Top surnames from the 1881 census in Clist St George, Devon

Clist St George 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
DAVEY103.759491.41
BERRY93.383542.63
GRANT93.383534.09
PYLE83.0075733.95
BEAVIS72.6316642.20
MUTTER72.63161,707.32
RICE72.631684.75
SKINNER62.255644.44
SELLEY62.25561,578.95
GLASS62.2556218.18
HOOK51.8797126.90
TUCKER51.879733.97
WARE51.8797114.42
POTTER51.879728.99
SPENCER51.879720.59
GALER51.87972,500.00
PARSONS51.879724.74
SMITH41.50381.07
ANDREWS41.503815.69
SERGEANT41.5038314.96
FRAMPTON41.5038190.48
MITCHELL41.50387.41
PRATT41.503826.18
MARES41.50382,352.94
STEER41.5038128.62
BLACKMORE41.5038104.44
SIM41.5038133.78
FRY41.503846.95
CLARKE41.50387.42
PHILLIPS31.12786.30
GIBBINGS31.1278810.81
PARISH31.127873.17
LASKEY31.1278967.74
PALMER31.12789.57
WALTERS31.127823.66
RUTTER20.751949.38
GOODING20.751988.89
FURSE20.7519512.82
TRICKEY20.7519526.32
SANFORD20.7519400.00
LANE10.37595.46
GALE10.375912.55
PARR10.375915.04
NOTT10.375953.19
WARREN10.37595.62
HALSE10.3759250.00
COX10.37592.48
BOLT10.375952.08
PERHAM10.3759400.00
KINGSLAND10.3759232.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GALER0.272662500.0000
MARES0.272662352.9412
MUTTER0.272661707.3171
SELLEY0.272661578.9474
LASKEY0.27266967.7419
GIBBINGS0.27266810.8108
WINSLEY0.27266769.2308
PYLE0.27266733.9450
BEAVIS0.27266642.2018
TRICKEY0.27266526.3158
FURSE0.27266512.8205
SANFORD0.27266400.0000
PERHAM0.27266400.0000
SERGEANT0.27266314.9606
HALSE0.27266250.0000
KINGSLAND0.27266232.5581
GLASS0.27266218.1818
FRAMPTON0.27266190.4762
DARKE0.27266161.2903
SIM0.27266133.7793
STEER0.27266128.6174
HOOK0.27266126.9036
WARE0.27266114.4165
BLACKMORE0.27266104.4386
DAVEY0.2726691.4077
GOODING0.2726688.8889
HUXTABLE0.2726686.2069
RICE0.2726684.7458
PARISH0.2726673.1707
NOTT0.2726653.1915
BOLT0.2726652.0833
SYMES0.2726651.0204
RUTTER0.2726649.3827
FRY0.2726646.9484
SKINNER0.2726644.4444
BERRY0.2726642.6338
GRANT0.2726634.0909
TUCKER0.2726633.9674
HITCHCOCK0.2726632.5733
POTTER0.2726628.9855
HEARN0.2726628.4091
PRATT0.2726626.1780
PARSONS0.2726624.7402
GOLDSMITH0.2726624.2131
WALTERS0.2726623.6593
SPENCER0.2726620.5931
ANDREWS0.2726615.6924
PARR0.2726615.0376
GALE0.2726612.5471
PALMER0.272669.5694

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 266 people called GALER in Clist St George 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 2500.0000 in Clist St George means that 2500.0000% of the people in Clist St George on census day were called GALER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GALER 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 GALER 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 GALER 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 GALER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Clist St George means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GALER in Clist St George than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Clist St George in 1881

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

ADDICOTT (5)  ANDREWS (4)  BAKER (1)  BAWKER (1)  BEAVIS (7)  BERRY (9)  BLACKMORE (4)  BOLT (1)  BYNE (1)  CHANNON (1)  CLARKE (4)  COLE (1)  COX (1)  DARKER (1)  DARKE (1)  DAVEY (10)  DUNSCOMBE (10)  ELLACOMBE (5)  EVELY (1)  FRAMPTON (4)  FRY (4)  FURSE (2)  GALE (1)  GALER (5)  GIBBINGS (3)  GLASS (6)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GOODING (2)  GRANT (9)  GREEN (1)  GREENSLADE (3)  HALSE (1)  HEARN (1)  HELLIER (2)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HOLWILL (3)  HORSHAM (1)  HOOK (5)  HUXTABLE (1)  KINGSLAND (1)  NOTT (1)  LANE (1)  LASKEY (3)  MAY (1)  MIFLIN (5)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (4)  MOORE (1)  MUTTER (7)  MARES (4)  MAER (1)  PALMER (3)  PARISH (3)  PARR (1)  PARSONS (5)  PERHAM (1)  PHILLIPS (3)  PYLE (8)  POTTER (5)  PRATT (4)  RICE (7)  RUTTER (2)  SANFORD (2)  SERGEANT (4)  SELLEY (6)  SHILES (3)  SIM (4)  SYMES (1)  SKINNER (6)  SMITH (4)  SPENCER (5)  STEER (4)  STOOK (2)  TREBBY (8)  TRICKEY (2)  TUCKER (5)  WALTERS (3)  WARE (5)  WARREN (1)  WINSLEY (1)  WOOLLAND (3)  WRIGHT (1)