Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shute, Devon

Shute 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
TRIVETT315.35414,492.75
LOUD233.97244,339.62
TREVETT203.45422,150.54
SPRAGUE193.28151,417.91
WHITE162.76348.60
DARE142.4180560.00
HARDING142.418033.40
BOARD132.2453604.65
FROST122.072536.87
SMITH111.89981.35
MOSS111.899830.82
BOND101.727132.63
PARTRIDGE101.727166.09
FARRANT91.5544262.39
SOMERS81.3817408.16
CARTER81.38178.23
POTTER81.381721.30
HALL71.20904.11
HOSKINS71.2090123.89
COX71.20907.98
FLOOD71.2090137.80
PARKER61.03635.45
MOREY61.0363315.79
HARVEY61.03639.71
VINCENT61.036333.22
BISHOP61.036314.83
NEWBERY61.0363359.28
WAKLEY61.03631,224.49
GILLINGHAM61.0363231.66
NEWTON61.036313.52
HOYLE50.863637.43
DENNING50.8636225.23
PETERS50.863624.63
SNELL50.863645.62
SWETLAND50.863616,666.67
SPILLER50.8636151.98
HURFORD50.8636316.46
PARRETT50.8636423.73
QUICK50.863677.04
PHIPPEN50.8636694.44
BLACKMORE40.690847.96
GILL40.69089.76
HILL40.69082.71
GRIFFIN40.690814.68
BATTEN30.518156.18
CHOWN30.5181165.75
WEBSTER30.51815.96
WOODMAN30.518146.88
PERRYMAN30.5181143.54
BENNETT30.51813.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWETLAND0.5857916666.6667
TRIVETT0.585794492.7536
LOUD0.585794339.6226
DELLING0.585792500.0000
TREVETT0.585792150.5376
SPRAGUE0.585791417.9104
WAKLEY0.585791224.4898
PHIPPEN0.58579694.4444
BOARD0.58579604.6512
DARE0.58579560.0000
HOLWAY0.58579500.0000
PARRETT0.58579423.7288
SOMERS0.58579408.1633
NEWBERY0.58579359.2814
CLOUD0.58579333.3333
HURFORD0.58579316.4557
MOREY0.58579315.7895
HOPPING0.58579263.1579
FARRANT0.58579262.3907
GILLINGHAM0.58579231.6602
DENNING0.58579225.2252
CHOWN0.58579165.7459
STRAWBRIDGE0.58579163.9344
SPILLER0.58579151.9757
PERRYMAN0.58579143.5407
FLOOD0.58579137.7953
SWEETLAND0.58579135.1351
DICKER0.58579132.1586
DOBB0.58579131.5789
HOSKINS0.58579123.8938
STUDLEY0.58579119.0476
PUGSLEY0.58579112.3596
VIVIAN0.58579111.5242
HEAL0.5857997.4026
NOTLEY0.5857992.5926
SANFORD0.5857992.5926
QUICK0.5857977.0416
BUCKNELL0.5857968.0272
PARTRIDGE0.5857966.0939
RUST0.5857965.5738
IRISH0.5857959.1716
CAPEL0.5857958.4795
BATTEN0.5857956.1798
COPP0.5857954.0541
BLACKMORE0.5857947.9616
WOODMAN0.5857946.8750
SNELL0.5857945.6204
PAVEY0.5857940.3226
HOYLE0.5857937.4251
FROST0.5857936.8664

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 579 people called SWETLAND in Shute 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 16666.6667 in Shute means that 16666.6667% of the people in Shute on census day were called SWETLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SWETLAND 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 SWETLAND 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 SWETLAND 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 SWETLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Shute means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SWETLAND in Shute than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shute in 1881

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

BADCOCK (1)  BALKWILL (1)  BATTEN (3)  BAZLEY (6)  BENNETT (3)  BISHOP (6)  BLACKMORE (4)  BOARD (13)  BOND (10)  BROWN (2)  BUCKNELL (1)  CAMP (1)  CARTER (8)  CAPEL (1)  CHOWN (3)  CLADE (3)  CLODE (2)  CLOUD (1)  COLE (2)  COPP (1)  COX (7)  CRITCHETT (1)  CROSSE (1)  DARE (14)  DAVEY (1)  DELLING (1)  DENNING (5)  DICKER (3)  DOBB (1)  DOLLUING (3)  DOMMETT (10)  ENTICOTT (1)  FARRANT (9)  FLOOD (7)  FROOM (14)  FROST (12)  GAMMOM (1)  GILL (4)  GILLINGHAM (6)  GRIFFIN (4)  HALL (7)  HARDING (14)  HARVEY (6)  HEAL (3)  HENLEY (1)  HILL (4)  HOARE (3)  HOLWAY (2)  HOOPER (2)  HOPPING (1)  HOSKINS (7)  HOYLE (5)  HURFORD (5)  IRISH (1)  GEFFERY (1)  JOHNCELINE (2)  LARCOMBE (7)  LOOSEMORE (1)  LOUD (23)  MAYNE (1)  MARWOOD (6)  MOREY (6)  MOSS (11)  NEWBERY (6)  NEWBURY (1)  NEWTON (6)  NOTLEY (1)  PARKER (6)  PARRETT (5)  PARTRIDGE (10)  PAVEY (1)  PERRYMAN (3)  PETERS (5)  PHIPPEN (5)  POTTER (8)  PUGSLEY (2)  QUICK (5)  RAPSEY (2)  RESTARICK (9)  RICE (1)  RITCHARD (5)  RUST (2)  SALTER (1)  SOLWAY (19)  SANFORD (1)  SLADE (1)  SMITH (11)  SNELL (5)  SOUTHBY (4)  SPARKES (1)  SPARKS (1)  SPEAR (1)  SPILLER (5)  SPRAGUE (19)  SPURWAY (5)  STILLING (3)  STYLING (1)  STOKES (1)  STRAWBRIDGE (1)  STUDLEY (1)  SOMERS (8)  SWEETLAND (1)  SWETLAND (5)  TREVETT (20)  TRIVETT (31)  TURL (11)  TYPE (2)  VINCENT (6)  VIVIAN (3)  WAKLEY (6)  WARRY (4)  WEBSTER (3)  WHITE (16)  WOODMAN (3) 

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