Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yarnscombe, Devon

Yarnscombe 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
THORNE134.8872231.73
CLARKE134.887224.12
WALDRON124.5113512.82
BELLEW83.00755,333.33
TUCKER83.007554.35
LAKE72.6316118.64
HAMMETT72.6316786.52
BOLT72.6316364.58
FISHER72.631622.49
DIXON62.255620.59
RICHARDS62.255614.94
ELLIS62.255615.53
YEO62.2556428.57
POPE51.879754.53
PATT51.87977,142.86
SYMONS41.5038109.29
PEARCE41.503816.37
BIRD41.503819.68
BAKER41.50386.86
MOORE31.12785.64
KENT31.127826.76
MITCHEL31.1278115.38
DOWN31.127894.04
KERSLAKE31.1278337.08
HOYLE31.127848.86
TOUT20.7519444.44
PENGELLY20.7519175.44
DAVEY20.751918.28
ISAAC20.751960.06
FRY20.751923.47
TANTON20.7519714.29
DART20.7519161.29
BENNETT10.37592.29
ALFORD10.375944.25
COOPER10.37591.55
CARTER10.37592.24
TURNER10.37591.35
BISHOP10.37595.38
PASSMORE10.375964.10
SMITH10.37590.27
KINGSTON10.375940.32
CONNOLY10.3759277.78
BROWN10.37590.57
OLIVER10.37595.27
MADDOCK10.375941.15
SAGE10.375942.37
PIPER10.375919.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PATT0.272667142.8571
BELLEW0.272665333.3333
HAMMETT0.27266786.5169
TANTON0.27266714.2857
WALDRON0.27266512.8205
TOUT0.27266444.4444
YEO0.27266428.5714
BOLT0.27266364.5833
KERSLAKE0.27266337.0787
CONNOLY0.27266277.7778
THORNE0.27266231.7291
PENGELLY0.27266175.4386
DART0.27266161.2903
LAKE0.27266118.6441
MITCHEL0.27266115.3846
SYMONS0.27266109.2896
DOWN0.2726694.0439
PASSMORE0.2726664.1026
ISAAC0.2726660.0601
POPE0.2726654.5256
TUCKER0.2726654.3478
HOYLE0.2726648.8599
ALFORD0.2726644.2478
SAGE0.2726642.3729
MADDOCK0.2726641.1523
KINGSTON0.2726640.3226
KENT0.2726626.7618
CLARKE0.2726624.1187
FRY0.2726623.4742
FISHER0.2726622.4863
DIXON0.2726620.5903
BIRD0.2726619.6754
PIPER0.2726619.0114
DAVEY0.2726618.2815
PEARCE0.2726616.3733
ELLIS0.2726615.5320
RICHARDS0.2726614.9365
BAKER0.272666.8634
MOORE0.272665.6402
BISHOP0.272665.3792
OLIVER0.272665.2687
BENNETT0.272662.2873
CARTER0.272662.2396
COOPER0.272661.5454
TURNER0.272661.3504
BROWN0.272660.5703
SMITH0.272660.2663

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 266 people called PATT in Yarnscombe 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 7142.8571 in Yarnscombe means that 7142.8571% of the people in Yarnscombe on census day were called PATT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PATT 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 PATT 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 PATT 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 PATT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Yarnscombe means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PATT in Yarnscombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yarnscombe in 1881

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

ALFORD (1)  BEALEY (1)  BAKER (4)  BELLEW (8)  BENNETT (1)  BIRD (4)  BISHOP (1)  BOLT (7)  BROWN (1)  CARTER (1)  CHUDLEY (1)  CLARKE (13)  CLEMETT (5)  CONNIBEAR (2)  CONNOLY (1)  COOPER (1)  DARCH (3)  DART (2)  DAVEY (2)  DENFORD (5)  DIXON (6)  DOWN (3)  ELLIS (6)  FISHER (7)  FRY (2)  GARNISH (3)  HAMMETT (7)  HEAMAN (3)  HORREL (8)  HOYLE (3)  ISAAC (2)  JOCE (2)  JOYSLIN (1)  KENT (3)  KERSLAKE (3)  KINGSTON (1)  LAKE (7)  LOOSEMORE (4)  MADDOCK (1)  MITCHEL (3)  MOORE (3)  MUXWORTHY (11)  NORRISH (5)  OATWAY (15)  OLIVER (1)  PADDON (3)  PASSMORE (1)  PATT (5)  PEARCE (4)  PENGELLY (2)  PETHEBRIDGE (10)  PETHERBRIDGE (1)  PIPER (1)  POPE (5)  RICHARDS (6)  SAGE (1)  SYMONS (4)  SMALDON (1)  SMITH (1)  STIDEFORD (1)  TANTON (2)  THORNE (13)  TOPLEY (1)  TOUT (2)  TUCKER (8)  TURNER (1)  WALDRON (12)  WEDLAKE (1)  YEO (6)