Top surnames from the 1881 census in Exeter St John, Devon

Exeter St John 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
GILL102.304132.56
STEPHENS102.304141.53
ROBERTS92.07375.51
WILSON92.07374.52
PARSONS81.843324.26
FINCH81.843355.36
MORGAN71.61298.11
RENTON71.6129263.16
ANDREWS71.612916.84
REYNOLDS61.382515.96
TAYLOR61.38252.16
LEE61.38258.46
WRIGHT61.38254.31
NICKELS61.38251,304.35
CARTER61.38258.24
MARCHANT51.152174.29
FRANCIS51.152119.34
JAMES51.15215.87
PARKER51.15216.06
HOWE51.152129.34
HARVEY51.152110.79
HUMPHRIES51.152151.12
BROWNE51.152162.89
HILL51.15214.52
STEER51.152198.62
WEAVER51.152144.29
EADES40.9217179.37
WILKINSON40.92176.04
STONEMAN40.9217225.99
WESTLAKE40.9217127.39
PERRY40.921712.53
HAWKINS40.921712.73
CHAMBERS40.921716.21
MILTON40.921766.89
SYMONDS40.921776.48
ELLIS40.92176.35
LINSCOTT40.92171,904.76
POTTER40.921714.21
CROFT30.691229.27
TURNER30.69122.48
ADAMS30.69124.69
OSTLER30.6912326.09
CHARLES30.691233.44
SQUIRES30.691248.78
BLACKMORE30.691248.00
KINGDON30.6912222.22
WAY30.691262.63
LUCAS30.691214.95
GEORGE30.691211.78
CANN30.691274.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BEVILL0.434346666.6667
BALLMAN0.434342000.0000
LINSCOTT0.434341904.7619
NICKELS0.434341304.3478
MANDLEY0.43434909.0909
SATTERLEY0.43434625.0000
HUGO0.43434350.8772
CRABBE0.43434327.8689
OSTLER0.43434326.0870
FEY0.43434322.5806
BUMFORD0.43434263.1579
RENTON0.43434263.1579
RUBY0.43434263.1579
STONEMAN0.43434225.9887
KINGDON0.43434222.2222
LATIMER0.43434179.6407
EADES0.43434179.3722
MEDLOCK0.43434149.2537
WHITFORD0.43434148.1481
LINDON0.43434136.9863
SHERRY0.43434131.5789
WESTLAKE0.43434127.3885
GILLINGHAM0.43434103.0928
STEER0.4343498.6193
CHASE0.4343482.6446
HATCHER0.4343478.4314
SYMONDS0.4343476.4818
MUDGE0.4343475.7576
CANN0.4343474.6269
MARCHANT0.4343474.2942
COPP0.4343471.9424
CROSSMAN0.4343469.9301
HORE0.4343467.1141
MILTON0.4343466.8896
DONE0.4343466.6667
DYMOND0.4343465.7895
BROWNE0.4343462.8931
WAY0.4343462.6305
MORTIMORE0.4343460.9756
FINCH0.4343455.3633
STRANG0.4343451.2821
HUMPHRIES0.4343451.1247
VENN0.4343450.7614
SQUIRES0.4343448.7805
BLACKMORE0.4343448.0000
WEAVER0.4343444.2870
MARCH0.4343442.8266
STEPHENS0.4343441.5282
FARRANT0.4343438.9105
CHARLES0.4343433.4448

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 434 people called BEVILL in Exeter St John 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 6666.6667 in Exeter St John means that 6666.6667% of the people in Exeter St John on census day were called BEVILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BEVILL 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 BEVILL 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 BEVILL 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 BEVILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Exeter St John means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BEVILL in Exeter St John than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Exeter St John in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ANDREWS (7)  AVERY (1)  BADCOCK (7)  BALLMAN (1)  BARLOW OR BASTON (4)  BEVILL (2)  BLAKE (2)  BLACKMORE (3)  BOYLE (2)  BRADFORD (1)  BRADLEY (2)  BRAND (1)  BREWER (1)  BROWNE (5)  BUCKLEY (1)  BUMFORD (1)  CANN (3)  CARR (1)  CARTER (6)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHANNON (5)  CHARLES (3)  CHASE (2)  CHERMEOUR (5)  CHUDLEIGH (1)  CHURCHWARD (2)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENT (1)  COLE (1)  COLES (1)  COPP (1)  CORNISH (2)  CRABBE (2)  CROFT (3)  CROOK (1)  CROSSMAN (1)  DAVEY (2)  DAWE (1)  DONE (1)  DREW (3)  DYMOND (1)  DIMENT (1)  EADES (4)  EDWORTHY (3)  ELLIS (4)  EVANS (2)  FARRANT (1)  FEY (1)  FERRINS (1)  FEWINGS (1)  FINCH (8)  FLOOD (1)  FORD (2)  FRANCIS (5)  FRANKLIN (3)  GEORGE (3)  GILL (10)  GILLINGHAM (2)  GIPSEM (1)  GODSLAND (1)  GOULD (1)  GRANT (1)  GUSH (4)  HALE (1)  HALFYARD (2)  HALLAM (1)  HART (1)  HARVEY (5)  HATCHER (2)  HAWKES (2)  HAWKINS (4)  HEARN (1)  HEMMETT (1)  HILL (5)  HORE (1)  HODGE (1)  HORNE (2)  HOWE (5)  HUGO (2)  HUMPHRIES (5)  JAMES (5)  JARMAN (1)  JOHNS (2)  KERSWELL (6)  KERSWILL (1)  KINGDON (3)  KNAPMAN (1)  LATIMER (3)  LEE (6)  LETHBRIDGE (3)  LINDON (1)  LINSCOTT (4)  LIPPETT (1)  LORAM (2)  LUCAS (3)  MAJOR (1)  MANDLEY (1)  MARCH (2)  MARCHANT (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  MAUNDER (5)  MEDLOCK (1)  MILLS (2)  MILTON (4)  MOGRIDGE (1)  MORGAN (7)  MORTIMORE (1)  MUDGE (1)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NICKELS (6)  O LEARY (5)  ORCHARD (1)  OSTLER (3)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (5)  PARSONS (8)  PAYNE (1)  PERRY (4)  PORK (4)  POTTER (4)  RENTON (7)  REYNOLDS (6)  RICE (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBERTS (9)  RUBY (1)  SALTER (1)  SANGERS (1)  SATTERLEY (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHERRY (2)  SYMONDS (4)  SLADE (1)  SMITH (2)  SQUIRES (3)  STEER (5)  STEPHENS (10)  STONEMAN (4)  STRICKLAND (1)  STRANG (1)  STRONG (2)  TAYLOR (6)  TURNER (3)  VENN (1)  WAY (3)  WEAVER (5)  WEDLAKE (2)  WEST (1)  WESTLAKE (4)  WHITE (3)  WHITFORD (2)  WILKINSON (4)  WILLS (2)  WILSON (9)  WOOD (2)  WRIGHT (6)  WYATT (1)