Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckland Brewer, Devon

Buckland Brewer 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
SANDERS496.6216146.05
HARRIS273.648614.36
SQUIRE253.3784285.06
HEAL182.4324456.85
LEY152.0270464.40
JOHNS152.027078.49
BLIGHT152.0270447.76
HARDING141.891926.14
HEARN131.7568132.79
STONEMAN121.6216397.35
COLE121.621617.80
PROUSE111.4865887.10
JEWELL101.3514128.70
HOLMES101.351411.10
KENT91.216228.86
TUCKER91.216221.98
SMALE81.0811163.93
WICKETT81.0811987.65
CLEMENT70.945993.96
PHILLIPS70.94595.29
ASHTON60.810816.55
ABBOTT60.810818.39
STEER60.810869.44
PASCOE60.810871.60
WHITE60.81082.52
BOND60.810815.32
CARPENTER60.810823.64
MILLS60.81086.25
PALMER60.81086.88
LANG60.810836.36
REED60.810811.11
KEVAN60.8108952.38
SHORT50.675717.30
ELSTON50.6757139.28
ROBINS50.675731.89
LAKE50.675730.49
METHERELL50.6757793.65
LEE50.67574.13
CROCKER50.675750.30
BOWDEN50.675723.42
EASTERBROOK50.6757236.97
PHILP50.675799.21
BARTLETT50.675715.43
FRAIN50.6757515.46
PARR50.675727.04
EVELEIGH40.5405194.17
PULLEN40.540541.07
EVANS40.54051.24
GORRELL40.54051,739.13
RICHARDS40.54053.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAB0.747405000.0000
GORRELL0.747401739.1304
MOUSE0.747401428.5714
WICKETT0.74740987.6543
KEVAN0.74740952.3810
PROUSE0.74740887.0968
METHERELL0.74740793.6508
BORNE0.74740689.6552
FRAIN0.74740515.4639
LEY0.74740464.3963
HEAL0.74740456.8528
BLIGHT0.74740447.7612
STONEMAN0.74740397.3510
CURTICE0.74740377.3585
GEEN0.74740375.0000
PARMER0.74740370.3704
CHAPEL0.74740315.7895
SQUIRE0.74740285.0627
BREND0.74740270.2703
EASTERBROOK0.74740236.9668
EVELEIGH0.74740194.1748
PRIDHAM0.74740169.4915
SMALE0.74740163.9344
ROCKETT0.74740157.4803
DREDGE0.74740156.2500
LOY0.74740153.8462
BALEY0.74740147.0588
SANDERS0.74740146.0507
ELSTON0.74740139.2758
SLEE0.74740138.4083
PARKHOUSE0.74740135.7466
HEARN0.74740132.7886
JEWELL0.74740128.7001
SERGENT0.74740128.2051
ACKLAND0.74740123.4568
FULFORD0.74740121.4575
MOUNTJOY0.74740119.0476
DURANT0.74740116.7315
HANDCOCK0.74740116.2791
PHILP0.7474099.2063
VANSTONE0.7474094.3396
MAINE0.7474094.3396
CLEMENT0.7474093.9597
JEFFORD0.7474089.2857
ELWORTHY0.7474086.9565
JOHNS0.7474078.4929
SELDON0.7474075.1880
PASCOE0.7474071.5990
STEER0.7474069.4444
FACEY0.7474069.4444

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 740 people called BAB in Buckland Brewer 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 5000.0000 in Buckland Brewer means that 5000.0000% of the people in Buckland Brewer on census day were called BAB.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAB 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 BAB 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 BAB 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 BAB here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Buckland Brewer means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAB in Buckland Brewer than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckland Brewer in 1881

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

ABBOTT (6)  ACKLAND (3)  ANDREW (1)  ASHTON (6)  BAB (1)  BALEY (1)  BAILEY (1)  BEALEY (3)  BALE (1)  BALKWILL (2)  BALSDON (6)  BARRON (1)  BARTLETT (5)  BEER (3)  BENTLY (1)  BLIGHT (15)  BOND (6)  BORNE (2)  BOWDEN (5)  BRADDON (2)  BREND (1)  BRIGHT (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROCK (1)  BUDD (3)  COLWILL (4)  CARPENTER (6)  CHAMPION (1)  CHAPPLE (1)  CHAPEL (3)  CLEMENT (7)  CLEVERDON (1)  COLE (12)  COOK (1)  CORNISH (1)  CROCKER (5)  KUNDLE (1)  CURTIS (1)  CURTICE (2)  DEAN (2)  DELVE (4)  DENNIS (1)  DREDGE (3)  DURANT (3)  DUTHIE (1)  EASTABROK (3)  EASTERBROOK (5)  EBSWORTHY (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELSTON (5)  ELWORTHY (1)  EVANS (4)  EVELEIGH (4)  FACEY (1)  FISHER (2)  FRAIN (5)  FRIEND (1)  FRIENDSHIP (7)  FULFORD (3)  GAY (3)  GIFFORD (3)  JEFFORD (1)  GLOVER (2)  GORRELL (4)  GORVETT (1)  GRIGG (3)  HAMLYN (2)  HANDCOCK (2)  HARDING (14)  HARRIS (27)  HARTNELL (1)  HEAL (18)  HEARD (3)  HEARN (13)  HORE (1)  HOCKIN (5)  HOLMAN (1)  HOLMES (10)  HUNT (1)  HUSTWAITE (4)  GEEN (3)  JENKIN (2)  JEWELL (10)  JOHNS (15)  KIEVELL (8)  KEIVELL (1)  KENT (9)  KEVAN (6)  KING (1)  KIVELL (1)  LAKE (5)  LANG (6)  LEY (15)  LEE (5)  LITTLEJOHNS (2)  LOY (1)  LUKEMAN (1)  MAINE (1)  MAIN (1)  MARSHALL (3)  METHERELL (5)  MILL (2)  MILLS (6)  MITCHELL (2)  MONNEL (1)  MORGAN (1)  MOASE (1)  MOUNTJOY (1)  MOUSE (3)  NICHOLS (2)  NORTHCOTTE (2)  OSBORN (1)  OXENHAM (6)  PAGE (3)  PALMER (6)  PARKER (1)  PARKHOUSE (3)  PARKIN (1)  PARMER (1)  PARR (5)  PARSONS (2)  PASCOE (6)  PASMORE OR PASINORE (4)  PENHALE (6)  PENNINGTON (2)  PERKIN (1)  PHILLIPS (7)  PHILP (5)  PIPER (2)  POTTER (1)  PRANCE (8)  PRIDHAM (2)  PROUSE (11)  PULLEN (4)  QUICK (3)  RAWLINSON (1)  REED (6)  RICHARDS (4)  ROBINS (5)  ROCKETT (2)  ROGERS (3)  SERGENT (1)  SANDERS (49)  SCOINS OR SCVINS (2)  SELDON (1)  SHAPTON (3)  SHAXTON (3)  SHORT (5)  SHUTE (2)  SKINNER (1)  SLADE (1)  SLEE (4)  SMALE (8)  SMYTH (1)  SQUIRE (25)  STAPLEDON (1)  STEER (6)  STEPHENS (1)  STOKER (1)  STONEMAN (12)  TITHECOTT (2)  TYTHACOTT (2)  TITHECOT (1)  TRATHEN (4)  TUCKER (9)  TUPLIN (2)  UNDERHILL (1)  VANSTONE (2)  VERRAN (5)  VODDEN (1)  WALTER (2)  WEDLAKE (6)  WITHECOMBE (26)  WHITE (6)  WICKETT (8)  WRIGHT (1)  YEO (1)