Top surnames from the 1881 census in Membury, Devon

Membury 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
DOWN233.5659297.16
RICE192.945794.86
HARRIS162.48069.76
SPILLER152.3256408.72
LONG142.170533.46
BEER142.1705135.66
WYATT132.015568.71
CHAPPLE111.7054251.14
GOLLOP111.70541,594.20
SUMMERS111.705460.81
NEWBERRY101.5504378.79
SPARKES101.5504211.42
CLARKE101.55047.65
FRY91.395343.54
DIAMOND91.3953300.00
ANNING81.2403727.27
PIERCE81.240384.39
HARVEY81.240311.62
GOULD81.240334.32
SEGAR71.08531,590.91
BISHOP71.085315.53
NORTH71.085332.74
CHICK71.0853197.74
MOORE71.08535.43
SANSOM71.0853160.92
UNDERDOWN71.0853546.88
BOYLAND60.93021,034.48
PERHAM60.93021,000.00
PAUL60.930237.17
LOVERIDGE60.9302258.62
LOCK60.930232.68
CHARLES60.930245.01
CASE60.930293.17
STONE50.775210.72
BROWN50.77521.18
LAWRENCE50.775211.94
BAGLEY50.7752104.82
PRATT50.775213.49
BROOM50.775262.89
BOWYER50.775271.12
SNELL40.620232.76
COMBER40.6202184.33
WESCOTT40.6202701.75
WARREN40.62029.28
PAVEY40.6202144.93
BAKER40.62022.83
HAWKINS40.62028.57
MULLETT40.6202198.02
KERSLAKE40.6202186.05
MILLER40.62023.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
APPLING0.6564520000.0000
GLADE0.656454444.4444
DENSLOW0.656454000.0000
GOLLOP0.656451594.2029
SEGAR0.656451590.9091
BOYLAND0.656451034.4828
PERHAM0.656451000.0000
ANNING0.65645727.2727
WESCOTT0.65645701.7544
APSEY0.65645566.0377
UNDERDOWN0.65645546.8750
BOCK0.65645476.1905
PINSON0.65645425.5319
SPILLER0.65645408.7193
NEWBERRY0.65645378.7879
BADMAN0.65645326.0870
DIAMOND0.65645300.0000
DOWN0.65645297.1576
LOVERIDGE0.65645258.6207
NORTHAM0.65645254.2373
CHAPPLE0.65645251.1416
SPARKES0.65645211.4165
DARKE0.65645198.6755
MULLETT0.65645198.0198
CHICK0.65645197.7401
KERSLAKE0.65645186.0465
WAKLEY0.65645185.1852
COMBER0.65645184.3318
SANSOM0.65645160.9195
DIMOND0.65645159.5745
STRAWBRIDGE0.65645147.0588
PAVEY0.65645144.9275
BEER0.65645135.6589
BURRY0.65645135.1351
BAGLEY0.65645104.8218
TRIM0.65645103.6269
PARKHOUSE0.65645103.6269
SALWAY0.6564597.0874
WALKLEY0.6564595.2381
RICE0.6564594.8577
WAKELY0.6564593.4579
CASE0.6564593.1677
PIERCE0.6564584.3882
SEAGER0.6564584.2697
BOWYER0.6564571.1238
TROTT0.6564570.7547
WYATT0.6564568.7104
HYNES0.6564564.5161
SYMES0.6564563.1579
BROOM0.6564562.8931

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 645 people called APPLING in Membury 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 20000.0000 in Membury means that 20000.0000% of the people in Membury on census day were called APPLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called APPLING 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 APPLING 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 APPLING 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 APPLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Membury means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of APPLING in Membury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Membury in 1881

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

ANNING (8)  APPLING (4)  APSEY (3)  BAGLEY (5)  BAKER (4)  BADMAN (3)  BATH (1)  BEER (14)  BURRY (1)  BURCH (1)  BISHOP (7)  BLACKMORE (2)  BOND (1)  BOWYER (5)  BOCK (1)  BOYLAND (6)  BRADDICK (4)  BRADLEY (3)  BROOM (5)  BROWN (5)  BURFORD (2)  CHAPPEL (1)  CHAPPLE (11)  CHARLES (6)  CHICK (7)  CLARKE (10)  CLARK (1)  COLLINS (2)  COMBER (4)  COUSINS (3)  CUSINS (1)  DENSLOW OR DANSLOW (8)  DARKE (3)  DARLING (2)  DENSLOW (4)  DIAMOND (9)  DOBLE (1)  DOWN (23)  DIMOND (3)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (1)  FARRANT (1)  FERI0D (1)  FISH (4)  FRENCH (3)  FRY (9)  GOLLOP (11)  GIFFORD (1)  GIGG (7)  GILL (2)  GILLETT (4)  GLADE (4)  GOULD (8)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  HALLETT (1)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (16)  HARVEY (8)  HAWKINS (4)  HAYNS (5)  EBDON (2)  HYNES (1)  HORNER (2)  HOSKINS (1)  HULL (2)  HUNT (1)  HUSEY (1)  HUSSEY (1)  JEFERY (1)  JENKINGS (2)  JONES (1)  CASE (6)  KERSLAKE (4)  KNIGHT (3)  LANE (1)  LARCOMBE (1)  LAWRENCE (5)  LENTELL (3)  LINNEY (1)  LOCK (6)  LONG (14)  LOVE (1)  LOVERIDGE (6)  MACLEYN (3)  MARKS (3)  MATHANS (2)  MATTHEWS (3)  MILLER (4)  MILVERTON (3)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORE (7)  MULLETT (4)  NEWBERRY (10)  NEWTON (1)  NORTH (7)  NORTHAM (3)  PEADON OR PACDON (4)  PALMER (2)  PARRIS (1)  PARKHOUSE (2)  PAUL (6)  PAVEY (4)  PIERCE (8)  PEARSE (1)  PENNECARD (19)  PERHAM (6)  PITTON (1)  PILTON (6)  PINSON (4)  PITMAN (1)  POWER (1)  PRATT (5)  PRIDDICE (5)  PRYOR (2)  READER (3)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICE (19)  RICHARDS (3)  SALTER (4)  SALLWAY (2)  SALWAY (1)  SANSOM (7)  SEAGER (3)  SEGAR (7)  SEWARD (1)  SYMES (3)  SMITH (3)  SNELL (4)  SPARKS (3)  SPARKES (10)  SPILLER (15)  STARK (3)  STONE (5)  STRAWBRIDGE (1)  SUMMERS (11)  TANSLEY (1)  TRIM (2)  TROTT (3)  TUCKER (1)  TURNER (1)  UNDERDOWN (7)  VINCENT (4)  WAKELY (1)  WAKLEY (1)  WALKLEY (1)  WAREY (2)  WARREN (4)  WELCH (2)  WELLS (1)  WESCOTT (4)  WHITE (1)  WILLMINGTON (1)  WILCE (5)  WINTER (1)  WOODLAND (1)  WYATT (13) 

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