Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kennerleigh, Devon

Kennerleigh 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
MOORE109.434047.17
DOWN109.4340787.40
EMPSON98.49063,913.04
TONKIN87.54721,568.63
SNOW87.5472559.44
ALFORD76.6038777.78
LEE76.603840.42
CANN65.6604612.24
LAYMAN54.717012,500.00
TARR54.71701,282.05
WEBBER32.830292.59
SOUTHCOTT32.83021,666.67
WRIGHT32.83028.82
BROWN21.88682.86
DYMOND21.8868540.54
BLACKMORE21.8868130.72
WOOD10.94342.96
DAVEY10.943422.94
ROACH10.943464.10
BROCK10.943481.30
LEY10.9434217.39
HEYWOOD10.943447.39
DREW10.943435.71
PHILLIPS10.94345.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LAYMAN0.1110612500.0000
EMPSON0.111063913.0435
SOUTHCOTT0.111061666.6667
TONKIN0.111061568.6275
TARR0.111061282.0513
DOWN0.11106787.4016
ALFORD0.11106777.7778
CANN0.11106612.2449
SNOW0.11106559.4406
DYMOND0.11106540.5405
LEY0.11106217.3913
BLACKMORE0.11106130.7190
WEBBER0.1110692.5926
BROCK0.1110681.3008
ROACH0.1110664.1026
HEYWOOD0.1110647.3934
MOORE0.1110647.1698
LEE0.1110640.4157
DREW0.1110635.7143
DAVEY0.1110622.9358
WRIGHT0.111068.8209
PHILLIPS0.111065.2715
WOOD0.111062.9612
BROWN0.111062.8620

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 106 people called LAYMAN in Kennerleigh 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 12500.0000 in Kennerleigh means that 12500.0000% of the people in Kennerleigh on census day were called LAYMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LAYMAN 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 LAYMAN 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 LAYMAN 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 LAYMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in Kennerleigh means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LAYMAN in Kennerleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kennerleigh in 1881

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

ALFORD (7)  BLACKMORE (2)  BROCK (1)  BROWN (2)  CANN (6)  COBLEY (2)  DAVEY (1)  DOWN (10)  DREW (1)  DYMOND (2)  EMPSON (9)  FURZECOTT (1)  GREENSLADE (2)  HEYWOOD (1)  LEE (7)  LEY (1)  LAYMAN (5)  MOORE (10)  PHILLIPS (1)  RAMMETT (1)  ROACH (1)  SNOW (8)  SOUTHCOTT (3)  TARR (5)  TONKIN (8)  TONKINS (1)  WEBBER (3)  WOOD (1)  WREFORD (1)  WRIGHT (3)