Top surnames from the 1881 census in Alwington, Devon

Alwington 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
PENNINGTON236.1008412.19
LOTT153.97881,034.48
WICKETT133.44833,170.73
BEER123.1830199.01
LEE112.917817.85
HOLMAN102.6525186.92
FORD102.652527.23
BALE92.3873318.02
MITCHELL92.387311.77
PALMER92.387320.25
WEBBER82.122069.44
JEWELL71.8568176.77
JEFFERY71.856885.47
MATTHEWS71.856821.28
LANE71.856826.94
WADE61.591539.76
BROOKS61.591516.28
SANDERS61.591535.11
BETTY61.59151,304.35
RUTHVEN51.32631,041.67
WALTER51.326386.51
AYRE51.3263236.97
CHAMPION51.3263126.58
ANDREW41.061033.47
MALLETT41.0610119.05
PARNELL41.0610109.89
BAILEY41.06107.04
HARRIS41.06104.17
WAKELY41.0610645.16
CRABB30.795876.73
LEY30.7958181.82
VEAL30.7958130.43
DYMOND30.7958227.27
REES30.79589.15
BREND30.79581,578.95
SPRATT20.530595.24
MORRISH20.5305133.33
FULFORD20.5305158.73
KERSLAKE20.5305158.73
CHING20.5305327.87
WILLIAMS20.53050.74
BLIGHT20.5305116.96
SQUIRE20.530544.74
PASSMORE20.530590.91
NICHOLS10.26538.14
BUSE10.2653476.19
PHILPOTT10.265334.60
BOND10.26535.01
ELLIOTT10.26533.13
BELTON10.265349.26

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WICKETT0.383773170.7317
BREND0.383771578.9474
BETTY0.383771304.3478
RUTHVEN0.383771041.6667
LOTT0.383771034.4828
WAKELY0.38377645.1613
HARIS0.38377500.0000
BUSE0.38377476.1905
JERRETT0.38377454.5455
PENNINGTON0.38377412.1864
CHING0.38377327.8689
BALE0.38377318.0212
FOUND0.38377238.0952
AYRE0.38377236.9668
DYMOND0.38377227.2727
BEER0.38377199.0050
HOLMAN0.38377186.9159
LEY0.38377181.8182
JEWELL0.38377176.7677
KERSLAKE0.38377158.7302
FULFORD0.38377158.7302
MORRISH0.38377133.3333
VEAL0.38377130.4348
CHAMPION0.38377126.5823
MALLETT0.38377119.0476
BLIGHT0.38377116.9591
PARNELL0.38377109.8901
SPRATT0.3837795.2381
VANSTONE0.3837792.5926
PASSMORE0.3837790.9091
MUDGE0.3837786.9565
WALTER0.3837786.5052
JEFFERY0.3837785.4701
CRABB0.3837776.7263
WEBBER0.3837769.4444
NEWBERRY0.3837764.5161
BELTON0.3837749.2611
SQUIRE0.3837744.7427
WADE0.3837739.7614
SANDERS0.3837735.1083
PHILPOTT0.3837734.6021
ANDREW0.3837733.4728
FORD0.3837727.2331
LANE0.3837726.9438
SYMONDS0.3837722.0264
MATTHEWS0.3837721.2831
PALMER0.3837720.2520
LEE0.3837717.8542
BROOKS0.3837716.2822
MAIN0.3837716.2075

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 377 people called WICKETT in Alwington 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 3170.7317 in Alwington means that 3170.7317% of the people in Alwington on census day were called WICKETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WICKETT 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 WICKETT 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 WICKETT 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 WICKETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Alwington means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WICKETT in Alwington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Alwington in 1881

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

ADDICOTT (2)  ANDREW (4)  BAILEY (4)  BALE (9)  BECALICK (3)  BEER (12)  BELTON (1)  BETTY (6)  BLIGHT (2)  BOND (1)  BREND (3)  BROOKS (6)  BUSE (1)  CHAMPION (5)  CHING (2)  PINE COFFIN (14)  COLEOILL (1)  CRABB (3)  DANNELL (6)  DAVEY (1)  DAYMAN (5)  DENNIS (1)  DOWNING (1)  DYMOND (3)  ELLIOTT (1)  AYRE (5)  FISHLOCK (1)  FORD (10)  FOUND (1)  FULFORD (2)  JERRETT (1)  HARIS (1)  HARRIS (4)  HOLMAN (10)  HOOLE (2)  JEFFERY (7)  JEWELL (7)  JONES (1)  KIDWILL (4)  KERSLAKE (2)  LANE (7)  LEE (11)  LEY (3)  LITTLEJOHNS (1)  LOTT (15)  MAIN (1)  MALLETT (4)  MATTHEWS (7)  MITCHELL (9)  MORRISH (2)  MUDGE (1)  MULES (2)  MURLESS (1)  NANCEKIEVILL (6)  NEWBERRY (1)  NICHOLS (1)  PALMER (9)  PARNELL (4)  PASSMORE (2)  PENNINGTON (23)  PHILPOTT (1)  REDCLIFF (2)  REES (3)  ROBINSON (1)  RUTHVEN (5)  SERJEANT (3)  SANDERS (6)  SYMONDS (1)  SLUMAN (5)  SMALDON (3)  SMITH (1)  SPEKE (1)  SPRATT (2)  SQUANCE (12)  SQUIRE (2)  TYTHACOTT (5)  TRATHING (3)  TRUEN (1)  VAGGERS (1)  VANSTONE (1)  VOYSEY (1)  VEAL (3)  WADE (6)  WAKELY (4)  WALTER (5)  WEBBER (8)  WITCOMBE (1)  WICKETT (13)  WILLIAMS (2)  WINSBORROW (10)