Top surnames from the 1881 census in Romansleigh, Devon

Romansleigh 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
SAMPSON117.3826433.07
PARTRIDGE106.7114257.07
WEBBER96.0403197.80
ADAMS85.369136.43
WESTCOTT85.3691808.08
CARDER64.02682,307.69
SEXTON64.0268468.75
NOTT64.0268571.43
FORD42.684627.57
BUCKINGHAM42.6846201.01
LEY32.0134461.54
TURNER32.01347.23
NICHOLLS21.342325.71
WARREN21.342320.08
LAWRENCE21.342320.66
COLE21.342314.74
KEMPE21.34231,818.18
CHAPPLE10.671199.01
SKINNER10.671113.23
DIBBLE10.6711232.56
COLES10.671119.27
TOLLEY10.6711128.21
DRAKE10.671123.04
CROCKER10.671150.00
MAYNE10.6711113.64
WARD10.67113.07
THORNE10.671131.85
DOWN10.671155.87
COOKE10.671112.17
NICKOLLS10.6711526.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CARDER0.151492307.6923
KEMPE0.151491818.1818
WESTCOTT0.15149808.0808
NOTT0.15149571.4286
NICKOLLS0.15149526.3158
SEXTON0.15149468.7500
LEY0.15149461.5385
SAMPSON0.15149433.0709
PARTRIDGE0.15149257.0694
DIBBLE0.15149232.5581
BUCKINGHAM0.15149201.0050
WEBBER0.15149197.8022
TOLLEY0.15149128.2051
MAYNE0.15149113.6364
CHAPPLE0.1514999.0099
DOWN0.1514955.8659
CROCKER0.1514950.0000
ADAMS0.1514936.4299
THORNE0.1514931.8471
FORD0.1514927.5672
NICHOLLS0.1514925.7069
DRAKE0.1514923.0415
LAWRENCE0.1514920.6612
WARREN0.1514920.0803
COLES0.1514919.2678
COLE0.1514914.7384
SKINNER0.1514913.2275
COOKE0.1514912.1655
TURNER0.151497.2324
WARD0.151493.0722

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 149 people called CARDER in Romansleigh 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 2307.6923 in Romansleigh means that 2307.6923% of the people in Romansleigh on census day were called CARDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CARDER 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 CARDER 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 CARDER 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 CARDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Romansleigh means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CARDER in Romansleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Romansleigh in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  BLAITHWAYT (6)  BUCKINGHAM (4)  CARDER (6)  CAUSEWAY (1)  CHAPPLE (1)  COLE (2)  COLES (1)  COOKE (1)  CRANG (5)  CROCKER (1)  DIBBLE (1)  DOWN (1)  DRAKE (1)  FEWINGS (4)  FORD (4)  GREENSLADE (2)  HEADON (3)  HEXTABLE (1)  HUIFER (1)  KEMPE (2)  NOTT (6)  LAWRENCE (2)  LEY (3)  LETHERDON (1)  MAYNE (1)  NICHOLLS (2)  NICKOLLS (1)  PALFREMAN (3)  PARTRIDGE (10)  PEAGUN (7)  RIDD (1)  RIPPING (1)  SAMPSON (11)  SEXTON (6)  SHAPLAND (4)  SKINNER (1)  STADDON (1)  THORNE (1)  TOLLEY (1)  TUBLE (2)  TURNER (3)  VICARY (5)  WARD (1)  WARREN (2)  WEBBER (9)  WESTCOTT (8) 

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