Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spreyton, Devon

Spreyton 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
MARTIN153.916415.90
YEO133.3943643.56
LEE123.133219.17
CHOWN102.6110833.33
HILL92.34999.23
HENLEY92.3499307.17
ROWE92.349941.38
BROOK82.088854.16
COOPER71.82777.51
COOMBE71.8277338.16
WEBBER71.827759.83
SANDERS61.566634.56
WESTAWAY61.5666714.29
CANN61.5666169.01
HOWARD61.566615.97
WHITE61.56664.87
WONNACOTT61.56661,176.47
LONG61.566624.14
HARVEY51.305512.23
TOWNSEND51.305530.73
COLE51.305514.33
SAUDERS51.30557,142.86
KELLAWAY51.3055609.76
MOORE41.04445.22
WILSON41.04442.27
TUCKER41.044418.88
FROST41.044418.58
OSBORN41.044450.19
MANNING41.044432.84
HARRIS41.04444.11
REYNOLDS41.044412.06
LAMBERT41.044419.14
FOLLEY41.0444487.80
POTTER41.044416.10
SOBEY41.0444952.38
HEATHMAN41.04441,904.76
SEAWARD30.7833447.76
ISAAC30.783362.50
BAKER30.78333.57
BROCK20.522244.94
SEWARD20.522295.24
ABBOTT20.522211.84
RICE20.522216.82
JORDAN20.522211.82
HOLE20.522260.79
MARTIS20.522220,000.00
RODGERS20.522219.08
PALMER10.26112.21
INGERSON10.26111,000.00
COMBE10.2611114.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARTIS0.3838320000.0000
SAUDERS0.383837142.8571
HEATHMAN0.383831904.7619
WONNACOTT0.383831176.4706
INGERSON0.383831000.0000
SOBEY0.38383952.3810
CHOWN0.38383833.3333
WESTAWAY0.38383714.2857
YEO0.38383643.5644
KELLAWAY0.38383609.7561
FOLLEY0.38383487.8049
SEAWARD0.38383447.7612
REDSTONE0.38383344.8276
COOMBE0.38383338.1643
HENLEY0.38383307.1672
TRACE0.38383303.0303
CANN0.38383169.0141
COMBE0.38383114.9425
MEDLAND0.38383114.9425
SEWARD0.3838395.2381
HAMLIN0.3838389.2857
MUDGE0.3838386.2069
ISAAC0.3838362.5000
HOLE0.3838360.7903
WEBBER0.3838359.8291
DART0.3838356.1798
BROOK0.3838354.1638
OSBORN0.3838350.1882
BROCK0.3838344.9438
TOZER0.3838343.6681
ROWE0.3838341.3793
WESTLAKE0.3838336.1011
SANDERS0.3838334.5622
MANNING0.3838332.8407
TOWNSEND0.3838330.7314
COMPTON0.3838327.1003
LONG0.3838324.1449
BROOM0.3838321.1864
CROCKER0.3838319.4553
LEE0.3838319.1724
LAMBERT0.3838319.1388
RODGERS0.3838319.0840
TUCKER0.3838318.8768
FROST0.3838318.5787
BLACKMORE0.3838318.1159
RICE0.3838316.8209
POTTER0.3838316.1031
HOWARD0.3838315.9659
MARTIN0.3838315.8983
COLE0.3838314.3308

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 383 people called MARTIS in Spreyton 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 20000.0000 in Spreyton means that 20000.0000% of the people in Spreyton on census day were called MARTIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARTIS 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 MARTIS 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 MARTIS 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 MARTIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Spreyton means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARTIS in Spreyton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Spreyton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  BAKER (3)  BALLISHILL (6)  BALLAMY (1)  BLACKMORE (1)  BRIDHAM (1)  BROCK (2)  BROOK (8)  BROOM (1)  BROWN (1)  BULL (1)  COLLACOTT (4)  CANN (6)  CHOWN (10)  COLE (5)  COMBE (1)  COMMEBEER (3)  COMPTON (1)  COOMBE (7)  CUME (1)  COOPER (7)  CROCKER (1)  DART (1)  DAVEY (1)  DELVE (8)  ENDACOTT (6)  FOLLY (4)  FOLLEY (4)  FROST (4)  JORDAN (2)  HAMLIN (1)  HARRIS (4)  HARVEY (5)  HEATHMAN (4)  HENLEY (9)  HILL (9)  HONEYCHURCH (4)  HOPKING (7)  HOWARD (6)  HOLE (2)  INGERSON (1)  ISAAC (3)  KELLAWAY (5)  KNAPMAN (3)  LAMBERT (4)  LEE (12)  LEWES (3)  LONG (6)  MANNING (4)  MARTIS (2)  MARTIN (15)  MEDLAND (1)  MIDDLEWEEK (1)  MOORE (4)  MUDGE (1)  NANSTONE (4)  OSBORN (4)  PALMER (1)  PEURSE (7)  POTTER (4)  POWESLAND (5)  POWLESLAND (2)  RATTENBURY (3)  REDSTONE (1)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (4)  RICE (2)  RODGERS (2)  ROWE (9)  SAUDERS (5)  SANDERS (6)  SEAWARD (3)  SEWARD (2)  SHARLAND (5)  SHILLSON (9)  SLAMAN (3)  SOBEY (4)  STOWARD (7)  SUFFER (5)  TOWNSEND (5)  TOZER (1)  TRACE (1)  TREMLET (7)  TUCKER (4)  TURNER (1)  WEBBER (7)  WESTAWAY (6)  WESTLAKE (1)  WHITE (6)  WILSON (4)  WONNACOTT (6)  WONNICOTT (1)  WORSECOTT (1)  WREDFORD (1)  YEO (13)  YOLLAND (1) 

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