Top surnames from the 1881 census in Laira, Devon

Laira 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
EMERY96.5217299.00
HENDER96.52178,181.82
WATTS85.797169.14
MANNING75.0725159.45
ALGER64.34781,875.00
ROSS53.623233.16
THOMPSON53.623212.09
DUMMETT53.62328,333.33
PARNELL53.6232375.94
MILLS53.623227.93
WELLINGTON42.8986615.38
BROOKS42.898629.65
HYNES42.89861,212.12
SARGENT42.8986187.79
BALL32.173926.32
VEAL32.1739357.14
AUSTIN32.173944.44
LUSCOMBE32.1739422.54
TALL21.44931,000.00
DUKE21.4493125.00
CREWS21.4493833.33
TALBOT21.449358.14
DOIDGE21.4493512.82
HARRIS10.72462.85
NEWBERRY10.7246175.44
MEDLIN10.72461,111.11
PORTER10.72469.66
MILTON10.724652.63
COTTER10.7246192.31
BLIGHT10.7246161.29
ANDREWS10.72467.56
DAVIS10.72463.30
BUTLAND10.7246666.67
WALDRON10.724681.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUMMETT0.141388333.3333
HENDER0.141388181.8182
ALGER0.141381875.0000
HYNES0.141381212.1212
MEDLIN0.141381111.1111
TALL0.141381000.0000
CREWS0.14138833.3333
BUTLAND0.14138666.6667
WELLINGTON0.14138615.3846
DOIDGE0.14138512.8205
LUSCOMBE0.14138422.5352
PARNELL0.14138375.9398
VEAL0.14138357.1429
EMERY0.14138299.0033
COTTER0.14138192.3077
SARGENT0.14138187.7934
NEWBERRY0.14138175.4386
BLIGHT0.14138161.2903
MANNING0.14138159.4533
DUKE0.14138125.0000
WALDRON0.1413881.9672
WATTS0.1413869.1443
TALBOT0.1413858.1395
MILTON0.1413852.6316
AUSTIN0.1413844.4444
ROSS0.1413833.1565
BROOKS0.1413829.6516
MILLS0.1413827.9330
BALL0.1413826.3158
THOMPSON0.1413812.0948
PORTER0.141389.6618
ANDREWS0.141387.5643
DAVIS0.141383.2971
HARRIS0.141382.8514

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 138 people called DUMMETT in Laira 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 8333.3333 in Laira means that 8333.3333% of the people in Laira on census day were called DUMMETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUMMETT 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 DUMMETT 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 DUMMETT 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 DUMMETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Laira means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUMMETT in Laira than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Laira in 1881

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

ALGER (6)  ANDREWS (1)  APTER (7)  AUSTIN (3)  BALL (3)  BLIGHT (1)  BROOKS (4)  BUTLAND (1)  COTTER (1)  CREWS (2)  DAVIS (1)  DERSENT (1)  DOIDGE (2)  DUKE (2)  DUMMETT (5)  EMERY (9)  HARRIS (1)  HENDER (9)  HYNES (4)  LUSCOMBE (3)  MANNING (7)  MARQUAND (3)  MEDLIN (1)  MILLS (5)  MILTON (1)  NEWBERRY (1)  OSMAND (1)  PARNELL (5)  PORTER (1)  RISDON (1)  ROSS (5)  SARGENT (4)  SPUR (6)  STILLING (2)  TALBOT (2)  TALL (2)  THOMPSON (5)  VEAL (3)  WALDRON (1)  WATTS (8)  WEETMAN (4)  WELLINGTON (4) 

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