Top surnames from the 1881 census in Huntshaw, Devon

Huntshaw 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
HOOPER2412.5654296.66
SCOTT115.759222.76
FORD94.712048.39
BRIGHT63.1414155.44
DENNIS63.1414106.19
COUCH52.6178442.48
TUCKER52.617847.30
SUSSEX52.61784,166.67
LEWIS52.61789.96
WILLIAMS52.61783.64
DAVIES52.61785.15
HOYLE52.6178113.38
HARRIS42.09428.24
WESTLAKE42.0942289.86
JEFFERY42.094296.39
HEAL42.0942392.16
STONE42.094228.96
LAKE42.094294.56
FISHER31.570713.42
BLACKFORD31.5707434.78
PARKHOUSE31.5707526.32
SQUIRE21.047188.50
PIPER10.523626.53
BAKER10.52362.39
PALMER10.52364.44
THOMAS10.52361.27
MOORE10.52362.62
KERSLAKE10.5236156.25
BRAUND10.5236250.00
PHILIPS10.523628.25
GUARD10.5236400.00
NORMAN10.523611.30
EASTMOND10.52361,250.00
DELL10.523689.29
SLEEMAN10.5236161.29
CARTWRIGHT10.523613.74
POWE10.52361,000.00
TRICK10.5236454.55
NICHOLS10.523616.08
DILLING10.52361,250.00
SHORT10.523613.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUSSEX0.191914166.6667
DILLING0.191911250.0000
EASTMOND0.191911250.0000
POWE0.191911000.0000
PARKHOUSE0.19191526.3158
TRICK0.19191454.5455
COUCH0.19191442.4779
BLACKFORD0.19191434.7826
GUARD0.19191400.0000
HEAL0.19191392.1569
HOOPER0.19191296.6625
WESTLAKE0.19191289.8551
BRAUND0.19191250.0000
SLEEMAN0.19191161.2903
KERSLAKE0.19191156.2500
BRIGHT0.19191155.4404
HOYLE0.19191113.3787
DENNIS0.19191106.1947
JEFFERY0.1919196.3855
LAKE0.1919194.5626
DELL0.1919189.2857
SQUIRE0.1919188.4956
FORD0.1919148.3871
TUCKER0.1919147.3037
STONE0.1919128.9645
PHILIPS0.1919128.2486
PIPER0.1919126.5252
SCOTT0.1919122.7602
NICHOLS0.1919116.0772
CARTWRIGHT0.1919113.7363
FISHER0.1919113.4168
SHORT0.1919113.4048
NORMAN0.1919111.2994
LEWIS0.191919.9562
HARRIS0.191918.2406
DAVIES0.191915.1467
PALMER0.191914.4425
WILLIAMS0.191913.6443
MOORE0.191912.6185
BAKER0.191912.3895
THOMAS0.191911.2687

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 191 people called SUSSEX in Huntshaw 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 4166.6667 in Huntshaw means that 4166.6667% of the people in Huntshaw on census day were called SUSSEX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUSSEX 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 SUSSEX 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 SUSSEX 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 SUSSEX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Huntshaw means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUSSEX in Huntshaw than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Huntshaw in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BALKWILL (1)  BLACKFORD (3)  BRAUND (1)  BRIGHT (6)  BROWNSCOMBE (12)  BRAUNTON (9)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  COUCH (5)  DAVIES (5)  DELL (1)  DENNIS (6)  DILLING (1)  DOUDLE (3)  EASTMOND (1)  FISHER (3)  FORD (9)  GUARD (1)  HEAMAN (1)  HARRIS (4)  HEADON (1)  HEAL (4)  HOLWILL (1)  HOOPER (24)  HORREL (1)  HOYLE (5)  JEFFERY (4)  KERSLAKE (1)  LAKE (4)  LEWIS (5)  MONKLEY (4)  MOORE (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NORMAN (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKHOUSE (3)  PHILIPS (1)  PIPER (1)  POWE (1)  PRISCOTT (4)  SCOTT (11)  SIDGWICK (7)  SHORT (1)  SLEEMAN (1)  SQUIRE (2)  STONE (4)  SUSSEX (5)  THOMAS (1)  TRATHEN (2)  TRICK (1)  TUCKER (5)  WESTLAKE (4)  WILLIAMS (5)