Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beaford, Devon

Beaford 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
BAKER447.457634.03
HEARD386.4407606.06
DYMOND223.72881,062.80
LUXTON203.3898766.28
MITCHELL183.050815.04
BRIGHT172.8814142.50
WEEKS162.7119126.68
GOULD152.542470.36
SANDERS111.864441.12
WESTCOTT111.8644282.05
JURY111.8644578.95
SNELL111.864498.48
BENNETT101.694910.31
FRIEND101.6949149.48
ISAAC101.6949135.14
MOORE91.52547.63
COLE91.525416.74
LYNE91.5254348.84
BIRD91.525419.96
MILLS91.525411.76
PICKARD81.355997.21
EASTERBROOK81.3559476.19
LEE81.35598.30
ASHTON81.355927.67
COPP81.3559425.53
PARKER81.35597.13
MADGE71.1864376.34
THOMAS71.18642.88
HOOPER71.186428.01
CUDMORE71.1864843.37
COX71.18647.83
HEARN71.186489.63
BROWN61.01691.54
LEY50.8475193.80
JUDD50.847565.27
CORNELIUS50.8475292.40
FOLLAND40.6780459.77
BLAKE40.678014.00
LEVERTON40.6780373.83
POLLARD40.678018.60
HAMMETT30.5085153.06
PASSMORE30.508586.96
SMALE30.508577.12
KELLY30.50854.64
MARSHALL30.50853.03
CLARKE30.50852.51
JEWELL30.508548.39
MORRISH30.5085128.21
WEBBER30.508516.64
ARNOLD20.33906.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DYMOND0.595901062.8019
CUDMORE0.59590843.3735
LUXTON0.59590766.2835
HEARD0.59590606.0606
JURY0.59590578.9474
QUANCE0.59590512.8205
EASTERBROOK0.59590476.1905
FOLLAND0.59590459.7701
COPP0.59590425.5319
MADGE0.59590376.3441
LEVERTON0.59590373.8318
LYNE0.59590348.8372
TRICK0.59590294.1176
CORNELIUS0.59590292.3977
WESTCOTT0.59590282.0513
LEY0.59590193.7984
HELLINGS0.59590166.6667
HAMMETT0.59590153.0612
FRIEND0.59590149.4768
BRIGHT0.59590142.4979
ISAAC0.59590135.1351
MORRISH0.59590128.2051
WEEKS0.59590126.6825
SNELL0.5959098.4781
PICKARD0.5959097.2053
HEARN0.5959089.6287
PASSMORE0.5959086.9565
SMALE0.5959077.1208
GOULD0.5959070.3565
JUDD0.5959065.2742
LUGG0.5959056.8182
PARKHOUSE0.5959056.8182
LAXTON0.5959055.5556
JEWELL0.5959048.3871
DICKER0.5959043.2900
SANDERS0.5959041.1215
LITTLEJOHN0.5959035.0877
BAKER0.5959034.0347
QUICK0.5959030.2572
DOWN0.5959028.2486
HOOPER0.5959028.0112
ASHTON0.5959027.6721
BUCKINGHAM0.5959025.4453
RIDGE0.5959024.2131
CORNER0.5959023.3100
BIRD0.5959019.9645
POLLARD0.5959018.5960
PHILIPS0.5959018.2983
WILTON0.5959017.6056
COLE0.5959016.7442

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 590 people called DYMOND in Beaford 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 1062.8019 in Beaford means that 1062.8019% of the people in Beaford on census day were called DYMOND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DYMOND 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 DYMOND 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 DYMOND 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 DYMOND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.59 in Beaford means that you are 0.59 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DYMOND in Beaford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beaford in 1881

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

ARNOLD (2)  ASHPLANT (6)  ASHTON (8)  BADCOCK (1)  BAKER (44)  BENNETT (10)  BIRD (9)  BLAKE (4)  BRIGHT (17)  BRIMMACOMBE (3)  BROWN (6)  BRAUNTON (1)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  CHAMINGS (8)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARKE (3)  COLE (9)  COPP (8)  CORNELIUS (5)  CORNER (1)  COX (7)  CUDMORE (7)  DICKER (1)  DOWN (2)  DUNN (1)  DYMOND (22)  EASTERBROOK (8)  EBSWORTHY (6)  FOLLAND (4)  FREEMAN (1)  FRIEND (10)  GILBERT (1)  GORDON (1)  GOULD (15)  HAMMETT (3)  HANCOCK (1)  HEARD (38)  HEARN (7)  HELLINGS (1)  HOOPER (7)  ISAAC (10)  JEWELL (3)  JUDD (5)  JURY (11)  KELLY (3)  KNAPMAN (4)  LAXTON (1)  LEY (5)  LEE (8)  LETHBRIDGE (1)  LEVERTON (4)  LYNE (9)  LITTLEJOHN (1)  LOGG (3)  LUGG (1)  LUXTON (20)  MADGE (7)  MANNING (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (2)  MILLS (9)  MITCHELL (18)  MOORE (9)  MORRISH (3)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (8)  PARKHOUSE (1)  PASSMORE (3)  PETHERBRIDGE (5)  PETHERICK (19)  PHILIPS (2)  PICKARD (8)  PIPER (1)  POLLARD (4)  PUDDICOMBE (6)  QUICK (2)  QUANCE (2)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDGE (1)  RABLEN (4)  SANDERS (11)  SHEARM (8)  SIMMONS (1)  SMALE (3)  SNELL (11)  STACEY (2)  THOMAS (7)  TRICK (2)  TRIGGER (1)  TURNER (2)  VERNON (1)  VODDEN (9)  WEBBER (3)  WEEKS (16)  WESTCOTT (11)  WILTON (1)  WADLAND (1)