Top surnames from the 1881 census in Loxbear, Devon

Loxbear 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
KERSLAKE119.01642,682.93
BRYANT86.5574153.55
MANLEY86.5574583.94
ASHFORD75.7377578.51
PERKINS75.7377127.50
WHITE75.737717.85
MASLIN64.91802,307.69
LEIGH64.9180213.52
EVETT54.09845,555.56
SNOW43.2787242.42
CROOK43.2787114.29
GOSS43.2787377.36
WRIGHT32.45907.66
MITCHELL32.459012.12
COOMBE21.6393303.03
WEBBER21.639353.62
BLAKE21.639333.84
NORRIS21.639338.17
AYRE21.6393294.12
COWELL21.6393114.29
BRADFORD10.819742.02
LANGHAM10.8197188.68
PERRY10.819711.15
HAWKINS10.819711.33
PAINE10.819759.52
MEAD10.819735.21
LOCK10.819728.82
REED10.819711.22
CROCKER10.819760.98
WAY10.819774.07
RADFORD10.819743.29
KEMP10.819714.77
PARKHOUSE10.8197277.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EVETT0.121225555.5556
KERSLAKE0.121222682.9268
MASLIN0.121222307.6923
MANLEY0.12122583.9416
ASHFORD0.12122578.5124
GOSS0.12122377.3585
COOMBE0.12122303.0303
AYRE0.12122294.1176
PARKHOUSE0.12122277.7778
SNOW0.12122242.4242
LEIGH0.12122213.5231
LANGHAM0.12122188.6792
BRYANT0.12122153.5509
PERKINS0.12122127.5046
COWELL0.12122114.2857
CROOK0.12122114.2857
WAY0.1212274.0741
CROCKER0.1212260.9756
PAINE0.1212259.5238
WEBBER0.1212253.6193
RADFORD0.1212243.2900
BRADFORD0.1212242.0168
NORRIS0.1212238.1679
MEAD0.1212235.2113
BLAKE0.1212233.8409
LOCK0.1212228.8184
WHITE0.1212217.8480
KEMP0.1212214.7710
MITCHELL0.1212212.1212
HAWKINS0.1212211.3250
REED0.1212211.2233
PERRY0.1212211.1483
WRIGHT0.121227.6648

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 122 people called EVETT in Loxbear 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 5555.5556 in Loxbear means that 5555.5556% of the people in Loxbear on census day were called EVETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EVETT 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 EVETT 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 EVETT 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 EVETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Loxbear means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EVETT in Loxbear than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Loxbear in 1881

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

ASHFORD (7)  BLAKE (2)  BRADFORD (1)  BRYANT (8)  COOMBE (2)  COWELL (2)  CROCKER (1)  CROOK (4)  EVETT (5)  AYRE (2)  JEFFERD (1)  GOSS (4)  GREENSLADE (2)  HAMMICK (1)  HAWKINS (1)  KEMP (1)  KERSLAKE (11)  LANGHAM (1)  LEIGH (6)  LOCK (1)  MANLEY (8)  MASLIN (6)  MAUNDER (4)  MEAD (1)  MITCHELL (3)  NORRISH (3)  NORRIS (2)  PALFREMAN (2)  PARKHOUSE (1)  PAINE (1)  PERKINS (7)  PERRY (1)  RADFORD (1)  REED (1)  SNOW (4)  WAY (1)  WEBBER (2)  WESTURN (1)  WHITE (7)  WRIGHT (3)