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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Slapton, Devon

Slapton 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
COLE518.239190.44
TUCKER203.231058.39
SOPER193.0695494.79
TABB182.90792,195.12
JEFFERY162.5848119.05
HEAD142.261792.90
LEWIS121.93867.37
PERRING121.9386937.50
HANNAFORD121.9386421.05
LUSCOMBE111.7771347.00
NICHOLLS111.777134.02
BLANK101.61551,724.14
FERRIS91.4540147.06
EFFORD91.45402,647.06
STEER81.2924110.65
FARLEY81.2924102.83
KNOWLES81.292424.20
NORRIS81.292430.09
FOXWORTHY71.13094,117.65
BURNER71.13095,000.00
JARVIS71.130925.20
BOWLES60.969359.23
MERRIFIELD60.9693410.96
GILLARD60.9693111.52
WILLS60.969332.41
JURY60.9693301.51
GRANT60.96939.77
WYATT50.807827.53
GRILLS50.8078793.65
ELLIS50.80785.56
MARCH50.807874.96
ALLERY50.80783,333.33
CLARK50.80782.69
HARWOOD40.646224.14
DOWNING40.646237.17
LEE40.64623.95
HAYMAN40.646284.75
PENNY40.646236.33
BURGOYNE30.4847111.11
LAMBERT30.48478.88
WHITE30.48471.51
JOHNS30.484718.77
GAY30.484736.36
RYDER30.484727.99
WISE30.484723.26
CHILDS30.484726.39
PITTS30.484747.24
STONE30.48476.70
CAINE20.323177.22
PIKE20.323111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURNER0.626195000.0000
FOXWORTHY0.626194117.6471
ALLERY0.626193333.3333
EFFORD0.626192647.0588
TABB0.626192195.1220
BLANK0.626191724.1379
WHIDDEN0.626191250.0000
ANTRIM0.626191111.1111
PERRING0.62619937.5000
GRILLS0.62619793.6508
OTTEN0.62619666.6667
TARRING0.62619625.0000
SOPER0.62619494.7917
HANNAFORD0.62619421.0526
MERRIFIELD0.62619410.9589
LUSCOMBE0.62619347.0032
FITZ0.62619322.5806
JURY0.62619301.5075
LANGWORTHY0.62619277.7778
CHING0.62619200.0000
RANDAL0.62619188.6792
CRAPP0.62619166.6667
CLEMO0.62619163.9344
COAD0.62619151.5152
FERRIS0.62619147.0588
PUTT0.62619138.8889
BROOKING0.62619131.5789
HINGSTON0.62619123.4568
JEFFERY0.62619119.0476
GILLARD0.62619111.5242
BURGOYNE0.62619111.1111
STEER0.62619110.6501
FARLEY0.62619102.8278
DISNEY0.62619102.0408
BOUGH0.6261999.0099
HEAD0.6261992.8998
PAIGE0.6261990.9091
COLE0.6261990.4416
HAYMAN0.6261984.7458
CLEMENS0.6261980.0000
CAINE0.6261977.2201
SLOMAN0.6261976.3359
MARCH0.6261974.9625
CRISPIN0.6261974.6269
FLOOK0.6261974.0741
TILLER0.6261960.9756
BOWLES0.6261959.2300
TUCKER0.6261958.3942
SLEEMAN0.6261950.0000
PITTS0.6261947.2441

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 619 people called BURNER in Slapton 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 5000.0000 in Slapton means that 5000.0000% of the people in Slapton on census day were called BURNER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURNER 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 BURNER 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 BURNER 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 BURNER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Slapton means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURNER in Slapton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Slapton in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ALLERY (5)  ANTRIM (1)  ARUNDLE (1)  AZZARD (4)  BALL (1)  BURNER (7)  BARTER (1)  BASTARD (7)  BENNETT (2)  BLANK (10)  BOUGH (1)  BOWHAY (5)  BOWLES (6)  BOYCE (1)  BROOKING (2)  BULLEY (3)  BURGOYNE (3)  BUXTON (1)  CAINE (2)  CAWSE (3)  CHADDER (7)  CHILDS (3)  CHING (2)  CLARK (5)  CLEAVE (5)  CLEMENS (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  CLEMO (1)  COAD (2)  COLE (51)  COALEY (2)  CORNISH (1)  COYDE (1)  CRAPP (1)  CRISPIN (1)  CROCKER (2)  DANIELS (2)  DEACON (1)  DISNEY (1)  DOWNING (4)  EALES (2)  EASTLEY (1)  EDGELAND (11)  EFFORD (9)  ELLIS (5)  EVANS (1)  FAIRWEATHER (2)  FARLEY (8)  FERRIS (9)  FITZ (1)  FLOOK (1)  FOGWILL (4)  FOSTER (2)  FOXWORTHY (7)  GAY (3)  GIFFORD (1)  GILLARD (6)  GOODWIN (1)  GRANT (6)  GREEN (1)  GRILLS (5)  GUEST (1)  HAYMAN (4)  HANNAFORD (12)  HARWOOD (4)  HEAD (14)  HELLIER (1)  HYNE (6)  HINGSTON (1)  HODGE (2)  HODGES (1)  OTTEN (1)  HUTHWAITE (1)  JARVIS (7)  JEFFERY (16)  JOHNS (3)  JURY (6)  KELLAND (2)  KNOWLES (8)  LAMBERT (3)  LANDER (2)  LONG (LANG) (2)  LANG (1)  LANGWORTHY (2)  LANSDOWN (2)  LEE (4)  LEWIS (12)  LUSCOMBE (11)  MARCH (5)  MERRIFIELD (6)  MITCHELMORE (16)  NICHOLLS (11)  NORRIS (8)  NORRISH (1)  OFIELD (7)  PAIGE (1)  PARKER (1)  PERRIT (1)  PEARCE (1)  PENNY (4)  PEPPERELL (10)  PERRING (12)  PIKE (2)  PITTS (3)  POTTER (1)  POVEY (1)  PROWT (3)  PUTT (2)  RANDAL (1)  RANDALL (2)  REEVES (2)  RICHARDS (1)  RYDER (3)  ROOPER (1)  ROUSE (2)  SHEPHERD (1)  SLEEMAN (1)  SLOMAN (1)  SMARIDGE (1)  SMITH (1)  SOPER (19)  STANBRIDGE (1)  STEER (8)  STONE (3)  STREET (2)  SWEET (1)  TABB (18)  TARRING (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (2)  THORNING (5)  TOZER (1)  TROWT (15)  TSSELL (4)  TUCKER (20)  TILLER (1)  WAKEHAN (2)  WALLACE (1)  WARD (1)  WEBBER (1)  WEEKS (1)  WEST (1)  WHIDDEN (1)  WHITE (3)  WILLS (6)  WISE (3)  WITHERIDGE (1)  WYATT (5)  YABSLEY (2)