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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rockbeare, Devon

Rockbeare 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
HALLETT142.9661240.96
BAKER142.966113.54
ROSE132.754237.14
PRATT122.542444.25
EVELEIGH112.3305839.69
JEFFERY112.3305107.32
STEWART112.330514.90
MORTIMORE81.6949449.44
MILFORD81.6949606.06
FRANKLIN81.694951.05
BOND81.694932.03
SOUTHWOOD81.6949583.94
TRICKEY71.48311,029.41
SELWAY71.4831555.56
HAWKINGS71.4831804.60
MARKS71.483172.46
GOODING71.4831175.44
TURNER71.48315.33
SMITH71.48311.05
BESS71.48314,117.65
TOZER71.4831247.35
MARTYN71.4831370.37
SELLICK71.4831555.56
ELLIOTT61.271214.98
STEVENS61.271212.18
WOODROW61.2712205.48
HUTCHINGS61.271267.64
PYLE61.2712310.88
ELMS61.2712333.33
JAMES61.27126.47
READ61.271219.72
KELLY51.05939.67
DAVIS51.05934.82
COLES51.059330.41
BASTIN40.8475317.46
SWIFT40.847527.43
BROOM40.847568.73
PYNE40.8475223.46
GIBBONS40.847526.37
SKINNER40.847516.69
PRESTON40.847516.96
SYMONS40.847561.63
BULL40.847520.05
BIRD40.847511.09
WOODLY40.84753,333.33
WALSH40.847515.92
PAYNE40.84759.42
CUDMORE40.8475597.01
FLOOD30.635672.46
VINEY30.6356167.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BESS0.474724117.6471
WOODLY0.474723333.3333
BEAVIN0.474721111.1111
TRICKEY0.474721029.4118
EVELEIGH0.47472839.6947
HAWKINGS0.47472804.5977
MILFORD0.47472606.0606
CUDMORE0.47472597.0149
SOUTHWOOD0.47472583.9416
SELWAY0.47472555.5556
SELLICK0.47472555.5556
MORTIMORE0.47472449.4382
MARTYN0.47472370.3704
ELMS0.47472333.3333
TOLMAN0.47472322.5806
BASTIN0.47472317.4603
PYLE0.47472310.8808
STOCKMAN0.47472303.0303
TOZER0.47472247.3498
HALLETT0.47472240.9639
VEYSEY0.47472227.2727
PYNE0.47472223.4637
WOODROW0.47472205.4795
TANTON0.47472204.0816
CHOWN0.47472202.7027
GOODING0.47472175.4386
VINEY0.47472167.5978
FOXWELL0.47472120.4819
PODMORE0.47472118.3432
RUGG0.47472109.8901
JEFFERY0.47472107.3171
MORRISH0.47472106.9519
BANBURY0.4747289.2857
PEEK0.4747280.0000
HAMLIN0.4747272.9927
MARKS0.4747272.4638
FLOOD0.4747272.4638
BROOM0.4747268.7285
HUTCHINGS0.4747267.6437
RIGGS0.4747263.6943
CHAPPLE0.4747262.5000
SYMONS0.4747261.6333
DYMOND0.4747260.6061
FRANKLIN0.4747251.0530
PRATT0.4747244.2478
PITTS0.4747241.3223
ROSE0.4747237.1429
BUDD0.4747233.3890
BOND0.4747232.0256
PRYOR0.4747231.7460

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 472 people called BESS in Rockbeare 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 4117.6471 in Rockbeare means that 4117.6471% of the people in Rockbeare on census day were called BESS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BESS 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 BESS 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 BESS 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 BESS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Rockbeare means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BESS in Rockbeare than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rockbeare in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  BADCOCK (2)  BAKER (14)  BANBURY (1)  BEER (1)  BASTIN (4)  BELWORTHY (1)  BESS (7)  BEAVIN (1)  BIRD (4)  BLACKMORE (2)  BOLT (1)  BOND (8)  BRIDLE (15)  BROOM (4)  BUDD (2)  BULL (4)  CANN (1)  CARR (1)  CHANNON (1)  CHAPPLE (2)  CHOWN (3)  CLARKE (1)  CLODE (2)  COLES (5)  CUDMORE (4)  DAVIS (5)  DAVEY (1)  DRAWER (1)  DREW (2)  DYMOND (1)  ELLIOTT (6)  ELMS (6)  EVELEIGH (11)  FAWN (4)  FLEY (1)  FLOOD (3)  FOURACRES (2)  FOXWELL (1)  FRANKLIN (8)  FRIEND (1)  FRY (1)  GIBBONS (4)  GILLARD (1)  GLOVER (2)  GODFREY (2)  GOODING (7)  GRIFFIN (2)  HADWITT (1)  HALL (2)  HALLETT (14)  HAMLIN (1)  HAYMAN (1)  HARDING (1)  HAWKINGS (7)  HEMMICK (1)  HELLIER (1)  HORSWELL (3)  HOWARD (1)  HUTCHINGS (6)  HYDE (1)  JAMES (6)  JEFFERY (11)  KELLY (5)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (1)  KNOWLES (1)  LANGSFORD (2)  LEYMAN (1)  MARKS (7)  MARTYN (7)  MARTIN (1)  MAY (1)  MILFORD (8)  MOORE (2)  MORRISH (2)  MORTIMORE (8)  O'NEILL (4)  PAVOUR (1)  PAYNE (4)  PEEK (1)  PEARCE (1)  PIKE (3)  PYLE (6)  PITTS (2)  PLEASE (6)  PODMORE (2)  PONSFORD (4)  PRATT (12)  PRESTON (4)  PRIDDIS (1)  PRYOR (1)  PYNE (4)  READ (6)  RIGGS (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROSE (13)  RUGG (1)  SALTER (2)  SANDERS (1)  SEARLE (1)  SELLICK (7)  SELWAY (7)  SYMONS (4)  SYMONDS (1)  SKINNER (4)  SMITH (7)  SOUTHWOOD (8)  STEVENS (6)  STEWART (11)  STOCKMAN (2)  SWIFT (4)  TANTON (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TOLMAN (2)  TOZER (7)  TRIMLETT (2)  TRICKEY (7)  TRIPE (4)  TUCK (1)  TURL (1)  TURNER (7)  VEYSEY (1)  VINEY (3)  VINNICOMBE (3)  WALSH (4)  WHITE (3)  WILLS (1)  WOODLY (4)  WOODROW (6)  WRIGHT (1)  YOULDON (1)