Top surnames from the 1881 census in Diptford, Devon

Diptford 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
BROOKING263.91571,595.09
SOPER243.6145582.52
CLAPP213.1627850.20
HEATH213.162763.69
HOSKING203.0120403.23
HEARD182.7108254.96
BLAKE152.259046.64
HOLMES142.108417.31
CROCKER142.1084156.95
PINKEY121.80729,230.77
PROUT111.6566333.33
EVANS111.65663.79
PROWSE101.5060331.13
FOSS101.5060769.23
HODGE101.506059.74
REEVE91.355457.99
LUSCOMBE81.2048235.29
JACKSON81.20484.31
GRIFFITHS81.20487.36
SHUTE81.2048299.63
MATTHEWS81.204813.81
NEWMAN81.204816.20
GRANT81.204812.14
BEER81.204875.26
BURNER81.20485,000.00
HAWKINS71.054214.56
MORGAN71.05425.30
LEGG71.054263.87
WHITE60.90362.81
LOCK60.903631.75
JEFFERY60.903641.61
HANNAFORD50.7530163.40
TUCKER50.753013.61
STEER50.753064.52
WAKEHAM50.7530199.20
PARTRIDGE50.753028.82
GULLY50.7530434.78
ROGERS50.75305.80
STEPHENS40.602410.85
ARNALL40.6024769.23
RUSH40.602456.10
PAUL40.602424.07
JAMES40.60243.07
DENBOW40.60242,105.26
CODD40.6024140.35
BARNS40.602493.46
PARSONS40.60247.93
BROWN30.45180.69
NOTLEY30.4518241.94
LANGDON30.451858.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
REAVIS0.6666410000.0000
PINKEY0.666649230.7692
BURNER0.666645000.0000
DENBOW0.666642105.2632
BROOKING0.666641595.0920
REAP0.666641250.0000
CLAPP0.66664850.2024
HORNES0.66664833.3333
ARNALL0.66664769.2308
FOSS0.66664769.2308
SOPER0.66664582.5243
TRANT0.66664571.4286
GULLY0.66664434.7826
HOSKING0.66664403.2258
PROUT0.66664333.3333
PROWSE0.66664331.1258
SHUTE0.66664299.6255
HEARD0.66664254.9575
NOTLEY0.66664241.9355
LUSCOMBE0.66664235.2941
SARA0.66664227.2727
WAKEHAM0.66664199.2032
BLATCHFORD0.66664189.8734
HANNAFORD0.66664163.3987
CROCKER0.66664156.9507
LYNDON0.66664151.5152
CODD0.66664140.3509
BUTLAND0.66664135.1351
TARR0.66664123.9669
WILLING0.66664119.0476
PEDRICK0.66664119.0476
BARNS0.6666493.4579
JONAS0.6666487.7193
LAWRY0.6666479.3651
LAVIS0.6666478.1250
HURRELL0.6666475.9494
BURNELL0.6666475.3769
BEER0.6666475.2587
STEER0.6666464.5161
LEGG0.6666463.8686
HEATH0.6666463.6943
COWLES0.6666462.5000
HODGE0.6666459.7372
LANGDON0.6666458.1395
REEVE0.6666457.9897
TURPIN0.6666456.1798
RUSH0.6666456.1010
WOODLEY0.6666450.6757
PARKHOUSE0.6666450.5051
MUDGE0.6666449.5050

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 664 people called REAVIS in Diptford 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 Diptford means that 10000.0000% of the people in Diptford on census day were called REAVIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called REAVIS 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 REAVIS 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 REAVIS 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 REAVIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Diptford means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of REAVIS in Diptford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Diptford in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ANDREW (1)  ARNALL (4)  ARNOTT (1)  BALL (1)  BURNER (8)  BARNS (4)  BEER (8)  BLAKE (15)  BLATCHFORD (3)  BLIGHT (1)  BOND (2)  BREWER (2)  BROOKING (26)  BROWN (3)  BUNKER (1)  BURNELL (3)  BUTLAND (1)  CATOR (1)  CAUNTER (1)  CHANTER (3)  CHUDLEY (5)  CLAPP (21)  CLEAVE (1)  CODD (4)  COUCH (1)  COWLES (1)  CREBER (10)  CROCKER (14)  CROSSING (1)  DAVEY (1)  DAWSON (1)  DENBOW (4)  DENNIS (3)  DENNESS (2)  DOVETON (2)  DREW (1)  EDEN (3)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (11)  FARLEY (3)  FURNEAUX (5)  FOSS (10)  FROST (1)  JORDAN (3)  GRANT (8)  GRIFFITHS (8)  GULLY (5)  HALLETT (1)  HAMBLING (2)  HANNAFORD (5)  HARE (3)  HARRIS (3)  HOCKINGS (3)  HAWKINS (7)  HEARD (18)  HEATH (21)  HEWITT (1)  HODGE (10)  HOLMES (14)  HORNES (1)  HORSWILL (4)  HOSKING (20)  HOSKIN (1)  HOUALL (1)  HOWELL (1)  HURRELL (3)  JACKSON (8)  JAMES (4)  JARVIS (2)  JEFFERY (6)  JESSON (1)  JEWELL (1)  JOHNS (1)  JONAS (1)  KERSWILL (1)  KNAPMAN (3)  LAMBLE (7)  LAMBSHEAD (1)  LANGDON (3)  LAWRY (1)  LAVIS (1)  LAW (1)  LEGG (7)  LETHBRIDGE (10)  LYNDON (1)  LOCK (6)  LUCKRAFT (1)  LUSCOMBE (8)  MANN (1)  MARCH (1)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (8)  METHERILL (1)  MOGRIDGE (5)  MOORE (2)  MORGAN (7)  MUDGE (1)  NEWLAND (1)  NEWMAN (8)  NOSEWORTHY (1)  NOTLEY (3)  PARKHOUSE (1)  PARNELL (3)  PARSONS (4)  PARTRIDGE (5)  PAUL (4)  PEDRICK (1)  PINHEY (1)  PETHERBRIDGE (13)  PETHICK (5)  PINKEY (12)  PLANT (1)  PLOUDE (1)  PROUT (11)  PROWSE (10)  RUNDLE (1)  REAP (1)  REAVIS (1)  REEVE (9)  RICH (1)  RYDER (2)  REILLY (1)  ROGERS (5)  RUSH (4)  SAUNDERCOCK (4)  SARA (1)  SHILLABEER (2)  SHUTE (8)  SMALE (1)  SMARIDGE (9)  SMITH (2)  SOPER (24)  SPENCE (1)  STEER (5)  STEPHENS (4)  TARR (3)  THORN (1)  TOLCHARD (6)  TOWNSEND (1)  TRANT (2)  TUCKER (5)  TURPIN (2)  UNDERHAY (6)  WAKEHAM (5)  WERREN (1)  WHITE (6)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILLING (1)  WILLINGS (3)  WILLIS (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODLEY (3)  WRIGHT (1) 

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