Top surnames from the 1881 census in Buckland West, Devon

Buckland West 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
NOTT287.58811,076.92
KINGDON195.14911,652.17
VICKERY154.0650559.70
COURTNEY102.7100377.36
JONES92.43902.15
HOLLOWAY92.439079.65
RICHARDS82.168014.35
ROBERTSON82.168012.94
GAMMON82.1680402.01
BEER82.1680135.36
PEARCE71.897020.65
PARKER61.62608.55
ADAMS51.35509.19
LUXTON51.3550306.75
KETTER51.355025,000.00
DAVEY51.355032.96
BALE41.0840144.40
ROGERS41.08408.35
RICE41.084034.90
HARRIS41.08404.27
BAKER41.08404.95
HARDING30.813011.23
GERMAN30.8130174.42
HOOPER30.813019.19
DOWDLE30.81301,578.95
BUCKINGHAM30.813060.98
COURTENAY30.8130697.67
GEORGE30.813013.86
MARTIN30.81303.30
WILLIAMS30.81301.13
TAPLIN30.8130232.56
MILLER30.81304.54
BOWDEN30.813028.17
CLARKE30.81304.01
SNELL30.813042.92
AVERY20.542032.31
YEO20.5420103.09
PICKEN20.5420129.87
TUCKER20.54209.79
BROOKS20.54205.54
LOVELL20.542025.91
WELLS20.54206.51
BENNETT20.54203.30
SCOTT20.54202.14
TURNER20.54201.95
WOOLCOTT20.5420392.16
PERRIN20.542052.91
HORSFORD20.5420526.32
PUGSLEY20.5420175.44
NEWMAN20.54207.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KETTER0.3736925000.0000
SHAIN0.373691666.6667
KINGDON0.373691652.1739
DOWDLE0.373691578.9474
BULT0.373691111.1111
NOTT0.373691076.9231
COURTENAY0.37369697.6744
VICKERY0.37369559.7015
HORSFORD0.37369526.3158
LANCEY0.37369526.3158
COON0.37369500.0000
WILKEY0.37369476.1905
ROWCLIFFE0.37369416.6667
GAMMON0.37369402.0101
WOOLCOTT0.37369392.1569
COURTNEY0.37369377.3585
PRUST0.37369344.8276
LUXTON0.37369306.7485
BRAYLEY0.37369250.0000
TAPLIN0.37369232.5581
WONNACOTT0.37369204.0816
PUGSLEY0.37369175.4386
GERMAN0.37369174.4186
SEARLES0.37369166.6667
GRENFELL0.37369161.2903
BRANTON0.37369151.5152
BALE0.37369144.4043
MOLES0.37369140.8451
RAYNES0.37369136.9863
DONEY0.37369136.9863
BEER0.37369135.3638
PICKEN0.37369129.8701
KEECH0.37369128.2051
YEO0.37369103.0928
KEW0.3736992.5926
CADE0.3736986.9565
HOLLOWAY0.3736979.6460
BODY0.3736979.3651
DARK0.3736975.1880
BICKNELL0.3736968.0272
SHEARS0.3736961.7284
BUCKINGHAM0.3736960.9756
PILE0.3736958.8235
MICHELL0.3736956.8182
COTTLE0.3736955.2486
LINDSEY0.3736953.1915
PERRIN0.3736952.9101
TOLLEY0.3736951.8135
WOOLDRIDGE0.3736949.5050
SNELL0.3736942.9185

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 369 people called KETTER in Buckland West 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 25000.0000 in Buckland West means that 25000.0000% of the people in Buckland West on census day were called KETTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KETTER 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 KETTER 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 KETTER 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 KETTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.37 in Buckland West means that you are 0.37 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KETTER in Buckland West than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Buckland West in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ASH (1)  ASHFORD (1)  AVERY (2)  BAKER (4)  BALE (4)  BEER (8)  BENNETT (2)  BICKNELL (1)  BIRD (1)  BODY (1)  BOULTON (1)  BOWDEN (3)  BRADFORD (1)  BRANTON (1)  BRAYLEY (1)  BROOKS (2)  BRYAN (1)  BRYANT (1)  BUCKINGHAM (3)  BULT (1)  CADE (1)  CALVERT (1)  CHOPE (1)  CLARKE (3)  CLATWORTHY (4)  KEW (1)  COON (1)  COTTLE (1)  COTTON (1)  COURTENAY (3)  COURTNEY (10)  CORTNEY (1)  COXHEAD (2)  CROSS (1)  CULVEWELL (1)  CUNDALL (1)  CUTLAND (3)  DALLYN (7)  DARK (1)  DAVEY (5)  DONEY (1)  DOWDLE (3)  DRAKE (1)  DYER (1)  FORD (1)  GAMMON (8)  GEORGE (3)  GERMAN (3)  GIBBS (1)  GNOSS (1)  GRENFELL (1)  HEALE (1)  HALLIFAX (2)  HAYMAN (1)  HARDING (3)  HARRIS (4)  HASELEY (1)  HEWETT (1)  HOLLOWAY (9)  HOOPER (3)  HORSFORD (2)  JONES (9)  KEECH (1)  KELLY (1)  KETTER (5)  KINGDON (19)  NOTT (28)  LANCEY (1)  LEYBURN (1)  LEE (1)  LEWORTHY (8)  LINDSEY (1)  LOCK (1)  LOND (1)  LONG (1)  LOVELL (2)  LUXTON (5)  MARTIN (3)  MACK (1)  MILLER (3)  MITCHELL (1)  MICHELL (1)  MOGRIDGE (1)  MORRIS (1)  MOLES (1)  MURRAY (1)  NEWMAN (2)  NORMAN (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (6)  PARMINTER (1)  PEARCE (7)  PATEY (1)  PERRIN (2)  PERRY (1)  PHILLPOTT (1)  PICKEN (2)  PILE (1)  PUKE (1)  POTLEY (1)  PRESTON (1)  PRICE (2)  PROCTOR (1)  PRUST (1)  PUGSLEY (2)  RAYNES (1)  RATCLIFF (1)  ROWCLIFFE (1)  REED (1)  RICE (4)  RICHARDS (8)  RIDD (5)  ROBERTSON (8)  ROGERS (4)  SCOTT (2)  SEARLES (1)  SHEARS (1)  SHAIN (1)  SIMONS (1)  SNELL (3)  STERE (1)  SYDENHAM (2)  TAPLIN (3)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (1)  TOLLEY (1)  TRUTE (1)  TUCKER (2)  TURNER (2)  VELLACOTT (1)  VICKERY (15)  WADE (1)  WALTERS (1)  WATTS (1)  WEIR (1)  WELLS (2)  WALLOND (1)  WHITE (1)  WILKEY (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WONNACOTT (1)  WOOLACOTT (1)  WOOLCOTT (2)  WOOLDRIDGE (1)  YEO (2)