Top surnames from the 1881 census in Jacobstowe, Devon

Jacobstowe 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
PALMER146.167452.32
GUY135.7269261.57
HILL114.845819.02
VANSTONE104.40531,538.46
PARSONS104.405357.97
WESTLAKE83.5242487.80
NORTHAM83.52421,904.76
HARRIS73.083712.13
EASTERBROOK73.08371,076.92
REYNOLDS73.083735.61
CROCKER73.0837229.51
BIRD62.643234.58
BAKER52.202610.05
MADGE52.2026694.44
BISSETT41.7621740.74
WOOLDRIDGE41.7621322.58
MORTIMORE41.7621465.12
HOLDING41.7621199.01
VINCENT31.321642.37
COOKE31.321623.94
SAUNDERS31.321614.41
FAIRCHILD31.3216588.24
SOPER31.3216212.77
SAMPSON31.321677.52
TURNER31.32164.75
SHORT20.881122.55
HEYWOOD20.881144.25
RICH20.881170.42
DAY20.88119.36
WEBBER20.881128.82
THANE20.88112,857.14
CHANDLER20.881127.43
NEWCOMBE20.8811125.00
MACDONELL10.44051,111.11
FALLOW10.4405666.67
ROWLAND10.440515.50
KING10.44052.02
DILLING10.44051,000.00
REED10.44056.04
HOOPER10.440510.41
TRUSCOTT10.440581.30
SQUIRES10.440531.15
BOWDEN10.440515.27
LOVERING10.4405256.41
KELLY10.44054.02
PEARSE10.440541.49
THOMAS10.44051.07
CHANNING10.4405227.27
BOND10.44058.32
FRIEND10.440538.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THANE0.232272857.1429
NORTHAM0.232271904.7619
VANSTONE0.232271538.4615
MACDONELL0.232271111.1111
EASTERBROOK0.232271076.9231
DILLING0.232271000.0000
BISSETT0.23227740.7407
MADGE0.23227694.4444
FALLOW0.23227666.6667
FAIRCHILD0.23227588.2353
WESTLAKE0.23227487.8049
MORTIMORE0.23227465.1163
WOOLDRIDGE0.23227322.5806
GUY0.23227261.5694
LOVERING0.23227256.4103
CROCKER0.23227229.5082
CHANNING0.23227227.2727
SOPER0.23227212.7660
HOLDING0.23227199.0050
KINGDON0.23227140.8451
NEWCOMBE0.23227125.0000
TRUSCOTT0.2322781.3008
SAMPSON0.2322777.5194
RICH0.2322770.4225
PARSONS0.2322757.9710
PALMER0.2322752.3169
HEYWOOD0.2322744.2478
VINCENT0.2322742.3729
PEARSE0.2322741.4938
FRIEND0.2322738.9105
REYNOLDS0.2322735.6053
BIRD0.2322734.5821
SQUIRES0.2322731.1526
WEBBER0.2322728.8184
CHANDLER0.2322727.4348
COOKE0.2322723.9425
SHORT0.2322722.5479
HORN0.2322719.3798
HILL0.2322719.0246
HAINES0.2322719.0114
ROWLAND0.2322715.5039
BOWDEN0.2322715.2672
SAUNDERS0.2322714.4092
HARRIS0.2322712.1338
HOOPER0.2322710.4058
BAKER0.2322710.0523
DAY0.232279.3589
BOND0.232278.3195
REED0.232276.0350
BALL0.232275.3333

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 227 people called THANE in Jacobstowe 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 2857.1429 in Jacobstowe means that 2857.1429% of the people in Jacobstowe on census day were called THANE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THANE 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 THANE 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 THANE 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 THANE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Jacobstowe means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THANE in Jacobstowe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Jacobstowe in 1881

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

APRY OR ASSY (2)  BRIGDET OR BAGLET (4)  BAKER (5)  BALL (1)  BIRD (6)  BISSETT (4)  BOND (1)  BOWDEN (1)  CHANDLER (2)  CHANNING (1)  COOKE (3)  COUIBREE OR COUIBREN (6)  CROCKER (7)  DAFTY (1)  DAMANT (1)  DAY (2)  DILLING (1)  DULLING (9)  EASTERBROOK (7)  FAIRCHILD (3)  FAIROAKS (3)  FALLOW (1)  FRIEND (1)  FROUDE (3)  GUY (13)  HARRIS (7)  HAINES (1)  HEYWOOD (2)  HILL (11)  HOLDING (4)  HOOPER (1)  HORN (1)  KELLY (1)  KING (1)  KINGDON (1)  LOVERING (1)  MADGE (5)  MACDONELL (1)  MORTIMORE (4)  MOXON (2)  NEWCOMBE (2)  NORAM (1)  NORTHAM (8)  PALMER (14)  PARSONS (10)  PEARSE (1)  PUDNER (1)  REED (1)  REYNOLDS (7)  RICH (2)  ROWLAND (1)  SAMPSON (3)  SAUNDERS (3)  SHORT (2)  SOPER (3)  SQUIRES (1)  THANE (2)  THOMAS (1)  TRUSCOTT (1)  TURNER (3)  TYNE (1)  VANSTONE (10)  VINCENT (3)  WEBBER (2)  WESTLAKE (8)  WOOLDRIDGE (4)  YELLAND (1)