Top surnames from the 1881 census in Drewsteignton, Devon

Drewsteignton 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
MARKS263.2298157.86
MUDGE232.8571938.78
STRONG192.3602158.07
BROCK182.2360192.51
DRAKE172.111872.49
HOOPER151.863444.00
ELLIS151.863412.83
CANN141.7391187.67
MARTIN131.61496.56
BOLT121.4907206.19
MAY121.490723.41
JORDAN121.490733.74
GIDLEY111.3665780.14
YEO111.3665259.43
WHITE111.36654.25
OLDING111.3665709.68
PILLER101.24222,272.73
PHILLIPS101.24226.94
PARKER101.24226.53
GOSS91.1180128.39
BALL91.118013.54
HAWKINS91.118015.44
SMITH80.99380.70
ROWE80.993817.50
WEEKS70.869640.63
CONNETT70.8696721.65
COLE70.86969.55
PILLAR70.86961,044.78
BROWNING70.869642.74
MATTHEWS60.74538.54
HARRIS60.74532.93
DODD60.745318.33
CHICHESTER60.7453983.61
WILLIAMS60.74531.04
PARTRIDGE50.621123.78
HARVEY50.62115.82
WEBBER50.621120.33
CARTHEW50.6211595.24
HAYDON50.621199.21
CROOKE50.6211462.96
HOLE50.621172.36
SLOCOMBE50.6211193.80
CLARK50.62112.07
LAMPEY40.49693,076.92
HILL40.49691.95
MILLER40.49692.78
PALK40.4969373.83
CHING40.4969307.69
STONEMAN40.4969121.95
COOPER40.49692.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAMPEY0.818053076.9231
PILLER0.818052272.7273
PILLAR0.818051044.7761
CHICHESTER0.81805983.6066
MUDGE0.81805938.7755
GIDLEY0.81805780.1418
CONNETT0.81805721.6495
OLDING0.81805709.6774
CARTHEW0.81805595.2381
CROOKE0.81805462.9630
VIZARD0.81805394.7368
PALK0.81805373.8318
EASTMOND0.81805312.5000
CHING0.81805307.6923
PEDRICK0.81805294.1176
CASLEY0.81805281.6901
YEO0.81805259.4340
BEVANS0.81805247.9339
NICKELS0.81805232.5581
BOLT0.81805206.1856
SLOCOMBE0.81805193.7984
BROCK0.81805192.5134
CANN0.81805187.6676
STRONG0.81805158.0699
MARKS0.81805157.8628
KEMBLE0.81805150.3759
TAVERNER0.81805136.9863
GOSS0.81805128.3880
STONEMAN0.81805121.9512
COUNTER0.81805120.4819
HANNAFORD0.81805107.8167
JEFFRY0.81805107.5269
LASKEY0.81805105.2632
HAYDON0.8180599.2063
MURCH0.8180598.5222
WONNACOTT0.8180592.5926
MILFORD0.8180588.4956
NORTHCOTE0.8180584.7458
DRAKE0.8180572.4947
HOLE0.8180572.3589
GERRY0.8180564.5161
LEAMAN0.8180558.1395
HOOPER0.8180544.0012
BROWNING0.8180542.7350
WEEKS0.8180540.6268
PITTS0.8180536.3196
JORDAN0.8180533.7363
JOSLIN0.8180532.2581
BRAGG0.8180530.3490
DUNNING0.8180529.2826

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 805 people called LAMPEY in Drewsteignton 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 3076.9231 in Drewsteignton means that 3076.9231% of the people in Drewsteignton on census day were called LAMPEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAMPEY 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 LAMPEY 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 LAMPEY 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 LAMPEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.81 in Drewsteignton means that you are 0.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAMPEY in Drewsteignton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Drewsteignton in 1881

