Top surnames from the 1881 census in Payhembury, Devon

Payhembury 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
HARRIS173.890215.31
ROWE132.974852.38
LOVERING122.74601,600.00
DANIELS112.517280.12
BROOM102.2883185.53
FRANKS81.8307146.79
NEWBERY81.8307634.92
SALTER71.601870.07
COLLIER71.601847.91
PEARCY71.6018843.37
AYRES71.6018115.32
HERFORD71.60184,117.65
LANE71.601823.24
GRIFFIN71.601834.05
SAUNDERS71.601817.47
DAVEY61.373033.39
GRANGER61.3730134.23
MATHEWS61.373037.17
PRATT61.373023.89
BASTIN61.3730517.24
BAKER61.37306.27
BLACKMORE51.144279.49
SANFORD51.1442617.28
EVELEIGH51.1442409.84
BURROWS51.144226.14
GLANVILLE51.1442277.78
EVANS51.14422.62
WEBBER40.915329.96
RADFORD40.915348.25
WARREN40.915313.69
VENN40.9153202.02
HOLE40.9153106.67
WOOD40.91532.87
CARTER40.91535.45
WHITE30.68652.14
MOON30.686532.54
RICE30.686522.11
MADGE30.6865217.39
LEY30.6865157.07
GRAINGER30.686544.64
MILTON30.686549.83
DUNSTER30.6865254.24
WRIGHT30.68652.14
MARKER30.6865789.47
ALFORD20.457753.76
HILL20.45771.80
DRAKE20.457715.71
CAPE20.4577180.18
RUTTER20.457730.03
MARKS20.457722.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HERFORD0.444374117.6471
LOVERING0.444371600.0000
COSLEY0.444371428.5714
BERMINGHAM0.444371176.4706
PEARCY0.44437843.3735
MARKER0.44437789.4737
NEWBERY0.44437634.9206
SANFORD0.44437617.2840
WIDE0.44437526.3158
DENNER0.44437526.3158
BASTIN0.44437517.2414
HAYMES0.44437476.1905
EVELEIGH0.44437409.8361
SHEPERD0.44437344.8276
BAGWELL0.44437277.7778
GLANVILLE0.44437277.7778
WAKLEY0.44437270.2703
DUNSTER0.44437254.2373
MADGE0.44437217.3913
HATTEN0.44437212.7660
VENN0.44437202.0202
BROOM0.44437185.5288
CAPE0.44437180.1802
APLIN0.44437165.2893
LEY0.44437157.0681
NORTHCOTE0.44437156.2500
FRANKS0.44437146.7890
GRANGER0.44437134.2282
AYRES0.44437115.3213
HOLE0.44437106.6667
PEEK0.4443786.9565
DANIELS0.4443780.1165
BLACKMORE0.4443779.4913
SALTER0.4443770.0701
PYLE0.4443756.1798
ALFORD0.4443753.7634
ROWE0.4443752.3771
MADDOCK0.4443750.1253
MILTON0.4443749.8339
RADFORD0.4443748.2509
COLLIER0.4443747.9124
GRAINGER0.4443744.6429
COLLARD0.4443737.5940
MATHEWS0.4443737.1747
GRIFFIN0.4443734.0467
DAVEY0.4443733.3890
MOON0.4443732.5380
RUTTER0.4443730.0300
WEBBER0.4443729.9625
ISAACS0.4443726.5957

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 437 people called HERFORD in Payhembury 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 4117.6471 in Payhembury means that 4117.6471% of the people in Payhembury on census day were called HERFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HERFORD 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 HERFORD 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 HERFORD 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 HERFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Payhembury means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HERFORD in Payhembury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Payhembury in 1881

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

ALFORD (2)  APLIN (2)  BAGWELL (1)  BAKER (6)  BALL (1)  BAMBURY (5)  BARTLETT (1)  BATTEN (1)  BASTIN (6)  BICKNALL (1)  BERMINGHAM (2)  BISHOP (1)  BLACKMORE (5)  BOVETT (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BRIDLE (1)  BROOM (10)  BROWN (1)  BURGOIN (5)  BURROWS (5)  CALLARD (8)  CAPE (2)  CARTER (4)  SHADDICK (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAY (1)  COLLARD (1)  COLLIER (7)  COOK (2)  COSLEY (1)  COX (1)  CRUWYS (4)  CUMMINGS (1)  DANIELS (11)  DAVEY (6)  DENNER (2)  DOMMETT (13)  DRAKE (2)  DREW (1)  DRULLER (1)  DUNSTER (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLICOTE (2)  EVANS (5)  EVELEIGH (5)  AYRES (7)  FRANKS (8)  GIGG (7)  GLANVIL (8)  GLANVILLE (5)  GRANGER (6)  GRAINGER (3)  GRENDON (1)  GRIFFIN (7)  HAYMES (1)  HARDING (1)  HURLEY (1)  HARNELL (1)  HARRIS (17)  HARRISON (1)  HATTEN (1)  HILL (2)  HOOKWAY (3)  HOOPER (1)  HORWELL (2)  HOLE (4)  HERFORD (7)  ISAACS (1)  JEFFERY (JEFERY) (2)  JEFFERY (1)  JEFERY (JEFFERY) (2)  LAKE (1)  LANE (7)  LEY (3)  LOCKYEAR (4)  LOMMAN (3)  LOOSEMORE (1)  LOOSEMOORE (1)  LOVERING (12)  MADDICK (1)  MADDOCK (2)  MADGE (3)  MARKER (3)  MARKS (2)  MATTHEWS (2)  MATHEWS (6)  MIFFLING (2)  MESSITOR (2)  MILTON (3)  MOON (3)  NEWBERY (8)  NORTHCOTE (1)  PALMER (1)  PAUL (1)  PEEK (1)  PEARCY (7)  PYLE (1)  PORTER (1)  PRATT (6)  PYM (6)  RADFORD (4)  RATTENBURY (2)  RICE (3)  ROWE (13)  RUTTER (2)  SALTER (7)  SANFORD (5)  SAUNDERS (7)  SANDERS (2)  SCADDING (6)  SEARLE (2)  SHEPERD (1)  SNELL (1)  STREET (1)  TUCKER (1)  VENN (4)  VENICOMBE (12)  WAKLEY (1)  WARE (1)  WARREN (4)  WEBBER (4)  WHITE (3)  WIDE (1)  WILLS (1)  WOOD (4)  WRIGHT (3)  WRONKMORE (1) 

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