Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bridgerule West, Devon

Bridgerule West 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
ROGERS125.150239.67
JEWELL114.7210448.98
BUDD114.7210371.62
CHAPMAN93.862727.20
POOLEY83.4335425.53
MATTHEWS73.004334.45
LEY73.0043686.27
CARTHEW62.57512,500.00
GOARD62.57516,666.67
HOSKIN62.5751576.92
DENNIS62.575187.08
ANDREWS52.145922.39
HILL52.14598.43
BICKLE52.14591,020.41
MILLS52.145916.55
BAILY52.1459340.14
ORCHARD52.1459201.61
BARRETT41.716725.56
BROWNE41.716793.68
BRAY41.716751.09
TRIM41.7167571.43
PARNELL31.2876133.33
MORRISH31.2876322.58
LYLE31.2876275.23
HAMBLEY31.28761,500.00
PHILP20.8584125.79
JORDAN20.858419.44
BINES20.85841,250.00
BEALE20.858467.57
BURNARD20.8584512.82
GIST20.85842,222.22
BRIGHT20.858442.46
HOOPER20.858420.26
BASKERVILLE20.8584363.64
RUNDLE20.8584143.88
BICKEL20.85842,500.00
COTTON20.858435.97
HARPER10.42926.70
FRENCH10.42928.79
OLIVER10.42926.02
MITCHELL10.42922.12
SMITH10.42920.30
COLE10.42924.71
MARTIN10.42921.74
BAKER10.42921.96
HARDING10.42925.93
ROBBINS10.429227.40
LEWIS10.42921.63
EARL10.429232.79
WILLS10.429214.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOARD0.232336666.6667
BICKEL0.232332500.0000
CARTHEW0.232332500.0000
LAURY0.232332500.0000
GIST0.232332222.2222
HAMBLEY0.232331500.0000
BINES0.232331250.0000
BICKLE0.232331020.4082
LEY0.23233686.2745
HOSKIN0.23233576.9231
TRIM0.23233571.4286
BURNARD0.23233512.8205
JEWELL0.23233448.9796
POOLEY0.23233425.5319
BUDD0.23233371.6216
BASKERVILLE0.23233363.6364
BAILY0.23233340.1361
MORRISH0.23233322.5806
LYLE0.23233275.2294
ORCHARD0.23233201.6129
RUNDLE0.23233143.8849
PARNELL0.23233133.3333
PHILP0.23233125.7862
BROWNE0.2323393.6768
DENNIS0.2323387.0827
BEALE0.2323367.5676
BRAY0.2323351.0856
COWLING0.2323348.7805
BRIGHT0.2323342.4628
ROGERS0.2323339.6694
COTTON0.2323335.9712
MATTHEWS0.2323334.4488
EARL0.2323332.7869
MOOR0.2323330.5810
ROBBINS0.2323327.3973
CHAPMAN0.2323327.1985
BARRETT0.2323325.5591
DOWNING0.2323324.6914
ANDREWS0.2323322.3914
HOARE0.2323321.9780
HOOPER0.2323320.2634
JORDAN0.2323319.4363
MILLS0.2323316.5453
WILLS0.2323314.3472
HOWE0.2323310.9290
HICKS0.2323310.2564
FRENCH0.232338.7873
HILL0.232338.4260
GILBERT0.232337.5358
HARPER0.232336.7024

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 233 people called GOARD in Bridgerule West 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 6666.6667 in Bridgerule West means that 6666.6667% of the people in Bridgerule West on census day were called GOARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOARD 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 GOARD 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 GOARD 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 GOARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Bridgerule West means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOARD in Bridgerule West than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bridgerule West in 1881

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

ANDREWS (5)  CARTHEW (6)  BAILY (5)  BAKER (1)  BURNARD (2)  BARRETT (4)  BASKERVILLE (2)  BEALE (2)  BICKEL (2)  BICKLE (5)  BINES (2)  BRAY (4)  BRIGHT (2)  BROWNE (4)  BUDD (11)  CHAPMAN (9)  CLEAVE (2)  COBBLEDICK (1)  COLE (1)  COTTON (2)  COWLING (1)  DENNIS (6)  DINNER (7)  DOWNING (1)  EARL (1)  FRENCH (1)  GILBERT (1)  GOARD (6)  JORDAN (2)  GIST (2)  HAMBLEY (3)  HARDING (1)  HARPER (1)  HEDDON (7)  HICKS (1)  HILL (5)  HOARE (1)  HOOPER (2)  HOSKIN (6)  HOWE (1)  JEWELL (11)  LAURY (1)  LEY (7)  LEWIS (1)  LYLE (3)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHEWS (7)  MILLS (5)  MITCHELL (1)  MOOR (1)  MORRISH (3)  OLIVER (1)  ORCHARD (5)  PARNELL (3)  PHILP (2)  POOLEY (8)  RUNDLE (2)  RISDON (2)  ROBBINS (1)  ROGERS (12)  SLOGGETT (4)  SMITH (1)  TREBLE (3)  TRIM (4)  VINNACOMBE (7)  VODDEN (8)  WILLS (1) 

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