Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Huish, Devon

South Huish 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
JARVIS3812.7517284.22
YEOMAN175.7047904.26
ADAMS113.691325.05
WOOD113.691311.59
LINDON113.69132,200.00
ASH103.3557203.25
ELLIS93.020120.80
RUNDLE93.0201505.62
COLE82.684629.47
LUSCOMBE72.3490460.53
TRANT72.34904,375.00
THORNTON62.013440.05
PHILLIPS62.013411.25
LIDSTONE51.67791,250.00
JEFFERY51.677977.28
STONE51.677923.21
BLANK51.67791,785.71
BASSETT41.342386.02
FRIEND41.3423118.34
CHAPMAN41.34239.45
PARTRIDGE41.342351.35
LONG31.006715.52
NEWMAN31.006713.54
BAKER31.00674.59
SNOWDEN31.0067113.21
WHITTINGHAM31.0067133.93
BEER31.006762.89
BROOKING20.6711273.97
ANDREWS20.67117.01
DIMOND20.6711229.89
LEE20.67114.11
PERRING20.6711327.87
VIVIAN20.6711144.93
HAMBLIN20.6711148.15
DAY20.67117.13
SHEPHERD10.33564.58
WESTLAKE10.335646.30
PARNELL10.335634.72
HEATH10.33566.76
MERRIFIELD10.3356142.86
CLEVERLY10.3356153.85
TOMS10.335643.29
MEECH10.3356163.93
FRANCIS10.33565.63
ALLEN10.33561.78
RIDER10.335634.48
LANDER10.335649.02
HELLEN10.3356454.55
TUCKER10.33566.06
MORTIMORE10.335689.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRANT0.302984375.0000
LINDON0.302982200.0000
BLANK0.302981785.7143
LIDSTONE0.302981250.0000
YEOMAN0.30298904.2553
RUNDLE0.30298505.6180
LUSCOMBE0.30298460.5263
HELLEN0.30298454.5455
PERRING0.30298327.8689
JARVIS0.30298284.2184
BROOKING0.30298273.9726
DIMOND0.30298229.8851
ASH0.30298203.2520
MEECH0.30298163.9344
CLEVERLY0.30298153.8462
HAMBLIN0.30298148.1481
VIVIAN0.30298144.9275
MERRIFIELD0.30298142.8571
WHITTINGHAM0.30298133.9286
FRIEND0.30298118.3432
SNOWDEN0.30298113.2075
MORTIMORE0.3029889.2857
BASSETT0.3029886.0215
JEFFERY0.3029877.2798
BEER0.3029862.8931
PARTRIDGE0.3029851.3479
LANDER0.3029849.0196
WESTLAKE0.3029846.2963
TOMS0.3029843.2900
THORNTON0.3029840.0534
PARNELL0.3029834.7222
RIDER0.3029834.4828
COLE0.3029829.4659
ADAMS0.3029825.0455
STONE0.3029823.2126
ELLIS0.3029820.7996
LONG0.3029815.5199
NEWMAN0.3029813.5379
WOOD0.3029811.5850
PHILLIPS0.3029811.2528
CHAPMAN0.302989.4518
DAY0.302987.1301
ANDREWS0.302987.0053
HEATH0.302986.7568
TUCKER0.302986.0643
FRANCIS0.302985.6338
GILL0.302984.7416
BAKER0.302984.5942
SHEPHERD0.302984.5788
LEE0.302984.1068

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 298 people called TRANT in South Huish 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 4375.0000 in South Huish means that 4375.0000% of the people in South Huish on census day were called TRANT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TRANT 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 TRANT 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 TRANT 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 TRANT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.30 in South Huish means that you are 0.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TRANT in South Huish than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Huish in 1881

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

ADAMS (11)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (2)  ASH (10)  BAKER (3)  BALKWILL (8)  BASSETT (4)  BEER (3)  BLANK (5)  BROOKING (2)  CHAFFE (1)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLEVERLY (1)  COLE (8)  CRIMP (13)  DATE (4)  DAY (2)  DIMOND (2)  ELLIS (9)  FRANCIS (1)  FRIEND (4)  FROUDE (5)  GILL (1)  HAMBLIN (2)  HEATH (1)  HELLEN (1)  JARVIS (38)  JEFFERY (5)  KELLAND (2)  LANDER (1)  LAPTHORN (1)  LEE (2)  LEEGASICK (4)  LEGASICK (2)  LIDSTONE (5)  LINDON (11)  LONG (3)  LTIDSTONE (5)  LUCKHAM (1)  LUSCOMBE (7)  MEECH (1)  MERRIFIELD (1)  MORTIMORE (1)  NEWMAN (3)  PALFREY (13)  PARNELL (1)  PARTRIDGE (4)  PATEY (1)  PEPPERELL (1)  PERRING (2)  PHILLIPS (6)  RUNDLE (9)  RIDER (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SNOWDEN (3)  STONE (5)  TOMS (1)  THORNTON (6)  TRANT (7)  TRUTE (1)  TUCKER (1)  VIVIAN (2)  WESTLAKE (1)  WHITTINGHAM (3)  WOOD (11)  YEOMAN (17)