Top surnames from the 1881 census in Germansweek, Devon

Germansweek 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
WHITE3212.030137.43
DOWN114.1353344.83
SPRY114.13531,410.26
ABELL93.38351,097.56
AVERY93.3835201.79
LEACH83.007572.86
ROCKEY83.00755,714.29
SHORT83.007577.00
LUCAS72.631656.91
LAKE72.6316118.64
HILL72.631610.33
BOLT72.6316364.58
NORTHCOTT72.6316578.51
HARRY62.2556310.88
MOYSE62.2556952.38
SLEEMAN62.2556697.67
MAYNARD62.2556146.70
SYMONS62.2556163.93
VEALE51.8797434.78
KELLAWAY51.8797877.19
BALL51.879722.76
PENGELLY51.8797438.60
GARLAND51.8797141.64
PAUL41.503860.06
WOODROW41.5038242.42
GERRY41.5038784.31
WOOLRIDGE41.50381,111.11
WOOD41.50384.72
BAILEY31.12787.49
WOOLDRIDGE31.1278206.90
BICKLE20.7519357.14
DOIDGE20.7519263.16
LASHBROOK20.75191,250.00
PIKE20.751925.87
BOX20.751992.59
PALMER20.75196.38
CURTICE20.75191,052.63
MATTHEWS10.37594.31
COLE10.37594.13
BROOK10.37599.75
FRIEND10.375933.11
TANTON10.3759357.14
LUXTON10.375984.75
CLARK10.37591.25
HOLDEN10.37596.86
WARD10.37591.72
FIELD10.37597.55
ALLEN10.37591.99
BURNARD10.3759222.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROCKEY0.272665714.2857
SPRY0.272661410.2564
LASHBROOK0.272661250.0000
WOOLRIDGE0.272661111.1111
ABELL0.272661097.5610
CURTICE0.272661052.6316
MOYSE0.27266952.3810
KELLAWAY0.27266877.1930
GERRY0.27266784.3137
SLEEMAN0.27266697.6744
NORTHCOTT0.27266578.5124
PENGELLY0.27266438.5965
VEALE0.27266434.7826
BOLT0.27266364.5833
BICKLE0.27266357.1429
TANTON0.27266357.1429
DOWN0.27266344.8276
HARRY0.27266310.8808
DOIDGE0.27266263.1579
WOODROW0.27266242.4242
BURNARD0.27266222.2222
WOOLDRIDGE0.27266206.8966
AVERY0.27266201.7937
SYMONS0.27266163.9344
MAYNARD0.27266146.6993
GARLAND0.27266141.6431
LAKE0.27266118.6441
BOX0.2726692.5926
LUXTON0.2726684.7458
SHORT0.2726676.9971
LEACH0.2726672.8597
PAUL0.2726660.0601
LUCAS0.2726656.9106
WHITE0.2726637.4269
FRIEND0.2726633.1126
PIKE0.2726625.8732
BALL0.2726622.7583
HILL0.2726610.3321
BROOK0.272669.7466
FIELD0.272667.5529
BAILEY0.272667.4869
HOLDEN0.272666.8634
PALMER0.272666.3796
WOOD0.272664.7192
MATTHEWS0.272664.3103
COLE0.272664.1271
ALLEN0.272661.9900
WARD0.272661.7209
CLARK0.272661.2508

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 266 people called ROCKEY in Germansweek 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 5714.2857 in Germansweek means that 5714.2857% of the people in Germansweek on census day were called ROCKEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROCKEY 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 ROCKEY 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 ROCKEY 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 ROCKEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Germansweek means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROCKEY in Germansweek than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Germansweek in 1881

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

ABELL (9)  ALLEN (1)  AVERY (9)  AXWORTHY (5)  BAILEY (3)  BALKWILL (4)  BALL (5)  BURNARD (1)  BICKLE (2)  BOLT (7)  BOX (2)  BROOK (1)  CLARK (1)  COLE (1)  CURTICE (2)  DOIDGE (2)  DOWN (11)  FIELD (1)  FRIEND (1)  GARLAND (5)  GERRY (4)  HAMLYN (9)  HARRY (6)  HILL (7)  HOLDEN (1)  KELLAWAY (5)  LAKE (7)  LASHBROOK (2)  LEACH (8)  LOWARY (3)  LUCAS (7)  LUXTON (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAYNARD (6)  MOYSE (6)  NORTHCOTT (7)  PALMER (2)  PAUL (4)  PENGELLY (5)  PIKE (2)  RAYMONT (1)  ROCKEY (8)  SECCOMBE (5)  SECCOMB (1)  SHORT (8)  SYMONS (6)  SLEEMAN (6)  SPRY (11)  TANTON (1)  VEALE (5)  WARD (1)  WHITE (32)  WOOD (4)  WOODROW (4)  WOOLDRIDGE (3)  WOOLRIDGE (4) 

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