Top surnames from the 1881 census in East Allington, Devon

East Allington 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
ROPER305.7252274.98
JOHNS234.3893169.99
JARVIS183.435176.53
LUSCOMBE163.0534597.01
PENNY163.0534171.67
WIDGER112.09923,437.50
BARTLETT101.908443.57
STONE101.908426.40
HORTON101.908451.41
MERRIFIELD101.9084806.45
HUTCHINGS101.9084101.52
HAYMAN91.7176225.00
SAVERY91.71761,084.34
REEVES91.717641.94
STEER91.7176147.06
BROWN91.71762.61
BLACKLER81.5267808.08
TUCKER81.526727.59
ANDREWS71.335913.94
QUICK61.1450102.21
FOXWORTHY61.14504,285.71
EVANS61.14502.62
RUTH61.1450967.74
BLANK61.14501,224.49
HANNAFORD61.1450247.93
ROWE61.145020.16
GOULD61.145031.68
TAYLOR61.14501.79
MINGO61.14504,000.00
JEFFERY50.954243.94
MORE50.9542122.55
MARCH50.954288.65
CABE50.95427,142.86
CODD50.9542222.22
MORGAN40.76343.84
HARROD40.7634227.27
SAUNDERS40.76348.32
NUNN40.763443.57
GAYLE30.572515,000.00
ADAMS30.57253.89
WEEKS30.572526.74
GRANT30.57255.77
RIDER30.572558.82
GAY30.572542.98
PROWSE30.5725125.52
PERRING30.5725277.78
WATTS30.57256.83
WYATT30.572519.52
MARSHALL30.57253.41
GRILLS30.5725566.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAYLE0.5252415000.0000
CABE0.525247142.8571
FOXWORTHY0.525244285.7143
MINGO0.525244000.0000
WIDGER0.525243437.5000
STARE0.525241250.0000
BLANK0.525241224.4898
SAVERY0.525241084.3373
RUTH0.52524967.7419
BLACKLER0.52524808.0808
MERRIFIELD0.52524806.4516
LUSCOMBE0.52524597.0149
GRILLS0.52524566.0377
PERRING0.52524277.7778
ROPER0.52524274.9771
HANNAFORD0.52524247.9339
HARROD0.52524227.2727
HAYMAN0.52524225.0000
HOMES0.52524224.7191
CODD0.52524222.2222
BICKFORD0.52524204.0816
PENNY0.52524171.6738
JOHNS0.52524169.9926
PEDRICK0.52524149.2537
STEER0.52524147.0588
DARE0.52524132.7434
PROWSE0.52524125.5230
MORE0.52524122.5490
QUICK0.52524102.2147
HUTCHINGS0.52524101.5228
MULLIS0.5252499.0099
ANGEL0.5252488.8889
MARCH0.5252488.6525
BOW0.5252481.9672
SPEARS0.5252480.0000
COWLES0.5252479.3651
JARVIS0.5252476.5306
EVENS0.5252472.4638
RIDER0.5252458.8235
BLACKER0.5252458.4795
HORTON0.5252451.4139
JEFFERY0.5252443.9367
BARTLETT0.5252443.5730
NUNN0.5252443.5730
GAY0.5252442.9799
REEVES0.5252441.9385
WELLINGTON0.5252440.4858
PITTS0.5252437.1747
MAYNE0.5252432.2581
GOULD0.5252431.6790

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 524 people called GAYLE in East Allington 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 15000.0000 in East Allington means that 15000.0000% of the people in East Allington on census day were called GAYLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAYLE 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 GAYLE 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 GAYLE 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 GAYLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in East Allington means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAYLE in East Allington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in East Allington in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  OLDREIVE (1)  ALGAR (1)  ANDREWS (7)  ANGEL (2)  AUGUR (4)  BARTLETT (10)  BICKFORD (2)  BLACKER (1)  BLACKLER (8)  BLANK (6)  BOW (1)  BROWN (9)  BUDD (2)  BULLEN (1)  BURNETT (1)  CABE (5)  CHADDER (1)  CLARK (1)  CODD (5)  COWLES (1)  CUBBITT (1)  DARE (3)  DAVIS (1)  DAVEY (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (6)  EVENS (1)  FORD (1)  FORTESCUE (4)  FOXWORTHY (6)  GAYLE (3)  GARLAND (1)  GAY (3)  GOULD (6)  GRANT (3)  GRILLS (3)  HAYMAN (9)  HANNAFORD (6)  HANAFORD (9)  HARPER (1)  HARROD (4)  HEATH (2)  HILL (2)  HORSEWELL (1)  HORTON (10)  HOMES (2)  HUTCHINGS (10)  JARVIS (18)  JEFFERY (5)  JEFERYS (1)  JERWOOD (1)  JOHNS (23)  KELLAND (5)  KNAPMAN (2)  LANE (1)  LANGINTHY (3)  LETHBRIDGE (13)  LEWIS (1)  LUCKHAM (1)  LUCKRAFT (LUKRAFT) (4)  LUKRAFT (1)  LUSCOMBE (16)  MAYNE (1)  MARCH (5)  MARSHALL (3)  MERRIFIELD (10)  MITCHELMORE (8)  MINGO (6)  MORE (5)  MOORE (MORE) (12)  MORGAN (4)  MOLE (1)  MULLIS (1)  NUNN (4)  OULD (7)  OWEN (1)  PEDREK (1)  PEDRICK (1)  PINHEY (10)  PENNY (16)  PERRING (3)  PHILLIPS (2)  PITTS (2)  PROWSE (3)  QUICK (6)  REEVES (9)  RIDER (3)  ROPER (30)  ROWE (6)  RUTH (6)  SAUNDERS (4)  SAVERY (9)  SHUT (2)  SHELLEY (1)  SKELLING (1)  SPEARS (1)  SPOONER (1)  STARE (1)  STEER (9)  STEPHENS (2)  STONE (10)  SWARIDGE (1)  TAYLOR (6)  TORR (4)  TORRINGE (2)  TOWNSEND (1)  TUCKER (8)  WATTS (3)  WEEKS (3)  WELLINGTON (1)  WEST (2)  WIDGER (11)  WYATT (3)  YABSLEY (3)