Top surnames from the 1881 census in Beaworthy, Devon

Beaworthy 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
HARRY3311.14861,542.06
BRANCH186.08111,192.05
WHITE165.405416.82
TICKLE134.3919984.85
MEDLAND134.39191,940.30
HILL113.716214.59
SYMONS103.3784245.70
LUXTON93.0405687.02
HUTCHINGS93.0405161.87
LEY82.7027620.16
WESTLAKE82.7027373.83
WAKEHAM72.3649625.00
BAKER72.364910.79
JAMES72.364912.04
PALMER62.027017.20
WOOLDRIDGE62.0270370.37
GLASS62.0270196.08
BROOK51.689243.82
HORN51.689274.29
BAILEY51.689211.21
ALLIN41.3514597.01
WOOD41.35144.24
HUNKIN41.35141,333.33
VENTON31.01351,071.43
SLEEMAN31.0135312.50
ROSS31.01359.27
SKELLY31.0135535.71
BOWDEN20.675723.42
NORTHWAY20.6757740.74
JORDAN20.675715.29
WORDEN20.6757238.10
HORRELL10.3378217.39
MAYNARD10.337821.98
HICKS10.33788.07
SIMMONS10.33788.28
GILL10.33784.78
RICHARDS10.33782.24
PARISH10.337821.88
METHERELL10.3378400.00
LASHBROOK10.3378555.56
WILLIS10.33786.35
GALE10.337811.27
POOLE10.33787.01
HOWE10.33788.61
LOBB10.337868.49
ROCKEY10.3378666.67
KIMBER10.337835.46
WILLIAMS10.33780.47
DOWN10.337828.17
PARSONS10.33784.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEDLAND0.302961940.2985
HARRY0.302961542.0561
HUNKIN0.302961333.3333
BRANCH0.302961192.0530
VENTON0.302961071.4286
TICKLE0.30296984.8485
NORTHWAY0.30296740.7407
LUXTON0.30296687.0229
ROCKEY0.30296666.6667
WAKEHAM0.30296625.0000
LEY0.30296620.1550
ALLIN0.30296597.0149
LASHBROOK0.30296555.5556
SKELLY0.30296535.7143
METHERELL0.30296400.0000
WESTLAKE0.30296373.8318
WOOLDRIDGE0.30296370.3704
SLEEMAN0.30296312.5000
SYMONS0.30296245.7002
WORDEN0.30296238.0952
HORRELL0.30296217.3913
GLASS0.30296196.0784
HUTCHINGS0.30296161.8705
HORN0.3029674.2942
LOBB0.3029668.4932
BROOK0.3029643.8212
KIMBER0.3029635.4610
DOWN0.3029628.1690
BOWDEN0.3029623.4192
MAYNARD0.3029621.9780
PARISH0.3029621.8818
PALMER0.3029617.1969
WHITE0.3029616.8156
JORDAN0.3029615.2905
HILL0.3029614.5908
JAMES0.3029612.0399
GALE0.3029611.2740
BAILEY0.3029611.2133
BAKER0.3029610.7925
ROSS0.302969.2736
HOWE0.302968.6059
SIMMONS0.302968.2781
HICKS0.302968.0710
POOLE0.302967.0126
WILLIS0.302966.3532
GILL0.302964.7755
PARSONS0.302964.4464
WOOD0.302964.2413
RICHARDS0.302962.2371
WILLIAMS0.302960.4703

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 296 people called MEDLAND in Beaworthy 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 1940.2985 in Beaworthy means that 1940.2985% of the people in Beaworthy on census day were called MEDLAND.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEDLAND 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 MEDLAND 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 MEDLAND 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 MEDLAND here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Beaworthy means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEDLAND in Beaworthy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Beaworthy in 1881

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

ALLIN (4)  BAILEY (5)  BAKER (7)  BARKWILL (3)  BOWDEN (2)  BRANCH (18)  BRIMACOMBE (1)  BROMEL (1)  BROMELL (1)  BROOK (5)  CHAMINGS (1)  COBBLEDICK (2)  COAL (1)  DOWN (1)  FUGE (1)  GALE (1)  GILL (1)  GLASS (6)  JORDAN (2)  HAGGADON (1)  HARRY (33)  HORTOP (1)  HICKS (1)  HILL (11)  HORN (5)  HORRELL (1)  HOWE (1)  HUNKIN (4)  HUTCHINGS (9)  JAMES (7)  KIMBER (1)  LASHBROOK (1)  LEY (8)  LITTLEJOHNS (7)  LOBB (1)  LUXTON (9)  MAYNARD (1)  MC GRATH (3)  METHERS (1)  MEDLAND (13)  METHERELL (1)  NORTHWAY (2)  PALMER (6)  PARISH (1)  PARSONS (1)  POOLE (1)  RUNDLES (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROCKEY (1)  ROOKEY (1)  ROSS (3)  SYMONS (10)  SIMMONS (1)  SKELLY (3)  SLEEMAN (3)  SMALLACOMBE (7)  SPARKE (1)  TICKLE (13)  TINK (1)  VENTON (3)  VOADEN (7)  VOGGLER (1)  WAKEHAM (7)  WESTLAKE (8)  WHITE (16)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (1)  WOOD (4)  WOOLDRIDGE (6)  WORDEN (2)