Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rewe, Devon

Rewe 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
HARDING144.947068.36
RADFORD124.2403223.46
HUNT113.886929.26
HALFORD103.5336473.93
LITTLEJOHN93.1802656.93
WINSOR82.8269941.18
BROOK72.473564.16
BOWDEN72.473585.68
COOMBS72.4735146.44
POPE62.120161.54
MAY62.120133.30
MUTTERS62.120115,000.00
BLATCHFORD51.7668746.27
HALSE51.76681,190.48
TAPP51.7668413.22
MOSES51.7668173.01
BENDING51.76681,562.50
WHEATCROFT51.7668588.24
WARE51.7668107.53
BRIGHT51.766887.41
LOWMAN51.7668793.65
DAVEY51.766842.99
COLES41.413440.57
GRIBBLE41.4134392.16
SALISBURY41.4134142.35
ELSTON41.4134291.97
CROCKER41.4134105.26
HEALEY41.413486.58
BAKER41.41346.45
WEBBER41.413446.24
ARTHURS31.0601697.67
TAYLOR31.06011.66
DART20.7067151.52
HORSFORD20.7067689.66
CARTHEW20.7067689.66
NEWHALL20.70671,111.11
FROST20.706712.57
MOOR20.706750.38
ROBERTS10.35340.94
WILLIAMS10.35340.49
WARREN10.35345.29
NORMAN10.35347.62
WONNACOTT10.3534263.16
REED10.35344.84
LEWIS10.35341.34
PIKE10.353412.15
HALL10.35341.20
SMITH10.35340.25
MOORE10.35341.77
ROWE10.35346.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MUTTERS0.2828315000.0000
PERRIER0.282832000.0000
BENDING0.282831562.5000
HALSE0.282831190.4762
NEWHALL0.282831111.1111
WINSOR0.28283941.1765
LOWMAN0.28283793.6508
BLATCHFORD0.28283746.2687
ARTHURS0.28283697.6744
CARTHEW0.28283689.6552
HORSFORD0.28283689.6552
LITTLEJOHN0.28283656.9343
WHEATCROFT0.28283588.2353
HALFORD0.28283473.9336
TAPP0.28283413.2231
GRIBBLE0.28283392.1569
CARRELL0.28283384.6154
BODLEY0.28283312.5000
ELSTON0.28283291.9708
WONNACOTT0.28283263.1579
RADFORD0.28283223.4637
MOSES0.28283173.0104
DART0.28283151.5152
COOMBS0.28283146.4435
SALISBURY0.28283142.3488
WARE0.28283107.5269
CROCKER0.28283105.2632
BRIGHT0.2828387.4126
HEALEY0.2828386.5801
BOWDEN0.2828385.6793
HARDING0.2828368.3594
BROOK0.2828364.1613
POPE0.2828361.5385
MOOR0.2828350.3778
WEBBER0.2828346.2428
DAVEY0.2828342.9923
COLES0.2828340.5680
MAY0.2828333.2963
HUNT0.2828329.2631
BREWER0.2828313.3156
FROST0.2828312.5707
PIKE0.2828312.1507
NORMAN0.282837.6220
BAKER0.282836.4506
ROWE0.282836.2228
WARREN0.282835.2854
REED0.282834.8403
FISHER0.282833.0193
MOORE0.282831.7671
TAYLOR0.282831.6576

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 283 people called MUTTERS in Rewe 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 15000.0000 in Rewe means that 15000.0000% of the people in Rewe on census day were called MUTTERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MUTTERS 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 MUTTERS 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 MUTTERS 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 MUTTERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Rewe means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MUTTERS in Rewe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rewe in 1881

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

CARTHEW (2)  ARTHURS (3)  AYSH (1)  BAKER (4)  BENDING (5)  BLATCHFORD (5)  BODLEY (1)  BOWDEN (7)  BREWER (1)  BRIGHT (5)  BROOK (7)  CARRELL (1)  CLEAVE (7)  COLES (4)  COOMBS (7)  CROCKER (4)  DART (2)  DAVEY (5)  DOLLING (5)  ELSTON (4)  FISHER (1)  FLAY (7)  FLUDDER (1)  FROST (2)  GRIBBLE (4)  HALFORD (10)  HALL (1)  HALSE (5)  HARDING (14)  HATHERLEY (2)  HEALEY (4)  HEYWOND (4)  HORSFORD (2)  HUNT (11)  KENSTOLE (7)  LOARING (2)  LEWIS (1)  LEYWORTHY (1)  LITTLEJOHN (9)  LITTLEJOHNS (2)  LOWMAN (5)  MAY (6)  MELHUISH (6)  MODGERIDGE (2)  MOORE (1)  MOOR (2)  MOSES (5)  MUTTERS (6)  NEWHALL (2)  NORMAN (1)  OSWENT (10)  PIKE (1)  POPE (6)  PROTHERS (2)  PERRIER (1)  RADFORD (12)  REED (1)  ROBERTS (1)  ROWE (1)  ROUTLEY (1)  SALISBURY (4)  SETLER (1)  SMITH (1)  TAPP (5)  TAYLOR (3)  WARE (5)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (4)  WHEATCROFT (5)  WIPPELL (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINSOR (8)  WONNACOTT (1) 

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