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

AGGETT (26)  ANSCOTT (1)  ARSCOTT (6)  CARTHEW (5)  ASCOTT (1)  ASPHLANT (1)  BEEKE (1)  BAKER (1)  BALL (9)  BATTERSHILL (1)  BATTISHILL (2)  BEER (3)  BENNETT (1)  BEVANS (3)  BLANCHFORD (10)  BOLT (12)  BOWBEER (1)  BRADFORD (4)  BRAGG (2)  BRIMBLECOMBE (12)  BROCK (18)  BROWNING (7)  BURFORD (1)  BURGOYNE (1)  CANN (14)  CASLEY (2)  CHICHESTER (6)  CHING (4)  CHUDLEY (6)  CLARK (5)  CLEAVE (2)  COLE (7)  CONNETT (7)  COOKER (1)  COOMBS (1)  COOPER (4)  COUNTER (1)  COUSINS (1)  CRABB (1)  CROCKER (1)  CROOKE (5)  CROSS (1)  DAVEY (2)  DEWDNEY (1)  DODD (6)  DOLBEER (1)  DRAKE (17)  DREW (2)  DUNN (1)  DUNNING (2)  EASTMOND (1)  ELLIOT (1)  ELLIS (15)  ENDACOTT (2)  FARLEIGH (1)  FAWDON (1)  FINCH (1)  FORD (1)  FRANKS (1)  FROST (1)  FURZEMAN (3)  GERRY (1)  GIDLEY (11)  GLOYN (4)  GOOMBE (1)  JORDAN (12)  GORWYN (4)  GOSS (9)  GRENDON (8)  GUEST (3)  HEALE (2)  HEALES (1)  HANNAFORD (4)  HANAFORD (1)  HARRIS (6)  HARVEY (5)  HAWKINS (9)  HAYDON (5)  HURSON (9)  HILL (4)  HELLIER (1)  HOLMAN (1)  HOOPER (15)  HOWARD (1)  HOWE (2)  HOLE (5)  HUTCHINGS (1)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFRY (1)  JOSLIN (1)  KEMBLE (2)  KENSHOLE (3)  KNAPMAN (8)  KNOTT (1)  KURSON (1)  LAKE (1)  LAMPEY (4)  LANG (4)  LANGABEER (1)  LANGMEAD (3)  LASKEY (1)  LEE (4)  LEAMAN (1)  LENTERN (4)  MAJOR (1)  MANATON (1)  MARDON (3)  MARKS (26)  MARTIN (13)  MATTHEWS (6)  MAY (12)  MIDDLEWICK (2)  MILFORD (2)  MILLER (4)  MORCOMBE (5)  MORECOMBE (5)  MUDGE (23)  MURCH (2)  NICKELS (2)  NORTHCOTE (1)  NORTON (3)  OADS (10)  ODDES (1)  OLDING (11)  OSBORNE (1)  PALK (4)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (10)  PARTRIDGE (5)  PEDRICK (3)  PHILLIPS (10)  PIKE (1)  PILLAR (7)  PILLER (10)  PITTS (3)  POLTIMORE (2)  PONSFORD (9)  POOK (4)  POWLESLAND (3)  PRESTON (1)  PEARDON (4)  PYM (3)  READWAY (1)  REED (1)  ROBINS (4)  ROBBINS (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROOKES (1)  ROWE (8)  ROW (1)  SAFFIN (1)  SERCOMBE (1)  SEWARD (1)  SLOCOMBE (5)  SMITH (8)  SNELL (3)  SOUTHERLEY (1)  STANLAKE (1)  STENTIFORD (2)  STEVENS (1)  STONEMAN (4)  STRONG (19)  TALLING (1)  TANCOCK (16)  TAVERNER (2)  TAWDAN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TOLLEY (1)  TOZER (1)  TREMLETT (1)  TURNER (3)  UNDERHILL (1)  VIZARD (3)  WARE (3)  WATTS (3)  WEBBER (5)  WEEKS (7)  WENSLEY (1)  WESTINGTON (2)  WHITE (11)  WIGNALL (1)  WILLIAMS (6)  WILSON (1)  WONNACOTT (1)  WOLLACOT (2)  WOOLLAND (12)  WRAYFORD (2)  WRIGHT (1)  YATES (1)  YEO (11)  YOE (1)