Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Leigh, Devon

South 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
MUTTER146.30634,117.65
SALWAY135.85593,714.29
BISHOP135.855983.82
COX114.955032.69
BULL104.5045106.50
HAWKINGS94.05412,195.12
LEE94.054124.81
UNDERDOWN94.05412,045.45
RICHARDS94.054126.84
POPE83.6036104.58
HAYES73.153250.72
CLARKE73.153215.56
THOMAS62.70276.55
BATTEN62.7027292.68
DUNFORD62.7027447.76
HAWKINS62.702737.34
CARTER52.252313.42
MILTON52.2523163.40
NEWBURY52.2523370.37
CROSS41.801826.18
WAKELY41.80181,081.08
WATLEY41.80183,636.36
HUTCHINGS31.351471.94
APLING20.900920,000.00
RENDALL20.9009169.49
PERRYMAN20.9009250.00
HOOPER20.900921.28
COLLIER20.900926.95
WEST20.90099.36
GAY20.900967.57
COUSINS20.900950.13
FOWLER20.900915.77
LOVERIDGE10.4505125.00
SHAPLEY10.4505588.24
COOMER10.4505526.32
HAYS10.4505105.26
WHITE10.45051.40
BIRD10.45055.90
SWEETLAND10.4505357.14
BARTLETT10.450510.29
PALMER10.45053.82
BERRY10.45055.68
DANE10.4505204.08
SUMMERS10.450516.05
BAILY10.450571.43
JAMES10.45052.29
HICKS10.450510.76
PHILLIPS10.45052.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
APLING0.2222220000.0000
MUTTER0.222224117.6471
SALWAY0.222223714.2857
WATLEY0.222223636.3636
HAWKINGS0.222222195.1220
UNDERDOWN0.222222045.4545
WAKELY0.222221081.0811
SHAPLEY0.22222588.2353
COOMER0.22222526.3158
DUNFORD0.22222447.7612
NEWBURY0.22222370.3704
SWEETLAND0.22222357.1429
BATTEN0.22222292.6829
PERRYMAN0.22222250.0000
DANE0.22222204.0816
RENDALL0.22222169.4915
MILTON0.22222163.3987
LOVERIDGE0.22222125.0000
BULL0.22222106.4963
HAYS0.22222105.2632
POPE0.22222104.5752
BISHOP0.2222283.8169
HUTCHINGS0.2222271.9424
BAILY0.2222271.4286
GAY0.2222267.5676
HAYES0.2222250.7246
COUSINS0.2222250.1253
HAWKINS0.2222237.3367
COX0.2222232.6895
COLLIER0.2222226.9542
RICHARDS0.2222226.8416
CROSS0.2222226.1780
LEE0.2222224.8071
HOOPER0.2222221.2766
SUMMERS0.2222216.0514
FOWLER0.2222215.7729
CLARKE0.2222215.5625
CARTER0.2222213.4192
HICKS0.2222210.7643
BARTLETT0.2222210.2881
WEST0.222229.3589
THOMAS0.222226.5495
BIRD0.222225.8962
BERRY0.222225.6754
PALMER0.222223.8212
PHILLIPS0.222222.5176
JAMES0.222222.2931
WHITE0.222221.4013

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 222 people called APLING in South 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 20000.0000 in South Leigh means that 20000.0000% of the people in South Leigh on census day were called APLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called APLING 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 APLING 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 APLING 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 APLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in South Leigh means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of APLING in South Leigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Leigh in 1881

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

APLING (2)  BAILY (1)  BARTLETT (1)  BATSTONE (6)  BATTEN (6)  BERRY (1)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (13)  BULL (10)  CARTER (5)  CLARKE (7)  CLOAD (5)  COLLIER (2)  COOMER (1)  COUSINS (2)  COX (11)  CROSS (4)  DANE (1)  DREWE (2)  DUNFORD (6)  FERNMINCK (1)  FOWLER (2)  GAY (2)  HAWKINGS (9)  HAWKINS (6)  HAYES (7)  HAYS (1)  HICKS (1)  HOOPER (2)  HUTCHINGS (3)  JAMES (1)  LEE (9)  LETTLEY (1)  LOVERIDGE (1)  MILTON (5)  MUTTER (14)  NEWBURY (5)  PALMER (1)  PERRYMAN (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  POPE (8)  RENDALL (2)  RICHARDS (9)  SALWAY (13)  SHAPLEY (1)  SUMMERS (1)  SWEETLAND (1)  THOMAS (6)  UNDERDOWN (9)  WATLEY (4)  WAKELY (4)  WEST (2)  WHITE (1)