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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stockland, Devon

Stockland 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
LANE303.413049.53
TURNER283.185411.44
STRAWBRIDGE273.07172,903.23
BOYLAND212.38912,692.31
WHITE192.16156.72
HARRIS171.93407.61
NEWTON161.820323.75
BROOM141.5927129.15
PIDGEON141.5927479.45
TROTT131.4790224.91
DAVEY131.479035.97
PAVEY131.4790345.74
WILLEY131.4790164.14
SUMMERS121.365248.68
NORTHCOTE121.3652930.23
LOVERIDGE121.3652379.75
SPILLER121.3652240.00
HOOPER111.251429.55
LEGG111.251475.81
VINCENT111.251440.13
BERRY101.137714.34
DOBLE101.1377396.83
SPARKS91.023967.72
MOORE91.02395.12
PHIPPIN91.02397,500.00
HOARE80.910146.65
SHEPHERD80.910112.42
LONG80.910114.03
DARE80.9101210.53
GOFF80.9101140.85
BAYLEY80.910156.46
PHILLIPS70.79644.45
BEER70.796449.75
JEFFORD70.7964526.32
NORTHCOTT70.7964175.44
HURFORD70.7964291.67
BOND70.796415.04
DOWN70.796466.35
REED70.796410.91
KITE70.7964140.00
HORN60.682630.05
WESTLAKE60.682694.19
COLLARD60.6826112.15
MITCHELL60.68263.36
POTTER60.682610.52
JAMES60.68263.48
NEWBERY60.6826237.15
GEAR60.6826182.93
DARKE60.6826292.68
SEAWARD60.6826389.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PHIPPIN0.888797500.0000
STRAWBRIDGE0.888792903.2258
BOYLAND0.888792692.3077
NORTHCOTE0.88879930.2326
GLADE0.88879833.3333
HARNER0.88879800.0000
LORING0.88879638.2979
JEFFORD0.88879526.3158
PIDGEON0.88879479.4521
DOBLE0.88879396.8254
STUDLEY0.88879393.7008
SEAWARD0.88879389.6104
LOVERIDGE0.88879379.7468
CONNETT0.88879377.3585
VIRGIN0.88879348.8372
PAVEY0.88879345.7447
RECORD0.88879325.2033
DARKE0.88879292.6829
HURFORD0.88879291.6667
DUMMETT0.88879277.7778
SPILLER0.88879240.0000
NEWBERY0.88879237.1542
NEEDS0.88879232.5581
TROTT0.88879224.9135
DARE0.88879210.5263
GEAR0.88879182.9268
BASLEY0.88879181.8182
NORTHCOTT0.88879175.4386
MATTOCKS0.88879172.4138
WILLEY0.88879164.1414
SELLEY0.88879158.7302
GOFF0.88879140.8451
KITE0.88879140.0000
NEWBERRY0.88879138.8889
BOWDITCH0.88879136.9863
ROCKETT0.88879132.4503
BROOM0.88879129.1513
HAWKINGS0.88879123.4568
POMEROY0.88879122.9508
PATCH0.88879119.7605
DIMOND0.88879116.7315
UNDERDOWN0.88879114.2857
FARNHAM0.88879112.3596
COLLARD0.88879112.1495
BENDING0.88879102.0408
DYMOND0.8887997.4026
WESTLAKE0.8887994.1915
DUNSTER0.8887984.3882
PINNEY0.8887981.3008
BAGLEY0.8887976.9231

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 879 people called PHIPPIN in Stockland 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 7500.0000 in Stockland means that 7500.0000% of the people in Stockland on census day were called PHIPPIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PHIPPIN 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 PHIPPIN 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 PHIPPIN 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 PHIPPIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.88 in Stockland means that you are 0.88 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PHIPPIN in Stockland than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stockland in 1881

