Top surnames from the 1881 census in Feniton, Devon

Feniton 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
PRING123.3708736.20
THOMAS102.80906.81
GORE92.5281223.88
LILEY92.52811,875.00
HITCHCOCK92.5281218.98
BENDING92.52812,250.00
LOVERING92.52811,475.41
CHOWN71.9663630.63
NORTH71.966359.32
SUMMERS71.966370.14
HOLMAN71.9663138.61
TUCKER71.966335.53
BROOM61.6854136.67
POWELL61.685413.51
MADDOCK61.6854184.62
CANN61.6854181.82
STREET51.404560.17
IRELAND51.404560.53
GOSLING51.404589.77
CLARKE51.40456.93
FRY51.404543.82
WESTAWAY51.4045641.03
HALSE51.4045943.40
HORSFORD41.12361,081.08
BASTAIN41.123620,000.00
MARKS30.842741.21
COOMBE30.8427155.44
VENN30.8427185.19
RIDGWAY30.842791.74
HURLEY30.842772.29
EAST30.842754.15
PAYNE30.84279.36
DAVEY30.842720.49
WHEATON30.8427410.96
CONNET30.842730,000.00
HUSSEY20.561855.71
ABBOT20.5618119.05
HAYMAN20.561873.53
ISAAC20.561844.84
CLAY20.561827.36
GAGE20.5618100.00
CARTER20.56183.35
PERRY20.56187.64
LAKE20.561825.35
BOWDON20.5618555.56
HAWKER20.561873.26
HUNT20.56184.23
BRUCE20.561812.00
SALTER20.561824.57
HAYS20.5618131.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CONNET0.3635630000.0000
BASTAIN0.3635620000.0000
BENDING0.363562250.0000
LILEY0.363561875.0000
LOVERING0.363561475.4098
HORSFORD0.363561081.0811
HALSE0.36356943.3962
PRING0.36356736.1963
WESTAWAY0.36356641.0256
CHOWN0.36356630.6306
LEET0.36356588.2353
BOWDON0.36356555.5556
WHEATON0.36356410.9589
LENARD0.36356322.5806
DENNER0.36356322.5806
STRAWBRIDGE0.36356263.1579
GORE0.36356223.8806
HITCHCOCK0.36356218.9781
PALK0.36356212.7660
VENN0.36356185.1852
MADDOCK0.36356184.6154
CANN0.36356181.8182
COOMBE0.36356155.4404
CARNALL0.36356149.2537
RUGG0.36356144.9275
BIDGOOD0.36356140.8451
UNDERDOWN0.36356140.8451
HOLMAN0.36356138.6139
BROOM0.36356136.6743
HAYS0.36356131.5789
ABBOT0.36356119.0476
EVELEIGH0.36356101.0101
GAGE0.36356100.0000
CARNELL0.3635692.5926
RIDGWAY0.3635691.7431
GOSLING0.3635689.7666
WOODHAM0.3635684.0336
BOARD0.3635675.7576
HAYMAN0.3635673.5294
HAWKER0.3635673.2601
HURLEY0.3635672.2892
MARTYN0.3635670.4225
SUMMERS0.3635670.1403
PYLE0.3635668.9655
PEARS0.3635660.9756
IRELAND0.3635660.5327
STREET0.3635660.1685
NORTH0.3635659.3220
SILK0.3635657.1429
HUSSEY0.3635655.7103

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 356 people called CONNET in Feniton 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 30000.0000 in Feniton means that 30000.0000% of the people in Feniton on census day were called CONNET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CONNET 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 CONNET 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 CONNET 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 CONNET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Feniton means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CONNET in Feniton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Feniton in 1881

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

ABBOT (2)  ADDICOTT (3)  ARBURY (8)  BASTAIN (4)  BENDING (9)  BIDGOOD (1)  BLAKEY (1)  BOARD (1)  BOVETT (1)  BOWDAGE (7)  BOWDON (2)  BOWDEN (1)  BROOM (6)  BRUCE (2)  BUFFET (4)  CANN (6)  CARNELL (1)  CARNALL (1)  CARTER (2)  CHERETON (1)  CHOWN (7)  CLARKE (5)  CLAY (2)  COLLINS (1)  CONNET (3)  COOMBE (3)  COSMET (1)  COVENT (1)  COWLING (1)  DAVEY (3)  DENNER (1)  DEWUR (1)  DIDHAM (5)  DOMMET (1)  DUNN (1)  EAST (3)  EVELEIGH (1)  FLEE (1)  FLEA (1)  FRY (5)  GAGE (2)  GALLIFORD (4)  GIGG (5)  GORE (9)  GOSLING (5)  GOULDWORTHY (1)  GRAVES (1)  HALSE (5)  HAYMAN (2)  HURLEY (3)  HARNALL (4)  HARES (1)  HAWKER (2)  HAYS (2)  HAYES (HAYS) (2)  HEWITT (1)  HELLIER (1)  HITCHCOCK (9)  HOLMAN (7)  HOLWILL (1)  HOOPER (1)  HORSFORD (4)  HUNT (2)  HUSSEY (2)  IBELSFORD (1)  IRELAND (5)  ISAAC (2)  JEWELL (2)  LAKE (2)  LANSDOWN (10)  LAWRENCE (1)  LENARD (1)  LEET (1)  LILEY (9)  LOVERING (9)  MADDOCK (6)  MARKS (3)  MARRIUER (1)  MARTYN (1)  MOORE (1)  MURRAY (2)  NORTH (7)  NORTHCOTTE (2)  NORTON (1)  PALK (1)  PAYNE (3)  PEARS (1)  PERCY (1)  PERRY (2)  PIKE (1)  PYLE (1)  PITTS (1)  POWELL (6)  PRING (12)  RUNDLE (1)  RIDGWAY (3)  ROWE (2)  RUGG (1)  SALTER (2)  SILK (1)  SPARKS (1)  STEELE (1)  STRAWBRIDGE (1)  STREET (5)  SUG (1)  SUMMERS (7)  THOMAS (10)  TITT (1)  TOOGOOD (9)  TUCKER (7)  UNDERDOWN (1)  VENN (3)  WORAM (4)  WHEDDON (2)  WESTAWAY (5)  WHEATON (3)  WILMINGTON (2)  WOODHAM (1)