Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckland In The Moor, Devon

Buckland In The Moor 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
SMERDON1014.49289,090.91
WARREN811.5942173.54
ANDREWS68.695790.77
NOSWORTHY57.24646,250.00
ROWE45.7971102.04
HAWKEN34.34781,666.67
SCOTT22.898611.45
LANGWORTHY22.89862,500.00
WOOLCOCK11.4493526.32
ADDAMS11.44935,000.00
WALLACE11.449321.14
LEAMAN11.4493666.67
BOWDEN11.449350.25
WEBBER11.449347.39
STANCOMBE11.44932,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SMERDON0.07699090.9091
NOSWORTHY0.07696250.0000
ADDAMS0.07695000.0000
LANGWORTHY0.07692500.0000
STANCOMBE0.07692000.0000
HAWKEN0.07691666.6667
LEAMAN0.0769666.6667
WOOLCOCK0.0769526.3158
WARREN0.0769173.5358
ROWE0.0769102.0408
ANDREWS0.076990.7716
BOWDEN0.076950.2513
WEBBER0.076947.3934
WALLACE0.076921.1416
SCOTT0.076911.4548

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 69 people called SMERDON in Buckland In The Moor 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 9090.9091 in Buckland In The Moor means that 9090.9091% of the people in Buckland In The Moor on census day were called SMERDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SMERDON 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 SMERDON 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 SMERDON 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 SMERDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Buckland In The Moor means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SMERDON in Buckland In The Moor than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckland In The Moor in 1881

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

ADDAMS (1)  ANDREWS (6)  BOWDEN (1)  CONYBEARE (1)  FUTCHER (1)  HAWKEN (3)  HEXT (17)  LANGWORTHY (2)  LEAMAN (1)  NOSWORTHY (5)  PIMLETT (2)  ROWE (4)  SCOTT (2)  SMERDON (10)  STANCOMBE (1)  WALLACE (1)  WARREN (8)  WEBBER (1)  WITHYCOMBE (1)  WOOLCOCK (1)