Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alverdiscott, Devon

Alverdiscott 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
COPP155.51471,724.14
SQUIRE145.1471433.44
MOORE93.308816.55
KENNEDY82.941248.78
SUSSEX82.94124,705.88
COOK82.941214.81
JOY82.9412349.35
HOOPER72.573560.76
HAMMET72.57358,750.00
GILL72.573536.36
TRICK62.20591,875.00
TUCKER62.205939.87
BRANTON51.83821,020.41
CLEMENTS51.838255.43
PRIEST51.8382140.45
JEFFERY51.838284.60
SPEARMAN51.83821,162.79
CHIPMAN51.83823,571.43
JENNINGS41.470629.01
DUNN41.470617.68
SHAMBROOK41.47061,250.00
BOUNDY41.4706851.06
THORNE41.470669.81
BROOKS41.470615.04
TROTT41.4706223.46
WADE31.102927.55
DALZELL31.1029857.14
MATHEWS31.102929.85
PAGE31.102913.79
FAIRCHILD20.7353327.87
ANDREWS20.73537.67
CHARD20.7353129.87
WARREN20.735311.00
RAYMOND10.367663.69
PERRYMAN10.3676102.04
ADAMS10.36762.50
ISAAC10.367629.33
HARRIS10.36761.45
WOLSTENHOLME10.367646.08
GRILLS10.3676357.14
CANN10.367639.68
JOSLIN10.367695.24
WARMINGTON10.3676200.00
FISHER10.36763.14
DEANE10.367644.05
PARR10.367614.71
HULTON10.3676185.19
MOOR10.367626.25
HARDING10.36765.08
WHITE10.36761.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMMET0.272728750.0000
SUSSEX0.272724705.8824
CHIPMAN0.272723571.4286
ISSAC0.272722500.0000
TRICK0.272721875.0000
COPP0.272721724.1379
SHAMBROOK0.272721250.0000
SPEARMAN0.272721162.7907
BRANTON0.272721020.4082
DALZELL0.27272857.1429
BOUNDY0.27272851.0638
SQUIRE0.27272433.4365
GRILLS0.27272357.1429
JOY0.27272349.3450
FAIRCHILD0.27272327.8689
TROTT0.27272223.4637
WARMINGTON0.27272200.0000
HULTON0.27272185.1852
PRIEST0.27272140.4494
CHARD0.27272129.8701
DARK0.27272102.0408
PERRYMAN0.27272102.0408
JOSLIN0.2727295.2381
JEFFERY0.2727284.6024
THORNE0.2727269.8080
RAYMOND0.2727263.6943
HOOPER0.2727260.7639
GRIGG0.2727256.1798
CLEMENTS0.2727255.4324
KENNEDY0.2727248.7805
WOLSTENHOLME0.2727246.0829
DEANE0.2727244.0529
TUCKER0.2727239.8671
CANN0.2727239.6825
GILL0.2727236.3636
MATHEWS0.2727229.8507
ISAAC0.2727229.3255
JENNINGS0.2727229.0065
WADE0.2727227.5482
PICKARD0.2727226.3852
MOOR0.2727226.2467
DUNN0.2727217.6835
MOORE0.2727216.5472
BROOKS0.2727215.0432
COOK0.2727214.8066
PARR0.2727214.7059
PAGE0.2727213.7931
WARREN0.2727210.9951
ANDREWS0.272727.6746
MAY0.272725.7737

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 272 people called HAMMET in Alverdiscott 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 8750.0000 in Alverdiscott means that 8750.0000% of the people in Alverdiscott on census day were called HAMMET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMMET 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 HAMMET 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 HAMMET 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 HAMMET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Alverdiscott means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMMET in Alverdiscott than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alverdiscott in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANDREWS (2)  BISETT (1)  BOUNDY (4)  BRANTON (5)  BROOKS (4)  BRAUNTON (11)  CANN (1)  CAWSEY (6)  SHADDICK (1)  CHIPMAN (5)  CHARD (2)  CLEMENTS (5)  CLOAK (1)  COOK (8)  COPP (15)  DALZELL (3)  DARK (1)  DEANE (1)  DENDLE (1)  DUNN (4)  FAIRCHILD (2)  FISHER (1)  GILL (7)  GRIGG (1)  GRILLS (1)  HEELE (1)  HAMMET (7)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (1)  HOOKWAY (2)  HOOPER (7)  HULTON (1)  ISAAC (1)  ISSAC (1)  JEFFERY (5)  JENNINGS (4)  JOSHLIN (1)  JOSLIN (1)  JOY (8)  KEATES (1)  KENNEDY (8)  LIMEBEER (1)  LITTLEJOHNS (1)  MATHEWS (3)  MAY (1)  MOORE (9)  MOOR (1)  PAGE (3)  PARR (1)  PERRYMAN (1)  PETHEBRIDGE (12)  PICKARD (1)  PITTWOOD (8)  PRIEST (5)  RAYMOND (1)  RYDON (2)  SCOTT (1)  SHAMBROOK (4)  SMITH (1)  SPEARMAN (5)  SQUIRE (14)  SUSSEX (8)  TALLAMY (4)  THORNE (4)  TREFFRY (2)  TRICK (6)  TROTT (4)  TUCKER (6)  TUPLIN (1)  UPCOTT (1)  VODDEN (6)  WADE (3)  WALDERN (2)  WARD (1)  WARMINGTON (1)  WARREN (2)  WHITE (1)  WOLSTENHOLME (1)