Top surnames from the 1881 census in Petrockstow, Devon

Petrockstow 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
EDWARDS254.892417.55
TRACE163.13113,555.56
DAVEY163.131176.15
WARD163.131114.33
MILLS152.935422.63
HUTCHINGS152.9354156.25
BUSSELL132.54401,150.44
HUNKIN122.34832,307.69
WHITLOCK112.1526361.84
LUXTON112.1526486.73
BIRD112.152628.17
FOLLAND101.95691,333.33
ABELL91.7613569.62
PHILLIPS91.76139.84
PICKARD81.5656112.20
SMALE81.5656237.39
DUNN81.565618.82
MOORE81.56567.83
LUCAS71.369929.62
RIDGE71.3699196.08
BISSETT71.3699578.51
HAY71.369937.35
HOOPER71.369932.35
MANNING71.369943.08
MITCHELL61.17425.79
ALFORD61.1742137.93
BONIFANT61.174220,000.00
SLEEMAN61.1742363.64
AYRE61.1742210.53
PIKE61.174240.38
QUANCE50.97851,470.59
WILLIS50.978518.40
NORTHCOTT50.9785215.52
TUCKER50.978517.68
PILE50.9785211.86
MARSHALL50.97855.83
TROTT50.9785148.81
CHING50.9785602.41
MAY40.782812.30
LYNE40.7828178.57
BERRY40.78289.86
WALDRON40.782888.89
BRAUND40.7828373.83
WILSON40.78281.70
SLADE40.782839.25
ASHTON30.587111.99
ROOK30.587185.96
SELDON30.5871326.09
JOHNS30.587122.74
STEER30.587150.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BONIFANT0.5151120000.0000
TRACE0.515113555.5556
HUNKIN0.515112307.6923
QUANCE0.515111470.5882
FOLLAND0.515111333.3333
BUSSELL0.515111150.4425
CHING0.51511602.4096
PHELP0.51511588.2353
BISSETT0.51511578.5124
ABELL0.51511569.6203
LUXTON0.51511486.7257
BRAUND0.51511373.8318
SLEEMAN0.51511363.6364
WHITLOCK0.51511361.8421
SELDON0.51511326.0870
METTERS0.51511294.1176
HORRELL0.51511250.0000
SMALE0.51511237.3887
NORTHCOTT0.51511215.5172
PILE0.51511211.8644
AYRE0.51511210.5263
RIDGE0.51511196.0784
LYNE0.51511178.5714
HUTCHINGS0.51511156.2500
TROTT0.51511148.8095
ALFORD0.51511137.9310
PICKARD0.51511112.2020
HARD0.51511107.5269
WHEATON0.5151195.2381
WALDRON0.5151188.8889
ROOK0.5151185.9599
DAVEY0.5151176.1542
LANGDON0.5151175.5668
MILFORD0.5151169.9301
VANSTONE0.5151168.0272
DAWE0.5151167.4157
LUGG0.5151165.3595
BALLANTINE0.5151163.6943
MITCHEL0.5151160.1202
STEER0.5151150.2513
DICKER0.5151150.0000
MANNING0.5151143.0769
PIKE0.5151140.3769
SLADE0.5151139.2542
HAY0.5151137.3533
SQUIRE0.5151133.0033
HOOPER0.5151132.3475
LUCAS0.5151129.6234
BIRD0.5151128.1690
DOWNEY0.5151127.7008

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 511 people called BONIFANT in Petrockstow 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 20000.0000 in Petrockstow means that 20000.0000% of the people in Petrockstow on census day were called BONIFANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BONIFANT 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 BONIFANT 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 BONIFANT 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 BONIFANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Petrockstow means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BONIFANT in Petrockstow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Petrockstow in 1881

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

ABELL (9)  ADAMS (2)  ALFORD (6)  ASHTON (3)  BALE (1)  BALLANTINE (1)  BENNETT (1)  BERRY (4)  BIRD (11)  BISSETT (7)  BLACKMORE (2)  BOND (3)  BONIFANT (6)  BOTT (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BRAUND (4)  BUDD (1)  BUSSELL (13)  COLICOTT (5)  CANN (1)  CARDEW (4)  CHING (5)  CLARKE (1)  COCKWILL (15)  DAVEY (16)  DAWE (3)  DENNIS (2)  DICKER (1)  DOWNEY (1)  DUNN (8)  EBSARY (6)  EDWARDS (25)  EDWORTHY (5)  AYRE (6)  FALCONER (1)  FOLLAND (10)  FREEMAN (2)  FRY (3)  FURSDON (1)  GILL (2)  HARD (1)  HATHERLEY (6)  HAY (7)  HILL (2)  HOOPER (7)  HORRELL (2)  HORRILL (1)  HUNKIN (12)  HUTCHINGS (15)  JOHNS (3)  LANE (1)  LANGDON (3)  LEONARDS (4)  LYNE (4)  LIVUTON OR LIVERTON (2)  LUCAS (7)  LUGG (1)  LUXTON (11)  MANNING (7)  MARSHALL (5)  MAY (4)  METERS (2)  METTERS (1)  MILFORD (1)  MILLS (15)  MITCHELL (6)  MITCHEL (3)  MOON (2)  MOORE (8)  NORTHCOTT (5)  PERRIMAN (3)  PHILLIPS (9)  PHELP (1)  PICKARD (8)  PIKE (6)  PILE (5)  PRANCE (1)  QUANCE (5)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDGE (7)  ROOK (3)  SANDERS (1)  SELDON (3)  SILIFANT (3)  SLADE (4)  SLEEMAN (6)  SMALE (8)  SNELL (1)  SQUIRE (2)  SQUIRES (2)  STACEY (3)  STEER (3)  TRACE (16)  TROTT (5)  TUCKER (5)  TURNER (1)  VANSTONE (1)  WALDRON (4)  WALKER (1)  WARD (16)  WARE (2)  WHEATON (1)  WHITLOCK (11)  WILLIS (5)  WILSON (4)  WINSTANLY (1)  WOOLLCOMBE (6)