Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bickleigh, Devon

Bickleigh 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
KING315.201323.87
LUSCOMBE132.1812426.23
ROWE132.181238.40
LEE132.181213.35
PARR101.677967.16
GOLD101.6779294.99
GODDARD91.510137.55
MOUL91.51012,812.50
GAY91.5101113.35
ATWILL91.51013,000.00
DAWE91.5101173.41
ALLEN81.34237.11
SYMONS81.342397.68
BISSETT81.3423563.38
MATHEWS81.342336.35
PIKE71.174540.39
DAVEY71.174528.57
GREGORY71.174516.74
KEELEY71.1745289.26
SNELL71.174562.06
BAKER71.17455.36
CANTER71.17451,346.15
SELWAY61.0067375.00
MAKER61.0067645.16
WHITE61.00673.13
SALISBURY61.0067101.35
WEBBER61.006732.95
WESTLAKE61.0067138.89
HAMLEY61.0067789.47
BOND61.006719.02
WATTS61.006712.01
DAMERELL61.00671,714.29
PRIDHAM61.0067631.58
VENTON61.00671,071.43
CAREW61.00671,071.43
TOZER61.0067168.07
EASTERBROOK50.8389294.12
HALLS50.8389106.16
FOWLER50.838914.69
BENNETT50.83895.10
HOWARD50.83898.55
BEER50.838952.41
HAM50.8389111.61
BLANCHARD50.8389102.25
BERRY50.838910.57
COLE50.83899.21
GOLLOP40.6711625.00
BARRETT40.67119.99
COWLING40.671176.34
LOBB40.6711136.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ATWILL0.605963000.0000
MOUL0.605962812.5000
DAMERELL0.605961714.2857
GRAYER0.605961666.6667
CANTER0.605961346.1538
VENTON0.605961071.4286
CAREW0.605961071.4286
HAMLEY0.60596789.4737
MAKER0.60596645.1613
GULLETT0.60596645.1613
PRIDHAM0.60596631.5789
GOLLOP0.60596625.0000
BISSETT0.60596563.3803
VEYSEY0.60596535.7143
MERSON0.60596447.7612
LUSCOMBE0.60596426.2295
PATER0.60596400.0000
SELWAY0.60596375.0000
PERHAM0.60596363.6364
GOLD0.60596294.9853
EASTERBROOK0.60596294.1176
KEELEY0.60596289.2562
GLASSON0.60596247.9339
FOLLAND0.60596227.2727
PILLAR0.60596204.0816
SELLICK0.60596188.6792
DAWE0.60596173.4104
TOZER0.60596168.0672
ELFORD0.60596165.7459
COCKRAM0.60596148.5149
WESTLAKE0.60596138.8889
RAWLING0.60596138.2488
LOBB0.60596136.0544
BEEDLE0.60596131.5789
UPHAM0.60596128.2051
PALK0.60596126.5823
REDWOOD0.60596124.2236
WOTTON0.60596117.6471
GAY0.60596113.3501
HAM0.60596111.6071
HALLS0.60596106.1571
ELSTON0.60596103.8062
BLANCHARD0.60596102.2495
SALISBURY0.60596101.3514
SYMONS0.6059697.6801
CRIDLAND0.6059697.0874
BIDGOOD0.6059684.7458
BRAUND0.6059680.0000
PENGELLY0.6059678.4314
COWLING0.6059676.3359

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 596 people called ATWILL in Bickleigh 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 3000.0000 in Bickleigh means that 3000.0000% of the people in Bickleigh on census day were called ATWILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ATWILL 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 ATWILL 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 ATWILL 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 ATWILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.60 in Bickleigh means that you are 0.60 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ATWILL in Bickleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bickleigh in 1881

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

ALLEN (8)  ANLEY (3)  ATWILL (9)  AVERY (1)  BACK (1)  BAKER (7)  BALDICK (2)  BAMSEY (11)  BARRETT (4)  BATTISHILL (1)  BEEDLE (1)  BEER (5)  BENNETT (5)  BERRY (5)  BEVIN (1)  BIDGOOD (1)  BISSETT (8)  BLANCHARD (5)  BOND (6)  BRAUND (1)  BRONSON OR BRENSON (2)  BROADHURST (2)  CANN (1)  CANTER (7)  CHATTEY (3)  COCKRAM (3)  COLE (5)  CORBER (1)  COWLING (4)  CRIDLAND (1)  CROOK (3)  DAMERELL (6)  DAVEY (7)  DAWE (9)  DUCK (1)  DUMBLE (2)  EASTERBROOK (5)  ELFORD (3)  ELLIS (3)  ELSTON (3)  EVANS (1)  FERRIS (1)  FEWINGS (2)  FIGG (1)  FOLLAND (2)  FOWLER (5)  FRENCH (1)  GOLLOP (4)  GAY (9)  GILL (2)  GILES (3)  GULLETT (2)  GLASSON (3)  GODDARD (9)  GOLD (10)  GRAY (1)  GRAYER (3)  GREGORY (7)  GRIFFIN (1)  HALLS (5)  HAM (5)  HAMLYN (5)  HAMLEY (6)  HARRIS (1)  HATHERLEY (4)  HIGGINGS (3)  HILL (3)  HUCKER (1)  HOSEGOOD (5)  HOWARD (5)  HURRELL (2)  IRELAND (2)  KEELEY (7)  KEMP (2)  CAREW (6)  KING (31)  KNOWLES (1)  LANE (2)  LEE (13)  LEWIS (1)  LILLICRAP (2)  LOBB (4)  LUSCOMBE (13)  MAKER (6)  MALLETT (1)  MANLEY (2)  MARSDEN (1)  MARTIN (2)  MATHEWS (8)  MAUNDER (3)  MERSON (3)  MOGRIDGE (4)  MONK (1)  MOOR (1)  MORTIMER (1)  MOUL (9)  MOYLE (1)  NASH (3)  NEWTON (1)  NORRISH (1)  NORTHMORE (1)  PALK (1)  PALMER (2)  PARR (10)  PEARCE (2)  PEARSE (2)  PENGELLY (2)  PENNY (1)  PERHAM (2)  PERRY (1)  PATER (1)  PETHYBRIDGE (7)  PHILLIPS (2)  PIKE (7)  PILLAR (1)  PITMAN (1)  PITWOOD (4)  POLLYBLANK (2)  POMEROY (1)  PRIDHAM (6)  PROWSE (1)  REDWOOD (2)  RICH (1)  RICHARDS (1)  ROWE (13)  RAWLING (3)  SALISBURY (6)  SANDOVER (2)  SANDERS (1)  SCOBELL (2)  SELLICK (3)  SELWAY (6)  SEWARD (2)  SYMONS (8)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (1)  SNELL (7)  SPEAR (2)  SPURRELL (5)  SQUIRE (1)  SOWDEN (1)  TALBOT (1)  THOMAS (1)  THORN (1)  TODRICK (4)  TOZER (6)  TURNBULL (1)  UPHAM (1)  VEYSEY (3)  VENTON (6)  VINICOMBE (1)  VODDEN (2)  WALDEN (1)  WALTERS (1)  WARDEN (1)  WARNE (1)  WATTS (6)  WEBBER (6)  WEEKS (2)  WESTLAKE (6)  WHIDEN (2)  WHITE (6)  WILLCOCKS (6)  WILLCOX (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WOTTON (2)