Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brampford Speke, Devon

Brampford Speke 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
CANN224.5361489.98
BROOKS163.299033.75
OSMOND122.4742547.95
HARDING122.474234.19
HARRIS112.26808.92
HUMPHREYS102.061958.55
LEACH102.061949.98
TUCKER91.855733.53
PROUT81.6495331.95
SANDERS81.649536.38
SYMES81.6495224.09
OLDRIDGE81.64951,212.12
HALL71.44334.91
ELLIS71.44339.94
COCKRAM71.4433426.83
VENTON71.44331,555.56
HUTCHINGS71.443376.75
ALDRIDGE61.237163.83
BRITTON61.237169.85
TAYLOR61.23711.93
WHITE61.23713.85
BOWDEN61.237142.86
HILLMAN61.2371143.54
HEYWOOD61.237162.18
DAVEY51.030925.08
PLUMMER51.030977.16
GALLOP51.0309324.68
BELLEW51.03091,851.85
MATTHEWS51.030911.82
CROSS51.030914.98
MARES51.03091,562.50
RADFORD51.030954.35
FRY40.824725.74
DYMENT40.82471,818.18
PHILLIPS40.82474.61
MADDOCK40.824790.29
EDGELL40.8247526.32
SOUTHCOTT40.8247476.19
WHITELOCK40.8247285.71
COLE40.82479.05
MADDEN40.824795.47
WAY30.618656.07
BROWNE30.618633.78
CORRY30.6186315.79
CHANNING30.6186315.79
ALFORD30.618672.64
FINLAY30.618660.24
BOND30.618611.69
CARYL30.61862,307.69
DUNN20.41244.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EDGCOMB0.494853333.3333
CARYL0.494852307.6923
STUCKY0.494852000.0000
BELLEW0.494851851.8519
DYMENT0.494851818.1818
MARES0.494851562.5000
VENTON0.494851555.5556
OLDRIDGE0.494851212.1212
OSMOND0.49485547.9452
EDGELL0.49485526.3158
CANN0.49485489.9777
SOUTHCOTT0.49485476.1905
COCKRAM0.49485426.8293
PROUT0.49485331.9502
GALLOP0.49485324.6753
OSGOOD0.49485322.5806
CHANNING0.49485315.7895
CORRY0.49485315.7895
WHITELOCK0.49485285.7143
SYMES0.49485224.0896
BATER0.49485200.0000
REYNOLD0.49485149.2537
GIBBINGS0.49485147.0588
HILLER0.49485147.0588
HILLMAN0.49485143.5407
TALL0.49485142.8571
REEKS0.49485135.1351
BEARE0.49485112.3596
BICKFORD0.49485109.8901
PYNE0.49485108.6957
MADDEN0.4948595.4654
CRISPIN0.4948595.2381
MEDLAND0.4948590.9091
MADDOCK0.4948590.2935
HANSFORD0.4948583.6820
PLUMMER0.4948577.1605
HUTCHINGS0.4948576.7544
ELLERY0.4948575.7576
DREWETT0.4948575.7576
MILFORD0.4948573.5294
ALFORD0.4948572.6392
BRITTON0.4948569.8487
CARNELL0.4948568.0272
ALDRIDGE0.4948563.8298
HEYWOOD0.4948562.1762
GADD0.4948561.9195
FINLAY0.4948560.2410
HUMPHREYS0.4948558.5480
WAY0.4948556.0748
RADFORD0.4948554.3478

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 485 people called EDGCOMB in Brampford Speke 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 3333.3333 in Brampford Speke means that 3333.3333% of the people in Brampford Speke on census day were called EDGCOMB.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EDGCOMB 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 EDGCOMB 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 EDGCOMB 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 EDGCOMB here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Brampford Speke means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EDGCOMB in Brampford Speke than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brampford Speke in 1881

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

OLDRIDGE (8)  ALDRIDGE (6)  ALFORD (3)  ALLEN (2)  BAILEY (1)  BALSOM (2)  BARNES (2)  BATER (1)  BATTERSHILL (1)  BATTING (2)  BEARE (1)  BELLEW (5)  BICKFORD (1)  BIDDLECOMB (1)  BOND (3)  BOWDEN (6)  BRITTON (6)  BROOKS (16)  BROWNE (3)  CANN (22)  CARNELL (1)  CARYL (3)  CARTER (2)  CHANNING (3)  COCKRAM (7)  COLE (4)  CONGRAM (1)  CONIBEER (3)  CORRY (3)  CRISPIN (1)  CROSS (5)  CROUCH (1)  DAVEY (5)  DEAN (1)  DREWETT (1)  DUNN (2)  DYER (1)  DYMENT (4)  EDGCOMB (1)  EDGELL (4)  ELDRIDGE (1)  ELLERY (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLIS (7)  FINLAY (3)  FISHER (1)  FORD (2)  FRANKLIN (1)  FROST (1)  FRY (4)  GALLOP (5)  GAMLEN (5)  GADD (2)  GIBBINGS (1)  GLASS (1)  GODSLAND (2)  GOSS (1)  GRANT (1)  GREGORY (1)  HEALE (1)  HALL (7)  HAMBLING (1)  HANSFORD (2)  HARDING (12)  HARRIS (11)  HARVEY (2)  HEARD (1)  HEARDING (1)  HEATH (1)  HELMORE (3)  HEYWOOD (6)  HILLIER (1)  HILLER (1)  HILLMAN (6)  HOOSELY (1)  HUMPHREYS (10)  HUNT (1)  HUTCHINGS (7)  INMENET (1)  JONES (1)  KEENERS (1)  KELLAND (3)  KNOWLES (1)  LEACH (10)  LENTERN (1)  LAVERS (1)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LORD (1)  LOTT (1)  MADDEN (4)  MADDOCK (4)  MAJOR (1)  MALLOCK (5)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (2)  MATTHEWS (5)  MEDLAND (1)  MELLUISH (1)  MILFORD (1)  MOORE (1)  MARES (5)  NEWELL (1)  OSGOOD (2)  OSMOND (12)  PACKERD (1)  PASCOE (1)  PASSMORE (1)  PAINE (1)  PEARSE (1)  PHILLIPS (4)  PLUMMER (5)  POTTER (1)  PORTER (2)  PROUT (8)  PYNE (2)  RADFORD (5)  RADCLIFFE (1)  REEKS (1)  REYNOLD (1)  RICE (1)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTS (2)  SANDERS (8)  SYMES (8)  SKELTON (1)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHCOTT (4)  SQUAREY (1)  STADDON (22)  STEVENS (1)  STONE (1)  STUCKY (1)  SWEET (2)  SYRE (2)  TALL (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THORNE (2)  TOMLINSON (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TRIST (1)  TUCKER (9)  VENTON (7)  VICKEREY (1)  VOWLER (4)  WALDRON (1)  WATKINS (1)  WAY (3)  WEBBER (1)  WESTCOTT (1)  WHITE (6)  WHITELOCK (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (1)  WRIGHT (1)  YENDALL (9)