Top surnames from the 1881 census in Northlew, Devon

Northlew 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
SMALE466.0367916.33
GLASS374.8556468.95
FRIEND314.0682358.80
DOWN314.0682338.80
CURTIS273.543362.44
ADAMS222.887119.59
MARTIN222.887111.72
BLATCHFORD202.62471,104.97
WOOLDRIDGE192.4934455.64
WORDEN131.7060601.85
GAY131.7060128.08
WOOD121.57484.94
MAYNARD121.5748102.48
MEDLAND121.5748697.67
DENNIS111.443648.80
ANDREW111.443645.55
HORRELL101.3123840.34
VALLANCE101.3123291.55
HARRY91.1811163.04
MAY91.181118.55
BROOKING91.1811481.28
GRATTON81.0499263.16
BATER81.04991,012.66
NORTHCOTT81.0499231.21
HICKS70.918621.95
LOBB70.9186186.17
BICKLE70.9186432.10
HUTCHINGS70.918648.88
COLES70.918626.37
WESTLAKE70.9186126.81
GODDARD70.918622.85
HILL70.91863.61
MOYSE60.7874333.33
CROCKER60.787458.65
SQUIRE60.787466.37
PELLOW60.7874461.54
JORDAN50.656214.85
COOPER50.65622.70
BURRIDGE50.656296.71
LASHBROOK50.65621,063.83
CURTICE50.6562925.93
KIMBER50.656268.97
TOM50.65621,250.00
BRIGHT40.524925.96
MILLS40.52494.05
ENGLAND40.524925.48
MUIRHEAD40.524968.03
COWLES40.5249218.58
SANDERS40.524911.58
WORTH40.524958.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DARING0.767621428.5714
TOM0.767621250.0000
BLATCHFORD0.767621104.9724
LASHBROOK0.767621063.8298
BATER0.767621012.6582
CURTICE0.76762925.9259
SMALE0.76762916.3347
HORRELL0.76762840.3361
MEDLAND0.76762697.6744
WORDEN0.76762601.8519
BROOKING0.76762481.2834
GLASS0.76762468.9480
PELLOW0.76762461.5385
WOOLDRIDGE0.76762455.6355
BICKLE0.76762432.0988
HUNKIN0.76762389.6104
FRIEND0.76762358.7963
DOWN0.76762338.7978
MOYSE0.76762333.3333
VALLANCE0.76762291.5452
GRATTON0.76762263.1579
TRIBBLE0.76762238.0952
BUSE0.76762232.5581
NORTHCOTT0.76762231.2139
COWLES0.76762218.5792
NORTHAM0.76762215.8273
LOBB0.76762186.1702
HARRY0.76762163.0435
GAY0.76762128.0788
WESTLAKE0.76762126.8116
SOBEY0.76762120.4819
MAYNARD0.76762102.4765
BURRIDGE0.7676296.7118
KIMBER0.7676268.9655
MUIRHEAD0.7676268.0272
SQUIRE0.7676266.3717
CURTIS0.7676262.4422
CROCKER0.7676258.6510
WORTH0.7676258.4795
HUTCHINGS0.7676248.8827
DENNIS0.7676248.8021
VANSTONE0.7676245.6621
ANDREW0.7676245.5487
PASSMORE0.7676244.8430
HACKER0.7676235.0877
TICKLE0.7676229.3255
JORDON0.7676229.2398
STEED0.7676227.2480
COLES0.7676226.3653
BRIGHT0.7676225.9572

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 762 people called DARING in Northlew 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 1428.5714 in Northlew means that 1428.5714% of the people in Northlew on census day were called DARING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DARING 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 DARING 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 DARING 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 DARING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Northlew means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DARING in Northlew than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Northlew in 1881

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

ADAMS (22)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREW (11)  BADGE (1)  BAKER (3)  BALKWILL (1)  BATER (8)  BICKLE (7)  BLATCHFORD (20)  BOOARD (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BREYLEY (13)  BRIGHT (4)  BROOKING (9)  BROCK (2)  BURRIDGE (5)  BUSE (1)  CHOWINS (3)  COLES (7)  COLLIHOLE (1)  COOPER (5)  COWLES (4)  CROCKER (6)  CUMMINS (1)  CURTIS (27)  CURTICE (5)  DARING (1)  DAVIS (2)  DENNIS (11)  DOWN (31)  DREADON (5)  DUFTY (10)  ELLACOTT (6)  ENGLAND (4)  EVELY (23)  FRIEND (31)  GAY (13)  GILL (1)  GLANVILL (1)  GLASS (37)  GLOYN (9)  GODDARD (7)  JORDAN (5)  JORDON (1)  GRATTEN (6)  GRATTON (8)  GUEST (1)  HACKER (1)  HARRY (9)  HARWOOD (1)  HATHERLEY (1)  HEGGADON (9)  HAYWOOD (1)  HICKS (7)  HILL (7)  HUCKER (1)  HORN (1)  HORRELL (10)  HUNKIN (3)  HUTCHINGS (7)  JODAN (3)  KENT (1)  KIMBER (5)  LASHBROOK (5)  LITTLEJOHNS (8)  LOBB (7)  MARTIN (22)  MAY (9)  MAYNARD (12)  MEDLAND (12)  MILLS (4)  MOYSE (6)  MUIRHEAD (4)  NORTHAM (3)  NORTHCOTT (8)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PASSMORE (2)  PELLOW (6)  PINCOMBE (4)  PLEARE (1)  QUICK (1)  RUNDLE (1)  SANDERS (4)  SHABBROOK (1)  SHELLABEAR (12)  SHOBBROOK (14)  SMALACOMBE (3)  SMALE (46)  SMALLCOMBE (1)  SOBEY (1)  SPEARE (5)  SQUIRE (6)  SQUIRES (1)  STANLICK (1)  STEED (1)  SWEET (1)  TOM (5)  TICKLE (1)  TREBBLE (1)  TRIBBLE (1)  TROUNSON (4)  TUCKER (1)  VALLANCE (10)  VANSTONE (1)  VOADEN (14)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (3)  WESTLAKE (7)  WOOD (12)  WOOLLCOMBE (1)  WOOLDRIDGE (19)  WOOLLAND (1)  WORDEN (13)  WORTH (4) 

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