Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broadhempston, Devon

Broadhempston 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
PALK295.12373,866.67
ATWILL193.35696,551.72
HILL183.180212.49
HARVEY173.003528.13
FIELD173.003560.37
SKINNER162.826955.69
FRENCH152.650254.29
BLACKLER142.47351,308.41
COX122.120113.99
ELLIS122.120114.60
MANN111.943536.89
COURT111.9435152.78
DYER91.590141.04
DODD91.590139.10
HARRIS91.59016.26
FORD81.413414.51
CHAMBERLAIN81.413451.95
HOLMES81.413411.61
EASTERBROOK71.2367434.78
LOWE71.236716.50
BARTER61.0601193.55
BOWE61.0601468.75
FLETCHER61.06019.29
DYMOND61.0601303.03
TAYLOR61.06011.66
LAKE61.060147.81
RADFORD61.060155.92
MAYE50.88342,380.95
MORISON50.8834173.01
SMERDON50.8834568.18
GOSS50.8834101.42
WYATT50.883430.12
WEEKS40.706733.00
WILLIAM40.706782.82
PETERS40.706720.15
BERRY40.70678.91
ANDREWS40.70677.38
BAILEY30.53003.52
STEVENS30.53005.08
GILES30.530013.91
LUSCOMBE30.5300103.45
GASS30.5300333.33
ROWLAND30.530018.65
MILTON30.530038.46
CRISPIN30.5300243.90
STAPLETON30.530052.82
TOPE30.5300666.67
JOHNS30.530020.52
GREEN20.35341.25
WILLIAMS20.35340.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ATWILL0.575666551.7241
SHINNERS0.575665000.0000
PALK0.575663866.6667
MAYE0.575662380.9524
BLACKLER0.575661308.4112
WAYE0.575661176.4706
WHIDDON0.57566909.0909
TOPE0.57566666.6667
SMERDON0.57566568.1818
BOWE0.57566468.7500
EASTERBROOK0.57566434.7826
GASS0.57566333.3333
HONEYWELL0.57566303.0303
DYMOND0.57566303.0303
HINGSTON0.57566270.2703
BUZZARD0.57566256.4103
CRISPIN0.57566243.9024
VERE0.57566222.2222
PILLAR0.57566212.7660
BARTER0.57566193.5484
MORISON0.57566173.0104
COUNTER0.57566169.4915
COURT0.57566152.7778
BOVEY0.57566149.2537
BLATCHFORD0.57566148.1481
IRISH0.57566121.2121
VENNING0.57566107.5269
LUSCOMBE0.57566103.4483
GOSS0.57566101.4199
MORTIMORE0.5756693.8967
WILLIAM0.5756682.8157
CARY0.5756672.4638
SPILLER0.5756662.1118
FIELD0.5756660.3693
TOZER0.5756658.9971
RADFORD0.5756655.9180
SKINNER0.5756655.6909
FRENCH0.5756654.2888
BLACKER0.5756654.0541
STAPLETON0.5756652.8169
CHAMBERLAIN0.5756651.9481
LAKE0.5756647.8088
JAGO0.5756646.0829
DYER0.5756641.0397
LUXTON0.5756639.8406
DODD0.5756639.0964
MILTON0.5756638.4615
MANN0.5756636.8880
WEEKS0.5756633.0033
TULLY0.5756633.0033

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 566 people called ATWILL in Broadhempston 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 6551.7241 in Broadhempston means that 6551.7241% of the people in Broadhempston on census day were called ATWILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ATWILL 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 ATWILL 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 ATWILL 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 ATWILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.57 in Broadhempston means that you are 0.57 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ATWILL in Broadhempston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broadhempston in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (4)  ATWILL (19)  BAILEY (3)  BARRETT (1)  BARTER (6)  BEER (1)  BERRY (4)  BINMORE (10)  BISHOP (2)  BLACKER (1)  BLATCHFORD (2)  BLACKLER (14)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOON (1)  BOVEY (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BOWE (6)  BRADRIDGE (3)  BRIGGS (2)  BROOKS (1)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  BULLEY (1)  BUTCHERS (1)  BUZZARD (1)  CARY (1)  CAUNTER (21)  CHAMBERLAIN (8)  COULMAN (4)  CONIAM (8)  CORNTHWAITE (5)  COUNTER (1)  COURT (11)  COX (12)  CRANNAFORD (1)  CRISPIN (3)  DODD (9)  DYER (9)  DYMOND (6)  EASTERBROOK (7)  EDGE (1)  ELLIS (12)  EVANS (1)  FARLEIGH (5)  FIELD (17)  FLETCHER (6)  FORD (8)  FRENCH (15)  GASS (3)  GILES (3)  GOSS (5)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (2)  HARRIS (9)  HARVEY (17)  HEXT (1)  HILL (18)  HINGSTON (2)  HODGE (1)  HOLMES (8)  HOLWELL (9)  HONEYWELL (1)  HOOPER (1)  HULL (1)  IRISH (2)  JACKSON (1)  JAGO (1)  JAMES (1)  JOHNS (3)  KING (2)  KNAPMAN (2)  KNOTT (1)  LAKE (6)  LANGLER (1)  LOAM (2)  LOUSADA (1)  LOWE (7)  LUDLEY (1)  LUSCOMBE (3)  LUXTON (1)  MAJOR (1)  MALLGE (1)  MANN (11)  MARTIN (1)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAYE (5)  MICHELMORE (1)  MILTON (3)  MORISON (5)  MORTIMORE (2)  MUGRIDGE (2)  KNOBBS (1)  NORRISH (8)  NORRISS (1)  PALK (29)  PARKER (1)  PARNELL (1)  PARROTT (2)  PARSONS (1)  PEARCE (1)  PETERS (4)  PILLAR (1)  PINKHORN (1)  PONSFORD (1)  POTTER (1)  PRESTON (1)  RADFORD (6)  RUNDLE (1)  RYDER (1)  ROWLAND (3)  SEARLE (2)  SHINNERS (1)  SKINNER (16)  SMERDON (5)  SPILLER (2)  STAPLETON (3)  STEER (2)  STEVENS (3)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (1)  TOWILL (5)  TOPE (3)  TOZER (2)  TRINAMAN (2)  TRUMAN (1)  TULLY (1)  VENNING (1)  VERE (1)  WAYE (2)  WEBBER (2)  WEEKS (4)  WHIDDON (2)  WIDDICOMBE (7)  WILLCOCKS (2)  WILLIAM (4)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLS (1)  WORTH (1)  WYATT (5)