Top surnames from the 1881 census in Abbots Kerswell, Devon

Abbots Kerswell 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
ELLIOTT184.128448.66
WEBBER184.1284135.14
LEE102.293614.04
STEVENS92.064219.78
SIMS92.064268.86
COWELL81.8349128.21
OSBOURN81.83491,159.42
PROWSE81.8349402.01
VENNING81.83491,126.76
PARTRIDGE71.605561.46
SMITH71.60551.14
BARTLETT71.605536.67
PALK71.60551,206.90
BLACKLER61.3761722.89
TAYLOR61.37612.15
COURT61.3761108.30
SEARLE61.376168.49
BLATCHFORD61.3761576.92
HONEY61.3761223.88
TIBBS51.1468515.46
LEAR51.1468196.08
ALLIN51.1468505.05
WESTAWAY51.1468520.83
WOTTON51.1468400.00
EMMETT51.1468136.99
TOZER51.1468191.57
GARDINER51.146839.90
CANN51.1468123.76
BOND51.146821.66
WAKEHAM40.9174242.42
HAWKINS40.917412.67
PHILLIPS40.91745.13
JONES40.91740.81
HOWE40.917423.36
MUDGE40.9174303.03
DYER40.917423.68
PERKINS40.917420.40
ELLIS40.91746.32
PICKARD40.917465.79
LOCKE30.688176.73
GARLAND30.688151.90
FORD30.68817.06
CHARD30.6881121.95
VESEY30.6881833.33
MARSH30.68819.65
MORGAN30.68813.46
JANES20.458771.43
EMMITT20.4587769.23
BURRIDGE20.458767.57
HINE20.458758.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FINNER0.444361250.0000
PALK0.444361206.8966
OSBOURN0.444361159.4203
VENNING0.444361126.7606
VESEY0.44436833.3333
EMMITT0.44436769.2308
BLACKLER0.44436722.8916
CODNER0.44436714.2857
BLATCHFORD0.44436576.9231
RUBY0.44436526.3158
WESTAWAY0.44436520.8333
TIBBS0.44436515.4639
ALLIN0.44436505.0505
PROWSE0.44436402.0101
WOTTON0.44436400.0000
SETTER0.44436333.3333
MUDGE0.44436303.0303
WAKEHAM0.44436242.4242
HONEY0.44436223.8806
HAMMON0.44436212.7660
BODLEY0.44436204.0816
LEAR0.44436196.0784
TOZER0.44436191.5709
EMMETT0.44436136.9863
WEBBER0.44436135.1351
COWELL0.44436128.2051
CANN0.44436123.7624
CHARD0.44436121.9512
COURT0.44436108.3032
ROWSE0.4443699.0099
DOBLE0.4443680.0000
JEFFREYS0.4443677.2201
LOCKE0.4443676.7263
JANES0.4443671.4286
SIMS0.4443668.8600
SEARLE0.4443668.4932
WRENCH0.4443668.4932
BURRIDGE0.4443667.5676
PICKARD0.4443665.7895
PARTRIDGE0.4443661.4574
HINE0.4443658.1395
GARLAND0.4443651.9031
PACK0.4443648.7805
ELLIOTT0.4443648.6618
LEIGHTON0.4443642.6439
CREED0.4443641.3223
GARDINER0.4443639.9042
TRAVIS0.4443639.1389
BARTLETT0.4443636.6684
GIFFORD0.4443626.3852

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 436 people called FINNER in Abbots Kerswell 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 1250.0000 in Abbots Kerswell means that 1250.0000% of the people in Abbots Kerswell on census day were called FINNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FINNER 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 FINNER 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 FINNER 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 FINNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Abbots Kerswell means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FINNER in Abbots Kerswell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Abbots Kerswell in 1881

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

AGGETT (1)  ALLIN (5)  BAMBURY (1)  BARTLETT (7)  BLATCHFORD (6)  BLACKLER (6)  BODLEY (1)  BOND (5)  BRIMSON (2)  BROWN (2)  BULLEY (6)  BURRIDGE (2)  BARROW (2)  BEARNE (1)  CANN (5)  CASELEY (2)  CHARD (3)  CHERITON (2)  CHUDLEIGH (9)  CLINICK (1)  CODNER (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COOMB (4)  COURT (6)  COWELL (8)  CREED (1)  CRIMP (1)  DAVIS (1)  DIMINT (1)  DOBLE (1)  DYER (4)  DIMENT (1)  ELLIOTT (18)  ELLIS (4)  EMMETT (5)  EMMITT (2)  EMMETS (1)  ENDACOTT (3)  FINNER (1)  FORD (3)  GALE (1)  GARDINER (5)  GARLAND (3)  GERMONU (1)  GIFFORD (1)  HAMLYN (1)  HAMMON (1)  HANAFORD (2)  HAWKINS (4)  HENNOR OR HEARNOR (2)  HEATH (1)  HEMMETT (1)  HILL (1)  HELLIER (3)  HINE (2)  HONEY (6)  HOWE (4)  JANES (2)  JEFFREYS (2)  JONES (4)  KNAPMAN (3)  LEAR (5)  LEE (10)  LEIGHTON (2)  LEAKER (4)  LEWES (1)  LOCKE (3)  MADDICOTT (8)  MARSH (3)  MARTIN (1)  MICHELMORE (6)  MIDDLEWICK (5)  MORGAN (3)  MUDGE (4)  MUGRIDGE (7)  NARAMORE (1)  NORTON (2)  OSBOURN (8)  PACK (1)  PADDON (4)  PAGE (1)  PALK (7)  PARTRIDGE (7)  PERKINS (4)  PETHYBRIDGE (2)  PETHRICK (2)  PHILLIPS (4)  PICKARD (4)  PROWSE (8)  QUANTICK (1)  RIDWAY (1)  ROWSE (1)  ROWORTH (1)  RUBY (2)  SHAWYER (2)  SEARLE (6)  SIMS (9)  SKINNER (2)  SLUMAN (2)  SMITH (7)  SETTER (1)  STEVENS (9)  TAPSON (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TIBBS (5)  TOZER (5)  TRAVIS (2)  UNDERHAY (7)  VESEY (3)  VENNING (8)  VENNINY (1)  VENICOMBE (7)  WAKEHAM (4)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (18)  WESTAWAY (5)  WHITE (1)  WHITEWAY (3)  WILCOCKS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLS (1)  WISE (1)  WONACOTT (1)  WOTTON (5)  WRENCH (1)  WYATT (1)