Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poltimore, Devon

Poltimore 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
COOMBES134.4983420.71
GOULD113.8062105.36
FORD113.806239.08
SPRAGUE103.46021,492.54
RICHARDS103.460222.91
STARK93.1142227.27
GRANT82.768227.89
GALLOP82.7682869.57
STERRY82.76821,702.13
BISSETT72.42211,014.49
ACKLAND72.4221736.84
WESTERN72.4221573.77
SPRY72.4221823.53
TURNER62.07617.46
COWLEY62.0761112.78
HURFORD62.0761759.49
WEBBER62.076167.95
HAWKINS62.076128.68
DOWN62.0761172.91
COX51.730111.42
PUGSLEY51.7301561.80
WILSON51.73013.77
HUNT51.730113.03
WESTCOTT41.3841209.42
SETTER41.38412,000.00
MILES31.038117.60
WILLIAMS31.03811.45
OLIVER31.038114.55
RUGG31.0381535.71
RADFORD31.038154.74
STREET20.692029.63
CLARKE20.69203.42
PASSMORE20.6920118.34
HOOPER20.692016.34
LANG20.692031.06
PRING20.6920151.52
HODGE20.692027.47
BOWDON20.6920689.66
SYMES20.692093.90
QUANCE20.69201,052.63
PAYNE20.69207.69
SELLEY20.6920487.80
REYNOLDS10.34604.00
LAKE10.346015.60
GILES10.34609.08
HUTCHINGS10.346018.42
STEER10.346029.67
FRANCIS10.34605.81
BRYANT10.34608.10
ELLIOTT10.34604.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SETTER0.292892000.0000
STERRY0.292891702.1277
SPRAGUE0.292891492.5373
QUANCE0.292891052.6316
BISSETT0.292891014.4928
WHIDDON0.29289909.0909
GALLOP0.29289869.5652
SPRY0.29289823.5294
HURFORD0.29289759.4937
ACKLAND0.29289736.8421
BOWDON0.29289689.6552
WESTERN0.29289573.7705
PUGSLEY0.29289561.7978
RUGG0.29289535.7143
SELLEY0.29289487.8049
COOMBES0.29289420.7120
TIDBALL0.29289416.6667
FURSE0.29289232.5581
STARK0.29289227.2727
WESTCOTT0.29289209.4241
CREWS0.29289196.0784
DOWN0.29289172.9107
PRING0.29289151.5152
EVELEIGH0.29289125.0000
PASSMORE0.29289118.3432
COWLEY0.29289112.7820
GOULD0.29289105.3640
SYMES0.2928993.8967
BINNIE0.2928983.3333
HANNAFORD0.2928975.1880
WEBBER0.2928967.9502
RADFORD0.2928954.7445
CHAPPLE0.2928951.0204
GILLARD0.2928939.8406
FORD0.2928939.0764
WOODLEY0.2928938.7597
CANN0.2928937.3134
LANG0.2928931.0559
STEER0.2928929.6736
STREET0.2928929.6296
HAWKINS0.2928928.6807
GRANT0.2928927.8940
HODGE0.2928927.4725
HASTINGS0.2928927.1739
RICHARDS0.2928922.9148
BOWLES0.2928921.1416
WARE0.2928921.0526
HUTCHINGS0.2928918.4162
MILES0.2928917.5953
OSBORN0.2928916.6389

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 289 people called SETTER in Poltimore 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 2000.0000 in Poltimore means that 2000.0000% of the people in Poltimore on census day were called SETTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SETTER 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 SETTER 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 SETTER 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 SETTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Poltimore means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SETTER in Poltimore than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Poltimore in 1881

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

ACKLAND (7)  ASHAM (1)  BAMSEY (5)  BARTRIP (1)  BINNIE (1)  BERRY (1)  BISSETT (7)  BOWDON (2)  BOWLES (1)  BREWER (1)  BRIMSON (1)  BROWN (1)  BRYANT (1)  CANN (1)  CASLING (1)  CHAPPLE (1)  CLARKE (2)  COOMBES (13)  COWLEY (6)  COX (5)  CROOK (1)  CREWS (1)  DOWN (6)  DRAKE (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  EVELEIGH (1)  FORD (11)  FRANCIS (1)  FURSE (1)  GALLOP (8)  GILES (1)  GILLARD (1)  GLANVILL (1)  JORDAN (1)  GOULD (11)  GRANT (8)  GREENSLADE (3)  HANNAFORD (1)  HASTINGS (1)  HAWKINS (6)  HODGE (2)  HOOPER (2)  HUNT (5)  HURFORD (6)  HUTCHINGS (1)  KEMP (1)  LAKE (1)  LANE (1)  LANG (2)  LOWDON (2)  MILES (3)  MILLER (1)  OLIVER (3)  OSBORN (1)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PASSMORE (2)  PAYNE (2)  PRING (2)  PUGSLEY (5)  QUANCE (2)  RADFORD (3)  RATTENBURY (2)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (10)  RUGG (3)  SELLEY (2)  SYMES (2)  SETTER (4)  SPRAGUE (10)  SPRY (7)  STARK (9)  STEER (1)  STERRY (8)  STONE (1)  STREET (2)  TIDBALL (1)  TREMLETT (5)  TURNER (6)  WARE (1)  WATTS (1)  WEBBER (6)  WEST (1)  WESTCOTT (4)  WESTERN (7)  WHIDDON (1)  WITTON (6)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (5)  WOODLEY (1)  WREFORD (6)