Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Anstey, Devon

West Anstey 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
COCKRAM218.97442,658.23
BALE177.2650965.91
HARRIS114.700918.50
WEBBER104.2735139.86
VENNER93.84621,956.52
COURTNEY83.4188476.19
LOCK72.9915105.11
PARTRIDGE72.9915114.57
PERRY72.991540.67
CRIDGE62.56412,608.70
GIBBS62.564152.17
DIBBLE52.1368746.27
COLES52.136861.35
BUCKNELL52.1368847.46
TUCKER41.709430.89
MILLER41.70949.55
HAYS41.7094400.00
NICHOLS41.709452.49
LEACH41.709441.41
NEWTON41.709422.31
LOWDEN41.7094519.48
PUGSLEY31.2821416.67
VEYSEY20.8547909.09
ARNOLD20.854715.86
SLOCOMBE20.8547266.67
BRIANT20.8547312.50
BREDE20.85476,666.67
GALE20.854728.53
STEVENS20.85478.19
PEARSE20.854780.32
BLAKE10.42748.83
NORTON10.427412.85
EARL10.427432.68
WEST10.42744.44
DOWN10.427435.59
THORN10.427428.57
MAHER10.4274116.28
SKINNER10.42748.42
CARTER10.42742.55
PARKHOUSE10.4274142.86
UPHAM10.4274322.58
AYRE10.427476.34
SAUNDERS10.42744.66
JUKES10.427470.92
GODFREY10.427414.41

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BREDE0.232346666.6667
COCKRAM0.232342658.2278
CRIDGE0.232342608.6957
VENNER0.232341956.5217
BALE0.23234965.9091
VEYSEY0.23234909.0909
BUCKNELL0.23234847.4576
DIBBLE0.23234746.2687
LOWDEN0.23234519.4805
COURTNEY0.23234476.1905
PUGSLEY0.23234416.6667
HAYS0.23234400.0000
UPHAM0.23234322.5806
BRIANT0.23234312.5000
SLOCOMBE0.23234266.6667
PARKHOUSE0.23234142.8571
WEBBER0.23234139.8601
MAHER0.23234116.2791
PARTRIDGE0.23234114.5663
LOCK0.23234105.1051
PEARSE0.2323480.3213
AYRE0.2323476.3359
JUKES0.2323470.9220
COLES0.2323461.3497
NICHOLS0.2323452.4934
GIBBS0.2323452.1739
LEACH0.2323441.4079
PERRY0.2323440.6740
DOWN0.2323435.5872
EARL0.2323432.6797
TUCKER0.2323430.8880
THORN0.2323428.5714
GALE0.2323428.5307
NEWTON0.2323422.3090
HARRIS0.2323418.4967
ARNOLD0.2323415.8604
GODFREY0.2323414.4092
NORTON0.2323412.8535
MILLER0.232349.5534
BLAKE0.232348.8261
SKINNER0.232348.4175
STEVENS0.232348.1867
SAUNDERS0.232344.6598
WEST0.232344.4385
CARTER0.232342.5458

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 234 people called BREDE in West Anstey 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 West Anstey means that 6666.6667% of the people in West Anstey on census day were called BREDE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BREDE 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 BREDE 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 BREDE 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 BREDE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in West Anstey means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BREDE in West Anstey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Anstey in 1881

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

ARNOLD (2)  BALE (17)  BAMPFIELD (1)  BESSLY (1)  BLAKE (1)  BREDE (2)  BRIANT (2)  BUCKNELL (5)  BUCKNECE (1)  CARTER (1)  CATFORD (1)  COCKRAM (21)  COLES (5)  COURTNEY (8)  CRIDGE (6)  DASCOMBE (1)  DIBBLE (5)  DOWN (1)  EARL (1)  AYRE (1)  FLEW (3)  FOLLET (1)  GALE (2)  GIBBS (6)  GODFREY (1)  GREENSLADE (5)  HARRIS (11)  HAYS (4)  HEASER (1)  JUKES (1)  KELLAND (4)  LEACH (4)  LOCK (7)  LOWDEN (4)  MALE (1)  MAUNDER (3)  MILLER (4)  MAHER (1)  NEWTON (4)  NICHOLS (4)  NORTON (1)  PALLING (1)  PARKHOUSE (1)  PARTRIDGE (7)  PEARSE (2)  PERRY (7)  PERRIMAN (1)  PERTHERSTONE (1)  PUGSLEY (3)  QUARTLEY (7)  SAUNDERS (1)  SEATHERSTONE (1)  SKINNER (1)  SLOCOMBE (2)  STEVENS (2)  THORN (1)  TREBBLE (1)  TUCKER (4)  UPHAM (1)  VEYSEY (2)  VELLACOT (4)  VELLACOTT (1)  VENNER (9)  WEBBER (10)  WENSLEY (5)  WEST (1)  YENDALE (3)