Top surnames from the 1881 census in Throwleigh, Devon

Throwleigh 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
DUNNING216.6246780.67
LEE195.993736.67
MAY175.362884.24
CANN123.7855408.16
JEFFERY113.4700159.88
DICKER103.1546806.45
SETTER103.15464,761.90
ELLIS103.154621.73
HARVEY92.839126.60
MORTIMER92.8391135.75
NEWCOMBE82.5237358.74
HILL82.52379.91
LEAMAN82.52371,176.47
WEBBER72.208272.24
ENDECOTT72.208217,500.00
ROGERS72.208217.01
STONEMAN72.2082542.64
RICE61.892760.98
GILL61.892726.75
CROCKER51.5773117.37
STEVENS41.261812.09
TRUDE41.26184,444.44
BROCK30.946481.52
ARCHER30.946422.88
COOMBE30.9464174.42
HOLE30.9464110.29
JORDAN30.946421.41
SOPER20.6309101.52
ELSTON20.6309129.87
LUSCOMBE20.6309123.46
ROBERTS20.63091.68
PARDON20.6309606.06
FORD20.63096.48
MAYS20.6309110.50
HEPWORTH20.630955.40
MOORE20.63093.16
BENNETT20.63093.84
COLE20.63096.93
HURRELL10.315552.91
MILLARD10.315519.05
SAMPSON10.315518.48
GIDLEY10.3155181.82
CLARK10.31551.05
BOWDEN10.315510.93
HOSKINS10.315532.36
ROSS10.31552.89
LIAS10.31552,000.00
GUESS10.3155434.78
COLLINS10.31552.20
LAKE10.315514.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ENDECOTT0.3231717500.0000
SETTER0.323174761.9048
TRUDE0.323174444.4444
LIAS0.323172000.0000
LEAMAN0.323171176.4706
DICKER0.32317806.4516
DUNNING0.32317780.6691
PARDON0.32317606.0606
STONEMAN0.32317542.6357
GUESS0.32317434.7826
CANN0.32317408.1633
NEWCOMBE0.32317358.7444
GIDLEY0.32317181.8182
SANDERCOCK0.32317178.5714
COOMBE0.32317174.4186
JEFFERY0.32317159.8837
MORTIMER0.32317135.7466
ELSTON0.32317129.8701
LUSCOMBE0.32317123.4568
CROCKER0.32317117.3709
MAYS0.32317110.4972
HOLE0.32317110.2941
SOPER0.32317101.5228
PERRYMAN0.3231787.7193
MAY0.3231784.2418
BROCK0.3231781.5217
WEBBER0.3231772.2394
NORTHCOTT0.3231769.4444
SPEAR0.3231767.1141
RICE0.3231760.9756
HEPWORTH0.3231755.4017
HURRELL0.3231752.9101
HAYDON0.3231750.2513
LEE0.3231736.6725
HOSKINS0.3231732.3625
COOMBES0.3231729.4985
GILL0.3231726.7499
HARVEY0.3231726.5957
ISAAC0.3231725.1889
GAY0.3231723.6967
ARCHER0.3231722.8833
ELLIS0.3231721.7250
JORDAN0.3231721.4133
MILLARD0.3231719.0476
SAMPSON0.3231718.4843
ROGERS0.3231717.0068
LAKE0.3231714.2248
STEVENS0.3231712.0882
BOWDEN0.3231710.9290
HILL0.323179.9083

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 317 people called ENDECOTT in Throwleigh 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 17500.0000 in Throwleigh means that 17500.0000% of the people in Throwleigh on census day were called ENDECOTT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ENDECOTT 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 ENDECOTT 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 ENDECOTT 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 ENDECOTT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Throwleigh means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ENDECOTT in Throwleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Throwleigh in 1881

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

AGGETT (3)  ARCHER (3)  BATTERSHALL (2)  BENNETT (2)  BOWDEN (1)  BRIMBLECOMBE (17)  BROCK (3)  CANN (12)  CLARK (1)  COLE (2)  COLLINS (1)  COOMBES (1)  COOMBE (3)  CROCKER (5)  CUMING (1)  DICKER (10)  DUNNING (21)  ELLIS (10)  ELSTON (2)  ENDECOTT (7)  ENDACOTT (8)  FOADEN (1)  FORD (2)  FRENCH (1)  GAY (1)  GIDLEY (1)  GILL (6)  GLEDDEN (1)  GUDRIDGE (2)  JORDAN (3)  GUESS (1)  HARVEY (9)  HAYDON (1)  HEPWORTH (2)  HILL (8)  HOSKINS (1)  HOLE (3)  HURRELL (1)  ISAAC (1)  JADD (1)  JEFFERY (11)  LAKE (1)  LANTERN (1)  LEE (19)  LEAMAN (8)  LIAS (1)  LUSCOMBE (2)  MADDERS (3)  MAY (17)  MAYS (2)  MILLARD (1)  MOORE (2)  MORTIMER (9)  NEWCOMBE (8)  NORTHCOTT (1)  PARDON (2)  PERRIMAN (2)  PERRYMAN (1)  POTOLESLAND (1)  RICE (6)  ROBERTS (2)  ROGERS (7)  ROSS (1)  SAMPSON (1)  SANDERCOCK (1)  SLUMAN (4)  SOPER (2)  SETTER (10)  SPEAR (1)  STANLAKE (4)  STEVENS (4)  STONEMAN (7)  TRUDE (4)  WEBBER (7)  WONNACOT (2)  JAPE (1)