Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kilmington, Devon

Kilmington 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
WHITE326.374519.83
SNELL244.7809252.63
ADAMS193.784925.68
TROTT152.9880454.55
DARE142.7888645.16
GOSLING112.1912139.95
MITCHEL101.9920203.67
BASTON91.7928841.12
SYMONDS91.7928148.76
FRENCH91.792836.72
HAYMAN91.7928234.99
SWAIN91.792892.98
HODDER81.5936325.20
CLARKE81.59367.86
GILL81.593622.52
UNDERDOWN71.3944700.00
PARSONS71.394418.35
CHOWN71.3944445.86
SPILLER71.3944245.61
BANKS71.394427.18
CLEGG71.394440.96
SANDERS61.195226.36
NEWBERY61.1952416.67
FOLLETT61.1952521.74
BOWDITCH61.1952480.00
HARRISS61.1952182.93
PEACH61.1952110.50
QUICK61.1952106.76
POPE61.195234.68
PERHAM61.19521,304.35
BANFIELD50.9960218.34
GRIFFIN50.996021.17
JEANES50.9960609.76
HURFORD50.9960364.96
SEWARD50.9960181.16
BOARD50.9960268.82
ROWE40.796814.03
STEWART40.79685.09
HOARE40.796840.82
WRIGHT40.79682.48
SLY40.7968210.53
SOUTHAM30.5976142.86
PEARSE30.597656.18
CHAPPLE30.597687.98
LOVERIDGE30.5976166.67
DUNSTER30.5976222.22
WOODMAN30.597654.05
SANSOM30.597688.50
KNIGHT20.39843.23
WAY20.398436.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAGWILL0.5050210000.0000
PERHAM0.505021304.3478
DIMON0.505021250.0000
BASTON0.50502841.1215
UNDERDOWN0.50502700.0000
DARE0.50502645.1613
JEANES0.50502609.7561
LONE0.50502588.2353
WILLER0.50502526.3158
FOLLETT0.50502521.7391
BOWDITCH0.50502480.0000
TROTT0.50502454.5455
CHOWN0.50502445.8599
NEWBERY0.50502416.6667
HURFORD0.50502364.9635
TRIVETT0.50502333.3333
HODDER0.50502325.2033
STUDLEY0.50502277.7778
BOARD0.50502268.8172
MUTTER0.50502259.7403
SNELL0.50502252.6316
SPILLER0.50502245.6140
HAYMAN0.50502234.9869
DUNSTER0.50502222.2222
BANFIELD0.50502218.3406
SLY0.50502210.5263
MITCHEL0.50502203.6660
HARRISS0.50502182.9268
SEWARD0.50502181.1594
PESTER0.50502175.4386
LOVERIDGE0.50502166.6667
SYMONDS0.50502148.7603
POMEROY0.50502143.8849
SOUTHAM0.50502142.8571
GOSLING0.50502139.9491
SALWAY0.50502125.0000
PEACH0.50502110.4972
SWABY0.50502108.6957
QUICK0.50502106.7616
PAVEY0.5050293.0233
SWAIN0.5050292.9752
LEY0.5050291.3242
SANSOM0.5050288.4956
CHAPPLE0.5050287.9765
SPRAGUE0.5050286.2069
POUND0.5050283.6820
TRIM0.5050266.2252
PEARSE0.5050256.1798
WOODMAN0.5050254.0541
VIVIAN0.5050242.9185

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 502 people called BAGWILL in Kilmington 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 Kilmington means that 10000.0000% of the people in Kilmington on census day were called BAGWILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAGWILL 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 BAGWILL 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 BAGWILL 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 BAGWILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Kilmington means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAGWILL in Kilmington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kilmington in 1881

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

ADAMS (19)  ANDOW (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ANSTICE (5)  ASHFORD (1)  BAGWILL (1)  BAKER (1)  BANFIELD (5)  BANKS (7)  BASTABLE (4)  BASTON (9)  BISHOP (1)  BOARD (5)  BOWDITCH (6)  BOWRIDGE (1)  BRADDICK (5)  BRIDGES (2)  BROOM (1)  CHAPPLE (3)  CHICK (1)  CHOWN (7)  CLARKE (8)  CLEGG (7)  COTTERAL (2)  DARE (14)  DOMMETT (2)  DOLLING (4)  DRAKE (2)  DUNSTER (3)  DIMON (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EDWARD (1)  FANNAM (1)  FOLLETT (6)  FRENCH (9)  FRANKS (1)  FROOM (8)  GILL (8)  GOSLING (11)  GRAHAM (1)  GRIFFIN (5)  HALLETT (1)  HAYMAN (9)  HAYMAIN (9)  HAMYES (1)  HARRISS (6)  HAWKINS (1)  HELMORE (1)  HILBORNE (1)  HOARE (4)  HODDER (8)  HOMYES (1)  HOSKINS (1)  HURFORD (5)  HUSSEY (2)  HYDE (1)  JEANES (5)  KNIGHT (2)  LAMB (2)  LEACH (1)  LEY (2)  LEGGETT (1)  LIPPETT (1)  LONE (1)  LONG (2)  LOVERIDGE (3)  MITCHEL (10)  MUTTER (2)  NEWBERY (6)  NEWBURY (1)  NEWMAN (1)  NORRISS (10)  PARSONS (7)  PAVEY (2)  PEACH (6)  PEARSE (3)  PERHAM (6)  PARREY (2)  PAREY (1)  PESTER (1)  POMEROY (2)  POPE (6)  POTTER (2)  POUND (2)  PYZOR (1)  QUICK (6)  READ (1)  RESTORICK (1)  ROBJENT (1)  ROCKET (1)  ROWE (4)  RUCKLEY (1)  SAINSBURY (5)  SALWAY (1)  SANSOM (3)  SANDERS (6)  SEWARD (5)  SHORT (1)  SYMONDS (9)  SLY (4)  SNELL (24)  SOUTHAM (3)  SPILLER (7)  SPRAGUE (1)  STEWART (4)  STUDLEY (2)  SWABY (1)  SWAIN (9)  TOWNSEND (1)  TRIVETT (2)  TRIM (1)  TROTT (15)  TUCKER (1)  TURL (1)  TURNER (1)  UNDERDOWN (7)  VANDERWOLFE (1)  VINCENT (2)  VIVIAN (1)  WAY (2)  WEBBER (2)  WEBSTER (1)  WHEELER (1)  WILLER (1)  WHITE (32)  WOODMAN (3)  WRIGHT (4)