Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stoodleigh, Devon

Stoodleigh 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
BOWERS245.4545298.88
CHANNING173.86361,976.74
BURNETT143.1818115.04
BARRELL122.7273718.56
HANCOCK112.500054.95
STEVENS112.500023.95
ESCOTT102.2727813.01
HOW92.0455313.59
VEYSEY92.04552,195.12
BARNES81.818215.11
COLE81.818219.96
LUXTON81.8182410.26
KNOWLES71.590929.79
LANGDON71.5909204.68
GARDENER71.590988.61
HEARD71.5909149.57
SHORT61.363634.90
MARLEY61.3636235.29
BLAKE61.363628.16
WOOD61.36364.28
SLADER61.36362,000.00
REEKS61.3636882.35
PERRY61.363618.54
FRISBY61.3636315.79
TUCKEY61.3636674.16
MORRISH51.1364285.71
COMMINS51.13641,136.36
GALE51.136437.94
HILL51.13644.46
FOSS51.1364581.40
POOLE51.136423.58
BURROWS51.136425.96
HAGLEY51.13641,136.36
NORTHAM51.1364617.28
GIBBONS51.136435.36
COLLINS51.13647.92
ASHTON51.136423.19
BROMFIELD51.1364485.44
DREW40.909134.42
WILKINS40.909120.57
CARPENTER40.909126.51
BURNET40.9091248.45
NASH40.909119.71
BOWDEN40.909131.50
PATTINSON30.681876.14
SQUIRES30.681848.15
GOODLAND20.4545363.64
ARTHURS20.4545298.51
BROCK20.454539.14
CHUGG20.4545714.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VEYSEY0.444402195.1220
SLADER0.444402000.0000
CHANNING0.444401976.7442
COMMINS0.444401136.3636
HAGLEY0.444401136.3636
REEKS0.44440882.3529
ESCOTT0.44440813.0081
BARRELL0.44440718.5629
CHUGG0.44440714.2857
TUCKEY0.44440674.1573
YANDLE0.44440625.0000
NORTHAM0.44440617.2840
FOSS0.44440581.3953
BROMFIELD0.44440485.4369
LUXTON0.44440410.2564
HEMING0.44440384.6154
GOODLAND0.44440363.6364
FRISBY0.44440315.7895
HOW0.44440313.5889
BOWERS0.44440298.8792
ARTHURS0.44440298.5075
MORRISH0.44440285.7143
BURNET0.44440248.4472
MARLEY0.44440235.2941
VENNER0.44440229.8851
WESTAWAY0.44440206.1856
LANGDON0.44440204.6784
HEARD0.44440149.5726
MEYER0.44440139.8601
BURNETT0.44440115.0370
MALLET0.44440112.3596
SLOMAN0.44440107.5269
BANBURY0.4444095.2381
HILLYARD0.4444089.2857
GARDENER0.4444088.6076
BACK0.4444085.1064
PATTINSON0.4444076.1421
HANCOCK0.4444054.9451
CANN0.4444049.0196
SQUIRES0.4444048.1541
ROW0.4444044.2478
BROCK0.4444039.1389
GALE0.4444037.9363
GIBBONS0.4444035.3607
BUTT0.4444035.2113
SHORT0.4444034.9040
DREW0.4444034.4234
SNOW0.4444033.6134
BURRIDGE0.4444033.5570
BOWDEN0.4444031.4961

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 440 people called VEYSEY in Stoodleigh 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 2195.1220 in Stoodleigh means that 2195.1220% of the people in Stoodleigh on census day were called VEYSEY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Stoodleigh in 1881

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

ARTHURS (2)  ASHTON (5)  BACK (2)  BANBURY (1)  BARNES (8)  BEEDELL (17)  BERRY (2)  BISHOP (1)  BLAKE (6)  BOWDEN (4)  BOWERS (24)  BROCK (2)  BROMFIELD (5)  BURNET (4)  BURNETT (14)  BARRELL (12)  BURRIDGE (1)  BURROWS (5)  BUSTOWE (1)  BUTT (2)  CANN (2)  CARPENTER (4)  CHANING (1)  CHANNING (17)  CHERITON (1)  CHUGG (2)  CLATWORTHY (1)  COLE (8)  COLLINS (5)  CROOK (1)  COMMINS (5)  CURTIS (2)  DREW (4)  DUNN (1)  ESCOTT (10)  EVELEY (5)  FARLEY (1)  FISHER (1)  FLEY (1)  FOSS (5)  FRISBY (6)  FROST (2)  GALE (5)  GARDENER (7)  GARNSWORTHY (2)  GIBBONS (5)  GLOYNS (1)  GOODLAND (2)  GOVIER (1)  GRAY (1)  GREENSLADE (8)  GUBB (3)  HAGLEY (5)  HANCOCK (11)  HASTINGS (1)  HEARD (7)  HEMING (2)  HAYWOOD (1)  HILL (5)  HILLYARD (1)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HODGE (1)  HOLMES (1)  HORNE (1)  HOW (9)  ISAACS (1)  CASE (1)  KNOWLES (7)  LAKE (1)  LANGDON (7)  LEIGH (1)  LUXTON (8)  MALLET (1)  MARLEY (6)  MAY (1)  MORRISH (5)  MOGFORD (4)  MEYER (2)  NASH (4)  NORTHAM (5)  PATTINSON (3)  PERRY (6)  PINKCOMBE (2)  POOK (4)  POOLE (5)  POUNSFORD (1)  REEKS (6)  REED (2)  ROOCKLEY (1)  ROW (1)  SALISBURY (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SEDGEBEER (1)  SHORT (6)  SKINNER (1)  SLADER (6)  SLOMAN (1)  SMITH (1)  SNELL (1)  SNOW (2)  SQUIRES (3)  STEVENS (11)  TUCKEY (6)  VEYSEY (9)  VENNER (2)  WEBBER (2)  WESTAWAY (2)  WILKINS (4)  WILLIAMS (2)  WOOD (6)  WRIGHT (1)  YANDLE (1)  YEANDLE (1) 

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