Top surnames from the 1881 census in Meeth, Devon

Meeth 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
MADGE2811.96583,783.78
MEARDON125.128260,000.00
BROOK104.2735110.86
JOHNS83.4188132.45
BOLT72.9915414.20
MILLS72.991523.06
COLE72.991532.83
ABELL62.5641833.33
SELDON62.56411,428.57
GAY52.1368160.26
WEBB52.136815.76
SPICER52.1368158.73
KING52.13689.80
RICHARDS52.136814.15
GOULD52.136859.10
LEE52.136813.08
BROCK52.1368183.82
SOPER41.7094275.86
BLIGHT41.7094377.36
SIMMONS41.709441.88
TURNER31.28214.61
LOCK31.282145.05
SUTTON31.282120.13
BISSETT20.8547357.14
CLEMENTS20.854725.77
WESTAWAY20.8547384.62
BARKER20.85476.53
WHITE10.42741.33
MILFORD10.4274151.52
LUCAS10.42749.24
CUDMORE10.4274303.03
HANNAFORD10.427492.59
MILTON10.427430.96
GRATER10.42741,666.67
DUNN10.42745.14
COOMBE10.427478.74
HAMMOND10.42747.51
WEEKES10.4274169.49
ALFORD10.427450.25
DOWN10.427435.59
HOOPER10.427410.09
RICH10.427434.13
HAMBLY10.4274131.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MEARDON0.2323460000.0000
MADGE0.232343783.7838
GRATER0.232341666.6667
SELDON0.232341428.5714
ABELL0.23234833.3333
BOLT0.23234414.2012
WESTAWAY0.23234384.6154
BLIGHT0.23234377.3585
BISSETT0.23234357.1429
CUDMORE0.23234303.0303
SOPER0.23234275.8621
BROCK0.23234183.8235
WEEKES0.23234169.4915
GAY0.23234160.2564
SPICER0.23234158.7302
MILFORD0.23234151.5152
JOHNS0.23234132.4503
HAMBLY0.23234131.5789
BROOK0.23234110.8647
HANNAFORD0.2323492.5926
COOMBE0.2323478.7402
GOULD0.2323459.1017
ALFORD0.2323450.2513
LOCK0.2323445.0450
SIMMONS0.2323441.8848
DOWN0.2323435.5872
RICH0.2323434.1297
COLE0.2323432.8330
MILTON0.2323430.9598
CLEMENTS0.2323425.7732
MILLS0.2323423.0643
SUTTON0.2323420.1342
WEBB0.2323415.7629
RICHARDS0.2323414.1483
LEE0.2323413.0753
HOOPER0.2323410.0908
KING0.232349.8039
LUCAS0.232349.2421
HAMMOND0.232347.5075
BARKER0.232346.5317
DUNN0.232345.1387
TURNER0.232344.6055
WHITE0.232341.3294

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 234 people called MEARDON in Meeth 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 60000.0000 in Meeth means that 60000.0000% of the people in Meeth on census day were called MEARDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MEARDON 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 MEARDON 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 MEARDON 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 MEARDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Meeth means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MEARDON in Meeth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Meeth in 1881

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

ABELL (6)  ACLAND (5)  ALFORD (1)  BARKER (2)  BATTISHILL (7)  BISSETT (2)  BLIGHT (4)  BOLT (7)  BROCK (5)  BROOK (10)  CHUDLEY (3)  CLEMENTS (2)  COCKWILL (22)  COLE (7)  COOMBE (1)  CUDMORE (1)  DOWN (1)  DUNN (1)  ELLACOTT (1)  FURSDON (1)  GAY (5)  GOULD (5)  GRATER (1)  HEALE (5)  HAMBLY (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HANNAFORD (1)  HATHERLEY (1)  HOOPER (1)  HUSSTABLE (1)  JOHNS (8)  KING (5)  KNEEBONES (1)  LARKWORTHY (1)  LEE (5)  LEMPRIESE (1)  LOCK (3)  LOCK SPICER (2)  LUCAS (1)  MADGE (28)  MEARDON (12)  MILFORD (1)  MILLS (7)  MILTON (1)  RICH (1)  RICHARDS (5)  SELDON (6)  SIMMONS (4)  SOPER (4)  SPICER (5)  SUTTON (3)  TAUTON (4)  TURNER (3)  VAUSTONE (1)  WEBB (5)  WEEKES (1)  WESTAWAY (2)  WHITE (1)  WOOLLACOTT (2)