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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bridestow, Devon

Bridestow 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
LAVIS172.63981,370.97
WHITE142.17396.76
ALFORD132.0186237.23
FRIEND132.0186178.08
HOOPER132.018647.65
COLE121.863420.45
MARTIN121.86347.56
WEEKS111.708179.77
MILLMAN111.7081621.47
WESTLAKE111.7081236.05
ELLIS111.708111.76
BROOK101.552840.27
PENGELLY101.5528363.64
OLIVER91.397519.59
PIKE91.397548.08
GALE81.242241.45
HOBBS81.242234.10
KITE81.2422218.58
DOIDGE81.2422434.78
PALMER81.242210.54
BALL71.087013.16
BURRIDGE71.0870160.18
TURNER71.08703.90
OSBORNE71.087022.77
VEALE71.0870251.80
ORCHARD60.931787.72
KIMBLE60.9317740.74
WILSON60.93172.03
ASH60.931756.39
WILLIAMS60.93171.30
DAWE60.9317107.14
LAYMAN50.77641,923.08
DAVEY50.776418.88
HOWARD50.77647.91
HOCKADAY50.7764602.41
NEWTON50.776410.13
HEATHMAN50.77641,388.89
ROACH50.776452.74
PAIGE50.7764434.78
BEVAN50.776431.73
HENWOOD50.7764185.19
DOWN50.776464.68
BUCKINGHAM50.776458.28
NORTHCOTT50.7764171.23
TUCKER50.776414.03
COLWELL50.7764239.23
MILLS50.77645.99
HUSSEY50.776477.04
EGGINS40.62111,818.18
WALTER40.621140.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAYMAN0.646441923.0769
EGGINS0.646441818.1818
HEATHMAN0.646441388.8889
LAVIS0.646441370.9677
REATH0.646441111.1111
KIMBLE0.64644740.7407
MILLMAN0.64644621.4689
HOCKADAY0.64644602.4096
DOIDGE0.64644434.7826
PAIGE0.64644434.7826
PENGELLY0.64644363.6364
PEARD0.64644322.5806
BASKERVILLE0.64644263.1579
VEALE0.64644251.7986
COLWELL0.64644239.2344
ALFORD0.64644237.2263
WESTLAKE0.64644236.0515
KITE0.64644218.5792
KELLAWAY0.64644217.3913
KEMPE0.64644208.3333
HENWOOD0.64644185.1852
PELLOW0.64644181.8182
FRIEND0.64644178.0822
ELLERY0.64644171.4286
NORTHCOTT0.64644171.2329
TAVERNER0.64644170.9402
BURRIDGE0.64644160.1831
BICKLE0.64644145.9854
DAWE0.64644107.1429
ARMES0.64644103.0928
KEMBLE0.6464493.4579
ORCHARD0.6464487.7193
DEARING0.6464482.6446
WEEKS0.6464479.7679
HUSSEY0.6464477.0416
MEDLAND0.6464468.4932
RULE0.6464467.8733
DOWN0.6464464.6831
KENNARD0.6464463.6943
HAM0.6464461.9835
CRABB0.6464459.8802
BUCKINGHAM0.6464458.2751
ASH0.6464456.3910
VANSTONE0.6464454.0541
ROACH0.6464452.7426
PIKE0.6464448.0769
HOOPER0.6464447.6540
ASHFORD0.6464447.0958
BRIGHTON0.6464443.8596
CORY0.6464442.9185

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 644 people called LAYMAN in Bridestow 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 1923.0769 in Bridestow means that 1923.0769% of the people in Bridestow on census day were called LAYMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAYMAN 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 LAYMAN 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 LAYMAN 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 LAYMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Bridestow means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAYMAN in Bridestow than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bridestow in 1881

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

ACKFORD (1)  ALFORD (13)  ARBORY (2)  ARMES (1)  ASH (6)  ASHFORD (3)  AVERY (1)  BAILEY (4)  BAKER (2)  BALL (7)  BASKERVILLE (4)  BEVAN (5)  BICKLE (2)  BRAY (3)  BRIGHTON (1)  BROOK (10)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BROWNING (4)  BUCKINGHAM (5)  BURRIDGE (7)  BUTT (1)  COLWELL (5)  CALVERT (1)  CHAMINGS (1)  CHASTY (2)  CHUDLEY (3)  COCKEVILL (3)  COLE (12)  COOMBE (1)  CORY (1)  CRABB (4)  CROCKER (2)  DAVEY (5)  DAWE (6)  DEARING (1)  DOIDGE (8)  DOWN (5)  EGGINS (4)  ELLERY (3)  ELLIS (11)  AYRES (1)  FRIEND (13)  FROST (1)  GALE (8)  GIBBONS (1)  GILBERT (1)  GIMBLETT (1)  GLOVER (2)  GODBEER (2)  GUSCOTT (12)  HEALE (1)  HAM (3)  HAMLYN (4)  HAMMICK (1)  HARRIS (4)  HORTOP (2)  HEATHMAN (5)  HENDERSON (1)  HENWOOD (5)  HICKS (1)  HILLMAN (1)  HOBBS (8)  HACKADAY (2)  HOCKADAY (5)  HOOPER (13)  HORN (1)  HOWARD (5)  HOWE (1)  HUMPHRIES (1)  HUSSEY (5)  HUTCHINGS (1)  JONES (2)  JOYES (2)  JOYCE (1)  KELLAWAY (3)  KIMBLE (6)  KEMBLE (1)  KEMPE (1)  KENNARD (2)  KINNOLD (1)  KITE (8)  LAVIS (17)  LAYMAN (5)  LINTERN (21)  LINTUN (1)  LITTLEJOHNS (1)  LITTLJOHNS (1)  MADDAFORD (10)  MARSHALL (1)  MARTIN (12)  MATTHEWS (2)  MEDLAND (1)  MILLMAN (11)  MILLS (5)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NEWTON (5)  NORTHCOTT (5)  OLIVER (9)  ORCHARD (6)  OSBORNE (7)  OSWELL (1)  PAIGE (5)  PALMER (8)  PARKER (2)  PARR (1)  PEARCE (1)  PEARD (1)  PELLOW (2)  PENGELLY (10)  PERKINS (1)  PERRY (2)  PIKE (9)  POWLESLAND (1)  PRISKIN (2)  RUNDLE (1)  RAYMONT (4)  REATH (1)  RICH (1)  RICHARDSON (4)  ROACH (5)  ROUTHEY (7)  ROUTLEY (2)  RULE (3)  SANGABUS (1)  SURCOMBE (4)  SHEPHERD (1)  SYMONS (1)  SKEP (3)  SPEARE (2)  STANBURY (8)  STEPHENS (1)  STROUDE (3)  SUCOMBE (1)  TAVERNER (2)  TUCKER (5)  TURNER (7)  VANSTONE (1)  VOYZEY (13)  VEALE (7)  VICARY (1)  VOADEN (6)  WAKEN (1)  WALTER (4)  WEEKS (11)  WEST (1)  WESTLAKE (11)  WHITE (14)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILSON (6)  WORDIN (7)  YELLAND (14)  YELLARD (1)  YOULDEN (5)