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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upottery, Devon

Upottery 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
ROWLAND293.9726139.76
DOBLE212.87671,004.78
QUICK202.7397244.50
PIKE202.739794.25
NORTH182.465874.38
EDWARDS172.32888.36
DIMOND172.3288798.12
LONG141.917829.56
BROWN121.64382.49
ROBINS121.643877.57
ROSEWELL121.64382,352.94
CRABB111.5068145.31
TUCKER111.506827.23
FINNEMORE101.36991,724.14
SALTER101.369959.88
HURFORD91.2329452.26
SMITH91.23290.87
BARTLETT91.232928.15
SPARKS91.232981.60
BATTEN91.2329133.53
BOND91.232923.29
WHITE91.23293.84
REED91.232916.89
HOSKINS81.0959112.36
PAVEY81.0959256.41
HUNT81.09598.25
BROOM81.095988.89
RICH81.095987.43
KNIGHT81.09598.89
SYMONS81.095979.76
GARDENER70.958953.44
BLACKMORE70.958966.60
HAWKINGS70.9589518.52
JOYCE70.958939.04
BOARD70.9589258.30
PEARCE60.82198.95
WILSON60.82191.79
DRAKE60.821928.21
GOLDSWORTHY60.8219199.34
SANSOM50.6849101.63
WILKINS50.684915.50
LEE50.68494.19
BANKS50.684913.35
MARSHALL50.68494.08
LAWRENCE50.684910.55
JOINER40.5479154.44
WYATT40.547918.68
GOFF40.547984.75
SELWAY40.5479205.13
JACOBS40.547922.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
APLING0.737306666.6667
RAYES0.737303333.3333
ROSEWELL0.737302352.9412
BASTONE0.737301875.0000
FINNEMORE0.737301724.1379
SUMMERHAYS0.737301304.3478
DOBLE0.737301004.7847
DIMOND0.73730798.1221
ALLFORD0.73730588.2353
HAWKINGS0.73730518.5185
HARNER0.73730476.1905
HURFORD0.73730452.2613
MITCHAM0.73730392.1569
EVERY0.73730275.2294
BOARD0.73730258.3026
STRAWBRIDGE0.73730256.4103
PAVEY0.73730256.4103
QUICK0.73730244.4988
SELWAY0.73730205.1282
GOLDSWORTHY0.73730199.3355
STUDLEY0.73730190.4762
BROMFIELD0.73730175.4386
NATION0.73730170.9402
JOINER0.73730154.4402
CRABB0.73730145.3104
SHIRE0.73730142.8571
ROWLAND0.73730139.7590
BATTEN0.73730133.5312
LANGWORTHY0.73730119.0476
CORT0.73730116.2791
LOVERIDGE0.73730114.5038
HOSKINS0.73730112.3596
SANSOM0.73730101.6260
PIKE0.7373094.2507
BROOM0.7373088.8889
RICH0.7373087.4317
GOFF0.7373084.7458
SPARKS0.7373081.5956
SYMONS0.7373079.7607
ROBINS0.7373077.5695
ALDER0.7373076.6284
NORTHAM0.7373074.6269
NORTH0.7373074.3802
SPILLER0.7373072.2892
HOAR0.7373066.6667
BLACKMORE0.7373066.6032
SALTER0.7373059.8802
GARDENER0.7373053.4351
EVENS0.7373052.0833
HINE0.7373051.9931

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 730 people called APLING in Upottery 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 6666.6667 in Upottery means that 6666.6667% of the people in Upottery on census day were called APLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called APLING 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 APLING 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 APLING 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 APLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Upottery means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of APLING in Upottery than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upottery in 1881

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

ACKLAND (1)  ALDER (4)  ALLFORD (3)  ANSTIS (7)  APLIN (1)  APLING (2)  EVERY (3)  BAILY (1)  BAYLEY (2)  BAKER (3)  BANKS (5)  BARTLETT (9)  BATSTONE (1)  BATTEN (9)  BEER (2)  BASTONE (3)  BENDALL (1)  BERRY (2)  BIRD (4)  BLACKMORE (7)  BOARD (7)  BOULT (3)  BOND (9)  BRONFIELD (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROOM (8)  BROWN (BROOM) (2)  BROMFIELD (3)  BROWN (12)  BURROWS (1)  CHANNON (4)  CLAKE (2)  CLAPP (1)  CLARKE (4)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENTS (1)  CLODE (18)  COLES (2)  COLLEY (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (3)  COSWAY (2)  CORT (1)  CRABB (11)  DOBLE (21)  DOLLING (6)  DOWNES (3)  DRAKE (6)  DREW (1)  DIMOND (17)  EDWARDS (17)  EVENS (1)  EWINS (9)  FINNEMORE (10)  FRANKS (3)  GARDENER (7)  GAYLAR (1)  GILL (1)  GILLARD (1)  GOLDSWORTHY (6)  GOFF (4)  GRABHAM (5)  HIGHMORE (1)  HARFORD (1)  HARNER (1)  HARRIS (3)  HAWKINGS (7)  HAWKINS (1)  HAYES (4)  HILL (3)  HINE (3)  HOAR (2)  HORE (1)  HOBBS (2)  HOOPER (2)  HOSKINS (8)  HUGGINS (2)  HUNT (8)  HURFORD (9)  HUSSEY (1)  JACOBS (4)  JOYCE (7)  JOINER (4)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (8)  KNOWLES (1)  LANGWORTHY (1)  LAWRENCE (5)  LEE (5)  LOCK (2)  LONG (14)  LOOSMOE (4)  LOOSMORE (8)  LARAMAN (2)  LOVERIDGE (3)  LOVATT (1)  LOWE (3)  MANFIELD (5)  MANILY (1)  MARSHALL (5)  MITCHAM (4)  MOOR (1)  MEARS (1)  NATION (2)  NORTH (18)  NORTHAM (1)  PAVEY (8)  PAYNE (1)  PEACOCK (2)  PEARCE (6)  PERRY (1)  PIKE (20)  PYM (8)  QUICK (20)  RAYES (1)  RAYS (RAYES) (2)  RADFORD (1)  REED (9)  RICH (8)  RICHARDS (3)  ROBERT (1)  ROBINS (12)  ROBINSON (1)  ROSEWELL (12)  ROWLAND (29)  ROWSHELL (2)  SALTER (10)  SAMSON (2)  SANSOM (5)  SEAGER (1)  SEARLE (2)  SELWAY (4)  SEWARD (1)  SHAPTON (1)  SHIRE (1)  SHILLAR (1)  SYMONS (8)  SMITH (9)  SOLUERLEY (2)  SPARKS (9)  SPARKES (1)  SPILLAR (2)  SPILLER (3)  SPURWAY (2)  STONE (1)  STRAWBRIDGE (2)  STUDLEY (2)  SUMMERHAYES (1)  SUMMERHAYS (3)  SUMMERS (2)  SYDENHAM (1)  SYDHAM (1)  THOMAS (1)  TROTT (2)  TUCKER (11)  TUROSE (2)  WARE (3)  WEBBEY (1)  WEBBER (2)  WHITE (9)  WILKINS (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (6)  WYATT (4)