Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bridford, Devon

Bridford 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
WILLS398.9450299.31
BEER163.6697229.23
HUTCHINGS102.2936121.95
PARR102.293691.83
COUNTER92.06422,000.00
PIKE92.064270.98
SHERMAN92.0642365.85
PARTRIDGE81.834970.24
SEWARD81.8349334.73
BAILEY81.834912.18
MOORE81.83499.18
PASSMORE81.8349313.73
NORTHCOTT81.8349404.04
BROWNING81.834990.19
BURRIDGE71.6055236.49
AVERY71.605595.76
BERRY71.605520.23
ELLIS61.37619.48
KEMBLE61.3761833.33
TUCKER61.376124.87
JARMAN61.3761144.23
MOOR61.376198.20
WRIGHT51.14683.57
COLES51.146832.92
ELLIOTT51.146813.52
HOWARD51.146811.69
LAKE51.146851.76
CAUSLEY40.91741,428.57
THOMAS40.91742.22
WESTCOTT40.9174138.89
HARVEY40.91748.59
LEACH40.917422.23
TUCKETT40.9174571.43
WEST40.91749.53
COX40.91746.05
KERSLAKE30.6881205.48
CORNISH30.688147.69
HALL30.68812.34
GOTTO20.45874,000.00
STEER20.458739.29
WAYE20.45871,538.46
BRADFORD20.458723.53
MATHEW20.4587121.95
BUTT20.458735.59
HOARE20.458723.50
WEBBER20.458715.02
RICE20.458714.77
LOVELL10.229410.96
BALE10.229430.49
WARE10.229413.95

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOTTO0.444364000.0000
COUNTER0.444362000.0000
WAYE0.444361538.4615
CAUSLEY0.444361428.5714
BUFFETT0.444361000.0000
KEMBLE0.44436833.3333
TUCKETT0.44436571.4286
DYMENT0.44436526.3158
NORTHCOTT0.44436404.0404
SHERMAN0.44436365.8537
SEWARD0.44436334.7280
PASSMORE0.44436313.7255
WILLS0.44436299.3093
BURRIDGE0.44436236.4865
BEER0.44436229.2264
CARTHEW0.44436222.2222
KERSLAKE0.44436205.4795
GOVE0.44436192.3077
WOOLCOTT0.44436166.6667
JARMAN0.44436144.2308
WESTCOTT0.44436138.8889
HUTCHINGS0.44436121.9512
MATHEW0.44436121.9512
MOOR0.4443698.1997
AVERY0.4443695.7592
PARR0.4443691.8274
MURCH0.4443690.9091
BROWNING0.4443690.1917
GILLHAM0.4443684.7458
PIKE0.4443670.9779
PARTRIDGE0.4443670.2371
TARR0.4443662.8931
BRIDGEMAN0.4443662.5000
HARDEN0.4443658.4795
LAKE0.4443651.7598
PROWSE0.4443650.2513
GERMAN0.4443649.2611
CORNISH0.4443647.6948
STEER0.4443639.2927
BUTT0.4443635.5872
DYE0.4443634.6021
COLES0.4443632.9164
BALE0.4443630.4878
TUCKER0.4443624.8653
BRADFORD0.4443623.5294
HOARE0.4443623.5018
LEACH0.4443622.2346
WAY0.4443620.7900
BERRY0.4443620.2312
EASTON0.4443615.1286

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 436 people called GOTTO in Bridford 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 4000.0000 in Bridford means that 4000.0000% of the people in Bridford on census day were called GOTTO.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOTTO 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 GOTTO 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 GOTTO 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 GOTTO here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Bridford means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOTTO in Bridford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bridford in 1881

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

ADDEMS (9)  AGGETT (11)  ALLEN (1)  CARTHEW (1)  AVERY (7)  BAILEY (8)  BALE (1)  BATES (1)  BEER (16)  BERRY (7)  BLAMEY (1)  BRADFORD (2)  BRIDGEMAN (1)  BRIMBLECOMBE (2)  BROWNING (8)  BUFFETT (1)  BURRIDGE (7)  BUTT (2)  CAUSLEY (4)  CHUDLEY (2)  COLE (1)  COLES (5)  COOPER (1)  CORNISH (3)  COUNTER (9)  COX (4)  CROHER (2)  CROUMP (2)  DAGWORTHY (3)  DYE (1)  DODDERIDGE (1)  DYMENT (1)  EASTON (1)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELLIS (6)  ENDACOTT (1)  GERMAN (1)  GILLHAM (1)  GITSHAM (1)  GOTTO (2)  GOVE (1)  GRANT (1)  GUSCOTT (1)  HALL (3)  HAMLYN (3)  HARDEN (1)  HARVEY (4)  HEWER (2)  HOARE (2)  HORSHAM (2)  HOWARD (5)  HUTCHINGS (10)  JARMAN (6)  KEMBLE (6)  KERSLAKE (3)  KNAPMAN (14)  LAKE (5)  LAMACRAFT (3)  LEACH (4)  LETHBRIDGE (1)  LOVELL (1)  LUMDGE (5)  MARLES (2)  MATHEW (2)  MEDWAY (2)  MONK (1)  MONTGEMERY (1)  MOORE (8)  MOOR (6)  MURCH (1)  NORTHCOTT (8)  PARR (10)  PARTRIDGE (8)  PASSMORE (8)  PERKINS (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PIKE (9)  POWESLAND (1)  PROWSE (1)  PUDDICOMBE (11)  RICE (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROLSTONE (2)  SCANES (1)  SERCOMBE (10)  SEWARD (8)  SHERMAN (9)  SMALRIDGE (6)  SMITH (1)  STEER (2)  STEVENS (1)  TARR (1)  TAVENER (5)  THOMAS (4)  TRINEMAN (2)  TUCKER (6)  TUCKETT (4)  WANNELL (1)  WARE (1)  WAYE (2)  WAY (1)  WEBBER (2)  WEST (4)  WESTCOTT (4)  WITHYCOMBE (1)  WILLS (39)  WOOLCOTT (1)  WOOLLAND (3)  WRIGHT (5) 

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