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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Morebath, Devon

Morebath 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
HENSON163.6036307.10
KEMP112.477544.66
STONE112.477534.27
HILL112.47759.73
HOBBS102.252361.80
GOODING102.2523265.96
HARRIS102.25238.86
YEO81.8018341.88
COTTRELL81.8018202.53
CHAPLIN81.8018125.59
SNELL81.801895.12
QUICK81.8018160.97
DEAN81.801825.96
HAWKINS71.576621.78
VEYSEY71.57661,707.32
SULLY71.5766472.97
HOWE71.576640.14
VENNER61.3514689.66
SPARKS61.351489.42
PINE51.1261378.79
SAMPSON51.126166.05
BLACKMORE51.126178.25
RAWLE51.1261568.18
TRICKEY51.1261781.25
TARR51.1261308.64
RIDLER51.1261454.55
COLMAN51.1261121.07
BURNELL51.1261187.97
BLACKWELL51.126161.80
GUNTER51.1261320.51
STEVENS51.126110.79
APLIN40.9009325.20
LAKE40.900940.65
BRYANT40.900921.09
ALDRED40.9009104.99
BUCKINGHAM30.675750.68
DODD30.675716.61
SUTTEN30.67576,000.00
HANDFORD30.6757181.82
PRESCOTT30.675747.92
HART30.67577.92
BLAKE30.675713.95
WEBBER30.675722.11
BESLEY30.6757461.54
SMITH30.67570.48
ELLIS30.67574.65
BRIGHT30.675733.41
SULLEY30.6757769.23
HUSSEY30.675766.96
PYKE30.6757196.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUTTEN0.444446000.0000
VEEN0.444443333.3333
VEYSEY0.444441707.3171
PAVY0.444441666.6667
TRICKEY0.44444781.2500
SULLEY0.44444769.2308
VENNER0.44444689.6552
RAWLE0.44444568.1818
LYDON0.44444540.5405
ALFRED0.44444526.3158
SULLY0.44444472.9730
BESLEY0.44444461.5385
RIDLER0.44444454.5455
MAURICE0.44444400.0000
PINE0.44444378.7879
YEO0.44444341.8803
APLIN0.44444325.2033
EVETT0.44444322.5806
GUNTER0.44444320.5128
TARR0.44444308.6420
HENSON0.44444307.1017
GOODING0.44444265.9574
WOODBURY0.44444256.4103
ENDICOTT0.44444250.0000
GAMLIN0.44444250.0000
COTTRELL0.44444202.5316
SEDMAN0.44444196.0784
PYKE0.44444196.0784
KINGDOM0.44444194.1748
BURNELL0.44444187.9699
HANDFORD0.44444181.8182
QUICK0.44444160.9658
NATION0.44444140.8451
DIBBEN0.44444131.5789
BAGG0.44444128.2051
CHAPLIN0.44444125.5887
COLMAN0.44444121.0654
SLOMAN0.44444106.3830
ALDRED0.44444104.9869
STUCKEY0.4444499.0099
SNELL0.4444495.1249
SPARKS0.4444489.4188
HURFORD0.4444482.6446
BLACKMORE0.4444478.2473
SOUTHWOOD0.4444477.5194
BOWERMAN0.4444476.3359
HUSSEY0.4444466.9643
SAMPSON0.4444466.0502
HOBBS0.4444461.8047
BLACKWELL0.4444461.8047

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 444 people called SUTTEN in Morebath 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 6000.0000 in Morebath means that 6000.0000% of the people in Morebath on census day were called SUTTEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUTTEN 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 SUTTEN 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 SUTTEN 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 SUTTEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Morebath means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUTTEN in Morebath than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Morebath in 1881

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

ALDERMAN (1)  ALDRED (4)  ALFRED (1)  APLIN (4)  ATKINS (1)  BAGG (1)  BATES (1)  BESLEY (3)  BLAKE (3)  BLACKMORE (5)  BLACKWELL (5)  BOWERMAN (1)  BRIGHT (3)  BRYANT (4)  BUCKINGHAM (3)  BURNELL (5)  BURROWS (2)  BURTON (2)  CARTER (1)  CHAPLIN (8)  CHEWN (1)  CHUBB (1)  COLMAN (5)  COLLYNS (5)  COTTRELL (8)  CRUDGE (1)  DARCH (1)  DEAN (8)  DIBBEN (1)  DEEBLE (1)  DODD (3)  ELLIS (3)  ENDICOTT (1)  EVETT (1)  FOX (1)  FRY (1)  GAMLIN (1)  GOODING (10)  GREEDY (5)  GREGORY (1)  GUNTER (5)  HANCOCK (2)  HANDFORD (3)  HARRIS (10)  HART (3)  HAWKINS (7)  HIDON (1)  HEARD (2)  HENSON (16)  HEYWOOD (1)  HILL (11)  HOBBS (10)  HOSEGOOD (6)  HOWE (7)  HOW (1)  HURFORD (1)  HUSSEY (3)  JENNINGS (1)  KEMP (11)  KINGDOM (2)  LAKE (4)  LANE (1)  LETHEREN (2)  FLOYDE (4)  LOCK (1)  LOTT (1)  LUXTON (1)  LYDON (2)  MARSH (2)  VEEN (1)  MILTON (1)  MAURICE (2)  MEAR (1)  NATION (1)  NETHERCOTT (2)  PALTERMAN (7)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (1)  PAVY (1)  PAYNE (1)  PERIAM (1)  PERRY (2)  PHILLIPPS (4)  PYKE (3)  PRATT (1)  PRESCOTT (3)  PULSFORD (1)  PINE (5)  QUARTLEY (6)  QUICK (8)  RICHARDS (2)  RIDLER (5)  RAWLE (5)  SAMPSON (5)  SAUL (1)  SEDMAN (1)  SHATTOCK (2)  CHAVE (2)  SULLY (7)  SULLEY (3)  SHOPLAND (4)  SHORNEY (1)  SYMES (1)  SLOMAN (1)  SMITH (3)  SNELL (8)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  SPARKS (6)  STEER (2)  STEVENS (5)  STONE (11)  STUCKEY (1)  SUTTEN (3)  TARR (5)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  TRICKEY (5)  VEYSEY (7)  VAUGHAM (1)  VAULTER (3)  VICARY (3)  VENNER (6)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (3)  WENSLEY (14)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WYNNE (2)  WOCOMBE (1)  WOODBURY (1)  WRIGHT (2)  WYATT (1)  YEANDLE (5)  YEO (8)