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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Georgeham, Devon

Georgeham 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
TUCKER709.1623165.56
GAMMON405.2356973.24
SMITH344.45033.15
THOMAS283.66498.88
LOVERING182.35601,374.05
MOCK162.09421,904.76
JONES162.09421.85
BROWN162.09423.18
HARDING151.963427.12
WILLIAMS151.96342.73
BEER151.9634122.65
WATTS131.701620.29
EDWARDS121.57075.64
PARSONS111.439818.95
FOWLER111.439825.21
GAMON111.43982,619.05
BUTLER111.439814.77
GOSS101.3089150.38
WEBBER101.308942.84
LANG101.308958.72
PEARCE91.178012.82
HOPKINS91.178019.57
GEEN81.0471963.86
BUDD81.047182.47
QUICK81.047193.46
LEY70.9162209.58
BARNES60.78536.52
MAIS60.78533,750.00
HOWARD60.78538.00
BERRY60.78539.90
LEWIS60.78532.99
DOWNING60.785345.18
WEBB50.65454.83
HANCOCK50.654514.38
DOWN50.654554.53
REED50.65458.97
LOCK50.654522.99
HILL50.65452.57
HARRIS50.65452.58
ROACH50.654544.44
RICHARDS50.65454.33
KINGDON40.5236167.36
UPHAM40.5236396.04
SELDON40.5236289.86
POWELL40.52364.20
LAMEY40.52361,904.76
PERRIN40.523651.15
NORMAN40.523611.30
HOTTON40.5236909.09
MATTHEWS40.52366.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COLLAMORE0.7676410000.0000
MAIS0.767643750.0000
GAMON0.767642619.0476
LAMEY0.767641904.7619
MOCK0.767641904.7619
BOSSEN0.767641666.6667
LOVERING0.767641374.0458
GAMMON0.76764973.2360
GEEN0.76764963.8554
REDLER0.76764909.0909
HOTTON0.76764909.0909
BARNHOUSE0.76764909.0909
MENHENNETT0.76764769.2308
RIGSBY0.76764740.7407
QUANCE0.76764588.2353
UPHAM0.76764396.0396
LINCH0.76764348.8372
CREECH0.76764294.1176
SELDON0.76764289.8551
PILLER0.76764238.0952
LEY0.76764209.5808
GRIER0.76764180.1802
KINGDON0.76764167.3640
TUCKER0.76764165.5629
VENNING0.76764160.0000
GOSS0.76764150.3759
HANBURY0.76764148.1481
BAGGOTT0.76764135.1351
WINSOR0.76764130.4348
BEER0.76764122.6492
BRAYLEY0.76764121.9512
QUICK0.7676493.4579
HUXTABLE0.7676490.0901
BUDD0.7676482.4742
CARDER0.7676474.0741
PRIDEAUX0.7676464.5161
OSTLER0.7676461.7284
LANG0.7676458.7199
ROOK0.7676457.4713
DOWN0.7676454.5256
BALE0.7676452.2648
PERRIN0.7676451.1509
DOWNING0.7676445.1807
ROACH0.7676444.4444
PARKHOUSE0.7676443.8596
WEBBER0.7676442.8449
PUGSLEY0.7676442.5532
PIERCY0.7676436.3636
WILLEY0.7676429.0698
DART0.7676428.1690

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 764 people called COLLAMORE in Georgeham 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 10000.0000 in Georgeham means that 10000.0000% of the people in Georgeham on census day were called COLLAMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COLLAMORE 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 COLLAMORE 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 COLLAMORE 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 COLLAMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.76 in Georgeham means that you are 0.76 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COLLAMORE in Georgeham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Georgeham in 1881

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

ACKFORD (1)  ADAMS (2)  BADCOCK (3)  BAGGOTT (3)  BALE (3)  BAMENT (5)  BARNES (6)  BARNHOUSE (1)  BARNISS (4)  BARRUSS (1)  BAGSTER (11)  BEACKER (1)  BEER (15)  BENNETT (2)  BERRY (6)  BOSSEN (1)  BOWDEN (2)  BRAYLEY (1)  BROWN (16)  BRYANT (1)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  BUDD (8)  BULL (1)  BARROW (1)  BUTLER (11)  CARDER (1)  SHADDICK (1)  CIFF (1)  COLES (1)  CONIBEAR (1)  CREECH (2)  DANIEL (1)  DART (1)  DAVEY (1)  DE WOLF (3)  DOWN (5)  DOWNING (6)  DYER (1)  EDWARDS (12)  FISHLONGER (1)  FOWLER (11)  COLLAMORE (2)  GAMMON (40)  GAMON (11)  GLOAG (2)  GOSS (10)  GOULD (1)  GREEN (2)  GREENAWAY (1)  GRIER (2)  GUSSTENBURY (1)  HANBURY (2)  HANCOCK (5)  HARDING (15)  HARRIS (5)  HARVEY (1)  HEDDON (4)  HEADON (1)  HEWETT (1)  HILL (5)  HOPKINS (9)  HOTTON (4)  HOWARD (6)  HUNT (2)  HUXHAM (1)  HUXTABLE (3)  GAEN (1)  GEEN (8)  JENKINS (1)  JOHNS (2)  JONES (16)  JOCE (1)  KIFF (5)  KINGDON (4)  KIRBY (2)  LAMEY (4)  LANG (10)  LEE (3)  LEY (7)  LEWIS (6)  LOCK (5)  LOGAN (1)  LOVERING (18)  LINCH (3)  MALLETT (1)  MANNING (1)  MERCHANT (1)  MARCHANT (1)  MATTHEWS (4)  MAIS (6)  MENHENNET (2)  MENHENNETT (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOCK (16)  MOULE (12)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NORMAN (4)  OSTLER (1)  PARKHAM (3)  PARKHOUSE (1)  PARSONS (11)  PEARCE (9)  PENNINGTON (1)  PERRIN (4)  PIERCY (1)  PILLER (1)  PIMS (1)  POWELL (4)  PRIDEAUX (1)  PROLE (3)  PUGSLEY (1)  QUICK (8)  QUANCE (3)  REDMORE (10)  REED (5)  RICHARDS (5)  RIDGE (1)  REDLER (1)  RIGSBY (2)  ROACH (5)  ROBERTS (1)  ROOK (3)  SCAMP (2)  SEARLE (1)  SELDON (4)  SHAPLAND (3)  SHOPLAND (1)  SMITH (34)  SNOW (1)  SPURWAY (1)  STADDON (2)  STREET (1)  TANSER (5)  THOMAS (28)  TUCKER (70)  UPHAM (4)  VENNING (2)  WATTS (13)  WEBB (5)  WEBBER (10)  WELCH (3)  WEST (1)  WESTRUN (6)  WHITE (3)  WILLIAMS (15)  WINSOR (3)  WILLEY (2)  YEALE (3)  YEO (1)  ZEALE (12)  ZEAL (1)