Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newton Ferrers, Devon

Newton Ferrers 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
TUCKER263.682766.55
FOSTER212.974522.25
LYNDON172.40792,428.57
ROWSE172.40791,036.59
STEVENSON162.266332.30
SIMS162.266375.58
WILLIAMS152.12462.96
WRIGHT141.98306.18
JANES121.6997264.32
ROWE111.558127.43
STEER111.5581133.50
WEEKS101.416466.18
LAKE91.274857.51
COLEMAN91.274825.58
YOUNGE91.27482,250.00
TOPE91.27481,607.14
HOCKADAY91.2748989.01
MATTHEWS91.274814.62
TALL81.1331776.70
DAWE81.1331130.29
BROWN81.13311.72
LEONARD70.991545.75
JACKSON70.99153.55
MASTERS70.991553.52
BANKS70.991519.33
DICKER70.9915252.71
CHAPPLE70.9915146.14
SCOBLE70.9915463.58
PHILLIPS60.84994.75
MARTIN60.84993.45
JENKINS60.84997.21
HALL60.84992.89
DRAKE60.849929.17
BARRETT60.849912.65
CLARK50.70822.36
OLD50.7082174.22
MILLER50.70823.96
HANCOCK50.708215.57
EASTON50.708246.69
MAY50.708211.13
BEER50.708244.25
BAKER50.70823.23
CATER50.7082147.49
WYATT50.708224.14
PARSON50.7082157.73
DICKS40.5666115.94
TAYLOR40.56660.89
WEST40.56665.88
NETHERTON40.5666597.01
STEVENS40.56665.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LYNDON0.717062428.5714
YOUNGE0.717062250.0000
TOPE0.717061607.1429
PENWELL0.717061250.0000
GREEP0.717061250.0000
ROWSE0.717061036.5854
HOCKADAY0.71706989.0110
TALL0.71706776.6990
NETHERTON0.71706597.0149
SCOBLE0.71706463.5762
CAREW0.71706454.5455
COLLIVER0.71706322.5806
WOON0.71706322.5806
SPILLMAN0.71706312.5000
PARAMORE0.71706270.2703
JANES0.71706264.3172
DICKER0.71706252.7076
WALKE0.71706232.5581
CRUTE0.71706200.0000
JORDEN0.71706185.1852
OLD0.71706174.2160
PARSON0.71706157.7287
CATER0.71706147.4926
CHAPPLE0.71706146.1378
STEER0.71706133.4951
CRISPIN0.71706130.7190
DAWE0.71706130.2932
DICKS0.71706115.9420
LUSCOMBE0.71706110.8033
DIAMOND0.7170691.4634
SIMS0.7170675.5786
HURRELL0.7170671.4286
GOAD0.7170669.4444
TUCKER0.7170666.5472
WEEKS0.7170666.1813
LAKE0.7170657.5080
MASTERS0.7170653.5168
EASTON0.7170646.6853
LEONARD0.7170645.7516
BEER0.7170644.2478
TRIGGS0.7170641.6667
SPURR0.7170633.8983
DEACON0.7170633.3611
COLLETT0.7170633.1492
STEVENSON0.7170632.2971
SHEPHARD0.7170629.5421
TONKIN0.7170629.2398
DRAKE0.7170629.1687
ROWE0.7170627.4314
COLEMAN0.7170625.5827

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 706 people called LYNDON in Newton Ferrers 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 2428.5714 in Newton Ferrers means that 2428.5714% of the people in Newton Ferrers on census day were called LYNDON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LYNDON 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 LYNDON 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 LYNDON 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 LYNDON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Newton Ferrers means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LYNDON in Newton Ferrers than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newton Ferrers in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALGAR (10)  ANCOCK (1)  ANDREWS (3)  ANSTICE (1)  ANTHONY (2)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (5)  BANKS (7)  BARRETT (6)  BATTERSHILL (1)  BEER (5)  BLUNDON (6)  BOWHAY (6)  BRAY (1)  BROWN (8)  BURNETT (2)  CATER (5)  CAWSE (17)  CHAFFE (7)  CHAPPLE (7)  CHARLECK (7)  CHARLIKE (1)  CLARK (5)  CLEFUT (1)  CLEPITT (7)  COLE (4)  COLEMAN (9)  COLLETT (3)  COLLIVER (1)  COOPER (1)  CORNTHWAITE (2)  CRISPIN (2)  CROCKER (1)  CRUTE (1)  DAWE (8)  DEACON (4)  DENT (1)  DIAMOND (3)  DICKS (4)  DICKER (7)  DRAKE (6)  EASTON (5)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLIOTT (4)  ELLIS (2)  EVANS (1)  FEWTER (1)  FINCH (1)  FLOWER (1)  FOSTER (21)  FOSTOR (3)  FOULE (6)  FRANKS (2)  GARDENER (1)  GOAD (1)  GOLDSPINK (6)  JORDEN (2)  GREEP (3)  GRUBBE (1)  HALL (6)  HANCOCK (5)  HARRIS (4)  HAWKE (1)  HAINES (1)  HEAD (3)  HOCKADAY (9)  HODGE (1)  HORN (2)  HORSWELL (1)  HURRELL (3)  HOOK (1)  JACKSON (7)  JAMES (1)  JAMIESON (1)  JANES (12)  JENKINS (6)  JEWELL (1)  JONES (2)  KELLAND (1)  KENT (3)  CAREW (3)  KERSWELL (2)  KITSON (1)  KNIGHT (3)  LAKE (9)  LAPTHORN (8)  LEECH (1)  LEE (1)  LEONARD (7)  LYNDON (17)  LUGGAR (8)  LUSCOMBE (4)  MANNELL (2)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (6)  MASTERS (7)  MATTHEWS (9)  MAY (5)  MILLER (5)  MITCHELL (2)  NETHERTON (4)  OBEME (1)  OBORN (1)  OLD (5)  OSBORNE (4)  P (2)  PARAMORE (1)  PARSONS (2)  PARSON (5)  PATTERSON (1)  PEARCE (2)  PENPRASE (1)  PENWELL (3)  PEPPERELL (2)  PEPPRELL (1)  PHILLIPS (6)  POPE (1)  DE POORE (1)  PRICE (2)  PUDNER (1)  RUNDLE (1)  REEBY (1)  RYDER (1)  ROWE (11)  ROWSE (17)  SCOBLE (7)  SHEPHARD (2)  SHEPHERD (3)  CHARLICK (3)  SIMONS (1)  SIMS (16)  SLOGGETT (1)  SMITH (1)  SPILLMAN (1)  SPURR (1)  SPURREL (1)  STADDON (3)  STEER (11)  STEVENS (4)  STEVENSON (16)  STEVONSON (1)  TALL (8)  TAYLOR (4)  THORNING (1)  TOLLARD (1)  TONKIN (1)  TOPE (9)  TOPHAM (1)  TRIGGS (1)  TUCKER (26)  TURNER (2)  WALDRON (1)  WALKE (1)  WEBB (1)  WEEKS (10)  WEST (4)  WESTON (2)  WAYMOUTH (2)  WHITCOMBE (3)  WHITE (3)  WILLCOCKS (2)  WILDING (2)  WILLIAMS (15)  WILLS (4)  WINTER (3)  WOON (1)  WORTH (1)  WRIGHT (14)  WYATT (5)  YOUNGE (9)