Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mamhead, Devon

Mamhead 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
ELLIS105.025134.60
MITCHELL94.522622.29
SULLY94.52261,363.64
ROACH84.0201273.04
WOODLEY73.5176395.48
DILLING63.01517,500.00
NEWMAN63.015140.54
WARREN63.015145.08
PAUL63.0151120.48
ORPEN52.51266,250.00
STEVENS52.512624.07
ANDERSON42.010110.18
SYMES42.0101272.11
RICHARDS42.010113.31
HARPER31.507523.55
JONES31.50751.33
HUNT31.507511.35
EVANS31.50753.45
BLACKMORE31.5075104.53
BAWDEN21.0050200.00
PYLE21.0050246.91
WILSON21.00502.19
RIDLER21.0050408.16
COX21.00506.63
SEWARD21.0050183.49
SANDERS21.005022.17
LOVERIDGE21.0050281.69
SETTER21.00501,538.46
LINDSAY10.502515.41
WALKER10.50251.50
HUTCHINGS10.502526.74
COAD10.5025238.10
PEEK10.5025188.68
SHORT10.502512.87
BOWDEN10.502517.42
WORDEN10.5025178.57
FARLEY10.502540.00
SAUNDERS10.50255.48
BLAKE10.502510.37
BALL10.50256.08
TALBOT10.502520.20
POUND10.5025105.26
CLEMENTS10.502515.15
PEARSE10.502547.17
HAIGHT10.502510,000.00
BOON10.502553.76
WOODWARD10.502510.18
EASTERBROOK10.5025175.44
BAKER10.50252.29
IRELAND10.502521.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAIGHT0.2019910000.0000
DILLING0.201997500.0000
ORPEN0.201996250.0000
SETTER0.201991538.4615
SULLY0.201991363.6364
RIDLER0.20199408.1633
WOODLEY0.20199395.4802
GIDLEY0.20199285.7143
LOVERIDGE0.20199281.6901
ROACH0.20199273.0375
SYMES0.20199272.1088
HENTON0.20199263.1579
PYLE0.20199246.9136
COAD0.20199238.0952
BAWDEN0.20199200.0000
MURCH0.20199200.0000
PEEK0.20199188.6792
SEWARD0.20199183.4862
WORDEN0.20199178.5714
EASTERBROOK0.20199175.4386
BRIDGMAN0.20199147.0588
PAUL0.20199120.4819
POUND0.20199105.2632
BLACKMORE0.20199104.5296
BLOWER0.2019984.7458
BOON0.2019953.7634
PEARSE0.2019947.1698
WARREN0.2019945.0789
NEWMAN0.2019940.5405
FARLEY0.2019940.0000
SYMONS0.2019936.4964
ELLIS0.2019934.6021
HUTCHINGS0.2019926.7380
ENGLAND0.2019924.3902
STEVENS0.2019924.0732
HARPER0.2019923.5479
MITCHELL0.2019922.2938
SANDERS0.2019922.1729
IRELAND0.2019921.6450
TALBOT0.2019920.2020
BOWDEN0.2019917.4216
PIKE0.2019917.2712
LINDSAY0.2019915.4083
CLEMENTS0.2019915.1515
RICHARDS0.2019913.3111
SHORT0.2019912.8700
HUNT0.2019911.3507
BLAKE0.2019910.3734
WOODWARD0.2019910.1833
ANDERSON0.2019910.1755

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 199 people called HAIGHT in Mamhead 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 Mamhead means that 10000.0000% of the people in Mamhead on census day were called HAIGHT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAIGHT 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 HAIGHT 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 HAIGHT 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 HAIGHT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Mamhead means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAIGHT in Mamhead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mamhead in 1881

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

ANDERSON (4)  BAKER (1)  BALL (1)  BLAKE (1)  BLACKMOOR (6)  BLACKMORE (3)  BLOWER (1)  BOON (1)  BAWDEN (2)  BOWDEN (1)  BRIDGMAN (1)  BRIMACOMBE (8)  BRINACOMBE (3)  CHEDDAR (1)  CLATWORTHY (3)  CLEMENTS (1)  COAD (1)  COLE (1)  COX (2)  DILLING (6)  EASTERBROOK (1)  ELLIS (10)  ENDACOTT (9)  ENGLAND (1)  EVANS (3)  FARLEY (1)  GIDLEY (1)  HARPER (3)  HELLIER (1)  HENTON (1)  HUNT (3)  HUTCHINGS (1)  HAIGHT (1)  IRELAND (1)  JONES (3)  LINDSAY (1)  LOVERIDGE (2)  MAUNDER (2)  MITCHELL (9)  MURCH (1)  NEWMAN (6)  ORPEN (5)  PAUL (6)  PEEK (1)  PEARSE (1)  PIKE (1)  PYLE (2)  POUND (1)  RABBAGE (1)  REACHON (1)  RICHARDS (4)  RIDLER (2)  ROACH (8)  ROWDON (3)  SAUNDERS (1)  SANDERS (2)  SEWARD (2)  SULLY (9)  SHORT (1)  SYMONS (1)  SYMES (4)  SETTER (2)  STEVENS (5)  TALBOT (1)  TINCOMBE (1)  TOWHILL (2)  UNDERHAY (5)  WALKER (1)  WARREN (6)  WILSON (2)  WOODLEY (7)  WOODWARD (1)  WORDEN (1)