Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodleigh, Devon

Woodleigh 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
STONE167.9208109.59
MARCH104.9505458.72
WARD94.455420.39
DREW94.4554168.54
DAWSON83.960435.92
LIDSTONE73.46532,592.59
BOND73.465365.48
BEER73.4653216.72
HANNAFORD73.4653752.69
TUCKER73.465362.61
KENNARD73.4653714.29
GILLARD62.9703340.91
WILLING62.97032,400.00
ROWE62.970352.31
WEST62.970330.85
HORN62.9703130.72
KENDALL52.4752114.94
BAKER52.475211.30
LUSCOMBE41.9802388.35
STEVENS31.485114.22
BARNES20.99018.23
HOSKING20.9901132.45
ANNING20.9901588.24
MATTHEWS20.990111.35
FORD20.990110.16
LOWRY20.9901243.90
BROOKING20.9901400.00
PUTT10.4950212.77
GOSS10.495056.82
ANDREWS10.49505.17
ELLIS10.49503.41
SMERDON10.4950322.58
HOCKEY10.4950161.29
MITCHELL10.49502.44
DYER10.495012.79
WALDRON10.495056.18
KIMBLE10.4950400.00
COLE10.49505.43
STEER10.495042.37

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIDSTONE0.202022592.5926
WILLING0.202022400.0000
HANNAFORD0.20202752.6882
KENNARD0.20202714.2857
ANNING0.20202588.2353
MARCH0.20202458.7156
BROOKING0.20202400.0000
KIMBLE0.20202400.0000
LUSCOMBE0.20202388.3495
GILLARD0.20202340.9091
SMERDON0.20202322.5806
LOWRY0.20202243.9024
BEER0.20202216.7183
PUTT0.20202212.7660
DREW0.20202168.5393
HOCKEY0.20202161.2903
HOSKING0.20202132.4503
HORN0.20202130.7190
KENDALL0.20202114.9425
STONE0.20202109.5890
BOND0.2020265.4818
TUCKER0.2020262.6118
GOSS0.2020256.8182
WALDRON0.2020256.1798
ROWE0.2020252.3104
STEER0.2020242.3729
DAWSON0.2020235.9228
WEST0.2020230.8483
WARD0.2020220.3943
STEVENS0.2020214.2248
DYER0.2020212.7877
MATTHEWS0.2020211.3507
BAKER0.2020211.2969
FORD0.2020210.1626
BARNES0.202028.2271
COLE0.202025.4348
ANDREWS0.202025.1653
ELLIS0.202023.4095
MITCHELL0.202022.4402

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 202 people called LIDSTONE in Woodleigh 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 2592.5926 in Woodleigh means that 2592.5926% of the people in Woodleigh on census day were called LIDSTONE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIDSTONE 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 LIDSTONE 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 LIDSTONE 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 LIDSTONE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Woodleigh means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIDSTONE in Woodleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodleigh in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  ANNING (2)  AVERAY (1)  BAKER (5)  BARNES (2)  BEER (7)  BOND (7)  BROOKING (2)  CLAMPET (1)  COLE (1)  COSECK OR COUCH (8)  DAWSON (8)  DREW (9)  DYER (1)  EDGECOMBE (3)  ELLIS (1)  FORD (2)  GILLARD (6)  GOSS (1)  HAMLYN (1)  HANNAFORD (7)  HOCKINGS (5)  HOCKEY (1)  HORN (6)  HOSKING (2)  KELLAND (1)  KIMBLE (1)  KENDALL (5)  KENNARD (7)  LANGMEAD (1)  LOWRY (2)  LIDSTONE (7)  LUSCOMBE (4)  MARCH (10)  MATTHEWS (2)  MITCHELL (1)  PUTT (1)  ROWE (6)  SHARLAND (1)  SMERDON (1)  STEER (1)  STEVENS (3)  STONE (16)  TAMBLING (2)  TRIPE (2)  TUCKER (7)  UNDERHAY (8)  WALDRON (1)  WARD (9)  WEST (6)  WILLING (6)  WITHERIDGE (1) 

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