Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Alvington, Devon

West Alvington 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
LUSCOMBE273.1616617.85
HANNAFORD192.2248482.23
JARVIS171.990644.35
PROWSE171.9906437.02
GILLARD151.7564201.88
HEATH141.639333.02
RYDER141.639394.66
MORGAN121.40527.07
SHERIFF121.4052504.20
PITTS121.4052136.99
FRIEND111.2881113.64
DORE111.2881245.54
PERRING111.2881625.00
HORSEMAN111.2881728.48
TUCKER111.288123.28
MARCH101.1710108.70
HINGSTON91.0539810.81
LANE91.053915.29
CLARK91.05393.51
PEARSE91.053999.01
CHAPMAN91.05397.42
FORD80.93689.62
BROWN80.93681.42
WEEKS80.936843.76
SPARKES80.9368127.80
GILL80.936813.24
KENNARD80.9368192.31
WHITTING80.9368707.96
FARR80.936863.09
SKELLY80.9368496.89
JOHNS80.936836.28
WHITE80.93682.91
WARREN70.819712.26
TERRELL70.8197486.11
RUDD70.819751.97
HORSMAN70.8197234.11
INCH70.8197288.07
ROGERS70.81976.31
MATTHEWS70.81979.40
BALL60.70268.51
HAYMAN60.702692.17
THORNTON60.702613.97
FOX60.70267.57
DISTIN50.58551,190.48
STEER50.585550.15
SPIER50.5855892.86
PUTT50.5855251.26
BELL50.58553.12
VEALE50.5855135.87
SKELTON50.585540.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENELL0.8585416666.6667
LUSKEY0.858543333.3333
TERREL0.858541666.6667
STABB0.858541212.1212
DISTIN0.858541190.4762
SPIER0.85854892.8571
HINGSTON0.85854810.8108
HELMER0.85854740.7407
HORSEMAN0.85854728.4768
WHITTING0.85854707.9646
BLANK0.85854625.0000
PERRING0.85854625.0000
LUSCOMBE0.85854617.8490
SHERIFF0.85854504.2017
SKELLY0.85854496.8944
TERRELL0.85854486.1111
HANNAFORD0.85854482.2335
PROWSE0.85854437.0180
LIDSTONE0.85854347.8261
INCH0.85854288.0658
PUTT0.85854251.2563
DORE0.85854245.5357
HORSMAN0.85854234.1137
GILLARD0.85854201.8843
KENNARD0.85854192.3077
CRISPIN0.85854162.1622
BROOKING0.85854142.8571
PITTS0.85854136.9863
VEALE0.85854135.8696
WINGATE0.85854131.5789
SPARKES0.85854127.7955
NISBETT0.85854119.0476
FRIEND0.85854113.6364
COAD0.85854109.8901
MARCH0.85854108.6957
PACK0.8585499.7506
PEARSE0.8585499.0099
CLEVERLEY0.8585499.0099
RYDER0.8585494.6586
EARLE0.8585494.3396
KEYS0.8585494.1176
HAYMAN0.8585492.1659
PEDRICK0.8585491.7431
RUNDLE0.8585478.4314
WEYMOUTH0.8585474.6269
HERD0.8585463.7959
FARR0.8585463.0915
LANDON0.8585462.1118
CAMP0.8585460.9756
YEOMAN0.8585455.6586

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 854 people called BENELL in West Alvington 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 16666.6667 in West Alvington means that 16666.6667% of the people in West Alvington on census day were called BENELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENELL 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 BENELL 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 BENELL 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 BENELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.85 in West Alvington means that you are 0.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENELL in West Alvington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Alvington in 1881

