Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broadwoodwidger, Devon

Broadwoodwidger 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
MARTIN578.260933.53
RICH233.3333265.90
HILL233.333313.09
BAILEY192.753618.28
DOIDGE162.3188812.18
DAVEY152.173952.87
DOWN142.0290168.88
FRY131.884158.80
BALL111.594219.30
SMALE111.5942241.76
BICKLE111.5942748.30
WORDEN111.5942564.10
JACKMAN101.4493156.01
ANDREW101.449345.72
DUKE91.3043112.22
METTERS91.30431,956.52
HOCKING81.1594142.10
CLIFTON81.159481.97
BEARE71.0145551.18
REED71.014513.90
BOX71.0145125.22
NORTHCOTT71.0145223.64
SQUIRE71.014585.57
NORTHEY60.8696361.45
GERRY60.8696454.55
WHITE60.86962.71
VEAL60.8696142.18
WORTH60.869696.77
MATHEWS60.869623.55
JONES60.86960.77
JORDEN60.8696566.04
HOLE50.724684.46
GORMAN50.724660.10
CROCKER50.724653.94
ROCKEY50.72461,388.89
VENTON50.7246769.23
KNIGHT50.72465.88
WOOD40.57971.82
HICKS40.579713.85
METHERELL40.5797677.97
HAMLEY40.5797454.55
LUXTON40.5797130.72
PERKIN40.5797107.53
SLEEMAN40.5797179.37
PARSONS40.57977.63
HIGGINS40.579711.46
HARRIS30.43481.71
BAKER30.43481.98
LOCK30.434815.27
BROWN30.43480.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOSE0.696902000.0000
METTERS0.696901956.5217
INGERSON0.696901578.9474
FAIRE0.696901538.4615
ROD0.696901538.4615
ROCKEY0.696901388.8889
DOIDGE0.69690812.1827
VENTON0.69690769.2308
BICKLE0.69690748.2993
HELSON0.69690689.6552
METHERELL0.69690677.9661
JORDEN0.69690566.0377
WORDEN0.69690564.1026
BEARE0.69690551.1811
GERRY0.69690454.5455
HAMLEY0.69690454.5455
NORTHEY0.69690361.4458
MACBETH0.69690312.5000
RICH0.69690265.8960
SMALE0.69690241.7582
NORTHCOTT0.69690223.6422
BALSON0.69690208.3333
CURTICE0.69690204.0816
SLEEMAN0.69690179.3722
DOWN0.69690168.8782
JACKMAN0.69690156.0062
VEAL0.69690142.1801
HOCKING0.69690142.0959
LUXTON0.69690130.7190
BOX0.69690125.2236
HOCKADAY0.69690113.6364
DUKE0.69690112.2195
WONNACOTT0.69690108.6957
PERKIN0.69690107.5269
WORTH0.6969096.7742
RODD0.6969092.5926
SQUIRE0.6969085.5746
HOLE0.6969084.4595
CLIFTON0.6969081.9672
BRAUND0.6969068.9655
KELLAWAY0.6969067.5676
BASKERVILLE0.6969061.3497
BANBURY0.6969060.9756
GORMAN0.6969060.0962
FRY0.6969058.7969
CROCKER0.6969053.9374
DAVEY0.6969052.8728
ANDREW0.6969045.7247
KERSLAKE0.6969043.4783
NEWBERRY0.6969035.3357

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 690 people called LOSE in Broadwoodwidger 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 2000.0000 in Broadwoodwidger means that 2000.0000% of the people in Broadwoodwidger on census day were called LOSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOSE 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 LOSE 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 LOSE 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 LOSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.69 in Broadwoodwidger means that you are 0.69 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOSE in Broadwoodwidger than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broadwoodwidger in 1881

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

ABBOTT (ABOTT) (10)  ABOTT (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREW (10)  ATWORTHY (8)  BAILEY (19)  BAKER (3)  BALE (1)  BALKAVILL (1)  BALL (11)  BALSDON (6)  BALSON (1)  BANBURY (1)  BARKWILL (6)  BARTLETT (1)  BASKERVILLE (1)  BASSETT (3)  BATES (1)  BEAL (2)  BEALE (1)  BEARE (7)  BICKIE (1)  BICKLE (11)  BLAGDEN (5)  BLAMPHY (1)  BURDEN (1)  BOX (7)  BRAUND (1)  BRAY (3)  BRIMACOMBE (13)  BROWN (3)  CLIFTON (8)  COLE (1)  COLES (1)  CROCKER (5)  CULLICOTT (4)  CULLICOTE (1)  CURTICE (1)  COURTICE (1)  DAVEY (15)  DEACON (3)  DINNICK (3)  DOIDGE (16)  DOIGE (1)  DOWN (14)  DUFTY (6)  DUKE (9)  EDGCUMBE (5)  ELLACOTT (3)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELLIS (2)  EVELY (1)  FAIRE (2)  FRY (13)  GALE (1)  GERRY (6)  GILBERT (1)  JORDAN (2)  JORDEN (6)  GORMAN (5)  GRIFFIN (2)  HALL (2)  HELSON (2)  HAMLY (2)  HAMLEY (4)  HARRIS (3)  HOCKING (8)  HAWKENS (1)  HICKS (4)  HIGGINS (4)  HILL (23)  HILLMAN (1)  HOCKADAY (1)  HOCKIN (1)  OAG (5)  HOLE (5)  INGERSON (3)  JACKMAN (10)  JEFFERRY (1)  JEFFERY (1)  JOPE (4)  JONES (6)  KELLAWAY (1)  KERSLAKE (1)  KNIGHT (5)  LEWIS (2)  LILLYCRAPP (4)  LITTLEJOHNS (15)  LOCK (3)  LOSE (2)  LUGGAR (3)  LUGGER (1)  LUXTON (4)  MAYNE (1)  MARTIN (57)  MATHEWS (6)  MATTHEWS (1)  MACBETH (2)  MELHUISH (3)  METHEREL (4)  METHERELL (4)  METTERS (9)  MILL (1)  MURFILL (1)  NEWBERRY (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NORTHCOTT (7)  NORTHEY (6)  OSBORN (1)  PADDON (2)  PALMER (3)  PARISH (1)  PARSONS (4)  PEARCE (1)  PENGELLY (1)  PERKIN (4)  PETHICK (6)  PETHERICK (1)  RAYMONT (3)  REED (7)  RICE (2)  RICH (23)  ROBERTS (1)  ROCKEY (5)  ROGERS (3)  ROWLAND (1)  ROD (2)  RODD (1)  SANDERS (1)  SHOPLAND (11)  SLEEMAN (4)  SLUMAN (6)  SMALE (11)  SQUIRE (7)  STANBURY (2)  TITBALL (1)  TOLAMY (2)  TOOK (1)  TURNER (1)  VEAL (6)  VENTON (5)  WALTERS (1)  WHITE (6)  WILLIAMS (2)  WIVELL (11)  WONNACOTT (1)  WOOD (4)  WORDEN (11)  WORTH (6)  WOSWORTHY (1)  YOUNG (1)