Top surnames from the 1881 census in Combeinteignhead, Devon

Combeinteignhead 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
CROSS153.464250.34
RENDELL122.7714662.98
CLARKE112.540412.54
FOWLER102.309540.44
BOWDEN102.309580.00
LANG102.3095103.63
MURCH92.0785825.69
PENWELL92.07856,000.00
HILL92.07858.16
NORCOTT92.07851,764.71
MATHEWS81.847650.03
JONES81.84761.63
WARREN71.616624.18
BAKER61.38576.32
RICE61.385744.64
POTTER61.385721.37
BICKFORD61.3857740.74
WRIGHT61.38574.32
PRICE61.38577.92
HIBBERD51.1547187.97
STONE51.154715.97
HONEYWELL51.15472,000.00
LEED51.15472,941.18
MUDGE51.1547378.79
BARNES51.15479.59
WILLS51.154738.64
ASHFORD51.1547116.82
HARVEY51.154710.82
RICHARDS51.15477.65
ELLICOTT51.15471,020.41
SANDERS40.923820.38
PARKHOUSE40.9238310.08
NARRAMORE40.92382,500.00
MILLS40.92387.12
LAKEMAN30.6928476.19
CUMMING30.692836.32
SETTER30.69281,034.48
FLOWER30.692870.92
BOND30.692813.09
CLEMENTS30.692820.89
MARTIN30.69282.81
WAYE30.69282,307.69
MURRIN30.69281,153.85
PEW30.69281,428.57
WOTTON30.6928241.94
MILLER20.46192.58
WHITE20.46191.44
HARRIS20.46191.82
SKINNER20.46199.10
HEATH20.46199.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PENWELL0.434336000.0000
SITTER0.434335000.0000
SINGELTON0.434333333.3333
LEED0.434332941.1765
NARRAMORE0.434332500.0000
WAYE0.434332307.6923
HONEYWELL0.434332000.0000
NORCOTT0.434331764.7059
PEW0.434331428.5714
MURRIN0.434331153.8462
SETTER0.434331034.4828
ELLICOTT0.434331020.4082
ALWARD0.434331000.0000
MURCH0.43433825.6881
BICKFORD0.43433740.7407
RENDELL0.43433662.9834
CLANCEY0.43433476.1905
LAKEMAN0.43433476.1905
MUDGE0.43433378.7879
PARKHOUSE0.43433310.0775
WOTTON0.43433241.9355
HIBBERD0.43433187.9699
LIDSTONE0.43433172.4138
KINGDON0.43433148.1481
COOKSLEY0.43433120.4819
ASHFORD0.43433116.8224
SCOBLE0.43433107.5269
LANG0.43433103.6269
HANNAFORD0.43433100.0000
BOWDEN0.4343380.0000
FLOWER0.4343370.9220
MOREY0.4343370.4225
WINGATE0.4343364.9351
MORTIMORE0.4343361.3497
CROSS0.4343350.3356
MATHEWS0.4343350.0313
RICE0.4343344.6429
STILES0.4343341.6667
FOWLER0.4343340.4367
WILLS0.4343338.6399
CUMMING0.4343336.3196
SMALE0.4343335.0877
CHAPPLE0.4343334.0136
NEWCOMBE0.4343332.7869
WALDRON0.4343326.2467
WARREN0.4343324.1796
COOMBES0.4343321.5983
POTTER0.4343321.3675
CLEMENTS0.4343320.8914
SANDERS0.4343320.3770

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 433 people called PENWELL in Combeinteignhead 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 6000.0000 in Combeinteignhead means that 6000.0000% of the people in Combeinteignhead on census day were called PENWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PENWELL 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 PENWELL 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 PENWELL 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 PENWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.43 in Combeinteignhead means that you are 0.43 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PENWELL in Combeinteignhead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Combeinteignhead in 1881

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

ALWARD (1)  ANTHEREY OR AUTHEREY (14)  ASHFORD (5)  AVERY (1)  BAKER (6)  BALKWILL (1)  BARNES (5)  BATTERSHALL (2)  BICKFORD (6)  BLAKE (2)  BOND (3)  BORRADAILE (1)  BOWDEN (10)  BRAY (1)  BROWN (1)  BRUSEY (3)  CALLARD (4)  CHAPPLE (1)  CLANCEY (2)  CLARKE (11)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENTS (3)  CLINICK (4)  COLERD (3)  COOKSLEY (1)  COOMBES (1)  CROSS (15)  CUMMING (3)  ELLICOTT (5)  ELLACOMBE (1)  FINNING (1)  FLOWER (3)  FOWLER (10)  FRAGEL (8)  FURSDON (1)  GALE (2)  GODDERD (1)  GODSLAND (1)  HANNAFORD (2)  HARRIS (2)  HARVEY (5)  HEATH (2)  HIBBERD (5)  HILL (9)  HONEYWELL (5)  HORSHAM (6)  JAMES (1)  JONES (8)  KELLAND (5)  KELLY (1)  KINGDON (2)  KNIGHT (1)  LAKEMAN (3)  LANG (10)  LEED (5)  LIDSTONE (1)  MARTIN (3)  MATHEWS (8)  MILLER (2)  MILLS (4)  MURRIN (3)  MOREY (1)  MC MORLAND (1)  MORTIMORE (1)  MUDGE (5)  MURCH (9)  NARRAMORE (4)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NORCOTT (9)  PARKHOUSE (4)  PEARCE (1)  PENWELL (9)  PARRY (1)  PIKE (1)  PINSENT (9)  POOK (1)  POTTER (6)  PRICE (6)  PEW (3)  WREY (7)  RENDELL (12)  RESCOE OR RESCOS (6)  RICE (6)  RICHARDS (5)  SAMPSON (1)  SAROHO (7)  SANDERS (4)  SCOBLE (1)  SHOEMACK (1)  SINGELTON (1)  SITTER (1)  SKINNER (2)  SMALE (1)  SETTER (3)  STIGGINS (1)  STONE (5)  STILES (1)  TREMLET (2)  TREMLETT (7)  TUPLIN (7)  UNDERHAY (4)  WALDRON (1)  WARD (1)  WARREN (7)  WAYE (3)  WEST (2)  WHITE (2)  WHITEAR (4)  WHITEAWAY (3)  WHITEWAY (1)  WILLS (5)  WINGATE (1)  WOTTON (3)  WRIGHT (6)