Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poughill, Devon

Poughill 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
LAKE114.2308190.97
HAMMETT114.23081,264.37
ARTHURS103.84622,500.00
ROBERTS93.46159.20
PIKE93.4615119.05
ALSOP83.0769689.66
TRUDE83.076911,428.57
BRADFORD72.6923138.07
PARISH62.3077149.63
BIRMINGHAM51.9231769.23
TUCKER51.923134.75
CHANNING51.9231980.39
FISHER51.923116.43
CROOK51.923166.93
KINGSLAND51.92311,190.48
WEBBER51.923162.97
WALTERS41.538532.26
COX41.538510.15
CANN41.5385165.98
SMITH41.53851.09
ATKINS41.538541.03
BURRIDGE41.5385227.27
TAPP41.5385357.14
ELLIS41.538510.59
THOMAS31.15382.80
KINGDON31.1538370.37
WAY31.1538104.53
CROSSMAN31.1538348.84
REED31.153815.81
BAWDEN31.1538230.77
SNELL31.153860.98
HEARD20.769272.46
NOTT20.7692109.29
SKINNER20.769215.15
WARE20.769246.84
GOSS20.769288.50
BAKER10.38461.76
KEENE10.384665.36
GREGORY10.38465.48
SPRY10.3846129.87
MARTYN10.384696.15
GILLARD10.384644.25
JAMES10.38461.96
PESTER10.3846344.83
HARRIS10.38461.51
TAYLOR10.38460.60
NORMAN10.38468.30
GRANT10.38463.88
SOUTHCOTT10.3846222.22
BLISS10.384662.89

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRUDE0.2626011428.5714
MELFORD0.262605000.0000
ARTHURS0.262602500.0000
HAMMETT0.262601264.3678
KINGSLAND0.262601190.4762
CHANNING0.26260980.3922
BIRMINGHAM0.26260769.2308
ALSOP0.26260689.6552
KINGDON0.26260370.3704
TAPP0.26260357.1429
CROSSMAN0.26260348.8372
PESTER0.26260344.8276
PINSON0.26260263.1579
BAWDEN0.26260230.7692
BURRIDGE0.26260227.2727
SOUTHCOTT0.26260222.2222
LAKE0.26260190.9722
CANN0.26260165.9751
PARISH0.26260149.6259
BRADFORD0.26260138.0671
SPRY0.26260129.8701
PIKE0.26260119.0476
NOTT0.26260109.2896
WAY0.26260104.5296
MARTYN0.2626096.1538
GOSS0.2626088.4956
HEARD0.2626072.4638
CROOK0.2626066.9344
KEENE0.2626065.3595
WEBBER0.2626062.9723
BLISS0.2626062.8931
SNELL0.2626060.9756
HOW0.2626058.8235
WARE0.2626046.8384
GILLARD0.2626044.2478
ATKINS0.2626041.0256
TUCKER0.2626034.7464
BROCK0.2626033.1126
WALTERS0.2626032.2581
BLACKMORE0.2626026.7380
FISHER0.2626016.4312
REED0.2626015.8061
SKINNER0.2626015.1515
CHAMBERLAIN0.2626014.1443
ELLIS0.2626010.5932
COX0.2626010.1497
ROBERTS0.262609.2015
NORMAN0.262608.2988
KEMP0.262606.9348
GREGORY0.262605.4825

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 260 people called TRUDE in Poughill 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 11428.5714 in Poughill means that 11428.5714% of the people in Poughill on census day were called TRUDE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRUDE 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 TRUDE 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 TRUDE 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 TRUDE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.26 in Poughill means that you are 0.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRUDE in Poughill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Poughill in 1881

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

ALSOP (8)  ARTHURS (10)  ATKINS (4)  BAKER (1)  BIRMINGHAM (5)  BLACKMORE (1)  BLISS (1)  BAWDEN (3)  BRADFORD (7)  BROCK (1)  BURRIDGE (4)  CANN (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHANNING (5)  CHANNY (1)  CLIGG (10)  COX (4)  CROOK (5)  CROSSMAN (3)  ELLIS (4)  ELSWORTHY (1)  FEWINGS (10)  FISHER (5)  GILLARD (1)  GOSS (2)  GRANT (1)  GREENSLADE (11)  GREGORY (1)  GUSCOTT (3)  HAMMETT (11)  HARRIS (1)  HEARD (2)  HOSEGOOD (6)  HOW (1)  JAMES (1)  KEENE (1)  KEMP (1)  KINGDON (3)  KINGSLAND (5)  NOTT (2)  LAKE (11)  LAVERCOMBE (1)  LAVERCORN (1)  MARTYN (1)  MELFORD (1)  MELHUISH (3)  NORMAN (1)  PALFREY (1)  PARISH (6)  PESTER (1)  PIKE (9)  PINSON (1)  REED (3)  ROBERTS (9)  SHARLAND (4)  SKINNER (2)  SMITH (4)  SNELL (3)  SOUTHCOTE (1)  SOUTHCOTT (1)  SPRY (1)  TAPP (4)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (3)  TREMLETT (2)  TROAKE (7)  TRUDE (8)  TUCKER (5)  WALTERS (4)  WARE (2)  WAY (3)  WEBBER (5)