Top surnames from the 1881 census in Walkhampton, Devon

Walkhampton 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
EVA345.84192,786.89
GILES274.6392121.73
WILLIAMS172.92104.07
WESTLAKE172.9210402.84
WARNE142.4055329.41
PEARSE142.4055226.17
PENGELLY132.2337522.09
WEEKS132.2337104.33
BROWN111.89002.87
ADAMS101.718211.66
CORNISH91.5464107.14
ARTHUR91.546470.98
MOORE91.54647.73
COOPER81.37465.65
MADDOCK81.3746150.38
WONNACOTT81.37461,025.64
ROWE81.374624.21
COLE81.374615.09
BORDER81.37461,632.65
GILL81.374619.43
WHITE81.37464.28
WALKER71.20273.59
FREEMANTLE71.2027514.71
PERKINS71.202726.74
HOCKING71.2027147.37
SLOMAN71.2027564.52
WORTH71.2027133.84
HILSON61.03091,016.95
PIPER61.030952.17
SOUTHCOTT61.0309600.00
GRAY61.03097.22
STEVENS61.03099.87
RICH61.030982.30
VEALE61.0309239.04
IRISH61.0309352.94
ROOK61.0309150.75
BAKER50.85913.92
BUTLAND50.8591769.23
SPRY50.8591290.70
HANNAFORD50.8591186.57
FRENCH40.687314.08
NOSWORTHY40.6873625.00
MADGE40.6873217.39
HEAD40.687328.23
EASTERBROOK40.6873240.96
BLATCHFORD40.6873287.77
STANCOMBE30.5155714.29
BOWDEN30.515517.87
SARGENT30.515533.48
CROCKER30.515538.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EVA0.585822786.8852
BORDER0.585821632.6531
WONNACOTT0.585821025.6410
HILSON0.585821016.9492
BUTLAND0.58582769.2308
STANCOMBE0.58582714.2857
NOSWORTHY0.58582625.0000
SOUTHCOTT0.58582600.0000
UDY0.58582571.4286
SLOMAN0.58582564.5161
HANNS0.58582526.3158
PENGELLY0.58582522.0884
FREEMANTLE0.58582514.7059
JEFFRY0.58582447.7612
WESTLAKE0.58582402.8436
IRISH0.58582352.9412
WARNE0.58582329.4118
SPRY0.58582290.6977
BLATCHFORD0.58582287.7698
EASTERBROOK0.58582240.9639
VEALE0.58582239.0438
LANGMAN0.58582227.2727
PEARSE0.58582226.1712
MADGE0.58582217.3913
HANNAFORD0.58582186.5672
BICKLE0.58582161.2903
ROOK0.58582150.7538
MADDOCK0.58582150.3759
HOCKING0.58582147.3684
MORTIMORE0.58582136.9863
WORTH0.58582133.8432
GILES0.58582121.7313
GALES0.58582112.3596
TUCKETT0.58582107.5269
CORNISH0.58582107.1429
WEEKS0.58582104.3339
HAMMETT0.58582103.0928
WARN0.5858294.3396
LAVIS0.5858289.2857
DONEY0.5858287.7193
RICH0.5858282.3045
LOWMAN0.5858276.9231
FAIRCHILD0.5858276.3359
ARTHUR0.5858270.9779
PROUT0.5858269.2042
CARNE0.5858261.7284
PIPER0.5858252.1739
FRIEND0.5858245.4545
STONEMAN0.5858242.1941
BEAVIS0.5858242.0168

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 582 people called EVA in Walkhampton 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 2786.8852 in Walkhampton means that 2786.8852% of the people in Walkhampton on census day were called EVA.

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

All the surnames recorded in Walkhampton in 1881

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

ADAMS (10)  ARTHUR (9)  ARVILE (1)  BAKER (5)  BARONS (3)  BEAVIS (1)  BELLAMY (1)  BICKLE (2)  BLATCHFORD (4)  BLOWEY (1)  BORDER (8)  BOWDEN (3)  BROWN (11)  BURNE (2)  BUTLAND (5)  CARNE (1)  CHUBB (1)  CLOGG (3)  COLE (8)  COOPER (8)  CORNISH (9)  COWLERY (1)  CREBER (CREABER) (16)  CREBER (9)  CREABER (1)  CROCKER (3)  DAVEY (3)  DAVY (1)  DONEY (1)  EASTERBROOK (4)  EVA (34)  FAIRCHILD (1)  FREEMANTLE (7)  FRENCH (4)  FRIEND (3)  FUGE (8)  GAUMAN (1)  GENDLE (1)  GILES (27)  GILL (8)  GRAY (6)  HAMLYN (13)  HAMMETT (2)  HAMOUTH (1)  HANNS (1)  HANNAFORD (5)  HOCKING (7)  HEAD (4)  HEXT (11)  HICKS (1)  HILSON (6)  HODDER (1)  HOLLAND (1)  IRISH (6)  JEFFRY (3)  KIVILL (1)  LENDEN (1)  LANGMAN (2)  LAVIS (1)  LITTLEJOHNS (1)  FLOYD (2)  LONDON (1)  LOWMAN (1)  LUSCOMBE (1)  MADDOCK (8)  MADGE (4)  MAYNE (1)  MARTIN (2)  MEADEW (1)  MOORE (9)  MORTIMORE (3)  MOSES (1)  NORRISH (5)  NORTHMORE (1)  NOSWORTHY (4)  PALMER (1)  PEARCE (2)  PEARSE (14)  PENGELLY (13)  PERKINS (7)  PERKIN (1)  PIPER (6)  PROUT (2)  RUNDLE (1)  RICH (6)  ROBERTS (1)  ROOK (6)  ROWE (8)  SARGENT (3)  SANDERS (3)  SHILLIBEER (2)  SYMONS (1)  SLOMAN (7)  SNELL (2)  SOUTHCOTT (6)  SOUTHGATE (1)  SPRY (5)  SPURRELL (4)  STANCOMBE (3)  STANSCOMBE (2)  STEVENS (6)  STEPHENS (1)  STONEMAN (1)  TREBLE (4)  TUCKETT (1)  VEALE (6)  VIGARS (1)  WALKER (7)  GALES (1)  WALTERS (2)  WARNE (14)  WARN (1)  WATKINS (3)  WEEKS (13)  WESTLAKE (17)  WHITE (8)  WILLCOCKS (4)  WILLIAM (1)  WILLIAMS (17)  WINN (1)  WONNACOTT (8)  WORTH (7)  YELLAND (2)  UDY (2) 

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