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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Churston Ferrers, Devon

Churston Ferrers 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
LEWIS233.605013.71
MARTIN223.448314.00
TULLY213.2915614.04
PEARCE132.037622.18
HARRIS132.03768.02
LOCK121.880966.08
HAYMAN111.7241225.87
MUGFORD111.7241973.45
HELLEY111.724112,222.22
MATTHEWS101.567417.97
HOOPER101.567437.01
TOMS101.5674202.43
SMITH101.56741.11
HURRELL91.4107237.47
WINSOR91.4107468.75
COOKSLEY91.4107737.70
WATKINS81.253920.69
WAKEHAM81.2539330.58
EVANS81.25392.87
LEVO81.253926,666.67
BROWN81.25391.90
PERRING71.0972530.30
GIBSON71.09729.04
WARREN71.097216.41
RYDER71.097263.35
TRANT71.09722,058.82
GILL71.097215.51
GIBBS71.097222.34
FARRANT71.0972185.19
WYATT71.097237.39
ELLIOTT71.097212.93
LUSCOMBE71.0972214.72
MOGG60.9404400.00
COLE60.940410.32
RENDLE60.9404319.15
WILLIAMS60.94041.31
PITTS60.940491.74
STEVENS60.94049.01
GIFFORD50.783790.09
SANDERS50.783717.29
WOOD50.78372.46
MALLET50.7837384.62
DOBLE50.7837273.22
JOHNS50.783730.36
NICHOLLS50.783715.01
MOORE50.78373.92
GREEN50.78372.78
BROOKING40.6270254.78
HANNAFORD40.6270136.05
PAYNE40.62706.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEVO0.6463826666.6667
HELLEY0.6463812222.2222
TRANT0.646382058.8235
MARRY0.646381428.5714
MUGFORD0.64638973.4513
COOKSLEY0.64638737.7049
TULLY0.64638614.0351
MEMORY0.64638571.4286
PERRING0.64638530.3030
WINSOR0.64638468.7500
LUXON0.64638425.5319
MOGG0.64638400.0000
SHAPLEY0.64638400.0000
WHIDDON0.64638400.0000
MALLET0.64638384.6154
MURLEY0.64638348.8372
WAKEHAM0.64638330.5785
BLACKLER0.64638330.5785
RENDLE0.64638319.1489
DOBLE0.64638273.2240
BROOKING0.64638254.7771
FINCHER0.64638238.0952
HURRELL0.64638237.4670
HAYMAN0.64638225.8727
LUSCOMBE0.64638214.7239
TOMS0.64638202.4291
FARRANT0.64638185.1852
DODGE0.64638160.0000
MARTELL0.64638153.8462
HANNAFORD0.64638136.0544
TURPIN0.64638116.9591
PITTS0.6463891.7431
GIFFORD0.6463890.0901
LOCK0.6463866.0793
BANBURY0.6463865.7895
RYDER0.6463863.3484
IVEY0.6463855.5556
DIMOND0.6463853.7634
ELFORD0.6463851.5464
WYATT0.6463837.3932
HOOPER0.6463837.0096
SHEARS0.6463835.5872
PROWSE0.6463834.3643
DART0.6463833.6700
PROUT0.6463831.5457
JOHNS0.6463830.3582
THORNE0.6463829.7398
HEWETT0.6463826.9542
COUCH0.6463826.3852
TOZER0.6463826.1780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 638 people called LEVO in Churston Ferrers 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 26666.6667 in Churston Ferrers means that 26666.6667% of the people in Churston Ferrers on census day were called LEVO.

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

All the surnames recorded in Churston Ferrers in 1881

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

OLDRIEVE (4)  ALFYARD (1)  BAILEY (2)  BANBURY (1)  BARRETT (1)  BEER (1)  BERRY (2)  BLACKLER (4)  BOND (4)  BOOKAY (2)  BROOKING (4)  BROWN (8)  BULLEY (1)  BARROW (3)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLEMONTS (1)  COLE (6)  COOKSLEY (9)  COUCH (1)  CAWDLE (1)  DART (1)  DESCOMBE (4)  DOBLE (5)  DODGE (4)  DIMOND (1)  EALES (1)  EDGE (1)  ELFORD (1)  ELLIOTT (7)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (8)  FARRANT (7)  FEWINGS (7)  FINCHER (2)  FOX (1)  GETHAM (3)  GIBBS (7)  GIBSON (7)  GIFFORD (5)  GILL (7)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (5)  GRINDALL (1)  HALL (1)  HAMLYN (6)  HAYMAN (11)  HANNAFORD (4)  HARRACOTT (1)  HARRIS (13)  HOCKINGS (26)  HAWKINS (4)  HEAD (4)  HELLEY (11)  HELLY (1)  HEARD (1)  HEATH (2)  HEWETT (2)  HILL (2)  HODGE (1)  HOOPER (10)  HORSHAM (1)  HORTON (1)  HURRELL (9)  IVEY (1)  JACKSON (2)  JOHNS (5)  KINGWILL (2)  KINGWELL (1)  KNAPMAN (12)  LANG (2)  LEE (2)  LAVERS (1)  LEVO (8)  LEWIS (23)  LOCK (12)  LORD (3)  LUSCOMBE (7)  LUXON (2)  MADDICK (9)  MALLET (5)  MARCH (1)  MARRY (1)  MARSH (1)  MARTELL (1)  MARTIN (22)  MATTHEWS (10)  MEMORY (2)  MILLER (2)  MOGG (6)  MOORE (5)  MURLEY (3)  MUGFORD (11)  NARRIMORE (1)  NICHOLLS (5)  OGDEN (1)  PARKER (4)  PAYNE (4)  PEARCE (13)  PECK (1)  PERRING (7)  PERRIN (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PITTS (6)  POLLYBLANK (8)  PONSFORD (7)  PROUT (1)  PROWSE (1)  RENDLE (6)  RICHARDS (1)  RYDER (7)  ROUTLEY (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SANDERS (5)  SHAPLEY (2)  SHEARS (1)  SMITH (10)  STEVENS (6)  TAYLOR (2)  TOMS (10)  THORNE (4)  THORNING (6)  TOZER (1)  TRANT (7)  TUCKER (3)  TULLOK (1)  TULLY (21)  TURPIN (4)  WAKEHAM (8)  WALTERS (1)  WARREN (7)  WATKINS (8)  WEBBER (1)  WELLS (1)  WHIDDON (1)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILLIS (1)  WINDEATT (3)  WINSOR (9)  WOOD (5)  WYATT (7)