Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sampford Peverell, Devon

Sampford Peverell 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
DUNN192.945735.42
KERSLAKE162.4806744.19
PARR162.480699.32
SAUNDERS152.325625.36
WRIGHT142.17056.77
TAYLOR101.55042.42
PARKER101.55048.15
GOFF91.3953215.83
BURRIDGE91.3953205.95
BOWDEN91.395348.36
BAKER81.24035.66
NICHOLS81.240338.08
NEEDS81.2403851.06
COLES71.085331.15
VICKERY71.0853149.57
SELDON71.0853603.45
HEYWARD71.0853921.05
HOLLOWAY71.085335.43
GALE71.085336.21
JENNINGS71.085321.41
CORNISH71.085375.19
WEBBER60.930230.44
SMITH60.93020.66
HILL60.93023.65
BATER60.9302895.52
CANDY60.9302260.87
STEVENS60.93028.91
GOODING60.9302109.89
MAIR50.775283.89
COX50.77525.12
PARKHOUSE50.7752259.07
STONE50.775210.72
DREW50.775229.34
HAWKINS50.775210.71
ARTHURS50.7752510.20
WARE50.775247.13
MORGAN50.77523.90
ROLSTON50.77522,173.91
BATTSON50.77522,777.78
WILLEY50.775286.06
OSMOND40.6202137.46
COOK40.62023.12
HELLYER40.6202357.14
BIDGOOD40.6202312.50
MOON40.620229.39
SNOW40.620245.82
HODAN40.620240,000.00
FOWLER40.620210.86
HURFORD30.4651170.45
ACKLAND30.4651141.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HODAN0.6564540000.0000
BATTSON0.656452777.7778
ROLSTON0.656452173.9130
HEYWARD0.65645921.0526
BATER0.65645895.5224
NEEDS0.65645851.0638
PILLER0.65645833.3333
KERSLAKE0.65645744.1860
SATCHEL0.65645666.6667
PALE0.65645625.0000
SELDON0.65645603.4483
PRAT0.65645526.3158
ARTHURS0.65645510.2041
HELLYER0.65645357.1429
BIDGOOD0.65645312.5000
DUN0.65645285.7143
MERSON0.65645273.9726
CANDY0.65645260.8696
PARKHOUSE0.65645259.0674
OAKMAN0.65645217.3913
GOFF0.65645215.8273
BURRIDGE0.65645205.9497
ELWORTHY0.65645198.0198
SANDERCOCK0.65645173.9130
REDWOOD0.65645172.4138
HURFORD0.65645170.4545
NOTLEY0.65645166.6667
VICKERY0.65645149.5726
BURROUGH0.65645142.8571
ACKLAND0.65645141.5094
OSMOND0.65645137.4570
GOODING0.65645109.8901
SOUTHWOOD0.65645106.9519
LUXTON0.65645104.8951
PARR0.6564599.3172
WILLEY0.6564586.0585
HOLLEY0.6564584.0336
MAIR0.6564583.8926
CHANNING0.6564579.3651
KAIN0.6564577.5194
CORNISH0.6564575.1880
BAWDEN0.6564561.9195
CREED0.6564555.7103
COTTRELL0.6564552.2648
MAYERS0.6564551.8135
BOWDEN0.6564548.3611
WARE0.6564547.1254
COCKRAM0.6564545.8716
SNOW0.6564545.8190
GUNTER0.6564544.2478

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 645 people called HODAN in Sampford Peverell 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 40000.0000 in Sampford Peverell means that 40000.0000% of the people in Sampford Peverell on census day were called HODAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HODAN 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 HODAN 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 HODAN 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 HODAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Sampford Peverell means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HODAN in Sampford Peverell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sampford Peverell in 1881

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

ACKLAND (3)  ARTHURS (5)  BAKER (8)  BARBER (1)  BATER (6)  BATTSON (5)  BENJAFIELD (1)  BENNETT (3)  BIDDLE (1)  BIDGOOD (4)  BLACKMORE (3)  BOLTERN (1)  BOLTON (3)  BAWDEN (2)  BOWDEN (9)  BRAY (2)  BRIDGES (1)  BROOM (3)  BROOMFIELD (1)  BROWNE (1)  BURRIDGE (9)  BURROUGH (2)  KAIN (1)  CANDY (6)  CAREY (2)  CARTER (1)  CHANNING (1)  CHATTEY (1)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (1)  CLIPSOM (1)  COCKRAM (1)  REW OR KEW (2)  COLES (7)  COLLINS (2)  COOK (4)  COOMB (1)  CORNISH (7)  COTTEY (9)  COTTRELL (3)  COX (5)  CREED (2)  CROCKER (3)  CROSS (1)  DARCH (15)  DAVIE (1)  DREW (5)  DUNN (19)  DUN (2)  ELLIS (1)  ELWORTHY (2)  AYRE (1)  FARR (3)  FIDS (5)  FLEW (2)  FORD (2)  FOWLER (4)  FOXFORD (4)  FRANCAL (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FROOME (1)  FROST (1)  FURZE (1)  GALE (7)  GARDENER (1)  GOFFIN (10)  GOODING (6)  GOSELING (3)  GOFF (9)  GREENSLADE (6)  GUNTER (1)  HALLETT (1)  HAWKINS (5)  HEYWARD (7)  HEDGLAND (1)  HENRY (1)  HILL (6)  HELLIER (14)  HELLYER (4)  HODAN (4)  HODDAN (2)  HOLLAND (2)  HOLLEY (2)  HOLLOWAY (7)  HOLMAN (1)  HOOPER (1)  HOWARD (2)  HUNT (1)  HURFORD (3)  IRELAND (1)  JAMES (1)  JENNINGS (7)  KERSLAKE (16)  KNOWLS (8)  LAKE (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEFTBRIDGE (1)  LEWINGTON (1)  LOCK (1)  LOVELL (3)  LUXTON (3)  MANLEY (1)  MARKS (1)  MAY (2)  MEDWAY (1)  MELHUISH (7)  MERSON (2)  MILTON (1)  MOON (4)  MOOR (1)  MORGAN (5)  MAIR (5)  MAYERS (1)  NEEDS (8)  NICHOLS (8)  NOTLEY (2)  OAKMAN (1)  OSMOND (4)  PALE (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKS (1)  PARKER (10)  PARKHOUSE (5)  PARR (16)  PAINE (1)  PEARCE (3)  PEDLER (11)  PERRY (3)  PILLER (3)  PONSFORD OR PORSFORD (12)  PONSFORD (1)  PRAT (1)  QUICK (1)  RADFORD (1)  REDWOOD (3)  READ (1)  REED (2)  ROLSTON (5)  ROSSITER (1)  SALTER (1)  SANDERCOCK (2)  SATCHEL (1)  SAUNDERS (15)  SCOURSE (6)  SEAGER (1)  SELDON (7)  SHAPLAND (1)  CHAVE (2)  SMITH (6)  SNOW (4)  SOUTHWOOD (2)  SQUIRES (1)  STEVENS (6)  STONE (5)  STOYEL (3)  SWEET (1)  TAUDEVIN (8)  TAYLOR (10)  THORNE (1)  TOWNSEND (1)  TREVELYEN (2)  TREVELLYEN (9)  TROAKE (2)  TUCKER (3)  VENNECOMBE (1)  VICKERY (7)  WARE (5)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (6)  WEST (1)  WHITTON (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (1)  WOOD (2)  WORTH (1)  WRIGHT (14)  WILLEY (5)