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

AGLAN (3)  ANING (1)  ANSTIS (6)  ANSTICE (1)  APLIN (1)  BAGLEY (5)  BAYLEY (8)  BAKER (4)  BANKS (2)  BARTLETT (2)  BASLEY (1)  BATSTONE (12)  BAZLEY (4)  BEAVIS (1)  BEER (7)  BENNETT (1)  BENDING (1)  BERRY (10)  BIRD (1)  BISHOP (1)  BLACKMORE (5)  BOARD (1)  BOND (7)  BOWDITCH (3)  BOYLAND (21)  BROOM (14)  BROOMFIELD (2)  BROUGHTON (1)  BROWNING (5)  BURROUGH (1)  CHAPPLE (1)  CHICK (3)  CLEALL (5)  COLEMAN (5)  COLLARD (6)  COLLINS (2)  CONNETT (4)  CONNER (3)  COOK (5)  COOMBE (2)  COSENS (1)  COX (3)  CUTHBERT (1)  DARE (8)  DARK (1)  DARKE (6)  DAVEY (13)  DOBLE (10)  DOWN (7)  DRAKE (1)  DRAWER (2)  DUMMETT (1)  DUNSTER (2)  DYMOND (3)  DIMOND (3)  EDWARD (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELSTONE (2)  ENTICOTT (2)  EWINS (3)  FARNHAM (2)  FRENCH (1)  FROOM (1)  GAGE (2)  GEAR (6)  GEORGE (1)  JEFFORD (7)  GLADE (1)  GOULDSWORTHY (4)  GOFF (8)  GOULD (1)  GUY (1)  HALLETT (1)  HARNER (2)  HARPER (3)  HARRIS (17)  HAWKINGS (2)  HAWKINS (1)  HAYNE (1)  HOARE (8)  HODGES (2)  HOOPER (11)  HORN (6)  HUNT (1)  HURFORD (7)  HUSSEY (6)  JAMES (6)  KING (3)  KITE (7)  KNIGHT (4)  LANE (30)  LASCOMBE (1)  LORING (3)  LECHYEAS (1)  LEGG (11)  LEMON (2)  LENTELL (1)  LOCKYER (1)  LONG (8)  LOOSEMORE (1)  LOOSMORE (1)  LOVERIDGE (12)  LUCAS (2)  MAGENS (2)  MAJOR (4)  MANING (4)  MATRAVERCS (1)  MATHEWS (3)  MATTHEWS (2)  MATTOCKS (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MOORE (9)  MORRIS (1)  NANKIWELL (4)  NEEDS (3)  NEWBERRY (5)  NEWBERY (6)  NEWTON (16)  NORTH (3)  NORTHCOTE (12)  NORTHCOTT (7)  PATCH (2)  PAVEY (13)  PEACH (1)  PEARCE (3)  PINNEY (1)  PETERS (3)  PHILLIPS (7)  PHIPPIN (9)  PIDGEON (14)  PIKE (1)  PILE (2)  PILTON (5)  POMEROY (3)  POTTER (6)  POWELL (2)  PYM OR PRYM (6)  PRING (3)  PYM (3)  QUICK (1)  RADDON (6)  RADFORD (1)  RECORD (4)  REED (7)  ROCKETT (2)  ROSE (1)  ROWLAND (1)  SALTER (6)  SANSOM (2)  SCOTT (3)  SELLEY (2)  SELWOOD (1)  SEAWARD (6)  SHAWBRIDGE (19)  SHEPHERD (8)  SIMONS (5)  SYMES (4)  SMITH (1)  SPARKS (9)  SPILLER (12)  SPRAGUE (1)  STEER (1)  STRAWBRIDGE (27)  STRONG (1)  STUDLEY (5)  SUMMERHAYES (2)  SUMMERS (12)  TAYLOR (5)  TOLEY (1)  TOLLEY (1)  TROTT (13)  TUCKER (5)  TURNER (28)  UNDERDOWN (2)  VINCENT (11)  VIRGIN (3)  WARREN (2)  WELCH (1)  WESTLAKE (6)  WHITE (19)  WILKINGS (2)  WOOD (5)  WOODMAN (1)  WILLEY (13)