Top surnames from the 1881 census in Denbury, Devon

Denbury 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
OSBORNE164.8338101.27
ELLIS154.531731.20
HILL133.927515.42
FORD123.625437.22
ROWE123.625463.83
PAWLEY92.7190957.45
WILLIAMS92.71903.79
NOSWORTHY82.41692,162.16
TOZER72.1148353.54
PITTS72.1148205.88
HEWETT72.1148181.82
BEST61.812767.26
LARK61.8127833.33
COPPIN61.8127576.92
HILLIS51.51063,333.33
WAKEHAM51.5106400.00
GRANT51.510615.22
CRUTE41.20851,739.13
TURPIN41.2085224.72
TAYLOR41.20851.89
MADDOCK41.2085132.45
TARR41.2085330.58
CASLEY30.90631,034.48
JORDAN30.906320.52
COLE30.90639.95
SMITH30.90630.64
HALLETT30.906373.71
ELIOTT20.6042571.43
COLES20.604217.35
HARRIS20.60422.38
SANDERS20.604213.32
LONG20.60429.32
BOWDEN20.604220.94
SYMES20.604281.97
BENTLEY20.604214.29
MATTHEWS20.60426.93
BORN20.6042833.33
STROW20.6042
PEARCE20.60426.58
BENNETT20.60423.68
WILLS20.604220.20
WALDEN20.604282.64
CHAPPLE20.604288.89
GARDINER20.604221.03
PRESTON10.30216.05
STREET10.302112.94
BENBOW10.302176.34
SMERDON10.3021192.31
MORLEY10.30217.56
GULLY10.3021175.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HILLIS0.333313333.3333
BRACH0.333312500.0000
NOSWORTHY0.333312162.1622
CRUTE0.333311739.1304
SHERARD0.333311666.6667
CASLEY0.333311034.4828
PAWLEY0.33331957.4468
BORN0.33331833.3333
LARK0.33331833.3333
COPPIN0.33331576.9231
ELIOTT0.33331571.4286
WAKEHAM0.33331400.0000
SHAPLEY0.33331384.6154
TOZER0.33331353.5354
TARR0.33331330.5785
LIDSTONE0.33331227.2727
TURPIN0.33331224.7191
PITTS0.33331205.8824
SMERDON0.33331192.3077
HEWETT0.33331181.8182
GULLY0.33331175.4386
LEAMAN0.33331140.8451
MADDOCK0.33331132.4503
JANE0.33331105.2632
OSBORNE0.33331101.2658
CHAPPLE0.3333188.8889
WALDEN0.3333182.6446
SYMES0.3333181.9672
BENBOW0.3333176.3359
HALLETT0.3333173.7101
BEST0.3333167.2646
HANNAFORD0.3333165.3595
ROWE0.3333163.8298
FORD0.3333137.2208
BRAGG0.3333136.9004
WALDRON0.3333134.2466
ELLIS0.3333131.2045
GARDINER0.3333121.0305
BOWDEN0.3333120.9424
JORDAN0.3333120.5198
WILLS0.3333120.2020
COLES0.3333117.3461
HILL0.3333115.4211
GRANT0.3333115.2207
BENTLEY0.3333114.2857
SANDERS0.3333113.3245
SALTER0.3333113.2100
STREET0.3333112.9366
COLE0.333319.9502
LONG0.333319.3153

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 331 people called HILLIS in Denbury 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 3333.3333 in Denbury means that 3333.3333% of the people in Denbury on census day were called HILLIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HILLIS 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 HILLIS 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 HILLIS 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 HILLIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Denbury means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HILLIS in Denbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Denbury in 1881

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

BADCOCK (6)  BENBOW (1)  BENNETT (2)  BENTLEY (2)  BEST (6)  BOWDEN (2)  BRACH (1)  BRAGG (1)  BRINACOME (1)  BULLY (3)  BORN (2)  CASLEY (3)  CAUNTER (6)  CHAPPLE (2)  CLAMPIT (1)  COLES (2)  COLE (3)  CONEYBEAR (1)  COPPIN (6)  CRUTE (4)  ELIOTT (2)  ELLIS (15)  FARLEIGH (11)  FARSE (1)  FURNEAUX (4)  FORD (12)  GARDINER (2)  GOILAR (1)  JORDAN (3)  GORTLEY (3)  GRANT (5)  GULLY (1)  HALLETT (3)  HANNAFORD (1)  HARRIS (2)  HEWETT (7)  HILL (13)  HILLIS (5)  HONEYWILL (2)  HONNIWELL (1)  JANE (1)  LARK (6)  LEACH (1)  LEE (1)  LEAMAN (1)  LIDSTONE (1)  LONG (2)  LOPTHORN (4)  MADDOCK (4)  MATTHEWS (2)  MORLEY (1)  NOSWORTHY (8)  OSBORNE (16)  PALFERY (4)  PAWLEY (9)  PEARCE (2)  PITTS (7)  PRESTON (1)  REIBEY (3)  RICHARDS (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROWE (12)  SALTER (1)  SATURBY (1)  SANDERS (2)  SHAPLEY (1)  SHERARD (1)  SYMES (2)  SKINER (2)  SMARDON (6)  SMERDON (1)  SMITH (3)  STADDON (3)  STEVENS (1)  STOAKES (7)  STREET (1)  STROW (2)  TARR (4)  TAYLOR (4)  TOZER (7)  TUCKER (1)  TURPIN (4)  VELOW (7)  WAKEHAM (5)  WALDEN (2)  WALDRON (1)  WILLCOCKS (1)  WILLIAMS (9)  WILLS (2)  WINSER (12)  WEATHERDON (1) 

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