Top surnames from the 1881 census in South Milton, Devon

South Milton 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
STEER4512.82051,097.56
INGRAM174.8433158.58
MOORE143.988619.95
LIDSTONE123.41882,553.19
SHEPHERD123.418846.66
JOHNS113.1339121.41
CLARK82.27927.58
LEE71.994312.20
WHITE71.99436.20
LUSCOMBE61.7094333.33
ARTHUR61.709478.43
DIMOND61.7094588.24
BICKFORD51.4245757.58
GILL51.424520.13
HURRELL51.4245239.23
PERRIN41.1396111.42
HARRIS30.85473.36
EARLE30.8547137.61
LIGHT30.854792.59
JARVIS30.854719.05
MASTERS30.854746.15
WOOD20.56981.79
WILLIAMS20.56980.79
WILLS20.569819.07
CLARKE20.56982.81
MURCH20.5698227.27
RYDER10.284916.45
ALGER10.2849125.00
COVE10.2849131.58
PUTT10.2849121.95
WEEKS10.284913.32
HOLDEN10.28495.20
TOYE10.2849270.27
BOWE10.2849126.58
ASH10.284917.24
WILSON10.28490.62
RUNDLE10.284947.62
JEFFERY10.284913.12
WILLCOTT10.28492,500.00
CONGDON10.2849142.86
INCH10.2849100.00
TYRRELL10.284938.76
BROWN10.28490.43
MAY10.28494.47
HODGE10.284911.30
THORNTON10.28495.67
BOON10.284930.40
GILLARD10.284932.79
SAUNDERS10.28493.11
LEAMAN10.2849133.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIDSTONE0.353512553.1915
WILLCOTT0.353512500.0000
STEER0.353511097.5610
BICKFORD0.35351757.5758
DIMOND0.35351588.2353
LUSCOMBE0.35351333.3333
TOYE0.35351270.2703
HURRELL0.35351239.2344
MURCH0.35351227.2727
INGRAM0.35351158.5821
CONGDON0.35351142.8571
EARLE0.35351137.6147
LEAMAN0.35351133.3333
COVE0.35351131.5789
BOWE0.35351126.5823
ALGER0.35351125.0000
PUTT0.35351121.9512
JOHNS0.35351121.4128
BROOKING0.35351116.2791
PERRIN0.35351111.4206
INCH0.35351100.0000
LIGHT0.3535192.5926
ARTHUR0.3535178.4314
RUNDLE0.3535147.6190
SHEPHERD0.3535146.6563
MASTERS0.3535146.1538
TYRRELL0.3535138.7597
GILLARD0.3535132.7869
BOON0.3535130.3951
GILL0.3535120.1288
MOORE0.3535119.9459
WILLS0.3535119.0658
JARVIS0.3535119.0476
ASH0.3535117.2414
RYDER0.3535116.4474
WEEKS0.3535113.3156
JEFFERY0.3535113.1234
LEE0.3535112.2036
HODGE0.3535111.2994
CLARK0.353517.5829
WHITE0.353516.2046
THORNTON0.353515.6657
HOLDEN0.353515.2002
TUCKER0.353515.1493
MAY0.353514.4743
HARRIS0.353513.3632
SAUNDERS0.353513.1066
CLARKE0.353512.8121
RICHARDS0.353511.8864
WOOD0.353511.7883

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 351 people called LIDSTONE in South Milton 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 2553.1915 in South Milton means that 2553.1915% of the people in South Milton on census day were called LIDSTONE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIDSTONE 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 LIDSTONE 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 LIDSTONE 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 LIDSTONE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.35 in South Milton means that you are 0.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIDSTONE in South Milton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in South Milton in 1881

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

ALGER (1)  ALGUR (3)  ANDRIEWS (2)  ARTHUR (6)  ASH (1)  BICKFORD (5)  BOON (1)  BOWE (1)  BROOKING (1)  BROWN (1)  BROWSE (1)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (8)  CONGDON (1)  COVE (1)  CRANCH (9)  CREBER (1)  CRIMP (2)  DIMOND (6)  EARLE (3)  EDGCOMBE (22)  EDGECOMBE (3)  FEALE (2)  FELLOWES (7)  GILL (5)  GILLAR (1)  GILLARD (GILLAR) (4)  GILLARD (1)  HALLOTT (1)  HARRIS (3)  HILL (1)  HODGE (1)  HOLDEN (1)  HURRELL (5)  INCH (1)  INGRAM (17)  JARVIS (3)  JEFFERY (1)  JOHNS (11)  LAPTHORNE (2)  LEE (7)  LEAMAN (1)  LIDSTONE (12)  LIGHT (3)  LUCKHAM (32)  LUGMORE (1)  LUSCOMBE (6)  MASTERS (3)  MATHIEWS (1)  MAY (1)  MOORE (14)  MURCH (2)  PEPPRELL (1)  PERRATON (1)  PERRIN (4)  PILDITCH (9)  POLYBLANK (4)  PRETEJOHN (1)  PUTT (1)  RUNDLE (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RYDER (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHEPHERD (12)  SKEDGELL (2)  SMALBRIDGE (1)  STEER (45)  THORNTON (1)  TIMEWELL (6)  TOYE (1)  TUCKER (1)  TYRRELL (1)  WEEKS (1)  WHITE (7)  WILLCOTT (1)  WILLIAMS (2)  WILLS (2)  WILSON (1)  WITHERIDGE (8)  WOOD (2)  YOUMAN (1)