Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harpford, Devon

Harpford 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
PRING248.79121,920.00
HOLLAND145.128272.02
RETTER114.029313,750.00
BICKLEY103.6630884.96
BENNET82.9304212.20
HILL72.564110.07
SALTER72.5641112.18
PEPPIN72.56416,363.64
GORMAN62.1978182.37
HAYMAN62.1978288.46
TAYLOR62.19783.44
WOODLEY51.8315205.76
BAKER51.83158.36
BATTIN51.83153,846.15
CARTER51.831510.91
ROGERS41.465211.29
COLLINS41.465210.21
COLES41.465242.06
BOLT41.4652203.05
JAMES31.09895.59
SPILLER31.0989193.55
SHEPPERD31.0989254.24
FRANKS31.098988.24
LIGHTFOOT31.098978.95
HANNAY31.0989447.76
PILE20.7326158.73
CHOWN20.7326235.29
PEAKE20.732676.05
ALLEN20.73263.88
MITCHELL20.73263.61
TURNER20.73262.63
SAGE20.732682.30
MILLS20.73265.65
KEMPE20.73261,000.00
ASH20.732644.35
EVANS20.73261.68
BARRET10.3663129.87
CARNELL10.3663120.48
BIRLEY10.3663238.10
MAY10.36635.75
EDWARDS10.36631.31
KNIGHT10.36632.97
PERRY10.36634.98
ISAACS10.366342.55
CHICK10.366366.67
PARSONS10.36634.82
BRANCH10.366371.43
WOOD10.36631.15
DOWELL10.366372.99
PRICE10.36632.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RETTER0.2727313750.0000
PEPPIN0.272736363.6364
BATTIN0.272733846.1538
PRING0.272731920.0000
QUAIN0.272731428.5714
SELLEK0.272731250.0000
KEMPE0.272731000.0000
BICKLEY0.27273884.9558
HANNAY0.27273447.7612
HAYMAN0.27273288.4615
OLDRIDGE0.27273270.2703
SHEPPERD0.27273254.2373
BIRLEY0.27273238.0952
CHOWN0.27273235.2941
BENNET0.27273212.2016
WOODLEY0.27273205.7613
BOLT0.27273203.0457
SPILLER0.27273193.5484
GORMAN0.27273182.3708
PILE0.27273158.7302
BARRET0.27273129.8701
CARNELL0.27273120.4819
SALTER0.27273112.1795
LADD0.27273104.1667
FRANKS0.2727388.2353
SAGE0.2727382.3045
LIGHTFOOT0.2727378.9474
PEAKE0.2727376.0456
DOWELL0.2727372.9927
HOLLAND0.2727372.0165
BRANCH0.2727371.4286
CHICK0.2727366.6667
ASH0.2727344.3459
ISAACS0.2727342.5532
COLES0.2727342.0610
ROGERS0.2727311.2867
CARTER0.2727310.9099
COLLINS0.2727310.2119
HILL0.2727310.0676
BAKER0.272738.3584
DOUGLAS0.272737.5586
MILES0.272736.2073
MAY0.272735.7537
MILLS0.272735.6497
JAMES0.272735.5949
PERRY0.272734.9801
ROSE0.272734.9383
PARSONS0.272734.8216
BERRY0.272734.6168
ALLEN0.272733.8782

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 273 people called RETTER in Harpford 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 13750.0000 in Harpford means that 13750.0000% of the people in Harpford on census day were called RETTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RETTER 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 RETTER 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 RETTER 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 RETTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Harpford means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RETTER in Harpford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harpford in 1881

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

OLDRIDGE (1)  ALLEN (2)  ASH (2)  BAKER (5)  BARRET (1)  BATHIE (8)  BATTIN (5)  BENNET (8)  BERRY (1)  BICKLEY (10)  BOLT (4)  BRANCH (1)  BIRLEY (1)  CARNELL (1)  CARTER (5)  CHANNON (6)  CHICK (1)  CHOWN (2)  COLES (4)  COLLINS (4)  DOM... (1)  DOMMIT (1)  DOUGLAS (1)  DOWMET (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (2)  FAYTER (3)  FRANKS (3)  GIGG (14)  GORMAN (6)  HAYMAN (6)  HANNAY (3)  EBDON (11)  HILL (7)  HELLIER (1)  HOLLAND (14)  HOCTOR (1)  ISAACS (1)  JAMES (3)  KEMPE (2)  KNIGHT (1)  LADD (1)  LIGHTFOOT (3)  LITTLEDALE (7)  LITTLEHILL (2)  LUNTON (1)  MAY (1)  DOWELL (1)  MC GAGHEY (1)  MAKIE (1)  MILES (1)  MILLS (2)  MITCHELL (2)  OGILBY (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEAKE (2)  PERIAM (1)  PERRY (1)  PILE (2)  PEPPIN (7)  PODBURY (2)  PRICE (1)  PRING (24)  QUAIN (1)  RETTER (11)  ROGERS (4)  ROSE (1)  SAGE (2)  SALTER (7)  SELLEK (1)  SHEPPERD (3)  SPILLER (3)  SPURWAY (2)  TAYLOR (6)  TRIVET (1)  TURNER (2)  WALKER (1)  WYLD (2)  WOOD (1)  WOODLEY (5)