Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Putford, Devon

West Putford 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
HARRIS187.758630.53
WALTER177.3276478.87
MILLMAN114.74141,718.75
ARNOLD104.310379.94
JENKIN93.8793491.80
JOHNS93.8793150.25
ALLIN73.01721,320.75
LANE73.017243.78
VANSTONE73.01721,044.78
BROCK62.5862222.22
CANN52.1552232.56
JONES52.15521.90
LEWIS41.72416.56
WILLIAMS41.72412.40
GUY41.724178.74
BLIGHT41.7241380.95
CHUBB41.7241310.08
COLWELL31.2931400.00
COTTLE31.2931263.16
WICKETT31.29311,200.00
CORNISH20.862159.70
GIFFORD20.862199.01
BRAUND20.8621408.16
DANIEL20.862138.99
HARDING20.862111.91
ROW20.8621168.07
PARSONS20.862111.35
HANCOCK20.862118.94
GRIGG20.8621131.58
JEWELL20.862181.97
REES10.43104.96
BAILEY10.43102.86
PALMER10.43103.66
HALLET10.4310357.14
WESTAWAY10.4310196.08
SQUIRE10.431036.36
SANDERS10.43109.51
BAYLY10.4310294.12
COWPER10.431098.04
PRIDHAM10.4310270.27
MOOR10.431030.77
GARRY10.4310238.10
SHORT10.431011.04
CROSS10.43106.26
BARTHOLOMEW10.431053.19
HARVEY10.43104.04
ANDREWS10.43104.50
BRAY10.431012.82
KIDD10.431021.19
DAVID10.431041.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MILLMAN0.232321718.7500
ALLIN0.232321320.7547
WICKETT0.232321200.0000
VANSTONE0.232321044.7761
JENKIN0.23232491.8033
WALTER0.23232478.8732
BRAUND0.23232408.1633
COLWELL0.23232400.0000
BLIGHT0.23232380.9524
HALLET0.23232357.1429
CHUBB0.23232310.0775
BAYLY0.23232294.1176
PRIDHAM0.23232270.2703
COTTLE0.23232263.1579
CREWS0.23232243.9024
GARRY0.23232238.0952
CANN0.23232232.5581
BROCK0.23232222.2222
WESTAWAY0.23232196.0784
ROW0.23232168.0672
JOHNS0.23232150.2504
GRIGG0.23232131.5789
GIFFORD0.2323299.0099
COWPER0.2323298.0392
JEWELL0.2323281.9672
ARNOLD0.2323279.9361
GUY0.2323278.7402
CORNISH0.2323259.7015
BARTHOLOMEW0.2323253.1915
LANE0.2323243.7774
DAVID0.2323241.3223
DANIEL0.2323238.9864
SQUIRE0.2323236.3636
MOOR0.2323230.7692
HARRIS0.2323230.5292
KIDD0.2323221.1864
HANCOCK0.2323218.9394
BEST0.2323216.0000
SHARPE0.2323214.6199
BRAY0.2323212.8205
HARDING0.2323211.9119
PARSONS0.2323211.3507
SHORT0.2323211.0375
SANDERS0.232329.5057
LEWIS0.232326.5574
CROSS0.232326.2617
REES0.232324.9554
ANDREWS0.232324.4984
HARVEY0.232324.0371
PALMER0.232323.6563

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 232 people called MILLMAN in West Putford 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 1718.7500 in West Putford means that 1718.7500% of the people in West Putford on census day were called MILLMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MILLMAN 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 MILLMAN 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 MILLMAN 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 MILLMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in West Putford means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MILLMAN in West Putford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Putford in 1881

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

ALLIN (7)  ANDREWS (1)  ARNOLD (10)  BAILEY (1)  BAYLY (1)  BARTHOLOMEW (1)  BEST (1)  BESSETT (5)  BLIGHT (4)  BRAUND (2)  BRAY (1)  BROCK (6)  COLWELL (3)  COLWILL (6)  CANN (5)  CHUBB (4)  CLEVERDON (6)  COWPER (1)  CORNISH (2)  COTTLE (3)  CROSS (1)  CREWS (1)  DANIEL (2)  DAVID (1)  GARRY (1)  GIFFORD (2)  GRIGG (2)  GUY (4)  HALLET (1)  HEAMON (1)  HANCOCK (2)  HARDING (2)  HARRIS (18)  HARVEY (1)  HEADON (7)  JENKIN (9)  JANKIN (1)  JEWELL (2)  JOHNS (9)  JONES (5)  KIDD (1)  LANE (7)  LEWIS (4)  MILLMAN (11)  MOAST (11)  MOOR (1)  PALMER (1)  PARSONS (2)  PRIDHAM (1)  PUCH (1)  REES (1)  ROW (2)  SANGAM (1)  SANGUIN (1)  SANDERS (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHORT (1)  SQUIRE (1)  STAMBURY (1)  STIDWILL (1)  TERWIN (4)  VANSTONE (7)  WALTER (17)  WESTAWAY (1)  WICKETT (3)  WILLIAMS (4)  YOE (3) 

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