Top surnames from the 1881 census in Morleigh, Devon

Morleigh 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
HARVEY87.547270.67
COLE87.547282.82
CROCKER76.6038492.96
ANNING76.60383,888.89
GRILLS65.66045,454.55
HALLETT65.6604461.54
PARNELL54.7170490.20
TUCKER54.717085.18
TOREY54.717016,666.67
WIDGER43.77365,714.29
HINGSTON43.77362,857.14
RENDLE32.8302967.74
SEALE32.83021,578.95
MICKLE21.88682,857.14
HANNAFORD21.8868408.16
PERRING21.8868909.09
WILLIAMS21.88682.63
WALKE21.88683,333.33
STEVENS21.886818.07
HODGE10.943437.45
STEPHENS10.943417.01
WEST10.94349.79
SQUIRES10.943466.67
EDWARDS10.94343.39
CANNING10.9434133.33
LUSCOMBE10.9434185.19
HEATH10.943419.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOREY0.1110616666.6667
WIDGER0.111065714.2857
GRILLS0.111065454.5455
ANNING0.111063888.8889
WALKE0.111063333.3333
HINGSTON0.111062857.1429
MICKLE0.111062857.1429
SEALE0.111061578.9474
RENDLE0.11106967.7419
PERRING0.11106909.0909
CROCKER0.11106492.9577
PARNELL0.11106490.1961
HALLETT0.11106461.5385
HANNAFORD0.11106408.1633
LUSCOMBE0.11106185.1852
CANNING0.11106133.3333
TUCKER0.1110685.1789
COLE0.1110682.8157
HARVEY0.1110670.6714
SQUIRES0.1110666.6667
HODGE0.1110637.4532
HEATH0.1110619.0114
STEVENS0.1110618.0668
STEPHENS0.1110617.0068
WEST0.111069.7943
EDWARDS0.111063.3852
WILLIAMS0.111062.6267

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 106 people called TOREY in Morleigh 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 16666.6667 in Morleigh means that 16666.6667% of the people in Morleigh on census day were called TOREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOREY 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 TOREY 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 TOREY 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 TOREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Morleigh means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOREY in Morleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Morleigh in 1881

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

ANNING (7)  BATTERSHILL (2)  CANNING (1)  COLE (8)  CROCKER (7)  EDWARDS (1)  GRILLS (6)  HALLETT (6)  HANNAFORD (2)  HARRELT (3)  HARVEY (8)  HEATH (1)  HINGSTON (4)  HODGE (1)  KERSWELL (1)  LUSCOMBE (1)  MICKLE (2)  PARNELL (5)  PERRING (2)  RENDLE (3)  RIDGWELL (5)  SEALE (3)  SQUIRES (1)  STEVENS (2)  STEPHENS (1)  TOLCHARD (4)  TOREY (5)  TUCKER (5)  WALKE (2)  WEST (1)  WIDGER (4)  WILLIAMS (2) 

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