Top surnames from the 1881 census in Burrington, Devon

Burrington 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
TURNER638.139529.24
COLE395.038855.31
FORD354.522046.43
WEBBER344.3928143.76
SHORT253.230082.70
SNELL232.9716157.00
SMITH202.58401.83
TUCKER162.067237.36
PICKARD162.0672148.15
CANN151.9380209.21
COOPER151.93807.97
HARRIS151.93807.63
MANNING141.808856.89
RICHARDS141.808811.98
BAKER101.29205.90
RICE101.292041.61
DOWN91.162896.88
DAVIE81.0336112.20
MIDDLETON81.033619.69
HEAL81.0336194.17
WRIGHT81.03363.22
NORMAN81.033622.30
EASTMOND70.90442,258.06
MILLER70.90445.05
RIPPIN70.9044593.22
KINGDON60.7752247.93
COOKE60.775214.05
KELLY60.77527.08
FRAYNE60.77521,111.11
DILLON50.646065.36
THOMAS50.64601.57
HILL50.64602.54
BUTT50.646050.10
LEVERTON50.6460357.14
SLATER50.646010.67
BOATFIELD50.64603,125.00
MITCHELL40.51682.55
SEVERSON40.516840,000.00
HOOPER40.516812.20
BUCKINGHAM40.516838.76
GUARD40.5168392.16
HEARD40.516848.60
ISAAC40.516841.24
DARKE40.5168220.99
LEE40.51683.16
SKINNER30.38767.64
JOSLIN30.3876100.67
HALSE30.3876258.62
POTTER30.38765.98
PARKHOUSE30.3876129.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SEVERSON0.7777440000.0000
BOATFIELD0.777743125.0000
EASTMOND0.777742258.0645
FRAYNE0.777741111.1111
RIPPIN0.77774593.2203
HAMMET0.77774416.6667
GUARD0.77774392.1569
SALTERN0.77774384.6154
BENDLE0.77774361.4458
LEVERTON0.77774357.1429
HALSE0.77774258.6207
BATER0.77774250.0000
KINGDON0.77774247.9339
BOUNDY0.77774227.2727
DARKE0.77774220.9945
CANN0.77774209.2050
FOSS0.77774197.3684
HEAL0.77774194.1748
HAYBALL0.77774166.6667
SNELL0.77774156.9966
PROUSE0.77774155.0388
PICKARD0.77774148.1481
WEBBER0.77774143.7632
SELDON0.77774142.8571
PARKHOUSE0.77774129.8701
DAVIE0.77774112.2020
JOSLIN0.77774100.6711
DOWN0.7777496.8784
FURSE0.7777487.7193
FOLLAND0.7777487.7193
SHORT0.7777482.6993
ELWORTHY0.7777482.6446
MADGE0.7777481.9672
PRIDHAM0.7777481.3008
HAMMETT0.7777477.5194
PYKE0.7777474.9064
BRANTON0.7777472.4638
HANDFORD0.7777469.4444
DILLON0.7777465.3595
WESTERN0.7777461.3497
SMALE0.7777458.8235
MANNING0.7777456.8874
COLE0.7777455.3113
WELLINGTON0.7777454.7945
MURCH0.7777451.2821
BUTT0.7777450.1002
BEAR0.7777448.7805
HEARD0.7777448.6027
FORD0.7777446.4253
RICE0.7777441.6146

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 774 people called SEVERSON in Burrington 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 40000.0000 in Burrington means that 40000.0000% of the people in Burrington on census day were called SEVERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SEVERSON 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 SEVERSON 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 SEVERSON 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 SEVERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Burrington means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SEVERSON in Burrington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Burrington in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  BABBAGE (14)  BAKER (10)  BATER (2)  BATFIELD (2)  BEAR (1)  BENDLE (3)  BENSON (2)  BOATFIELD (5)  BOUNDY (3)  BOWDEN (1)  BRANTON (1)  BRIGGER (2)  BROOK (1)  BUCKINGHAM (4)  BUTLER (3)  BUTT (5)  CALLARD (5)  CANN (15)  COLE (39)  COOKE (6)  COOMBES (1)  COOPER (15)  CORNISH (1)  DARKE (4)  DART (1)  DAVIS (3)  DAVIE (8)  DENNIS (2)  DILLON (5)  DOWN (9)  DREW (1)  EASTMOND (7)  ELWORTHY (1)  FEATHERSTONE (1)  FLUE (1)  FOLLAND (1)  FORD (35)  FOSS (3)  FRAYNE (6)  FURSE (1)  GUARD (4)  GAUTHROP (1)  GAY (2)  GERMAN (1)  GOVIER (9)  HEALE (4)  HALSE (3)  HAMMETT (2)  HAMMET (1)  HEAMAN (15)  HAMNUTT (1)  HANDFORD (2)  HARRIS (15)  HAYBALL (1)  HEADON (4)  HEAL (8)  HEAMANN (1)  HEARD (4)  HILL (5)  HODGES (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOOPER (4)  HYNAM (6)  ISAAC (4)  JONES (1)  JOSLIN (3)  KELLY (6)  KINGDON (6)  LEE (4)  LEVERTON (5)  LOCK (2)  LOOSEMORE (3)  MADGE (2)  MANNING (14)  MARTIN (2)  MAYNARD (3)  MIDDLETON (8)  MILLER (7)  MILLS (3)  MILTON (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MURCH (1)  NETHERCOTT (11)  NEWCOMBE (2)  NORMAN (8)  NORRISH (3)  PACKER (3)  PARKHOUSE (3)  PENNY (1)  PICKARD (16)  PYKE (2)  PINCOMBE (8)  POTTER (3)  PRIDHAM (1)  PROUSE (2)  QUICK (1)  REED (1)  RICE (10)  RICHARDS (14)  RIPPIN (7)  ROBERTS (1)  SALTERN (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SANDERS (1)  SELDON (2)  SEVERSON (4)  SHIRLEY (1)  SHOBROOKE (1)  SHOPLAND (10)  SHORT (25)  SKINNER (3)  SLATER (5)  SLEE (1)  SMALE (3)  SMITH (20)  SNELL (23)  SPENCER (1)  STONEMAN (1)  THOMAS (5)  THORNE (2)  THRUPP (1)  TONKINS (1)  TRIGGER (7)  TUCKER (16)  TURNER (63)  VICARY (4)  WEBBER (34)  WELLINGTON (2)  WESTACOTT (7)  WESTERN (2)  WIGHTON (1)  WILSON (2)  WINDCOTT (1)  WOODMAN (3)  WOOLWAY (9)  WRIGHT (8)