL (6)  MITCHELL (9)  MOON (5)  MOORE (4)  MORRISH (2)  MYERS (4)  NEWCOMBE (4)  NORRISH (7)  NORTHAM (3)  NORTHCOTT (9)  NOURSE (1)  OXFORD (6)  PARISH (16)  PARKER (16)  PARR (2)  PARTRIDGE (7)  PEDERIC (2)  PYKE (18)  PIKE (9)  POPE (12)  POWELL (3)  POWLESLAND (7)  PRICE (3)  PUDDICOMBE (1)  PUGSLEY (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICE (8)  ROWDEN (23)  ROWDON (1)  ROGERS (2)  ROWE (7)  ROWLAND (1)  RUDDALL (3)  RUYSSENAER (1)  SAGE (3)  SAMPSON (1)  SEARLE (5)  SHARLAND (1)  SHEATON (1)  SMITH (3)  SNELL (6)  SQUIRES (1)  STEER (13)  STEVENS (2)  STEPHENS (5)  STONE (1)  STONEMAN (6)  STUCKEY (1)  SUMMONS (1)  TANCOOK (4)  TAPP (1)  THOMAS (2)  THORP (1)  TOLLY (1)  TOWERS (1)  TOZER (2)  TREMLETT (1)  TRUMP (1)  TUCK (7)  TUCKER (8)  TURNER (5)  VILE (4)  VODDEN (6)  WARD (5)  WARDEN (6)  VERN (7)  WEBBER (10)  WEEKS (10)  WESTAWAY (1)  WHITE (22)  WILLS (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODLEY (8)  WOOLLAND (1)  WOOLLAWAY (8)  WREFORD (14) 

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