Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cornworthy, Devon

Cornworthy 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
HUTCHINGS194.5346241.12
EDMONDS163.8186199.75
TOZER153.5800597.61
WALKE133.10265,200.00
IRISH112.6253901.64
MAIN112.6253160.35
RICHARDS102.386615.80
GORDEN102.38661,369.86
WAKEHAM102.3866628.93
HAWKE102.3866425.53
DAMERELL92.14803,600.00
FERRIS92.1480217.39
EVANS92.14804.92
BOWDEN92.148074.44
MATHEWS92.148058.18
LANG81.909385.65
SPRY81.9093645.16
HANNAFORD81.9093414.51
GILES71.670643.83
VENUS71.67061,489.36
HEALY71.6706252.71
EVENS71.6706636.36
PEDRICK71.67061,320.75
LOCK71.670658.68
JEWELL71.6706159.09
HYLAND61.4320361.45
MARCH51.1933110.86
FARLEY51.193395.06
ANDREWS40.95479.96
PERROW40.95472,105.26
SAUNDERS40.954710.41
JARVIS40.954721.28
QUICK40.954785.29
TERRY40.954737.35
HELMER40.95473,076.92
BROOKING40.9547388.35
BLAKE40.954719.70
TAYLOR30.71601.12
FRENCH30.716014.66
HICKS30.716017.10
HAYMAN30.716093.75
ASH30.716043.35
NICHOLLS30.716013.71
SMERDON30.7160461.54
WARR30.7160125.52
PARTRIDGE20.477318.26
BICKLEY20.4773114.94
CLEMENTS20.477314.39
BROWNE20.477326.08
TAVERNER20.4773263.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALKE0.424195200.0000
DAMERELL0.424193600.0000
HELMER0.424193076.9231
PERROW0.424192105.2632
VENUS0.424191489.3617
GORDEN0.424191369.8630
PEDRICK0.424191320.7547
IRISH0.42419901.6393
SPRY0.42419645.1613
EVENS0.42419636.3636
WAKEHAM0.42419628.9308
WAYCOTT0.42419625.0000
TOZER0.42419597.6096
SMERDON0.42419461.5385
EFFORD0.42419434.7826
HAWKE0.42419425.5319
HANNAFORD0.42419414.5078
BROOKING0.42419388.3495
HYLAND0.42419361.4458
FEY0.42419333.3333
TAVERNER0.42419263.1579
CARNALL0.42419253.1646
HEALY0.42419252.7076
HUTCHINGS0.42419241.1168
BRAYLEY0.42419222.2222
FERRIS0.42419217.3913
LANGWORTHY0.42419208.3333
EDMONDS0.42419199.7503
WOOTON0.42419180.1802
MAIN0.42419160.3499
JEWELL0.42419159.0909
WARR0.42419125.5230
BICKLEY0.42419114.9425
LEAMAN0.42419111.1111
MARCH0.42419110.8647
CARE0.42419107.5269
FARLEY0.4241995.0570
HAYMAN0.4241993.7500
LANG0.4241985.6531
QUICK0.4241985.2878
BOWDEN0.4241974.4417
LOCK0.4241958.6756
MATHEWS0.4241958.1771
DINGLE0.4241954.6448
PASS0.4241948.7805
LUSCOMBE0.4241946.7290
GILES0.4241943.8322
ASH0.4241943.3526
NEWLAND0.4241939.8406
SOPER0.4241938.4615

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 419 people called WALKE in Cornworthy 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 5200.0000 in Cornworthy means that 5200.0000% of the people in Cornworthy on census day were called WALKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALKE 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 WALKE 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 WALKE 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 WALKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Cornworthy means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALKE in Cornworthy than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cornworthy in 1881

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

ANDREWS (4)  ASH (3)  AUSTIN (1)  BAKER (1)  BALL (1)  BICKLEY (2)  BLAKE (4)  BOWDEN (9)  BRAYLEY (1)  BROOKING (4)  BROWNE (2)  CARE (1)  CARNALL (2)  CLEMENTS (2)  COLLINS (1)  COULTON (2)  CONNABEER (4)  CROCKER (1)  DAMERELL (9)  DILKE (1)  DINGLE (1)  DUDER (1)  EDMONDS (16)  EFFORD (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ENDACOTT (1)  EVENS (7)  EVANS (9)  FARLEY (5)  FEY (1)  FERRIS (9)  FORD (2)  FRENCH (3)  GILES (7)  GORDEN (10)  GORDON (1)  GRANT (2)  HAYMAN (3)  HANNAFORD (8)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKE (10)  HELLY (4)  HEALY (7)  HELMER (4)  HICKS (3)  HOLMAN (1)  HONEYWILL (2)  HUTCHINGS (19)  HYLAND (6)  IRISH (11)  JARVIS (4)  JEFFERY (1)  JEWELL (7)  KENDALL (2)  KNAPMAN (1)  LAMBEL (4)  LANG (8)  LANGWORTHY (1)  LEACH (1)  LEAMAN (1)  LLOYED OR FLOYED (2)  LOCK (7)  LUSCOMBE (1)  MAIN (11)  MARCH (5)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (9)  MATTHEWS (2)  MICHELMORE (4)  NEWLAND (1)  NICHOLLS (3)  OULD (5)  PARTINGTON (2)  PARTRIDGE (2)  PASS (1)  PEDRICK (7)  PEPPERELL (1)  PERROW (4)  QUICK (4)  REED (1)  RICHARDS (10)  ROGERS (2)  SAUNDERS (4)  SYMS (5)  SKEDGEL (6)  SMERDON (3)  SOPER (1)  SPRY (8)  STONE (1)  TAVERNER (2)  TAYLOR (3)  TERRY (4)  TOZER (15)  VENUS (7)  WAKEHAM (10)  WALKE (13)  WARR (3)  WIDDICOMBE (2)  WHITE (1)  WAYCOTT (1)  WOOTON (2)  YABSLEY (2)