Top surnames from the 1881 census in Nymett Rowland, Devon

Nymett Rowland 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
GIBBINGS1516.129011,538.46
BURROW1010.75271,562.50
DOWN88.6022714.29
LUXTON77.52691,707.32
WEBBER77.5269246.48
DREW44.3011162.60
SNELL44.3011227.27
PARTRIDGE44.3011164.61
WELLINGTON44.3011909.09
FARLEY33.2258256.41
GALLON33.22581,304.35
SHORT11.075327.55
BOND11.075320.33
PEARSE11.0753101.01
HAMMETT11.0753322.58
WHITE11.07533.35
FOLLEY11.0753500.00
ROOKS11.0753500.00
SMITH11.07530.76
RICE11.075334.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GIBBINGS0.099311538.4615
LUXTON0.09931707.3171
BURROW0.09931562.5000
GALLON0.09931304.3478
WELLINGTON0.0993909.0909
DOWN0.0993714.2857
FOLLEY0.0993500.0000
ROOKS0.0993500.0000
HAMMETT0.0993322.5806
FARLEY0.0993256.4103
WEBBER0.0993246.4789
SNELL0.0993227.2727
PARTRIDGE0.0993164.6091
DREW0.0993162.6016
PEARSE0.0993101.0101
RICE0.099334.6021
SHORT0.099327.5482
BOND0.099320.3252
WHITE0.09933.3456
SMITH0.09930.7616

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 93 people called GIBBINGS in Nymett Rowland 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 11538.4615 in Nymett Rowland means that 11538.4615% of the people in Nymett Rowland on census day were called GIBBINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GIBBINGS 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 GIBBINGS 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 GIBBINGS 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 GIBBINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Nymett Rowland means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GIBBINGS in Nymett Rowland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Nymett Rowland in 1881

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

BOND (1)  BURROW (10)  CREBER (1)  DOWN (8)  DREW (4)  FARLEY (3)  FOLLEY (1)  GALLON (3)  GIBBINGS (15)  GUTTERES (1)  HAMMETT (1)  LEAWORTHY (1)  LUXTON (7)  PADDON (3)  PARTRIDGE (4)  PEARSE (1)  RICE (1)  ROOKES (6)  ROOKS (1)  SHORT (1)  DE SCHMID (3)  SMITH (1)  SNELL (4)  WEBBER (7)  WELLINGTON (4)  WHITE (1) 

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