Top surnames from the 1881 census in Colebrooke, Devon

Colebrooke 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
BURROWS243.385077.32
GREGORY202.820940.21
LEE182.538815.53
ENDERSON162.25678,888.89
CANN162.2567243.53
LOTT152.1157549.45
COUSINS141.9746109.72
MAY121.692526.58
PARKER121.69258.90
GUEST111.551572.61
DART111.5515333.33
SALTER101.410461.69
DAVEY101.410434.31
HARRIS101.41045.55
ELLIS101.41049.71
TUCKER91.269422.94
STONEMAN91.2694311.42
EDWARDS81.12834.05
HOWARD81.128311.50
TURNER81.12834.05
MORRISH70.9873249.11
SEWARD70.9873179.95
DREW70.987337.37
JERRETT70.98731,707.32
WRIGHT70.98733.08
MARKS60.846341.35
MADGE60.8463267.86
PIKE60.846329.11
PERKINS60.846318.81
BURNETT60.846330.60
OSBORNE60.846317.73
CROOK60.846329.47
BRAUND60.8463402.68
BROWN50.70521.07
JARMAN50.705273.96
FORD50.70527.24
WEBBER50.705223.08
HILL50.70522.77
SQUIRES50.705249.80
TOLLEY50.7052134.77
PARISH50.705245.70
HOOPER50.705216.65
WATTS50.70528.41
AUTON40.5642526.32
CROCKER40.564242.02
SOBEY40.5642519.48
LINSCOTT40.56421,142.86
MERRIFIELD40.5642238.10
POPE40.564216.37
GIBSON40.56424.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ENDERSON0.717098888.8889
PICKINGS0.717095000.0000
JERRETT0.717091707.3171
LINSCOTT0.717091142.8571
LOTT0.71709549.4505
AUTON0.71709526.3158
SOBEY0.71709519.4805
BRAUND0.71709402.6846
RIPPIN0.71709370.3704
DART0.71709333.3333
STONEMAN0.71709311.4187
MADGE0.71709267.8571
MORRISH0.71709249.1103
CANN0.71709243.5312
MERRIFIELD0.71709238.0952
PIM0.71709212.7660
FEY0.71709200.0000
LEAMAN0.71709197.3684
SEWARD0.71709179.9486
COCKRAM0.71709166.6667
HOOKS0.71709163.9344
WOODBURY0.71709161.2903
TOLLEY0.71709134.7709
WESTAWAY0.71709128.2051
LUXTON0.71709127.3885
HAMMETT0.71709127.1186
SPEAR0.71709119.7605
COUSINS0.71709109.7179
LINDON0.7170984.0336
OXFORD0.7170981.6327
BURROWS0.7170977.3196
NOTLEY0.7170975.7576
JARMAN0.7170973.9645
GUEST0.7170972.6073
DICKER0.7170971.9424
GLANVILLE0.7170968.7285
SMALE0.7170964.2398
SALTER0.7170961.6903
RANDLE0.7170950.5051
SQUIRES0.7170949.8008
RENDLE0.7170947.8469
PARISH0.7170945.7038
HEWLETT0.7170945.1467
PARNELL0.7170943.7956
CROCKER0.7170942.0168
MARKS0.7170941.3508
UNDERHILL0.7170940.3226
GREGORY0.7170940.2091
GRIBBLE0.7170939.2157
TARR0.7170938.7597

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 709 people called ENDERSON in Colebrooke 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 8888.8889 in Colebrooke means that 8888.8889% of the people in Colebrooke on census day were called ENDERSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ENDERSON 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 ENDERSON 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 ENDERSON 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 ENDERSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Colebrooke means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ENDERSON in Colebrooke than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Colebrooke in 1881

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

ARSCOTT (6)  AUTON (4)  BAKER (2)  BALSDON (2)  BARRETT (1)  BARTLETT (3)  BEER (2)  BALLAMY (9)  BIBBINGS (9)  BICKLEY (1)  BIGGLEY (1)  BIRD (2)  BISHOP (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BRAUND (6)  BRANND (5)  BROCK (1)  BROWN (5)  BURNETT (6)  BURROWS (24)  CANN (16)  CATFORD (1)  CAMPION (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHASTY (3)  CHERITON (3)  CHILLCOTT (8)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  COCKRAM (4)  COOKER (3)  COUSINS (14)  CROCKER (4)  CRONCHER (1)  CROOK (6)  CROOTE (1)  DARCH (3)  DART (11)  DAVEY (10)  DAW (1)  DEW (1)  DICKER (2)  DISCOMBE (1)  DREW (7)  DROSIER (2)  EASTERBROOKE (3)  EDWARDS (8)  ELLIS (10)  ENDERSON (16)  EVANS (2)  FEY (1)  FINNIMORE (1)  FORD (5)  GARDENER (1)  JERRETT (7)  GIBBINGS JR. (8)  GIBSON (4)  GLANFIELD (3)  GLANVILLE (2)  GREGORY (20)  GRIBBLE (1)  GUEST (11)  HEALE (2)  HAMMETT (3)  HARRIS (10)  HAWKINS (2)  HEWLETT (2)  HILL (5)  HOOPER (5)  HOWARD (8)  HUNT (1)  HOOKS (2)  JAMES (1)  JARMAN (5)  JENNINGS (1)  JEWELL (2)  JONES (1)  KERSWELL (2)  KNAPMAN (1)  LEE (18)  LEYMON (3)  LEYMAN (11)  LEAMAN (3)  LINDON (1)  LINSCOTT (4)  LOTT (15)  LUXTON (4)  MACLURIAN (1)  MADGE (6)  MARKS (6)  MASON (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MAY (12)  MELHUISH (3)  MERRIFIELD (4)  MIDDLEWEEK (2)  MIDDLEWICK (3)  MILLER (1)  MONK (2)  MOORE (1)  MORRISH (7)  NORRISH (2)  NORRIS (1)  NORTON (2)  NOTLEY (1)  OSBORNE (6)  OXFORD (2)  PALMER (1)  PARISH (5)  PARKER (12)  PARNELL (3)  PARR (2)  PASSMORE (1)  PEARCE (3)  PERKINS (6)  PETERS (3)  PICKINGS (3)  PIKE (6)  POPE (4)  PIM (1)  RAMOND (1)  RANDLE (3)  RENDLE (1)  RAYMOND (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICE (1)  RICH (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RIPPIN (4)  RISDON (1)  ROACH (2)  ROWDON (1)  RODGERS (2)  ROGERS (1)  ROWE (1)  SALTER (10)  SANSOME (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SERCOMBE (1)  SEWARD (7)  SHARLAND (4)  SMALE (3)  SMITH (3)  SOBEY (4)  SPEAR (4)  SQUIRES (5)  STEER (2)  STONE (4)  STONEMAN (9)  SUTTON (1)  TANCOCK (2)  TARR (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THORNE (3)  TOLLEY (5)  TREMLETT (1)  TUCKER (9)  TURNER (8)  UNDERHILL (2)  VAUDEN (1)  WARE (1)  WATTS (5)  WEBBER (5)  WESTAWAY (2)  WESTWAY (2)  WILLCOCKS (18)  WILLCOCK (1)  WOODBURY (1)  WOODLEY (1)  WOODMAN (1)  WREFORD (20)  WRIGHT (7)