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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kings Nympton, Devon

Kings Nympton 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
KNIGHT274.292534.83
GOMER193.02074,130.43
LAKE172.7027121.95
MOORE172.702713.52
AVERY152.3847142.18
BOWDEN132.066871.63
HARRIS132.06688.13
HILL111.74886.87
THORNE111.748882.96
HUNT111.748813.17
AYRE111.7488313.39
GOUGH111.748859.65
MANNING111.748855.00
PINN101.58981,388.89
BUCKINGHAM101.5898119.33
BAKER91.43086.53
JENKINS91.430812.14
TOLLEY91.4308273.56
ADAMS81.27198.63
WESTERN81.2719301.89
LUXTON81.2719286.74
DAWSON81.271911.54
MITCHEL81.2719130.08
GILL81.271917.97
MAIR71.1129120.48
SLEE71.1129284.55
MADGE60.9539303.03
SING60.95391,764.71
HOWARD60.95399.72
POPE60.953927.68
CHAPPLE60.9539140.52
BARTLETT50.794918.15
LEE50.79494.86
BLACKMORE50.794955.19
MILDON50.79491,219.51
CROCKER40.635947.34
SYMONS40.635946.30
SANDERS40.635914.03
NICHOLSON40.63598.95
BEER40.635939.72
COXWELL40.63592,222.22
MARSHALL40.63593.79
CHUBB40.6359114.61
SIMMONS40.635915.58
DOWN40.635952.98
GIBBINGS40.6359454.55
WARREN40.63599.51
PAVEY30.4769111.52
SNELL30.476925.19
TUCKER30.47698.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOMER0.636294130.4348
COXWELL0.636292222.2222
SING0.636291764.7059
PINN0.636291388.8889
MILDON0.636291219.5122
MAIRE0.63629833.3333
BARRIS0.63629714.2857
SPLATT0.63629476.1905
GIBBINGS0.63629454.5455
AYRE0.63629313.3903
MADGE0.63629303.0303
WESTERN0.63629301.8868
LUXTON0.63629286.7384
SLEE0.63629284.5528
TOLLEY0.63629273.5562
HONEYWELL0.63629270.2703
GUN0.63629232.5581
TAPSCOTT0.63629217.3913
FORDE0.63629200.0000
NORTHAM0.63629173.9130
VENNER0.63629161.2903
BATER0.63629153.8462
FOLLEY0.63629148.1481
AVERY0.63629142.1801
CHAPPLE0.63629140.5152
KINGDOM0.63629136.9863
MITCHEL0.63629130.0813
BAX0.63629126.5823
LAKE0.63629121.9512
MAIR0.63629120.4819
BUCKINGHAM0.63629119.3317
CHUBB0.63629114.6132
CUDMORE0.63629112.3596
PAVEY0.63629111.5242
CLEAL0.63629111.1111
HUXTABLE0.63629109.4891
HOLCOMBE0.63629102.0408
THORNE0.6362982.9563
RUSE0.6362979.3651
BOWDEN0.6362971.6253
GOUGH0.6362959.6529
BLACKMORE0.6362955.1876
MANNING0.6362955.0000
PARKHOUSE0.6362953.1915
DOWN0.6362952.9801
CROCKER0.6362947.3373
SYMONS0.6362946.2963
VICKERY0.6362943.8596
HANDFORD0.6362942.7350
BEER0.6362939.7219

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 629 people called GOMER in Kings Nympton 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 4130.4348 in Kings Nympton means that 4130.4348% of the people in Kings Nympton on census day were called GOMER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOMER 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 GOMER 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 GOMER 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 GOMER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.63 in Kings Nympton means that you are 0.63 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOMER in Kings Nympton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kings Nympton in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ALFORD (1)  ANDREWS (1)  AVERY (15)  BAX (1)  BAKER (9)  BARRIS (1)  BARTLETT (5)  BATER (1)  BEER (4)  BEST (1)  BLACKMORE (5)  BOWDEN (13)  BREAYLEY (1)  BROWN (2)  BUCKINGHAM (10)  BURGESS (2)  RUSSELL OR BUSSELL (4)  SHADDICK (1)  CHAPPLE (6)  CHUBB (4)  CLEAL (1)  COXWELL (4)  CONNOP (4)  CORNELL (1)  COCK (1)  CROCKER (4)  CRUWYS (4)  CUDMORE (1)  DAWSON (8)  DENNIS (1)  DOWN (4)  DREW (2)  AYRE (11)  FOLLEY (2)  FORD (1)  FORDE (1)  FRIENDSHIPS (1)  GIBBETT (1)  GIBBINGS (4)  GILL (8)  GOMER (19)  GOUGH (11)  GOVIER (7)  GREENSLADE (1)  GRIMSHIRE (5)  GUN (1)  HANDFORD (1)  HARRIS (13)  HEYWOOD (1)  HILL (11)  HOLCOMBE (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HONEYWELL (1)  HOWARD (6)  HULLAND (16)  HUNT (11)  HUXTABLE (3)  JENKINS (9)  KIDD (1)  KINGDOM (2)  KNIGHT (27)  LAKE (17)  LEE (5)  LIVERTON (5)  LOOSEMORE (5)  LUXTON (8)  LUYTON (2)  MADGE (6)  MANNING (11)  MARSHALL (4)  MATHEWS (1)  MILDON (5)  MITCHEL (8)  MOLLAND (7)  MOOR (2)  MOORE (17)  MOGFORD (8)  MAIR (7)  MAIRE (1)  MEAR (1)  NICHOLSON (4)  NORRISH (1)  NORTHAM (2)  PARKHOUSE (1)  PARSONS (1)  PAVEY (3)  PEAGHAM (1)  PEARCE (3)  PIMA OR PIANA (2)  PINN (10)  POPE (6)  POWELL (1)  PRINCE (2)  PROUT (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDD (1)  RIPPING (1)  RUSE (1)  ROWE (1)  RUMBELOW (1)  SANDERS (4)  SHAPLAIN (1)  SHAPLAND (22)  SHORT (2)  SYMONS (4)  SIMMONS (4)  SING (6)  SLEE (7)  SMALBRIDGE (1)  SMITH (3)  SNELL (3)  SNOW (2)  SPLATT (1)  TAPSCOTT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THORNE (11)  TOLLEY (9)  TREBLE (5)  TREBBLE (1)  TRELAND (1)  TUCKER (3)  TUGGER (8)  VICARY (8)  VICKERY (2)  VENNER (2)  VINNEY (2)  WALDRON (1)  WARREN (4)  WEBBER (3)  WESTACOTT (11)  WESTERN (8)  WILLCOCKS (4)  WILLS (1)  WOLACOTT (1)  WOOD (1)  WOOLLAND (6)  WOOLLEY (2)  WORSLEY (1)