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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Whimple, Devon

Whimple 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
PRATT253.731364.95
KENWOOD223.28367,096.77
BAKER223.283614.99
DUNN192.835834.10
TRICKEY172.53731,770.83
GODFREY142.089670.46
RICHARDS131.940312.85
HARRIS121.79107.05
SANDERS121.791039.51
BOLE111.64182,340.43
BARTLETT111.641837.49
SALTER111.641871.80
DYMOND101.4925425.53
STARK91.343398.15
TURNER81.19404.29
WITHERS81.194072.79
EVELEIGH81.1940427.81
SMITH81.19400.85
MARTIN81.19404.85
VENN81.1940263.16
TRUMP71.0448679.61
ROWLAND71.044836.76
COLES71.044829.99
DEEM71.04483,043.48
BROOKE71.044870.14
SNOW71.044877.18
ELLIOTT71.044812.31
GREENAWAY60.8955142.86
HANDCOCK60.8955387.10
BEER60.895555.97
HUNT60.89556.74
HEARD60.895584.27
SUMMERS50.746326.61
WHEATON50.7463362.32
BROOM50.746360.53
LEWIS50.74632.84
TRUDE50.74632,777.78
WEBBER50.746324.43
BULL50.746317.65
CONWAY50.746339.84
HARDING50.746310.31
TANTON50.7463714.29
DYER50.746319.27
LOCK40.597020.98
GRANGER40.597058.39
WOODLY40.59702,352.94
WOODLEY40.597067.00
TUCK40.597046.51
JOHNS40.597023.12
BICKLEY40.5970143.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KENWOOD0.676707096.7742
DEEM0.676703043.4783
TRUDE0.676702777.7778
WOODLY0.676702352.9412
BOLE0.676702340.4255
QUAINTANCE0.676702222.2222
MINGO0.676702105.2632
TRICKEY0.676701770.8333
MARKE0.676701578.9474
COLLMAN0.676701304.3478
HUSSON0.676701052.6316
TANTON0.67670714.2857
TRUMP0.67670679.6117
LORING0.67670555.5556
STARKE0.67670526.3158
EVELEIGH0.67670427.8075
DYMOND0.67670425.5319
HANDCOCK0.67670387.0968
WHEATON0.67670362.3188
CAPRON0.67670333.3333
YENDELL0.67670312.5000
VENN0.67670263.1579
TAVERNER0.67670245.9016
PROUSE0.67670178.5714
BARTLET0.67670151.5152
BOWDON0.67670149.2537
BICKLEY0.67670143.8849
GREENAWAY0.67670142.8571
BLATCHFORD0.67670125.0000
UPHAM0.67670113.6364
NEWBERY0.67670103.6269
STARK0.6767098.1461
HEARD0.6767084.2697
CHARD0.6767079.1557
SNOW0.6767077.1775
WITHERS0.6767072.7934
SALTER0.6767071.8016
GODFREY0.6767070.4580
BROOKE0.6767070.1403
WOODLEY0.6767067.0017
PRATT0.6767064.9519
VICKERY0.6767061.7284
BROOM0.6767060.5327
LONDON0.6767059.8802
GRANGER0.6767058.3942
BEER0.6767055.9701
REDWOOD0.6767055.2486
POMEROY0.6767053.7634
VANSTONE0.6767052.0833
LUGG0.6767050.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 670 people called KENWOOD in Whimple 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 7096.7742 in Whimple means that 7096.7742% of the people in Whimple on census day were called KENWOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KENWOOD 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 KENWOOD 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 KENWOOD 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 KENWOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.67 in Whimple means that you are 0.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KENWOOD in Whimple than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Whimple in 1881

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

ASHFORD (2)  BAKER (22)  BAMSEY (4)  BANDEN (2)  BARRON (1)  BURRON (BARRON) (8)  BARTLETT (11)  BARTLET (1)  BEER (6)  BICKLEY (4)  BIRD (3)  BLATCHFORD (2)  BLACKMORE (2)  BOBETT (10)  BOVETT (1)  BOWDON (1)  BAUDEN (1)  BOLE (11)  BURRON (2)  BROOKE (7)  BROOM (5)  BROWN (1)  BULL (5)  CALLARD (3)  CANNIFORD (5)  CAPRON (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CHARD (3)  CHOWN (1)  CLARK (1)  COLES (7)  COLLMAN (3)  CONWAY (5)  CORNER (1)  CORNWALL (1)  DEEM (7)  DENNING (1)  DREW (2)  DUNN (19)  DURHAM (1)  DYER (5)  DYMOND (10)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIOTT (7)  EVANS (1)  EVELEIGH (8)  FIELD (2)  FINNING (3)  FOX (1)  GIFFORD (2)  GLANVILL (1)  GLOIN (1)  GODFREY (14)  GOULDON (1)  GRANGER (4)  GREENAWAY (6)  GURNEY (2)  HAGMANN (1)  HALFYARD (1)  HALLETT (1)  HAMMETT (1)  HAYMAN (2)  HANDCOCK (6)  HARDING (5)  HARRIS (12)  HARTNOLL (1)  HEARD (6)  EBDON (3)  HEUVILLE (1)  HEWITT (3)  HODGKINS (1)  HUGHES (3)  HUNT (6)  HUSSON (4)  JAMES (1)  JEFFERY (2)  JOHNS (4)  JOVE OR JOICE (2)  KELLY (2)  KENWOOD (22)  KNIGHT (1)  LAMACRAFT (1)  LORING (2)  LEWIS (5)  LEWORTHY (9)  LOCK (4)  LOCKYEAR (11)  LONDON (2)  LOOSEMORE (1)  LUGG (1)  MARKE (3)  MARTIN (8)  MAUNDER (1)  MINGO (4)  MOORE (3)  MORTIMORE (1)  MULLINS (3)  NEWBERY (2)  NILLEY (2)  PAINTER (2)  PALFREY (2)  PATTEN (2)  PAYNE (1)  PAREY (1)  PERRY (1)  PIDGEON (1)  PIKE (2)  POLLASER (1)  POMEROY (1)  PONSFORD (4)  POOK (1)  PRATT (25)  PRINCE (1)  PRING (1)  PROUSE (2)  QUAINTENN (2)  QUAINTANCE (2)  RADFORD (1)  RAYMOND (1)  REDWOOD (1)  REES (1)  RICHARDS (13)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (2)  ROWLAND (7)  SALTER (11)  SANDERS (12)  SCADDING (7)  SEARLE (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHORLAND (6)  SYMONDS (1)  SYMONS (1)  SKINNER (2)  SMITH (8)  SNOW (7)  STARKE (3)  STARK (9)  STOKES (3)  STREET (2)  SUMMERS (5)  TANTON (5)  TAVERNER (3)  THARME (1)  TIMMS (3)  TRICKEY (17)  TRUDE (5)  TRUMP (7)  TUCK (4)  TUCKER (1)  TURL (3)  TURNER (8)  UPHAM (1)  VANSTONE (1)  VENN (8)  VICKERY (3)  VINE (2)  WARE (3)  WEBBER (5)  WHEATON (5)  WHITE (3)  WITHERS (8)  WOODLY (4)  WOODLEY (4)  WOODROW (1)  WILLEY (1)  YENDELL (1)  YOULDEN (7)