Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stoke Canon, Devon

Stoke Canon 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
FORD163.755938.56
DAVEY153.521185.67
PRICE153.521120.12
HARRIS143.286412.93
RICHARDS102.347415.54
MATTHEWS102.347426.91
SMITH92.11271.50
SAVAGE92.112754.98
PYKE81.8779544.22
WILLSON71.6432146.44
HALE71.643245.78
WHITTON71.6432268.20
HEAL71.6432308.37
RADFORD71.643286.63
CURTIS71.643228.95
EDWARDS61.40855.05
WESTLAKE61.4085194.17
CRISPIN61.4085652.17
KNOWLES51.173721.98
BUCKNELL51.1737462.96
BARBER51.173719.50
VANSTONE51.1737409.84
WHITELOCK51.1737406.50
SENIOR40.939040.98
DAVY40.939076.19
CRUMP40.939086.96
COURTNEY40.9390130.72
RICE40.939030.23
SQUIRE40.939079.21
KING40.93904.31
DICKER40.9390239.52
BARTLETT30.704216.08
WEBBER30.704223.04
BROCK30.704260.61
HENLEY30.704292.02
FEY30.70421,000.00
LOCK20.469516.49
COWLEY20.469525.54
FURBER20.4695183.49
PALMER20.46953.98
MOORE20.46952.35
BOND20.46958.87
STONE20.46956.49
SLADER20.4695689.66
WARNER20.469512.88
CHANNING20.4695240.96
DREW20.469517.78
WESTERN20.4695111.73
CORAM20.4695370.37
BUTT20.469536.36

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FEY0.434261000.0000
SLADER0.43426689.6552
CRISPIN0.43426652.1739
TIDBALL0.43426571.4286
PYKE0.43426544.2177
BUCKNELL0.43426462.9630
VANSTONE0.43426409.8361
WHITELOCK0.43426406.5041
CORAM0.43426370.3704
HEAL0.43426308.3700
WHITTON0.43426268.1992
CHANNING0.43426240.9639
DICKER0.43426239.5210
WESTLAKE0.43426194.1748
FURBER0.43426183.4862
UPHAM0.43426178.5714
SELLEY0.43426163.9344
HALSE0.43426156.2500
WILLSON0.43426146.4435
MUGFORD0.43426133.3333
COURTNEY0.43426130.7190
SANFORD0.43426126.5823
MARTYN0.43426117.6471
WESTERN0.43426111.7318
HENLEY0.4342692.0245
CRUMP0.4342686.9565
RADFORD0.4342686.6337
DAVEY0.4342685.6653
SQUIRE0.4342679.2079
DAVY0.4342676.1905
KINGDON0.4342675.1880
LOWDEN0.4342671.4286
BROCK0.4342660.6061
SAVAGE0.4342654.9786
HALE0.4342645.7816
SENIOR0.4342640.9836
FORD0.4342638.5635
BUTT0.4342636.3636
RICE0.4342630.2343
LANGDON0.4342630.2115
CURTIS0.4342628.9495
MATTHEWS0.4342626.9107
MALLETT0.4342626.3158
COWLEY0.4342625.5428
BRADFORD0.4342624.0674
ASHFORD0.4342623.7530
WEBBER0.4342623.0415
GURNEY0.4342622.5225
KNOWLES0.4342621.9780
PRICE0.4342620.1207

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 426 people called FEY in Stoke Canon 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 1000.0000 in Stoke Canon means that 1000.0000% of the people in Stoke Canon on census day were called FEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FEY 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 FEY 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 FEY 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 FEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Stoke Canon means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FEY in Stoke Canon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stoke Canon in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ASHFORD (1)  BAMSEY (1)  BARBER (5)  BARTLETT (3)  BEEDELL (1)  BERRY (1)  BILLINGSHURST (1)  BLAMEY (2)  BOND (2)  BRADFORD (2)  BROCK (3)  BUCKNELL (5)  BUTT (2)  CASLING (1)  CASELY (1)  CHANNING (2)  CHUDLEY (7)  CLEIVE (3)  COOK (1)  CORAM (2)  COURTNEY (4)  COWLEY (2)  CRISPIN (6)  CRUMP (4)  CURTIS (7)  DARCH (5)  DAVY (4)  DAVEY (15)  DEVONASSOME (1)  DEWDNEY (8)  DICKER (4)  DREW (2)  EDWARDS (6)  FEY (3)  FORD (16)  FURBER (2)  GOVIER (1)  GREENSLADE (12)  GURNEY (1)  HALE (7)  HEALE (1)  HALSE (1)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (14)  HEAL (7)  HEATHFIELD (2)  HENLEY (3)  HILL (1)  HOWARD (2)  HUNT (1)  KEMP (1)  KING (4)  KINGDON (1)  KNOWLES (5)  LANG (1)  LANGDON (1)  LOCK (2)  LOVYES (5)  LOWDEN (1)  MALLETT (1)  MARTYN (2)  MATTHEWS (10)  MOLLAND (5)  MONKLEY (13)  MOORE (2)  MUGFORD (1)  NEWTON (1)  PALMER (2)  PAUL (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PYKE (8)  POPE (1)  PRICE (15)  RADFORD (7)  RICE (4)  RICHARDS (10)  RUSSELL (2)  SANFORD (1)  SAVAGE (9)  SAYER (1)  SELLEY (1)  SENIOR (4)  SHAPLAND (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SLADER (2)  SMALLRIDGE (1)  SMITH (9)  SQUIRE (4)  STADDON (15)  STONE (2)  STUDDON (16)  SUMMERS (1)  SWAIN (1)  TAVENER (1)  THOMAS (1)  TIDBALL (2)  TINCOMBE (2)  TREBBEY (1)  TREE (1)  TREMLETT (8)  TUCKER (1)  UPHAM (1)  VANSTONE (5)  WARNER (2)  WEBBER (3)  WESTERN (2)  WESTLAKE (6)  WHITELOCK (5)  WHITTON (7)  WILLSON (7)  WOODWORD (4)  YELLAND (1)