Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knowstone, Devon

Knowstone 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
BUCKNELL266.13212,407.41
HILL214.952819.45
COLE163.773641.43
BUCKINGHAM153.5377265.49
VEYSEY122.83023,076.92
TARR112.5943714.29
CHAPPLE112.5943381.94
PERKINS112.594357.68
BRAY112.594377.14
TIDBALL102.35852,857.14
DAVEY102.358557.37
LUXTON102.3585531.91
BERRY102.358529.73
BOUNDY92.12261,250.00
SNOW92.1226156.79
FOLLETT92.1226927.84
COCKRAM92.1226625.00
COURTENAY81.88681,600.00
THOMAS81.88684.57
STONE81.886826.10
WILLIAMS81.88682.63
LAKE61.415163.83
BLACKMORE61.415198.20
TUCKER61.415125.58
WRIGHT61.41514.41
NEWTON51.179215.39
MARSHELL51.17921,111.11
BOLT51.1792162.87
PAVEY40.9434220.99
PACKER40.943489.49
MATTHEWS40.943410.81
SOWDEN30.7075125.00
KINGDON30.7075227.27
MARSHALL30.70754.22
BENNETT30.70754.30
MAIN20.471728.82
EVETT20.4717666.67
ALLEN20.47172.50
THORNE20.471722.37
DUNN20.47175.67
MILDON20.4717714.29
GOSS20.471754.20
POPE20.471713.69
CAVILL20.4717148.15
TROUT20.4717243.90
PEARCE20.47175.13
HARRIS20.47171.86
FROST20.47178.39
BAKER10.23581.08
BOWDEN10.23588.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VICKREY0.4242410000.0000
VEYSEY0.424243076.9231
TIDBALL0.424242857.1429
BEERY0.424242500.0000
BUCKNELL0.424242407.4074
COURTENAY0.424241600.0000
BOUNDY0.424241250.0000
MARSHELL0.424241111.1111
FOLLETT0.42424927.8351
MILDON0.42424714.2857
TARR0.42424714.2857
EVETT0.42424666.6667
COCKRAM0.42424625.0000
LUXTON0.42424531.9149
CHAPPLE0.42424381.9444
BUCKINGHAM0.42424265.4867
TROUT0.42424243.9024
KINGDON0.42424227.2727
PAVEY0.42424220.9945
BADLEY0.42424217.3913
BOLT0.42424162.8664
SNOW0.42424156.7944
CAVILL0.42424148.1481
SOWDEN0.42424125.0000
KINGDOM0.42424101.0101
BLACKMORE0.4242498.1997
PACKER0.4242489.4855
CALLAWAY0.4242486.2069
BRAY0.4242477.1388
LOWDEN0.4242471.9424
CROSSMAN0.4242471.4286
PERRYMAN0.4242465.3595
LAKE0.4242463.8298
PERKINS0.4242457.6822
DAVEY0.4242457.3723
GOSS0.4242454.2005
DART0.4242450.7614
COLE0.4242441.4293
DAW0.4242434.0136
VICKERY0.4242432.4675
BERRY0.4242429.7265
MAIN0.4242428.8184
STONE0.4242426.1011
TUCKER0.4242425.5754
THORNE0.4242422.3714
HILL0.4242419.4462
NEWTON0.4242415.3894
BEER0.4242414.7275
POPE0.4242413.6893
MATTHEWS0.4242410.8137

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 424 people called VICKREY in Knowstone 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 10000.0000 in Knowstone means that 10000.0000% of the people in Knowstone on census day were called VICKREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VICKREY 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 VICKREY 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 VICKREY 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 VICKREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Knowstone means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VICKREY in Knowstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knowstone in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ANDREWS (1)  BADLEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BEER (1)  BEERY (1)  BENNETT (3)  BERRY (10)  BERY (BERRY) (2)  BLACKMORE (6)  BOLT (5)  BOUNDY (9)  BOWDEN (1)  BRAY (11)  BUCKINGHAM (15)  BUCKELL (BUCKNELL) (2)  BUCKNELL (26)  BURNETT (1)  BEAY (1)  CALLAWAY (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CAVILL (2)  CHAPPE (CHAPPLE) (2)  CHAPPLE (11)  CLUDGE OR CRUDGE (2)  COCKRAM (9)  COLE (16)  COURTENAY (8)  COURTENEY (1)  CROSSMAN (1)  CROSWAY (2)  DAIO (1)  DART (1)  DAVEY (10)  DAW (1)  DUNN (2)  ELSTONE (9)  EVETT (2)  FOLLETT (9)  FORD (1)  FROST (2)  GOSS (2)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (2)  HEADON (3)  HILL (21)  HODGE (1)  KINGDON (3)  KINGDOM (1)  LAKE (6)  LOOSEMORE (1)  LOWDEN (1)  LUXTON (10)  LUXTONE (1)  MAIN (2)  MARSHALL (3)  MARSHELL (5)  MATTHEWS (4)  MAUNDER (3)  MILDON (2)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOGFORD (7)  O'NEIL (1)  NEWTON (5)  PACKER (4)  PALFREY (8)  PATTERSON (1)  PAVEY (4)  PEARCE (2)  PERKINS (11)  PERRYMAN (1)  POOK (1)  POPE (2)  QUAITLY (QUAITLEY) (2)  QUAITLEY (1)  QUATLY (QUAITLEY) (4)  QUARTLY (QUAITLEY) (2)  ROBERTS (1)  RUN ? (1)  SKINNER (1)  SNOW (9)  STONE (8)  SUMMERS (1)  SOWDEN (3)  TARR (11)  TARE (1)  THOMAS (8)  THORNE (2)  TIDBALL (10)  TORRINGTON (5)  TROUT (2)  TUCKER (6)  VEYSEY (12)  VICKREY (1)  VICKERY (1)  WEEN (1)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILLIS (1)  WINTER (1)  WRIGHT (6)