Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clawton, Devon

Clawton 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
DAVEY153.370882.01
HARRIS153.370813.26
STACEY143.1461140.14
DROWN122.696610,000.00
HILL112.47199.71
SMITH112.47191.75
JORDON102.2472500.00
DANIEL102.2472101.73
MARTYN92.0225505.62
MILLER92.022511.30
PENWARDEN81.79782,352.94
ROOKE81.7978243.90
MAY81.797828.24
COLE81.797819.73
COLLINS71.573010.96
SPEAR71.5730334.93
PARSONS71.573020.70
BROWN61.34832.05
GILBERT61.348323.67
SANDERS61.348329.75
KERSLAKE51.1236335.57
MITCHELL51.12365.54
TUBB51.1236270.27
SMALE51.1236170.65
KNIGHT51.12369.12
ROBINS51.123653.02
HOLLAND51.123615.78
MARTIN51.12364.56
CANN51.1236121.36
HAM51.1236149.70
PROUT51.1236226.24
PALMER40.89897.63
GRILLS40.8989888.89
PRIDHAM40.8989563.38
HICKS40.898921.47
CROKER40.8989300.75
BUCKINGHAM40.898967.45
MOORE40.89894.49
ROLAND40.8989547.95
WORTH30.674275.00
NEWCOMBE30.674295.85
HOPPER30.674247.17
GRIFFIN30.674214.33
WESTLAKE30.674293.17
TYLOR30.6742681.82
HOOPER30.674215.92
LASHBROOK20.4494740.74
MAYNARD20.449429.24
CORY20.4494124.22
DYMOND20.4494128.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DROWN0.4544510000.0000
PENWARDEN0.454452352.9412
GRILLS0.45445888.8889
BURSEY0.45445833.3333
LASHBROOK0.45445740.7407
TYLOR0.45445681.8182
PRIDHAM0.45445563.3803
ROLAND0.45445547.9452
MARTYN0.45445505.6180
JORDON0.45445500.0000
ROCKEY0.45445434.7826
KERSLAKE0.45445335.5705
SPEAR0.45445334.9282
CROKER0.45445300.7519
TUBB0.45445270.2703
ROOKE0.45445243.9024
PROUT0.45445226.2443
SLOMAN0.45445210.5263
BICKLE0.45445210.5263
BASKERVILLE0.45445190.4762
BANBURY0.45445188.6792
SMALE0.45445170.6485
HAM0.45445149.7006
STACEY0.45445140.1401
BURNARD0.45445133.3333
DYMOND0.45445128.2051
CORY0.45445124.2236
BEARE0.45445121.9512
CANN0.45445121.3592
GERRY0.45445117.6471
HAWKIN0.45445104.1667
DANIEL0.45445101.7294
ALLIN0.4544599.0099
NEWCOMBE0.4544595.8466
WESTLAKE0.4544593.1677
DAVEY0.4544582.0120
SPRY0.4544576.3359
WORTH0.4544575.0000
KETTLEWELL0.4544572.9927
SLEEMAN0.4544569.4444
GRIFFEN0.4544568.9655
BUCKINGHAM0.4544567.4536
SANSOM0.4544566.6667
ROBINS0.4544553.0223
ABBOT0.4544547.6190
HOPPER0.4544547.1698
WALE0.4544546.9484
PERKIN0.4544541.6667
PHILP0.4544533.0033
SANDERS0.4544529.7471

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 445 people called DROWN in Clawton 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 10000.0000 in Clawton means that 10000.0000% of the people in Clawton on census day were called DROWN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DROWN 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 DROWN 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 DROWN 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 DROWN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Clawton means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DROWN in Clawton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clawton in 1881

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

ABBOT (1)  ALLIN (1)  AVERY (1)  AXWORTHY (4)  BEALY (5)  BAKER (1)  BANBURY (2)  BANBARY (2)  BURNARD (1)  BARRATT (1)  BASKERVILLE (2)  BASSETT (1)  BEALE (1)  BEARE (1)  BERRIMAN (2)  BICKLE (2)  BRIMACOMBE (3)  BROWN (6)  BUCKINGHAM (4)  BURSEY (1)  COLLACOTT (4)  COLWILL (8)  COLLWILL (1)  CANN (5)  CARTER (1)  CLEAVE (4)  COLE (8)  COLLINS (7)  CORY (2)  CROCKER (1)  CROKER (4)  CURTIS (1)  DANIEL (10)  DAVEY (15)  DINNER (4)  DROWN (12)  DURRANT (1)  DYMOND (2)  GERRY (1)  GILBERT (6)  GLIDDON (7)  JORDON (10)  GREENWOOD (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  GRIFFEN (1)  GRILLS (4)  HAM (5)  HAYMAN (1)  HARRIS (15)  HARVEY (1)  HATCH (1)  HAWKIN (1)  HEADON (2)  HEARD (1)  HICKS (4)  HILL (11)  HOCKIN (4)  HOLLAND (5)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOPPER (3)  HOOPER (3)  HOWARD (1)  JEWELL (1)  KERSLAKE (5)  KETTLEWELL (1)  KERKIN (5)  KNIGHT (5)  LASHBROOK (2)  MARTYN (9)  MARTIN (5)  MASON (2)  MAY (8)  MAYNARD (2)  MELHUISH (3)  MILLER (9)  MITCHELL (5)  MITCHEL (1)  MOORE (4)  NANCEKIVELL (6)  NEWCOMBE (3)  OXENHAM (2)  PADDON (6)  PALMER (4)  PARSONS (7)  PENHALE (5)  PENWARDEN (8)  PERKIN (1)  PETHERICK (3)  PHILP (1)  PRIDHAM (4)  PROUT (5)  ROBINS (5)  ROCKEY (1)  ROOKE (8)  ROLAND (4)  ROWLAND (1)  RUDLAND (5)  SANGWIN (3)  SANSOM (2)  SANDERS (6)  SLEEMAN (1)  SLEEMEN (1)  SLOMAN (2)  SMALE (5)  SMITH (11)  SOBY (1)  SPEAR (7)  SPRY (1)  STACEY (14)  STENLAKE (1)  STEPHENS (1)  TAPSON (2)  TITBALL (1)  TUBB (5)  TYLOR (3)  WALE (1)  WATKINS (1)  WESTLAKE (3)  WORTH (3) 

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