Top surnames from the 1881 census in Landcross, Devon

Landcross 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
KINGDON1011.49433,703.70
LEE89.195456.26
REED66.896694.49
NEWCOMBE66.8966983.61
FARRINGTON44.5977533.33
GOAD44.59772,222.22
MARTIN44.597718.67
HANCOCK44.5977101.01
SING44.59778,000.00
SLOMAN33.44831,666.67
PRUST33.44834,285.71
PERKIN33.4483638.30
BROWN22.29893.49
SHORTRIDGE22.29893,333.33
YEO22.2989434.78
NICHOLS11.149435.34
WALTER11.149475.19
ELLIS11.14947.92
VANSTONE11.1494400.00
SKINNER11.149422.62
FORD11.149411.81
ROWLAND11.149440.49
CHAMPION11.1494109.89
TURNER11.14944.13

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SING0.09878000.0000
PRUST0.09874285.7143
KINGDON0.09873703.7037
SHORTRIDGE0.09873333.3333
GOAD0.09872222.2222
SLOMAN0.09871666.6667
NEWCOMBE0.0987983.6066
PERKIN0.0987638.2979
FARRINGTON0.0987533.3333
YEO0.0987434.7826
VANSTONE0.0987400.0000
CHAMPION0.0987109.8901
HANCOCK0.0987101.0101
REED0.098794.4882
WALTER0.098775.1880
LEE0.098756.2588
ROWLAND0.098740.4858
NICHOLS0.098735.3357
SKINNER0.098722.6244
MARTIN0.098718.6654
FORD0.098711.8064
ELLIS0.09877.9177
TURNER0.09874.1288
BROWN0.09873.4874

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 87 people called SING in Landcross 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 8000.0000 in Landcross means that 8000.0000% of the people in Landcross on census day were called SING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SING 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 SING 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 SING 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 SING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.09 in Landcross means that you are 0.09 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SING in Landcross than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Landcross in 1881

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

BROWN (2)  COLWILL (3)  CHAMPION (1)  CLEVERDON (1)  CRANG (2)  ELLIS (1)  FARRINGTON (4)  FINNAMORE (1)  FORD (1)  GOAD (4)  HANCOCK (4)  NANCE KIEVILL (6)  KINGDON (10)  LEE (8)  MARTIN (4)  NEWCOMBE (6)  NICHOLS (1)  PERKIN (3)  PRUST (3)  REED (6)  ROWLAND (1)  SHORTRIDGE (2)  SING (4)  SKINNER (1)  SLOMAN (3)  TURNER (1)  VANSTONE (1)  WALTER (1)  YEO (2)