Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chawleigh, Devon

Chawleigh 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
WEBBER365.3651175.61
SAUNDERS274.023843.87
REED213.129742.87
SNELL213.1297165.35
VICKERY162.3845328.54
PARTRIDGE131.937474.16
TURNER121.78846.42
COCKRAM121.7884528.63
PARR121.788471.60
TUCKER121.788432.32
CANN121.7884192.93
DAVEY111.639339.87
PHILLIPS111.63939.16
TOLLY111.63931,929.82
STEER111.6393140.31
BIRD101.490319.50
SAGE91.3413151.01
WAY91.3413121.62
GIBBINGS81.1923860.22
JEFFERY81.192354.91
EDWARDS81.19234.28
SMITH81.19230.84
SHIPMAN81.1923321.29
DART81.1923256.41
GOSS81.1923136.99
ELWORTHY81.1923761.90
TREMAYNE71.04321,014.49
BAKER71.04324.76
MILLER71.04325.83
ROGERS71.04328.03
HOLMES71.04328.57
MATHEWS71.043228.25
RICHARDS71.04326.91
ADAMS60.89426.07
MAY60.894214.04
NUNN60.894251.06
HUNT60.89426.73
WILCOX60.894247.47
TAYLOR60.89421.40
LONG60.894213.78
FORD50.74527.65
WARE50.745245.33
NEWCOMBE50.7452105.93
SANDERS50.745216.44
COOK50.74523.75
PASSMORE40.5961102.04
TANNER40.596126.58
WOOD40.59611.87
PARISH40.596138.65
FOLLAND40.5961404.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TOLLY0.676711929.8246
DILLING0.676711428.5714
TREMAYNE0.676711014.4928
GIBBINGS0.67671860.2151
SING0.67671833.3333
LAMPSON0.67671833.3333
ELWORTHY0.67671761.9048
BATER0.67671571.4286
COCKRAM0.67671528.6344
BORN0.67671408.1633
FOLLAND0.67671404.0404
VICKERY0.67671328.5421
SHIPMAN0.67671321.2851
DART0.67671256.4103
TRICK0.67671256.4103
CANN0.67671192.9260
WEBBER0.67671175.6098
SNELL0.67671165.3543
SAGE0.67671151.0067
WHITEFIELD0.67671144.9275
STEER0.67671140.3061
GOSS0.67671136.9863
GRIBBLE0.67671123.9669
WAY0.67671121.6216
TREMAIN0.67671116.2791
NEWCOMBE0.67671105.9322
LEY0.67671102.3891
PASSMORE0.67671102.0408
FOSS0.6767175.7576
PARTRIDGE0.6767174.1586
PARR0.6767171.5990
OATS0.6767166.2252
TONKIN0.6767161.5385
JEFFERY0.6767154.9073
EASTERBROOK0.6767152.3560
NUNN0.6767151.0638
WILCOX0.6767147.4684
WARE0.6767145.3309
SAUNDERS0.6767143.8739
REED0.6767142.8746
DAVEY0.6767139.8695
PARISH0.6767138.6473
TUCKER0.6767132.3189
BRADFORD0.6767130.5810
BROMLEY0.6767129.0416
MATHEWS0.6767128.2486
TANNER0.6767126.5781
TOZER0.6767124.8756
NOTT0.6767121.1416
MUNN0.6767120.6612

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 671 people called TOLLY in Chawleigh 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 1929.8246 in Chawleigh means that 1929.8246% of the people in Chawleigh on census day were called TOLLY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TOLLY 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 TOLLY 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 TOLLY 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 TOLLY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Chawleigh means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TOLLY in Chawleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chawleigh in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  ALLEN (4)  ASHPLANT (1)  BAKER (7)  BAPLE (1)  BARTLETT (2)  BATER (4)  BERE (1)  BESTCOTT (1)  BIRD (10)  BRADFORD (4)  BROMLEY (3)  BORN (2)  CANN (12)  CHALLICE (9)  CLARKE (2)  COCKRAM (12)  COOK (5)  CORNALL (12)  COUSINS (1)  COX (1)  DART (8)  DAVEY (11)  DILLING (4)  DUCKHAM (2)  EASTERBROOK (1)  EDWARDS (8)  EDWORTHY (11)  ELLACOTT (7)  ELWORTHY (8)  FEWINGS (2)  FOLLAND (4)  FORD (5)  FOSS (1)  GALLIFORD (2)  GARDNER (2)  GIBBINGS (8)  GOSS (8)  GOUGH (1)  GREEN (1)  GREENSLADE (6)  GRIBBLE (3)  HEALE (1)  HAYMEN (6)  HARDING (2)  HILL (3)  HOLMES (7)  HOOKEY (1)  HOOPER (1)  HUNT (6)  HUTCHINGS (2)  JEFFERY (8)  JONES (1)  JOSLAND (7)  KEENOR (6)  KEMP (2)  KIMP (3)  NOTT (1)  LAKE (1)  LAMPSON (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEACH (3)  LEY (3)  LEWORTHY (3)  LOCK (1)  LONG (6)  MANN (1)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (7)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAY (6)  MELLOR (1)  MILLER (7)  MOORE (1)  MUNN (1)  NEWCOMBE (5)  NOAHS (1)  NORTH (1)  NUNN (6)  OATS (1)  PARISH (4)  PARR (12)  PARSONS (1)  PARTRIDGE (13)  PASSMORE (4)  PETERS (2)  PETHERAM (2)  PETHERICK (7)  PHILLIPS (11)  PIPER (1)  REED (21)  RICE (1)  RICHARDS (7)  ROGERS (7)  SAGE (9)  SAMPSON (2)  SAUNDERS (27)  SANDERS (5)  SEARLE (2)  SHAPLAND (1)  SHERBOURNE (7)  SHIPMAN (8)  SHOBBROOK (3)  SHOPLAND (1)  SHORT (1)  SING (3)  SMITH (8)  SNELL (21)  STEER (11)  STENTIFORD (3)  TANNER (4)  TAYLOR (6)  TOLLY (11)  TONKINS (1)  TONKIN (2)  TOZER (1)  TREBISACK (1)  TREMAYNE (7)  TREMAIN (1)  TRICK (2)  TRIGGER (4)  TUCKER (12)  TURNER (12)  VICKERY (16)  WARE (5)  WAY (9)  WEBBER (36)  WHITEFIELD (2)  WILCOX (6)  WILCOCKS (1)  WOOD (4)  WOOLLAND (3)