Top surnames from the 1881 census in Twitchen, Devon

Twitchen 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
BUCKINGHAM2512.1951915.75
THORNE178.2927393.52
TAPP157.31711,704.55
MILTON125.8537424.03
BLACKFORD94.39021,216.22
PASSMORE94.3902750.00
SANDERS83.902486.11
DOWN73.4146284.55
BALE52.4390324.68
DELBRIDGE52.43902,380.95
BAKER41.95128.90
COLLINS41.951213.60
KINGDON41.9512625.00
HILL41.95127.66
KERSLAKE31.4634441.18
BRYANT20.975622.83
DART20.9756210.53
CHAMBERLAIN20.975635.84
SMITH20.97560.69
AYRE20.9756173.91
ESCOTT20.9756350.88
ABBOTT10.487811.06
PALMER10.48784.14
CHAPPLE10.487871.94
WATTS10.48785.82
GOUGH10.487816.64
SOUTHWOOD10.4878166.67
PRIEST10.487837.31
HUTCHINGS10.487825.97
BRIDGE10.487824.10
GEEN10.4878454.55
BERRY10.48786.15
DENNY10.487858.14
BRAYLEY10.4878454.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DELBRIDGE0.212052380.9524
TAPP0.212051704.5455
BLACKFORD0.212051216.2162
BUCKINGHAM0.21205915.7509
PASSMORE0.21205750.0000
KINGDON0.21205625.0000
GEEN0.21205454.5455
BRAYLEY0.21205454.5455
KERSLAKE0.21205441.1765
MILTON0.21205424.0283
THORNE0.21205393.5185
ESCOTT0.21205350.8772
BALE0.21205324.6753
DOWN0.21205284.5528
DART0.21205210.5263
AYRE0.21205173.9130
SOUTHWOOD0.21205166.6667
SANDERS0.2120586.1141
CHAPPLE0.2120571.9424
DENNY0.2120558.1395
PRIEST0.2120537.3134
CHAMBERLAIN0.2120535.8423
HUTCHINGS0.2120525.9740
BRIDGE0.2120524.0964
BRYANT0.2120522.8311
GOUGH0.2120516.6389
COLLINS0.2120513.5962
ABBOTT0.2120511.0619
BAKER0.212058.9047
HILL0.212057.6614
BERRY0.212056.1463
WATTS0.212055.8173
PALMER0.212054.1391
SMITH0.212050.6910

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 205 people called DELBRIDGE in Twitchen 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 2380.9524 in Twitchen means that 2380.9524% of the people in Twitchen on census day were called DELBRIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DELBRIDGE 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 DELBRIDGE 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 DELBRIDGE 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 DELBRIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Twitchen means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DELBRIDGE in Twitchen than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Twitchen in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  BAKER (4)  BALE (5)  BELMOND (1)  BERRY (1)  BLACKFORD (9)  BRAYLEY (1)  BRIDGE (1)  BRYANT (2)  BUCKINGHAM (25)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  CHAPPLE (1)  CLATWORTHY (3)  COLLINS (4)  CONGRAM (1)  DART (2)  DASCOMBE (6)  DELBRIDGE (5)  DENNY (1)  DOWNMAN (1)  DOWN (7)  ESCOTT (2)  AYRE (2)  FOXFORD (1)  GOUGH (1)  GREENSLADE (3)  GRIMSHIRE (1)  HILL (4)  HUTCHINGS (1)  GEEN (1)  KERSLAKE (3)  KINGDON (4)  LYDDON (7)  MILTON (12)  OXENHAM (3)  PALMER (1)  PASSMORE (9)  PHILPOTS (9)  PRIEST (1)  RIDD (1)  SANDERS (8)  SHAPLAND (5)  SHILES (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  TAMLYN (3)  TAPP (15)  THORNE (17)  VICARY (2)  WATTS (1)  YELLAND (1) 

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