Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clovelly, Devon

Clovelly 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
JEWELL425.2963504.20
WHITEFIELD293.65701,768.29
BURROW172.1438312.50
VINE151.8916203.53
ELLIOTT151.891622.29
HARRIS151.89167.44
GLOVER141.765441.41
PARSONS141.765423.24
ROBINS141.765483.28
JEFFERY141.765481.30
DUNN141.765421.23
CRUSE131.6393565.22
BATE131.639396.73
BEER121.513294.56
FOLEY121.5132120.12
SQUIRE111.3871117.02
VANSTONE111.3871482.46
BRAGG101.2610154.08
SMALE101.2610191.57
MOSS91.134918.41
BABB91.1349418.60
JONES91.13491.00
NICHOLLS81.008819.31
MILL81.0088167.36
SLEE81.0088258.06
BURMAN81.0088253.16
FOUND81.0088909.09
EASTERBROOK81.0088353.98
MAY81.008815.85
HEARD70.882783.04
HOWARD70.88279.00
BRITTON60.756642.74
LEE60.75664.63
PROUSE60.7566451.13
JENKINS60.75666.42
DOWNING60.756643.51
STEPHENS60.756613.63
JENNINGS60.756614.93
BURNARD60.7566451.13
CALLAGHAN50.630555.68
BUMBY50.6305735.29
GOODENOUGH40.5044175.44
FINCH40.504415.15
HODGE40.504420.01
PRINCE40.504422.31
CURTIS40.50448.89
BARTLETT40.504411.52
ANDREW30.378311.94
CHICHESTER30.3783500.00
EDDY30.378363.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITEFIELD0.797931768.2927
FOUND0.79793909.0909
PENINGTON0.79793909.0909
BUMBY0.79793735.2941
PARRACK0.79793588.2353
CRUSE0.79793565.2174
JEWELL0.79793504.2017
CHICHESTER0.79793500.0000
VANSTONE0.79793482.4561
BURNARD0.79793451.1278
PROUSE0.79793451.1278
BABB0.79793418.6047
EASTERBROOK0.79793353.9823
BURROW0.79793312.5000
SLEE0.79793258.0645
BURMAN0.79793253.1646
VINE0.79793203.5278
SMALE0.79793191.5709
GATE0.79793188.6792
GOODENOUGH0.79793175.4386
MILL0.79793167.3640
BRAGG0.79793154.0832
VENNING0.79793153.8462
FOLEY0.79793120.1201
SQUIRE0.79793117.0213
WAKELEY0.79793113.6364
NICE0.79793106.9519
BATE0.7979396.7262
HOPGOOD0.7979396.1538
BEER0.7979394.5626
SHUTE0.7979394.3396
HAWARD0.7979392.5926
ROBINS0.7979383.2838
HEARD0.7979383.0368
JEFFERY0.7979381.3008
SELDON0.7979369.9301
BRENT0.7979365.3595
EDDY0.7979363.1579
STONEMAN0.7979361.7284
CALLAGHAN0.7979355.6793
HEDGER0.7979346.5116
DOWNING0.7979343.5098
BRITTON0.7979342.7350
GLOVER0.7979341.4079
COPP0.7979339.5257
STROUD0.7979336.5854
WESTERN0.7979329.9401
PENGELLY0.7979329.4985
SHEPPERD0.7979329.0698
CANN0.7979327.2109

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 793 people called WHITEFIELD in Clovelly 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 1768.2927 in Clovelly means that 1768.2927% of the people in Clovelly on census day were called WHITEFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITEFIELD 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 WHITEFIELD 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 WHITEFIELD 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 WHITEFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Clovelly means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITEFIELD in Clovelly than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clovelly in 1881

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

ANDREW (3)  ATKINS (2)  BABB (9)  BADCOCK (11)  BAGALOW (1)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (2)  BURNARD (6)  BARNES (1)  BARTLETT (4)  BATE (13)  BEER (12)  BERRIMAN (2)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOND (3)  BRAGG (10)  BREAYLEY (1)  BRENT (1)  BRIMACOMBE (5)  BRITTON (6)  BROMMELL (3)  BUMBY (5)  BURMAN (8)  BOURNE (1)  BURROW (17)  COLWILL (3)  CALLAGHAN (5)  CANN (2)  CARTER (3)  SHADDICK (8)  CHICHESTER (3)  CHILDS (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLEAVE (10)  CLEVERDON (5)  COOKE (2)  COPP (1)  CORNISH (1)  CRUSE (13)  CURTIS (4)  DALLING (1)  DAYMAN (5)  DOWNING (6)  DUNN (14)  EASTERBROOK (8)  EBSWORTHY (1)  EDDY (3)  ELLIOTT (15)  EVANS (2)  FINCH (4)  FOLEY (12)  FOUND (8)  FRY (2)  GATE (2)  JERMYN (1)  JEFFERD (1)  GLOVER (14)  GOODENOUGH (4)  GREEN (2)  HAMLY (1)  HARDING (3)  HARRIS (15)  HARROWAY (6)  HORTOP (4)  HARVEY (1)  HEADON (24)  HAWARD (1)  HEARD (7)  HEDGER (1)  HEYWOOD (1)  HOBBS (1)  HOCKRAIDGE (1)  HOCKRIDGE (10)  HODGE (4)  HODGSON (1)  HOOKEY (9)  HOPPER (2)  HOPGOOD (2)  HOWARD (7)  JENN (2)  JEFFERY (14)  JENKINS (6)  JENNINGS (6)  JEWELL (42)  JOHNS (2)  JONES (9)  LEAR (1)  LEE (6)  LITTLEJOHNS (4)  MARSHALL (3)  MASTERS (3)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAY (8)  MC BAIN (3)  MICKELWRIGHT (1)  MICKLEWRIGHT (4)  MILLER (1)  MILL (8)  MILLS (1)  MOSS (9)  NANCEKIVELL (3)  NETHERCOTT (2)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NICE (2)  NICHOLLS (8)  OKE (6)  PADDON (4)  PARRACK (1)  PARSONS (14)  PASSMORE (1)  PEDLER (3)  PENGELLY (1)  PENGILLY (22)  PENINGTON (3)  PENNINGTON (1)  PERKIN (1)  PICKARD (2)  POLLARD (1)  POW (1)  PRANCE (2)  PRINCE (4)  PRONELL (1)  PROUSE (6)  WRAY (1)  RADCLIFFE (1)  RATTENBURY (4)  ROBINS (14)  SANDERS (2)  SELDON (1)  SHACKSON (8)  SHEPPERD (1)  SHERRING (1)  SHORT (1)  SHUTE (3)  SLEE (8)  SMALE (10)  SNELGAR (7)  SQUIRE (11)  STEER (1)  STENENS (STEVANS) (2)  STEPHENS (6)  STEVANS (2)  STEVENS (2)  STEVENS (STEVANS) (4)  STONEMAN (2)  STROUD (3)  TAYLOR (1)  TRATHEN (7)  TURNER (2)  VANSTONE (11)  VENNING (2)  VIME OR VINE (2)  VINE (15)  WAKELEY (1)  WATERS (1)  WATTS (2)  WEBBER (1)  WESTERN (1)  WHITEFIELD (29)  WYBRON (1) 

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