Top surnames from the 1881 census in Huish, Devon

Huish 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
HISCOCK109.00901,219.51
FAIRCHILD109.00904,000.00
BUCKINGHAM76.3063472.97
GOULD76.3063174.56
BOWDEN65.4054187.50
MARSHALL65.405432.22
BYE65.40541,071.43
SPICER65.4054402.68
ANSTEY54.50451,562.50
PARKER43.603618.95
CUDMORE43.60362,500.00
DILLIN43.603620,000.00
LUGG43.60361,212.12
WEST21.801818.71
MORGAN21.80189.06
BRIGHT21.801889.29
ABLE10.9009476.19
LOCK10.900931.65
AVERY10.900953.76
LUXTON10.9009204.08
KNIGHT10.90097.31
GARROD10.9009172.41
DAVEY10.900921.93
MILES10.900915.27
BUDD10.900970.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DILLIN0.1111120000.0000
FAIRCHILD0.111114000.0000
CUDMORE0.111112500.0000
ANSTEY0.111111562.5000
HISCOCK0.111111219.5122
LUGG0.111111212.1212
BYE0.111111071.4286
ABLE0.11111476.1905
BUCKINGHAM0.11111472.9730
SPICER0.11111402.6846
LUXTON0.11111204.0816
BOWDEN0.11111187.5000
GOULD0.11111174.5636
GARROD0.11111172.4138
BRIGHT0.1111189.2857
BUDD0.1111170.9220
AVERY0.1111153.7634
MARSHALL0.1111132.2234
LOCK0.1111131.6456
DAVEY0.1111121.9298
PARKER0.1111118.9484
WEST0.1111118.7091
MILES0.1111115.2672
MORGAN0.111119.0621
KNIGHT0.111117.3099

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 111 people called DILLIN in Huish 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 20000.0000 in Huish means that 20000.0000% of the people in Huish on census day were called DILLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DILLIN 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 DILLIN 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 DILLIN 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 DILLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Huish means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DILLIN in Huish than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Huish in 1881

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

ABLE (1)  ANSTEY (5)  AVERY (1)  BALKWILL (3)  BARKWILL (1)  BOWDEN (6)  BRIGHT (2)  BUCKINGHAM (7)  BUDD (1)  BYE (6)  COCKWELL (6)  CUDMORE (4)  DAVEY (1)  DENFORD (2)  DILLIN (4)  FAIRCHILD (10)  GARROD (1)  GOULD (7)  HEALE (1)  HISCOCK (10)  KNIGHT (1)  LOCK (1)  LUGG (4)  LUXTON (1)  MARDON (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MILES (1)  MORGAN (2)  NETHERCOTT (2)  PARKER (4)  SPICER (6)  WEST (2)  WOOLACOTT (1)