Top surnames from the 1881 census in Monkleigh, Devon

Monkleigh 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
MATHEWS142.592670.21
SHORT142.592666.38
FISHER142.592622.15
BOND132.407445.49
BEER132.4074150.46
STONEMAN112.0370500.00
JEFFERY112.037093.78
NICHOLLS112.037039.01
CHAPPLE112.0370300.55
ELLIS112.037014.03
BREND101.85193,703.70
PARRIS101.8519694.44
LEWIS101.85197.04
HUXTABLE91.6667382.98
NICKOLS91.66671,250.00
SHEARS91.6667379.75
TUCKER91.666730.12
CLARKE91.66678.23
TAYLOR91.66672.61
LEE81.48159.07
ISAAC81.4815118.17
BRAUND71.2963619.47
EASTMOND71.29633,181.82
EASTMAN71.2963472.97
BALE71.2963172.41
LANG71.296358.14
TRACE61.11111,276.60
LANE61.111116.12
MITCHELL61.11115.48
WARE61.111167.57
DENNIS61.111137.57
STAPLETON61.1111110.70
WESTAWAY61.1111504.20
NEWCOMBE61.1111157.89
HILL50.92593.64
PARR50.925937.06
HANCOCK50.925920.35
CORK50.9259125.00
BOUNDY50.9259543.48
WILLETT40.740794.12
MAIN40.740745.25
SHUTE40.7407184.33
BRYDEN40.7407175.44
DARK40.7407205.13
PARTRIDGE40.740728.35
ESSERY40.7407769.23
LANTON40.74074,444.44
BISSETT40.7407312.50
GRIGG40.7407113.31
MILLS40.74075.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANTON0.545404444.4444
BREND0.545403703.7037
BROCH0.545403333.3333
EASTMOND0.545403181.8182
GORRELL0.545401764.7059
TRACE0.545401276.5957
NICKOLS0.545401250.0000
RIGSBY0.545401052.6316
ESSERY0.54540769.2308
PARRIS0.54540694.4444
GRATER0.54540666.6667
BRAUND0.54540619.4690
BOUNDY0.54540543.4783
WESTAWAY0.54540504.2017
STONEMAN0.54540500.0000
EASTMAN0.54540472.9730
HUXTABLE0.54540382.9787
SHEARS0.54540379.7468
SOMES0.54540370.3704
WILLETS0.54540363.6364
BISSETT0.54540312.5000
CHAPPLE0.54540300.5464
HAYBALL0.54540238.0952
DARK0.54540205.1282
HERN0.54540202.0202
HANGER0.54540185.1852
SHUTE0.54540184.3318
BRYDEN0.54540175.4386
BALE0.54540172.4138
NEWCOMBE0.54540157.8947
BEER0.54540150.4630
BARGE0.54540136.9863
EASTERBROOK0.54540129.8701
CORK0.54540125.0000
ISAAC0.54540118.1684
GRIGG0.54540113.3144
STAPLETON0.54540110.7011
RENDALL0.54540104.5296
WILLETT0.5454094.1176
JEFFERY0.5454093.7766
KINSMAN0.5454091.7431
COFFIN0.5454076.3359
MATHEWS0.5454070.2106
PERKIN0.5454068.7285
WARE0.5454067.5676
SHORT0.5454066.3822
HOLE0.5454064.7948
PARKHOUSE0.5454062.1118
COPP0.5454058.1395
LANG0.5454058.1395

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 540 people called LANTON in Monkleigh 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 4444.4444 in Monkleigh means that 4444.4444% of the people in Monkleigh on census day were called LANTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANTON 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 LANTON 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 LANTON 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 LANTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Monkleigh means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANTON in Monkleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Monkleigh in 1881

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

ACKLAND (1)  ASHPLANT (6)  ASHTON (2)  AUSTIN (3)  AVERY (1)  BADCOCK (1)  BEAGEN (2)  BALE (7)  BALKWELL (1)  BARGE (1)  BEER (13)  BISSETT (4)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOND (13)  BOUNDY (5)  BRAUND (7)  BRANTAN (1)  BREND (10)  BROCK (2)  BROCH (1)  BROWN (1)  BRAUNTON (1)  BRYDEN (4)  CANN (2)  SHADDICK (5)  CHAPPLE (11)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLAKE (1)  CLARKE (9)  CLAYDON (1)  COFFIN (1)  COOPER (2)  COPP (1)  CORK (5)  CORSER (1)  COCK (7)  CREED (1)  CRICHTON (2)  DANNIEL (1)  DARK (4)  DART (1)  DENNIS (6)  DOWNING (1)  EASTERBROOK (2)  EASTMAN (7)  EASTMOND (7)  ELLIS (11)  ESSERY (4)  EVANS (1)  FINNAMORE (4)  FISHER (14)  FORD (1)  GAY (2)  GILL (1)  GLOIN (1)  GORRELL (3)  GRATER (1)  GRIGG (4)  HAMLYN (1)  HANCOCK (5)  HANGER (1)  HARDING (1)  HAYBALL (1)  HERN (2)  YOUATT (3)  HICKS (1)  HILL (5)  HOCKIN (1)  HONEY (1)  HOLE (3)  HUXTABLE (9)  ISAAC (8)  JEFFERY (11)  JOHNS (4)  KINSMAN (1)  LANE (6)  LANG (7)  LANTON (4)  LEE (8)  LEWIS (10)  LOCK (1)  MAIN (4)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (14)  MILLS (4)  MITCHELL (6)  NETHERCOTT (12)  NEWCOMBE (6)  NICKOLS (9)  NICHOLLS (11)  OLIVER (1)  PARRIS (10)  PARKHOUSE (1)  PARR (5)  PARTRIDGE (4)  PASSMORE (1)  PENNINGTON (1)  PERKIN (2)  PETHERICK (5)  PETTLE (3)  RENDELL (1)  RENDALL (3)  REDCLIFT (4)  REDCLIFFT (9)  RICHARDS (1)  RIGSBY (2)  RIPPON (1)  ROGERS (1)  SCOINS (1)  SHEARS (9)  SHORT (14)  SHUTE (4)  SNOOK (1)  SOMES (1)  SQUIRES (1)  STAPLETON (6)  STONEMAN (11)  STORMY (3)  TALLAMY (1)  TAYLOR (9)  TITHYCOTT (4)  TONKIN (1)  TRACE (6)  TUCKER (9)  TYTHECOTT (2)  WARE (6)  WEST (1)  WESTAWAY (6)  WILLETT (4)  WILLETS (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOOD (1)  WOOLACOTT (1)  YEO (1)