Top surnames from the 1881 census in Goodleigh, Devon

Goodleigh 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
TUCKER166.4000115.69
NORMAN135.2000112.17
RICHARDS124.800031.78
WATTS124.800057.25
GILL114.400062.18
SEARLE104.0000199.20
MADGE83.20001,012.66
RENDLE72.8000945.95
JARRATT72.80001,206.90
WELCH62.400068.26
BLACKWELL62.4000131.58
DAVIE62.4000260.87
SQUIRE62.4000202.70
ACKLAND52.0000609.76
KINGDON52.0000641.03
BEER52.0000125.00
NOTT52.0000284.09
MUGFORD52.00001,136.36
BOSSON41.60002,000.00
PARISH41.6000103.63
WEST41.600016.62
FRY41.600049.94
LEE31.20007.34
DENNIS31.200040.54
HANCOCK31.200026.39
SANDERS31.200026.48
DYER31.200030.99
ANDREW31.200037.88
LANCEY31.20002,307.69
GOSS31.2000137.61
HEAL20.8000150.38
BENNETT20.80004.87
WHITE20.80002.49
SQUIRES20.800056.50
SYMONS20.800058.14
SANDER10.4000344.83
BARTLETT10.40009.13
DUNN10.40004.81
TURNER10.40001.44
DAVEY10.40009.73
PASSMORE10.400068.49
STONE10.40005.53
MORRIS10.40001.80
FIELDHOUSE10.400083.33
ROSS10.40003.66
BARROW10.400018.87
WAY10.400036.23
BOYLES10.4000204.08
NICKS10.4000588.24
GAMMON10.400074.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANCEY0.252502307.6923
BOSSON0.252502000.0000
JARRATT0.252501206.8966
MUGFORD0.252501136.3636
MADGE0.252501012.6582
RENDLE0.25250945.9459
KINGDON0.25250641.0256
ACKLAND0.25250609.7561
NICKS0.25250588.2353
SANDER0.25250344.8276
NOTT0.25250284.0909
DAVIE0.25250260.8696
BOYLES0.25250204.0816
SQUIRE0.25250202.7027
SEARLE0.25250199.2032
HEAL0.25250150.3759
GOSS0.25250137.6147
BLACKWELL0.25250131.5789
PUGSLEY0.25250129.8701
BEER0.25250125.0000
TUCKER0.25250115.6905
NORMAN0.25250112.1657
PARISH0.25250103.6269
BOSTON0.2525086.9565
FIELDHOUSE0.2525083.3333
GAMMON0.2525074.0741
PASSMORE0.2525068.4932
WELCH0.2525068.2594
GILL0.2525062.1820
SYMONS0.2525058.1395
WATTS0.2525057.2519
SQUIRES0.2525056.4972
FRY0.2525049.9376
DENNIS0.2525040.5405
ANDREW0.2525037.8788
WAY0.2525036.2319
RICHARDS0.2525031.7797
DYER0.2525030.9917
BLACKMORE0.2525027.7778
SANDERS0.2525026.4784
HANCOCK0.2525026.3852
BARROW0.2525018.8679
WEST0.2525016.6182
HOLLOWAY0.2525013.0548
DAVEY0.252509.7276
BARTLETT0.252509.1324
LEE0.252507.3421
STONE0.252505.5340
BENNETT0.252504.8674
DUNN0.252504.8100

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 250 people called LANCEY in Goodleigh 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 2307.6923 in Goodleigh means that 2307.6923% of the people in Goodleigh on census day were called LANCEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANCEY 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 LANCEY 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 LANCEY 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 LANCEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Goodleigh means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANCEY in Goodleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Goodleigh in 1881

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

ACKLAND (5)  ANDREW (3)  BANHAM (6)  BARTLETT (1)  BEER (5)  BELCHAR (4)  BENNETT (2)  BLACKMORE (1)  BLACKWELL (6)  BOSSON (4)  BOSTON (1)  BOYLES (1)  BARROW (1)  SHADDICK (1)  DAVIE (6)  DAVEY (1)  DENNIS (3)  DUNN (1)  DYER (3)  FIELDHOUSE (1)  FRY (4)  GALLIFORD (1)  GAMMON (1)  JARRATT (7)  GILL (11)  GOSS (3)  HANCOCK (3)  HORTOP (1)  HEAL (2)  HERNIMAN (1)  HOLLOWAY (1)  JOCE (4)  KINGDON (5)  NOTT (5)  LANCEY (3)  LEE (3)  MADGE (8)  MITCHELL (1)  MOLLAND (1)  MORIDGE (2)  MORRIS (1)  MUGFORD (5)  NICKS (1)  NORMAN (13)  PARISH (4)  PASSMORE (1)  PUGSLEY (1)  RENDLE (7)  RICHARDS (12)  RIDD (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROSS (1)  SANDERS (3)  SANDER (1)  SEARLE (10)  SHAPLAND (4)  SYMONS (2)  SMALLRIDGE (3)  SQUIRES (2)  SQUIRE (6)  STANBURY (5)  STONE (1)  TUCKER (16)  TURNER (1)  WATTS (12)  WAY (1)  WELCH (6)  WEST (4)  WHITE (2)