Top surnames from the 1881 census in North Leigh, Devon

North Leigh 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
HOOPER249.7561230.33
BERRY187.317192.21
WHITE156.097618.97
SUMMERS124.8780173.91
BANKS104.065079.24
HAWKINS104.065056.15
NEWBERY93.65851,267.61
UNDERDOWN93.65851,836.73
BISHOP83.252046.54
DREW62.439092.31
PERRY62.439033.17
EVANS52.03254.65
SPILLER52.0325357.14
LOVERIDGE52.0325568.18
SELLER52.03251,351.35
WAKELY52.03251,219.51
BATTEN52.0325220.26
MAY41.626025.54
DYMOND41.6260465.12
BAGWELL41.62602,000.00
TROTT41.6260246.91
RICHARDS31.21958.08
WARREN31.219518.24
HILL31.21954.79
MITCHELL31.21956.01
SIMS20.813027.14
BIDDICK20.81301,052.63
COLYER20.8130312.50
SMALL20.813032.05
CHARLES20.813039.37
HURFORD20.8130298.51
NORTON20.813024.45
MUTTER20.8130526.32
DUNNING20.813095.69
STOCKER10.406575.76
APLIN10.4065147.06
YARDE10.40653,333.33
CLAPP10.4065108.70
ABBOTT10.40659.22
KIBBY10.4065714.29
BUSSELL10.4065185.19
VINCENT10.406513.04
MITCHEM10.40651,428.57
ANDREWS10.40654.24
WYATT10.406513.85
CHOWN10.4065129.87
JEFFERY10.406518.73
BRADFORD10.406520.83
NEWBERRY10.406599.01
STUCKEY10.4065178.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
YARDE0.252463333.3333
BAGWELL0.252462000.0000
UNDERDOWN0.252461836.7347
MITCHEM0.252461428.5714
SELLER0.252461351.3514
NEWBERY0.252461267.6056
WAKELY0.252461219.5122
BIDDICK0.252461052.6316
KIBBY0.25246714.2857
LOVERIDGE0.25246568.1818
MUTTER0.25246526.3158
DYMOND0.25246465.1163
SPILLER0.25246357.1429
COLYER0.25246312.5000
HURFORD0.25246298.5075
TROTT0.25246246.9136
HOOPER0.25246230.3263
BATTEN0.25246220.2643
BUSSELL0.25246185.1852
STUCKEY0.25246178.5714
SUMMERS0.25246173.9130
APLIN0.25246147.0588
CHOWN0.25246129.8701
ACKLAND0.25246123.4568
CLAPP0.25246108.6957
NEWBERRY0.2524699.0099
DUNNING0.2524695.6938
DREW0.2524692.3077
BERRY0.2524692.2131
BANKS0.2524679.2393
STOCKER0.2524675.7576
HAWKINS0.2524656.1482
BISHOP0.2524646.5387
CHARLES0.2524639.3701
PERRY0.2524633.1675
SMALL0.2524632.0513
SIMS0.2524627.1370
MAY0.2524625.5428
NORTON0.2524624.4499
BRADFORD0.2524620.8333
WHITE0.2524618.9705
JEFFERY0.2524618.7266
WARREN0.2524618.2371
WYATT0.2524613.8504
VINCENT0.2524613.0378
ABBOTT0.252469.2166
RICHARDS0.252468.0754
MITCHELL0.252466.0120
HILL0.252464.7885
EVANS0.252464.6512

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 246 people called YARDE in North Leigh 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 3333.3333 in North Leigh means that 3333.3333% of the people in North Leigh on census day were called YARDE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called YARDE 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 YARDE 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 YARDE 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 YARDE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in North Leigh means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of YARDE in North Leigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in North Leigh in 1881

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

ABBOTT (1)  ACKLAND (1)  ANDREWS (1)  APLIN (1)  BAGWELL (4)  BANKS (10)  BATTEN (5)  BERRY (18)  BIDDICK (2)  BISHOP (8)  BRADFORD (1)  BUSSELL (1)  CHAMMINGS (2)  CHARLES (2)  CHOWN (1)  CLAPP (1)  COLYER (2)  DREW (6)  DUNNING (2)  DYMOND (4)  EVANS (5)  HALFYARD (2)  HAWKINS (10)  HAYCROFT (7)  HILL (3)  HOOPER (24)  HURFORD (2)  JEFFERY (1)  KIBBY (1)  LAKELAND (2)  LEE (1)  LETTEN (5)  LOVERIDGE (5)  MAY (4)  MITCHEM (1)  MITCHELL (3)  MUTTER (2)  NEWBERY (9)  NEWBERRY (1)  NORTON (2)  PERRY (6)  PURSE (1)  RICHARDS (3)  RUSSELL (1)  SELLER (5)  SERVINGS (1)  SIMS (2)  SMALL (2)  SPILLER (5)  SPURWAY (3)  STOCKER (1)  STUCKEY (1)  SUMMERS (12)  TROTT (4)  UNDERDOWN (9)  VINCENT (1)  WAKELY (5)  WARREN (3)  WHITE (15)  WOOD (1)  WYATT (1)  YARDE (1)