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

ANDREWS (3)  ARTHUR (5)  BAKER (4)  BALKWILL (2)  BALL (6)  BARNYCOTE (1)  BARONS (8)  BAYBLE (1)  BEER (2)  BELL (5)  BENELL (5)  BENHAM (1)  BENNETT (2)  BLANK (5)  BOON (3)  BORROWDALE (3)  BOYCE (1)  BRAMTON (1)  BRAY (1)  BROOKING (3)  BROWN (8)  BUNKER (1)  CAMP (3)  CHAPMAN (9)  CHOPE (6)  CLARK (9)  CLEVERLEY (1)  COAD (2)  CODD (1)  COLE (2)  COLES (5)  CORNISH (1)  COUCH (1)  CRANCH (8)  CRIMP (7)  CRISPIN (3)  CROAKER (5)  CROSS (1)  CUMING (9)  DAMERAL (2)  DAMMCRAL (1)  DISTIN (5)  DORE (11)  DYER (1)  EADY (1)  EARLE (5)  EASTLEY (5)  EDGCOMBE (14)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELLIS (3)  ELSON (1)  FARR (8)  FINCH (3)  FLOWER (1)  FOLEY (1)  FOOT (1)  FORD (8)  FOALE (9)  FOX (6)  FRESTON (4)  FRIEND (11)  FRY (1)  GILL (8)  GILLARD (15)  GOODMAN (1)  GUEST (1)  GUNN (2)  HAM (1)  HAYMAN (6)  HANNAFORD (19)  HARRODON (2)  HERD (4)  HEATH (14)  HELLINS ? (2)  HELMER (2)  HILL (2)  HYNE (8)  HINGSTON (9)  HODDER (1)  HOLBROOK (1)  HOOPER (2)  HOOPPELL (3)  HORSEMAN (11)  HORSMAN (7)  HUXHAM (4)  HYDE (1)  ILBERT (4)  INCH (7)  INGRAM (1)  JARVIS (17)  JEFFERY (1)  JENKINS (2)  JOHNS (8)  KEYS (4)  KENNARD (8)  LAMBLE (9)  LANDON (1)  LANE (9)  LAPTHORN (4)  LEE (1)  LEGASSICK (6)  LETHBRIDGE (5)  LAVERS (1)  LIDSTONE (4)  LUCKHAM (5)  LUSCOMBE (27)  LUSKEY (2)  LIDDON (1)  MADDICK (2)  MARCH (10)  MARSH (1)  MATTHEWS (7)  METHERALL (1)  MITCHELMORE (2)  MICHELMORE (1)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (12)  NICHOLLS (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  NISBETT (1)  OSBORN (1)  PACK (4)  PEARCE (2)  PEARSE (9)  PATEY (3)  PEDRICK (1)  PENGILLY (3)  PENGELLY (1)  PEPPERELL (10)  PERRATON (2)  PERRING (11)  PHILLIPS (1)  PITTS (12)  PRETTYJOHN (1)  PROWSE (17)  PUTT (5)  RUNDLE (4)  REEVES (2)  RYDER (14)  RIDER (1)  ROGERS (7)  RAWLINGS (1)  RUDD (7)  SANDOVER (9)  SCOBLE (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHIPPARD (1)  SHERIFF (12)  SHERRIFF (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SKELLY (8)  SKELTON (5)  SKEZDELL (1)  SMITH (2)  SOPER (1)  SPARKES (8)  SPIER (5)  SQUIRES (1)  STABB (4)  STEER (5)  STURE (1)  STONE (3)  STUMBLES (3)  TARR (1)  TAYLOR (5)  THOMAS (3)  THORNTON (6)  TOWNSEND (2)  TRINICK (5)  TRIST (3)  TRUTE (6)  TUCKER (11)  TERRELL (7)  TERREL (1)  UPEX (1)  VEALE (5)  WARREN (7)  WAY (1)  WEEKS (8)  WELLINGTON (2)  WESTBROOK (1)  WEYMOUTH (1)  WHITE (8)  WHITAWAY (1)  WHITTING (8)  WHITLAMB (2)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILLS (5)  WINGATE (4)  WINYER (2)  YEOMAN (3)