Top surnames from the 1881 census in Highampton, Devon

Highampton 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
GLOVER155.0505118.48
FRIEND155.0505445.10
CROCKER144.7138350.88
BEALE103.3670265.25
DENNIS93.0303102.39
DILLING93.03036,923.08
PHILIPS82.6936145.45
HOLE82.6936313.73
HILL82.693610.58
GILL82.693638.08
WOOD72.35697.40
GAY72.3569176.77
ISAAC72.3569188.17
DOWN72.3569196.08
COLLINS62.020214.08
GARLAND62.0202152.28
FISHER62.020217.26
BATTEN62.0202218.98
GRATER51.68356,250.00
SYMONS51.6835122.55
HAWKING51.68351,470.59
JOHNS51.683565.19
TUCKER51.683530.43
BRIDGEMAN51.6835458.72
STICKLAND51.6835409.84
BLATCHFORD41.3468563.38
AYRE41.3468240.96
HEYWOOD41.346867.68
REED41.346818.45
SANDERS41.346829.72
MADGE41.3468425.53
QUANCE41.34682,000.00
HORN41.346859.26
SAUNDERS31.010111.01
SMALE31.0101153.06
DAVEY31.010124.57
LASHBROOK31.01011,666.67
WARD31.01014.62
PERCEY20.67341,000.00
VENTON20.6734714.29
BROWN20.67341.02
PHARE20.67342,000.00
JEFFERY20.673431.01
HOOPER10.33677.95
STEWART10.33672.15
EDWARDS10.33671.21
NEWCOMBE10.336747.85
MANNING10.336710.59
JOYCE10.336713.72
FORD10.33673.46

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DILLING0.302976923.0769
GRATER0.302976250.0000
QUANCE0.302972000.0000
PHARE0.302972000.0000
LASHBROOK0.302971666.6667
HAWKING0.302971470.5882
PERCEY0.302971000.0000
VENTON0.30297714.2857
ROCKEY0.30297666.6667
BLATCHFORD0.30297563.3803
BRIDGEMAN0.30297458.7156
FRIEND0.30297445.1039
MADGE0.30297425.5319
STICKLAND0.30297409.8361
CROCKER0.30297350.8772
HOLE0.30297313.7255
BEALE0.30297265.2520
AYRE0.30297240.9639
BATTEN0.30297218.9781
PRIDHAM0.30297212.7660
DOWN0.30297196.0784
ISAAC0.30297188.1720
NORTHAM0.30297185.1852
GAY0.30297176.7677
SMALE0.30297153.0612
GARLAND0.30297152.2843
PHILIPS0.30297145.4545
WEEKES0.30297133.3333
SYMONS0.30297122.5490
GLOVER0.30297118.4834
DENNIS0.30297102.3891
MARTYN0.3029784.0336
NORTHCOTT0.3029774.0741
HEYWOOD0.3029767.6819
JOHNS0.3029765.1890
HORN0.3029759.2593
NEWCOMBE0.3029747.8469
HATCH0.3029739.2157
DAWE0.3029738.7597
GILL0.3029738.0771
JEFFERY0.3029731.0078
TUCKER0.3029730.4321
SANDERS0.3029729.7177
SQUIRE0.3029728.4091
DAVEY0.3029724.5700
REED0.3029718.4502
FISHER0.3029717.2612
COLLINS0.3029714.0779
JOYCE0.3029713.7174
SAUNDERS0.3029711.0132

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 297 people called DILLING in Highampton 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 6923.0769 in Highampton means that 6923.0769% of the people in Highampton on census day were called DILLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DILLING 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 DILLING 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 DILLING 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 DILLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in Highampton means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DILLING in Highampton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Highampton in 1881

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

BALKWILL (1)  BATTEN (6)  BEALE (10)  BLATCHFORD (4)  BRIDGEMAN (5)  BROWN (2)  CLARKE (1)  COLLINS (6)  CROCKER (14)  DAVEY (3)  DAWE (1)  DENNIS (9)  DINNIS (3)  DILLING (9)  DOWN (7)  EDWARDS (1)  EVELY (1)  AYRE (4)  PHARE (2)  FEVIZE (7)  FISHER (6)  FORD (1)  FRIEND (15)  GARLAND (6)  GAY (7)  GILL (8)  GLOVER (15)  GRATER (5)  GUSCOTT (7)  HATCH (1)  HATHERLEY (3)  HAWKING (5)  HEYWOOD (4)  HILL (8)  HOOPER (1)  HORN (4)  HOLE (8)  ISAAC (7)  JEFFERY (2)  JOHNS (5)  JOYCE (1)  LASHBROOK (3)  LEATHEM (4)  LITTLEJOHNS (4)  MADGE (4)  MANNING (1)  MARTYN (1)  MILLS (1)  NEWCOMBE (1)  NORTHAM (1)  NORTHCOTT (1)  PERCEY (2)  PHILIPS (8)  PRIDHAM (1)  QUANCE (4)  REED (4)  ROCKEY (1)  SANDERS (4)  SAUNDERS (3)  SYMONS (5)  SMALE (3)  SQUIRE (1)  STEWART (1)  STICKLAND (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TUCKER (5)  VENTON (2)  WARD (3)  WEEKES (1)  WOOD (7)