Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kelly, Devon

Kelly 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
DAVY114.8458392.86
PALMER114.845841.11
GREENING93.9648714.29
BAKER93.964818.09
HENDY93.9648789.47
KENNARD83.5242720.72
MARTIN73.083712.52
GULLICK73.08373,333.33
TOWNSEND62.643262.24
HELSON62.64326,666.67
MOYSE62.64321,111.11
JACKMAN62.6432284.36
MILFORD52.2026781.25
COLE52.202624.18
RICE52.202670.92
GUEST52.2026103.09
LANGMAN41.76211,176.47
OSBORNE41.762136.93
ELLERY41.7621645.16
REDSTONE41.76212,352.94
BENOY31.32164,285.71
STACEY31.321658.82
CHING31.3216810.81
ABBOTT20.881119.98
PERRY20.881111.98
FREEMAN20.881113.79
BALL20.881110.67
DOWN20.881173.26
PELLOW20.8811512.82
MUTTON20.8811238.10
KELLY20.88118.05
KNIGHT20.88117.15
GILL20.881112.45
MURRIN10.4405714.29
JONAS10.4405256.41
DYER10.440511.38
SMALE10.440566.67
MASTERS10.440523.75
HAMMETT10.4405131.58
GREGORY10.44056.28
CARTER10.44052.62
WALTER10.440528.74
STOREY10.440517.33
MAY10.44056.92
HARRY10.440560.98
CROSSMAN10.4405133.33
CLARK10.44051.47
LAKEMAN10.4405303.03
WORTH10.440549.02
BROWN10.44050.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HELSON0.232276666.6667
BENOY0.232274285.7143
GULLICK0.232273333.3333
REDSTONE0.232272352.9412
LANGMAN0.232271176.4706
MOYSE0.232271111.1111
CHING0.23227810.8108
HENDY0.23227789.4737
MILFORD0.23227781.2500
KENNARD0.23227720.7207
GREENING0.23227714.2857
MURRIN0.23227714.2857
LASHBROOK0.23227714.2857
ELLERY0.23227645.1613
PELLOW0.23227512.8205
DAVY0.23227392.8571
LAKEMAN0.23227303.0303
JACKMAN0.23227284.3602
JONAS0.23227256.4103
MUTTON0.23227238.0952
DOIDGE0.23227153.8462
CROSSMAN0.23227133.3333
HAMMETT0.23227131.5789
GUEST0.23227103.0928
VEALE0.23227102.0408
DOWN0.2322773.2601
RICE0.2322770.9220
SMALE0.2322766.6667
TOWNSEND0.2322762.2407
HARRY0.2322760.9756
STACEY0.2322758.8235
WORTH0.2322749.0196
PALMER0.2322741.1061
OSBORNE0.2322736.9344
WALTER0.2322728.7356
COLE0.2322724.1779
MASTERS0.2322723.7530
ABBOTT0.2322719.9800
BAKER0.2322718.0941
STOREY0.2322717.3310
FREEMAN0.2322713.7931
MARTIN0.2322712.5179
GILL0.2322712.4533
PERRY0.2322711.9832
MATHEWS0.2322711.9332
DYER0.2322711.3766
BALL0.2322710.6667
WALTERS0.232279.2421
KELLY0.232278.0451
KNIGHT0.232277.1480

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 227 people called HELSON in Kelly 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 Kelly means that 6666.6667% of the people in Kelly on census day were called HELSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Kelly in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  BADGE (1)  BAKER (9)  BALL (2)  BENOY (3)  BROWN (1)  CARTER (1)  CHING (3)  CLARK (1)  COLE (5)  COLLINS (1)  CROSSMAN (1)  DAVY (11)  DOIDGE (1)  DOWN (2)  DYER (1)  EDWORTHY (5)  ELLERY (4)  FREEMAN (2)  GILL (2)  GREENING (9)  GREGORY (1)  GUEST (5)  GULLICK (7)  GUSCOTT (6)  HELSON (6)  HAMMETT (1)  HARRIS (1)  HARRY (1)  HENDY (9)  HORSHAM (1)  JACKMAN (6)  JONAS (1)  KELLY (2)  KENNARD (8)  KNIGHT (2)  LAKEMAN (1)  LANGMAN (4)  LASHBROOK (1)  MARTIN (7)  MASTERS (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MAY (1)  MILFORD (5)  MILLER (1)  MUTTON (2)  MURRIN (1)  MORSHEAD (4)  MOYSE (6)  OSBORNE (4)  PALMER (11)  PEARLDON (1)  PELLOW (2)  PERRY (2)  REDSTONE (4)  RICE (5)  SMALE (1)  STACEY (3)  STANBURY (4)  STOREY (1)  TOWNSEND (6)  VEALE (1)  WALTERS (1)  WALTER (1)  WESINGTON (1)  WEVILL (3)  WORTH (1)  YELLAND (1)  YOLE (15)