Top surnames from the 1881 census in Halwell, Devon

Halwell 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
KNIGHT233.453528.02
BAKER213.153214.39
GILBERT162.402442.18
WOOLRIDGE152.25231,666.67
CLEMENTS152.252367.90
BOX152.2523277.78
MARTIN142.10218.53
HARRIS131.95207.68
HANNAFORD111.6517358.31
WHITE111.65175.14
SCOBLE111.6517769.23
WYATT111.651756.29
DOWN101.5015125.00
NEWLAND91.3514225.56
HOSKING91.3514181.09
NICHOLLS91.351425.88
STONE81.201216.62
ALLEN81.20126.36
BICKFORD81.2012640.00
TUCKER81.201221.71
HARVEY71.05119.84
MANNING71.051133.05
REED71.051114.40
HILL71.05114.13
DURRANT60.900957.58
GILLARD60.9009103.63
JAMES60.90094.59
CUTLER50.750860.31
EVELEIGH50.7508270.27
STANLEY50.750819.52
WARD50.75083.44
NORTHEY50.7508312.50
ROWSE50.7508322.58
WOODLEY50.750884.18
JOHNS50.750829.07
ELLIS50.75085.17
SPRY50.7508255.10
CHAPMAN40.60064.23
BOLT40.600683.16
PARSONS40.60067.91
VANSTONE40.6006209.42
GERRY40.6006312.50
CROCKER40.600644.74
WATERS40.600614.95
PALMER40.60065.10
CHAPPLE40.600688.50
IRISH30.4505154.64
COCKRAM30.4505132.74
TOZER30.450575.19
DART30.450596.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VENICE0.6766610000.0000
WOOLRIDGE0.676661666.6667
SCOBLE0.67666769.2308
BICKFORD0.67666640.0000
PALE0.67666625.0000
FOXWORTHY0.67666555.5556
EFFORD0.67666540.5405
DAMERELL0.67666512.8205
TALMAN0.67666476.1905
EGGINS0.67666454.5455
HUNKIN0.67666441.1765
TOPE0.67666377.3585
HANNAFORD0.67666358.3062
HILE0.67666333.3333
ROWSE0.67666322.5806
NORTHEY0.67666312.5000
GERRY0.67666312.5000
BOX0.67666277.7778
EVELEIGH0.67666270.2703
SPRY0.67666255.1020
HINGSTON0.67666229.8851
NEWLAND0.67666225.5639
PERRING0.67666218.9781
VANSTONE0.67666209.4241
LANGMAN0.67666198.0198
HOSKING0.67666181.0865
BLACKLER0.67666158.7302
IRISH0.67666154.6392
BRAYLEY0.67666140.8451
COCKRAM0.67666132.7434
MEDLAND0.67666132.4503
LANGWORTHY0.67666129.8701
DOWN0.67666125.0000
GILLARD0.67666103.6269
DINGLE0.67666103.0928
DART0.6766696.7742
SLEEMAN0.6766693.0233
CHAPPLE0.6766688.4956
WOODLEY0.6766684.1751
BOLT0.6766683.1601
TOZER0.6766675.1880
CLEMENTS0.6766667.9040
CUTLER0.6766660.3136
DURRANT0.6766657.5816
WYATT0.6766656.2948
WORDEN0.6766652.9101
MAYNE0.6766650.7614
CROCKER0.6766644.7427
GILBERT0.6766642.1830
CODD0.6766634.9650

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 666 people called VENICE in Halwell 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 10000.0000 in Halwell means that 10000.0000% of the people in Halwell on census day were called VENICE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Halwell in 1881

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

ALLEN (8)  ALMOND (1)  ANDREW (2)  ASCOT (1)  AUGAR (2)  BAILY (1)  BAKER (21)  BALE (1)  BALKWELL (3)  BALL (1)  BALSDON (4)  BARBER (1)  BARNES (2)  BASSETT (1)  BEALE (1)  BICKFORD (8)  BINMORE (5)  BLACKLER (2)  BOLT (4)  BOND (1)  BOWHAY (6)  BOX (15)  BRANCH (1)  BRAYLEY (1)  BUCKLAND (2)  KALLAWAY (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CHAPPLE (4)  CHUDLEY (3)  CLEMENTS (15)  COCKRAM (3)  CODD (1)  COLE (2)  COULTON (3)  COOD (1)  COUMBE (2)  COOMBE (1)  CROCKER (4)  CURTIS (2)  CUTLER (5)  DAMASELE (1)  DAMERELL (2)  DART (3)  DINGLE (3)  DOUGDALE (1)  DOWN (10)  DURRANT (6)  EDWARDS (3)  EFFORD (2)  EGGINS (1)  ELLIS (5)  ELSTONE (4)  EVELEIGH (5)  FICE (1)  FINCH (1)  FOXWORTHY (1)  FURZE (1)  GARDENER (1)  GEORGE (1)  GERRY (4)  GILBERT (16)  GILL (1)  GILLARD (6)  GOSS (1)  GRANT (1)  GREENSLADE (5)  HALLETT (1)  HANNAFORD (11)  HARRIS (13)  HARVEY (7)  HEATH (2)  HEGGADON (8)  HIGGINS (1)  HILE (1)  HILL (7)  HINGSTON (2)  HOCKIN (1)  HORN (1)  HORSWELL (1)  HOSKING (9)  HOWARD (1)  HOWE (1)  HUGHES (1)  HUNKIN (3)  IRISH (3)  JAMES (6)  JARVIS (1)  JEFFERY (1)  JOHNS (5)  JUDGEWELL (1)  KERSWELL (15)  KNIGHT (23)  LAMBLE (1)  LANGMAN (2)  LANGWORTHY (1)  LEY (1)  LAVERS (7)  LILLICROP (5)  LOCK (1)  LUSCOMBE (1)  LUXTON (1)  MAYNE (2)  MALLETT (1)  MANNING (7)  MARTIN (14)  MAY (1)  MEDLAND (2)  MEDWAY (2)  MIFLIN (2)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NEWLAND (9)  NICHOLLS (9)  NORTHEY (5)  NORTHY (1)  OXWORTHY (1)  PALE (1)  PALMER (4)  PARSONS (4)  PEARCE (1)  PEPPERELL (1)  PEPPERELE (5)  PERRING (3)  PERRING (PERING) (2)  PINCOMBE (3)  PRIOR (1)  QUICK (1)  REEVE (2)  REEVES (1)  REED (7)  RISDON (5)  ROWSE (5)  SAUNDERS (3)  SANDERS (1)  SCOBLE (11)  SHILLABEAR (5)  SKEDGWELL (10)  SLEEMAN (2)  SMERIDGE (4)  SOBY (29)  SPRY (5)  STANLEY (5)  STONE (8)  TALMAN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TERRY (1)  THORNING (3)  TOPE (2)  TOZER (3)  TUCKER (8)  VANSTONE (4)  VENICE (1)  WALMSLEY (3)  WARD (5)  WARREN (2)  WATERS (4)  WATKINS (1)  WELSH (1)  WEST (1)  WHITE (11)  WHITEWAY (4)  WILLIAMS (1)  WITHERIDGE (2)  WOODLEY (5)  WOOLRIDGE (15)  WORDEN (1)  WYATT (11)  YABSLEY (11)