Top surnames from the 1881 census in Belstone, Devon

Belstone 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
KELLY127.692370.26
OLDRIDGE117.05135,238.10
WOOD95.769218.11
WESTAWAY95.76922,647.06
MEDLAND74.48722,000.00
WOODMAN63.8462348.84
PAULEY63.84623,529.41
GILLARD53.2051367.65
BROCK53.2051276.24
LOCK53.2051112.61
BOWDEN42.564188.89
ASH42.5641155.04
NEILL42.5641388.35
HUTCHINGS42.5641136.52
ISAAC31.9231153.06
ELLIS31.923113.25
BORN21.28211,818.18
LUSCOMBE21.2821250.00
JACKMAN10.641068.97
GRATTON10.6410161.29
DYMOND10.6410181.82
BROWNING10.641031.55
WIGHT10.6410125.00
VALLANCE10.6410142.86
DUKE10.641055.25
JORDAN10.641014.51
BOLT10.641088.50
WESTLAKE10.641088.50
MILLS10.64104.94
DECENT10.64105,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OLDRIDGE0.161565238.0952
DECENT0.161565000.0000
PAULEY0.161563529.4118
WESTAWAY0.161562647.0588
MEDLAND0.161562000.0000
BORN0.161561818.1818
NEILL0.16156388.3495
GILLARD0.16156367.6471
WOODMAN0.16156348.8372
BROCK0.16156276.2431
LUSCOMBE0.16156250.0000
DYMOND0.16156181.8182
GRATTON0.16156161.2903
ASH0.16156155.0388
ISAAC0.16156153.0612
VALLANCE0.16156142.8571
HUTCHINGS0.16156136.5188
WIGHT0.16156125.0000
LOCK0.16156112.6126
BOWDEN0.1615688.8889
BOLT0.1615688.4956
WESTLAKE0.1615688.4956
KELLY0.1615670.2576
JACKMAN0.1615668.9655
DUKE0.1615655.2486
BROWNING0.1615631.5457
WOOD0.1615618.1050
JORDAN0.1615614.5138
ELLIS0.1615613.2450
MILLS0.161564.9432

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 156 people called OLDRIDGE in Belstone 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 5238.0952 in Belstone means that 5238.0952% of the people in Belstone on census day were called OLDRIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OLDRIDGE 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 OLDRIDGE 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 OLDRIDGE 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 OLDRIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Belstone means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OLDRIDGE in Belstone than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Belstone in 1881

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

OLDRIDGE (11)  ARSCOTT (2)  ASH (4)  BOLT (1)  BOWDEN (4)  BROCK (5)  BROWNING (1)  BORN (2)  CHAMINGS (1)  CLINACK (5)  DECENT (1)  DENING (1)  DUKE (1)  DYMOND (1)  ELLIS (3)  ENDACOTT (4)  GILLARD (5)  GLANFIELD (5)  JORDAN (1)  GRATTON (1)  HUTCHINGS (4)  ISAAC (3)  JACKMAN (1)  KELLY (12)  M KEOWN (3)  LOCK (5)  LUSCOMBE (2)  LYDDON (1)  MEDLAND (7)  MILLS (1)  MOGRIDGE (2)  NEILL (4)  PAULEY (6)  REDDAWAY (12)  STANDLAKE (3)  SYMINGTON (4)  VALLANCE (1)  WESTAWAY (9)  WESTLAKE (1)  WIGHT (1)  WOOD (9)  WOODMAN (6)