Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bickington, Devon

Bickington 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
HOARE145.8577300.43
BICKFORD125.02092,666.67
COX93.765724.85
BEAVIS93.7657918.37
CAMPION93.7657538.92
COUNTER72.92892,800.00
SELLICK62.5105937.50
FURSE62.51051,714.29
JOHNS52.092181.04
SAUNDERS52.092122.81
MUDGE52.0921684.93
SMERDON52.09211,351.35
WHITE52.09216.51
BLACKLER41.6736888.89
COUCH31.2552211.27
HARRIS31.25524.94
HONEYWELL31.25522,142.86
NORTHWAY31.25521,363.64
MITTCHELL31.255210,000.00
ROWELL20.836895.69
MURCH20.8368333.33
BARBER20.836813.90
BOWDEN20.836828.99
COOMBE20.8368155.04
MAYE20.83682,222.22
HOWARD20.83688.53
HAMMOND20.836814.70
EDDY10.418469.93
HOOPER10.41849.88
WARREN10.41846.26
MILTON10.418430.40
SMITH10.41840.30
COLE10.41844.59
MANLEY10.418437.31
GUEST10.418419.57
LANG10.418418.76
FORD10.41844.30
PARISH10.418427.10
IRISH10.4184142.86
WALLING10.4184208.33
HANNAFORD10.418490.91
CHAMBERS10.41847.36
LEY10.418496.15
GILES10.418410.98
SATTERLY10.41841,428.57
BLACKMORE10.418429.07
KING10.41841.92
EDWARDS10.41841.50
WALDRON10.418447.39
COLEMAN10.41848.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MITTCHELL0.2423910000.0000
COUNTER0.242392800.0000
BICKFORD0.242392666.6667
MAYE0.242392222.2222
HONEYWELL0.242392142.8571
FURSE0.242391714.2857
SATTERLY0.242391428.5714
NORTHWAY0.242391363.6364
SMERDON0.242391351.3514
SELLICK0.24239937.5000
BEAVIS0.24239918.3673
BLACKLER0.24239888.8889
MUDGE0.24239684.9315
CAMPION0.24239538.9222
LASKEY0.24239357.1429
MURCH0.24239333.3333
HOARE0.24239300.4292
COUCH0.24239211.2676
WALLING0.24239208.3333
COOMBE0.24239155.0388
IRISH0.24239142.8571
LEY0.2423996.1538
ROWELL0.2423995.6938
HANNAFORD0.2423990.9091
JOHNS0.2423981.0373
EDDY0.2423969.9301
WALDRON0.2423947.3934
MANLEY0.2423937.3134
MILTON0.2423930.3951
BLACKMORE0.2423929.0698
BOWDEN0.2423928.9855
PARISH0.2423927.1003
COX0.2423924.8482
SAUNDERS0.2423922.8102
GUEST0.2423919.5695
LANG0.2423918.7617
HAMMOND0.2423914.6951
BARBER0.2423913.8985
GILES0.2423910.9769
HOOPER0.242399.8814
HOWARD0.242398.5288
COLEMAN0.242398.3963
CHAMBERS0.242397.3584
WHITE0.242396.5087
WARREN0.242396.2578
HARRIS0.242394.9391
COLE0.242394.5935
FORD0.242394.2955
KING0.242391.9198
MARTIN0.242391.6984

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 239 people called MITTCHELL in Bickington 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 10000.0000 in Bickington means that 10000.0000% of the people in Bickington on census day were called MITTCHELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MITTCHELL 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 MITTCHELL 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 MITTCHELL 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 MITTCHELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Bickington means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MITTCHELL in Bickington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bickington in 1881

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

BARBER (2)  BEAVIS (9)  BICKFORD (12)  BLACKLER (4)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BRIMMACOMBE (2)  BEARN (1)  CANDISH (3)  CHAMBERS (1)  CAMPION (9)  CHRISTOPHERS (10)  CHUDLEIGH (3)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COOMBE (2)  COUCH (3)  COUNTER (7)  COX (9)  EDDIFORD (3)  EDDY (1)  EDWARDS (1)  FURNEAUX (1)  FORD (1)  FURSE (6)  FURZE (6)  GILES (1)  GUEST (1)  HAMMOND (2)  HANNAFORD (1)  HARRIS (3)  HOARE (14)  HONEYWILL (2)  HONIWELL (7)  HONEYWELL (3)  HONNYWILL (3)  HOOPER (1)  HOWARD (2)  IRISH (1)  JOHNS (5)  KING (1)  LAMBSHEAD (1)  LANG (1)  LASKEY (1)  LOVEYS (4)  LEY (1)  MANLEY (1)  MARTIN (1)  MAYE (2)  MILTON (1)  MITTCHELL (3)  MOALLE (2)  MUDGE (5)  MUGRIDGE (1)  MURCH (2)  NORRISH (4)  NORTHWAY (3)  PARISH (1)  POLKINGHORNE (1)  POWLESLAND (10)  RETALLICK (5)  ROWELL (2)  SATTERLY (1)  SAUNDERS (5)  SELLICK (6)  SHILSTON (5)  SMERDON (5)  SMITH (1)  WALDRON (1)  WARREN (1)  WALLING (1)  WITHYCOMBE (1)  WHITE (5)  WILLCOCKS (7)