Top surnames from the 1881 census in Offwell, Devon

Offwell 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
STOCKER154.5181842.70
FARMER133.9157125.24
FOWLER113.313358.02
GOSLING82.4096153.85
NORTHAM82.40961,311.48
GILL82.409634.06
SNELL82.4096127.19
PARRIS72.1084786.52
KNIGHT72.108417.11
RICHARDS72.108413.96
LOVE61.807276.24
POWELL61.807214.49
FRENCH61.807237.01
BOND61.807234.15
BENDING61.80721,621.62
SOUTHCOTT61.80721,052.63
COX61.807211.92
CLARKE61.80728.92
LOVERIDGE61.8072504.20
WHITE61.80725.62
WHEADON51.50601,470.59
BISHOP51.506021.55
HUTCHINS51.5060149.25
MOREY51.5060458.72
STAMP51.5060204.92
SMALL41.204847.51
UNDERDOWN41.2048606.06
SANSOM41.2048178.57
SUMMERS41.204842.96
BURROUGH41.2048555.56
PIKE41.204841.45
WEST41.204812.52
SEAGER41.2048218.58
CARTER30.90365.38
BOYLAND30.90361,000.00
DAVEY30.903621.98
NEWBERRY30.9036220.59
COLES30.903625.93
BOWDITCH30.9036361.45
BOLE30.90361,304.35
BERRY20.60247.59
HODGES20.602420.53
HODGE20.602423.89
KIBBY20.60241,000.00
BIRCH20.602414.71
HILL20.60242.37
PATCH20.6024317.46
WEBBER20.602419.72
BOARD20.6024162.60
JOHNSON20.60241.79

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENDING0.333321621.6216
WHEADON0.333321470.5882
NORTHAM0.333321311.4754
BOLE0.333321304.3478
SOUTHCOTT0.333321052.6316
BOYLAND0.333321000.0000
KIBBY0.333321000.0000
STOCKER0.33332842.6966
PARRIS0.33332786.5169
UNDERDOWN0.33332606.0606
BURROUGH0.33332555.5556
LOVERIDGE0.33332504.2017
MOREY0.33332458.7156
BOWDITCH0.33332361.4458
PATCH0.33332317.4603
LOOSE0.33332303.0303
STRAWBRIDGE0.33332285.7143
NEWBERRY0.33332220.5882
SEAGER0.33332218.5792
STAPLE0.33332217.3913
STAMP0.33332204.9180
SANSOM0.33332178.5714
BOARD0.33332162.6016
GOSLING0.33332153.8462
HUTCHINS0.33332149.2537
BROMFIELD0.33332128.2051
SNELL0.33332127.1860
FARMER0.33332125.2408
LOVE0.3333276.2389
FOWLER0.3333258.0169
SMALL0.3333247.5059
SUMMERS0.3333242.9646
CORNER0.3333241.4938
PIKE0.3333241.4508
FRENCH0.3333237.0142
BOND0.3333234.1491
GILL0.3333234.0570
BATTEN0.3333232.6797
QUICK0.3333226.8817
COLES0.3333225.9291
MARLOW0.3333225.6410
HODGE0.3333223.8949
DAVEY0.3333221.9780
BISHOP0.3333221.5517
HODGES0.3333220.5339
THORN0.3333220.1613
WEBBER0.3333219.7239
KNIGHT0.3333217.1065
BIRCH0.3333214.7059
POWELL0.3333214.4858

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 332 people called BENDING in Offwell 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 1621.6216 in Offwell means that 1621.6216% of the people in Offwell on census day were called BENDING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENDING 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 BENDING 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 BENDING 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 BENDING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Offwell means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENDING in Offwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Offwell in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BATTEN (1)  BENDING (6)  BERRY (2)  BIRCH (2)  BISHOP (5)  BOARD (2)  BOND (6)  BOWDEN (1)  BOWDITCH (3)  BOLE (3)  BOYLAND (3)  BROMFIELD (1)  BURROUGH (4)  CARTER (3)  CLARKE (6)  CLATWORTHY (2)  CLEAVE (1)  COLES (3)  COPLESTON (8)  CORNER (1)  COTTEY (2)  COTTERY (2)  COX (6)  DAVEY (3)  DAYMOND (2)  FARMER (13)  FOWLER (11)  FRENCH (6)  FRISH (5)  GILL (8)  GOSLING (8)  GRABHAM (1)  GREENSLADE (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HILL (2)  HODGES (2)  HODGE (2)  HOOPER (1)  HUTCHINS (5)  JOHNSON (2)  KIBBY (2)  KNIGHT (7)  KNOWLES (1)  LAKE (1)  LANE (1)  LEIGH (1)  LETTEN (14)  LOVE (6)  LOVERIDGE (6)  LOOSE (1)  MARLOW (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOREY (5)  NEWBERRY (3)  NODDER (1)  NORMAN (1)  NORTHAM (8)  PARRIS (7)  PATCH (2)  PIKE (4)  POWELL (6)  QUICK (1)  RADDON (4)  RAPSEY (1)  RICHARDS (7)  ROBINSON (1)  ROWLAND (1)  SANSOM (4)  SEAGER (4)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMALL (4)  SNELL (8)  SOUTHCOTT (6)  SPEID (3)  SPENCER (1)  STADDON (2)  STAMP (5)  STAPLE (1)  STITSON (5)  STOCKER (15)  STRAWBRIDGE (1)  SUMMERS (4)  THORN (1)  TURNER (1)  UNDERDOWN (4)  WALL (1)  WARD (1)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (2)  WHEADON (5)  WEST (4)  WHIRL (1)  WHITE (6)