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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yarcombe, Devon

Yarcombe 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
SPILLER476.73351,183.88
DOBLE273.86821,350.00
WILLEY213.0086333.86
PAVEY202.8653668.90
MATTHEWS152.149024.63
CLARKE152.149010.61
LAWRENCE142.005730.88
LEE142.005712.27
LOCK131.862565.43
WISCOMBE121.71926,315.79
VICKERY111.5759217.39
WYATT111.575953.71
POTTER101.432722.09
TROTT91.2894196.08
BOARD91.2894347.49
NORTHAM81.1461625.00
HURFORD81.1461418.85
FORD81.146111.77
HARRIS81.14614.51
FARRANT71.0029169.08
EDWARDS71.00293.60
DIMOND71.0029343.14
NORTON71.002930.16
FARMER71.002932.08
SPARKS71.002966.35
DENSLOW71.00296,363.64
BATTEN71.0029108.70
HOCKEY71.0029328.64
COOMBES71.002993.83
CLAPP71.0029269.23
GILLARD60.859698.85
SWEETLAND60.8596674.16
PALMER60.85967.29
MILLER60.85964.80
WEBBER60.859628.13
NORTH60.859625.93
NORTHCOTE60.8596582.52
CROOK60.859629.94
KIBBY60.85961,463.41
HORNER50.716337.62
CARTER50.71634.27
POWELL50.71635.74
PIKE50.716324.64
BOND50.716313.53
KNIGHT50.71635.81
WAKLEY50.7163862.07
BURMAN50.7163179.86
EVERY50.7163480.77
MUTTER50.7163467.29
BARTLETT40.573113.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DENSLOW0.706986363.6364
WISCOMBE0.706986315.7895
KIBBY0.706981463.4146
DOBLE0.706981350.0000
SPILLER0.706981183.8791
SUMPTION0.706981176.4706
DREWER0.706981111.1111
SHOWERS0.706981000.0000
GLADE0.706981000.0000
WAKLEY0.70698862.0690
SWEETLAND0.70698674.1573
PAVEY0.70698668.8963
PELTON0.70698625.0000
NORTHAM0.70698625.0000
NORTHCOTE0.70698582.5243
GOLLOP0.70698533.3333
BOYLAND0.70698483.8710
EVERY0.70698480.7692
MUTTER0.70698467.2897
HURFORD0.70698418.8482
BOARD0.70698347.4903
DIMOND0.70698343.1373
WILLEY0.70698333.8633
WIDE0.70698333.3333
HOCKEY0.70698328.6385
BELLING0.70698322.5806
CLAPP0.70698269.2308
VICKERY0.70698217.3913
PINNEY0.70698206.1856
TROTT0.70698196.0784
BURMAN0.70698179.8561
WILLIE0.70698175.4386
FARRANT0.70698169.0821
MICHEL0.70698166.6667
PARLETT0.70698151.5152
SHIRE0.70698149.2537
SWINSON0.70698149.2537
TRENCHARD0.70698131.5789
YARD0.70698120.4819
CUFF0.70698110.2941
BATTEN0.70698108.6957
GILLARD0.7069898.8468
COOMBES0.7069893.8338
WILLMOTT0.7069891.5332
WAKELY0.7069886.9565
SPARKS0.7069866.3507
LOCK0.7069865.4253
PRING0.7069862.6959
BROMFIELD0.7069860.9756
MALLARD0.7069855.2486

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 698 people called DENSLOW in Yarcombe 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 6363.6364 in Yarcombe means that 6363.6364% of the people in Yarcombe on census day were called DENSLOW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DENSLOW 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 DENSLOW 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 DENSLOW 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 DENSLOW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.70 in Yarcombe means that you are 0.70 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DENSLOW in Yarcombe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yarcombe in 1881

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

HONIBALL (1)  EVERY (5)  BARTLETT (4)  BATSTONE (1)  BATTEN (7)  BEER (2)  BELLING (1)  BENNETT (4)  BILLING (1)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOARD (9)  BOND (5)  BOYLAND (3)  BRIGHT (2)  BROMFIELD (1)  BURMAN (5)  BURROWS (4)  CAREVITHEN (1)  CARTER (5)  CHICK (2)  CLAPP (7)  CLARKE (15)  CLARK (2)  CLARKESON (6)  COOMBES (7)  COUSINS (1)  CRABB (1)  CROOK (6)  CROSS (1)  CUFF (3)  CULVERWELL (5)  DAVEY (2)  DEANE (1)  DENNING (1)  DENSLOW (7)  DOBLE (27)  DOMMETT (7)  DRAKE (1)  DREWER (1)  DUNENT (1)  DYER (4)  DIMOND (7)  DYMOND (1)  EDWARDS (7)  FARMER (7)  FARRANT (7)  FARANT (FARRANT) (8)  FARANT (FARRANT (2)  FORD (8)  FRENCH (1)  GOLLOP (4)  GILLARD (6)  GLADE (1)  GRABHAM (6)  GRANT (1)  GREEDY (8)  HALLETT (3)  HARDING (3)  HARRIS (8)  HAWKINS (4)  HAYES (1)  HEDGELAND (6)  HOCKEY (7)  HOLDEN (3)  HORNER (5)  HUGGINS (1)  HURFORD (8)  HUSSEY (2)  HUTCHINS (2)  JACKSON (2)  CASE (1)  KIBBY (6)  KNIGHT (5)  LARTILIOT (1)  LAWRENCE (14)  LEE (14)  LEES (4)  LENTELL (6)  LEAT (1)  LOCK (13)  LONG (3)  LOCOCK (5)  MALLARD (1)  MATTHEWS (15)  MILLER (6)  MILVERTON (8)  MITCHELL (4)  MICHEL (1)  MOORE (2)  MULLINS (3)  MUTTER (5)  NORTH (6)  NORTHAM (8)  NORTHCOTE (6)  NORTON (7)  PALMER (6)  PARLETT (1)  PARSONS (2)  PAVEY (20)  PELTON (1)  PINNEY (2)  PENNY (1)  PERRY (1)  PHILLIPS (2)  PIKE (5)  POTTER (10)  POWELL (5)  PRING (2)  PYM (4)  QUICK (1)  RENDALL (1)  SALTER (1)  SANSOM (1)  SATURDAY (3)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOTT (1)  SHIRE (1)  SHOWERS (1)  SYMES (1)  SINGLETON (4)  SMITH (1)  SOUTHWOOD (1)  SPARKS (7)  SPILLER (47)  SUMERHAYS (2)  SUMMERS (1)  SUMPTION (2)  SWEETLAND (6)  SWINSON (1)  TILLEY (1)  TRENCHARD (1)  TROTT (9)  TUCKER (2)  TWOSE (2)  VICKERY (11)  WADELTON (1)  WAKELY (1)  WAKLEY (5)  WALDIN (4)  WEBBER (6)  WHITE (1)  WIDE (1)  WILEE OR WILCE (6)  WILLMINGTON (1)  WILLMOTT (4)  WILSON (1)  WINTER (1)  WISCOMBE (12)  WRIGHT (4)  WYATT (11)  WILLEY (21)  WILLIE (1)  YARD (1)