Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bradstone, Devon

Bradstone 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
MASTERS118.5938464.14
HARRY97.0313967.74
MARTIN97.031328.54
HOLLOWAY75.4688178.57
BICKLE53.90631,851.85
LANGMAN53.90632,631.58
DOWN53.9063324.68
HAWKINS53.906353.94
RODD43.12502,000.00
CORY43.1250869.57
PERRY43.125042.51
SPEAR43.1250666.67
SAMPSON43.1250183.49
EVANS32.34385.36
PAYNE21.562517.36
SMALE21.5625238.10
JORDON21.5625350.88
HOLMAN21.5625109.89
COPP10.7813243.90
MOYSE10.7813333.33
WALTER10.781351.02
DYER10.781320.16
DINGLE10.7813178.57
HOOPER10.781318.45
BRAND10.781352.91
PARNELL10.781380.65
HOLLMAN10.78131,250.00
FARLEY10.781362.11
TAYLOR10.78131.22
SLEEMAN10.7813243.90
JAMES10.78133.98
BOWDEN10.781327.10
PALMER10.78136.63
MASON10.78135.81
JURY10.7813243.90
DODD10.781319.19
JACKMAN10.781384.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANGMAN0.131282631.5789
RODD0.131282000.0000
BICKLE0.131281851.8519
HOLLMAN0.131281250.0000
HARRY0.13128967.7419
CORY0.13128869.5652
SPEAR0.13128666.6667
MASTERS0.13128464.1350
JORDON0.13128350.8772
MOYSE0.13128333.3333
DOWN0.13128324.6753
COPP0.13128243.9024
JURY0.13128243.9024
SLEEMAN0.13128243.9024
SMALE0.13128238.0952
SAMPSON0.13128183.4862
HOLLOWAY0.13128178.5714
DINGLE0.13128178.5714
HOLMAN0.13128109.8901
JACKMAN0.1312884.0336
PARNELL0.1312880.6452
FARLEY0.1312862.1118
HAWKINS0.1312853.9374
BRAND0.1312852.9101
WALTER0.1312851.0204
PERRY0.1312842.5080
MARTIN0.1312828.5442
BOWDEN0.1312827.1003
DYER0.1312820.1613
DODD0.1312819.1939
HOOPER0.1312818.4502
PAYNE0.1312817.3611
PALMER0.131286.6269
MASON0.131285.8106
EVANS0.131285.3638
JAMES0.131283.9777
TAYLOR0.131281.2216

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 128 people called LANGMAN in Bradstone 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 2631.5789 in Bradstone means that 2631.5789% of the people in Bradstone on census day were called LANGMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANGMAN 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 LANGMAN 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 LANGMAN 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 LANGMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.13 in Bradstone means that you are 0.13 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANGMAN in Bradstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bradstone in 1881

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

BICKLE (5)  BOWDEN (1)  BRAND (1)  COLWILL (4)  COPP (1)  CORY (4)  DINGLE (1)  DODD (1)  DOWN (5)  DYER (1)  EDGECUMBE (1)  EVANS (3)  EVELY (7)  FARLEY (1)  GIBBES (2)  GLIDDON (1)  JORDON (2)  HARRY (9)  HAWKINS (5)  HOCKIN (3)  HOLLMAN (1)  HOLLOWAY (7)  HOLMAN (2)  HOOPER (1)  JACKMAN (1)  JAMES (1)  JURY (1)  LANCILLAS (1)  LANGMAN (5)  MARTIN (9)  MASON (1)  MASTERS (11)  MEDDLETON (1)  MOYSE (1)  PALMER (1)  PARNELL (1)  PAYNE (2)  PERRY (4)  RODD (4)  SAMPSON (4)  SLEEMAN (1)  SMALE (2)  SPEAR (4)  TAYLOR (1)  VOADEN (1)  WALTER (1)  YELLAND (1)