Top surnames from the 1881 census in Butterleigh, Devon

Butterleigh 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
WESTERN1310.83332,600.00
HARRIS97.500029.51
QUICK75.8333522.39
HAWKINS65.000069.04
DUNN65.000060.12
LANG65.0000223.88
BROOM54.1667337.84
KERSLAKE54.16671,250.00
BRAY43.333399.26
MIDDLETON32.500047.62
CRISPIN32.50001,153.85
RICHARDS32.500016.56
MAY32.500039.27
COPP21.6667526.32
SANDERS21.666736.76
HARRISON21.66677.51
NOON21.6667232.56
WEBB21.666712.29
ROWE21.666729.33
PURRINGTON21.666710,000.00
ELLIS21.666711.47
WEBBER21.666754.50
FRENCH10.833317.06
ELLEN10.8333384.62
LEY10.8333192.31
CROOK10.833328.99
CARTER10.83334.97
ELSTON10.8333172.41
SMITH10.83330.59
HARVEY10.83337.81
GILLARD10.833396.15
PURDY10.8333147.06
DART10.8333178.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PURRINGTON0.1212010000.0000
WESTERN0.121202600.0000
KERSLAKE0.121201250.0000
CRISPIN0.121201153.8462
COPP0.12120526.3158
QUICK0.12120522.3881
ELLEN0.12120384.6154
BROOM0.12120337.8378
NOON0.12120232.5581
LANG0.12120223.8806
LEY0.12120192.3077
DART0.12120178.5714
ELSTON0.12120172.4138
PURDY0.12120147.0588
BRAY0.1212099.2556
GILLARD0.1212096.1538
HAWKINS0.1212069.0449
DUNN0.1212060.1202
WEBBER0.1212054.4959
MIDDLETON0.1212047.6190
MAY0.1212039.2670
SANDERS0.1212036.7647
HARRIS0.1212029.5082
ROWE0.1212029.3255
CROOK0.1212028.9855
FRENCH0.1212017.0648
RICHARDS0.1212016.5563
WEBB0.1212012.2926
ELLIS0.1212011.4745
HARVEY0.121207.8064
HARRISON0.121207.5075
CARTER0.121204.9652
SMITH0.121200.5902

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 120 people called PURRINGTON in Butterleigh 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 10000.0000 in Butterleigh means that 10000.0000% of the people in Butterleigh on census day were called PURRINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PURRINGTON 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 PURRINGTON 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 PURRINGTON 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 PURRINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Butterleigh means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PURRINGTON in Butterleigh than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Butterleigh in 1881

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

BOADEN (2)  BRAY (4)  BROOM (5)  CARTER (1)  CHATTEY (4)  CLIST (1)  COCKERAM (1)  COPP (2)  CRISPIN (3)  CROOK (1)  DART (1)  DUNN (6)  ELLEN (1)  ELLIS (2)  ELSTON (1)  FRENCH (1)  FUELKES (1)  GILLARD (1)  HANNABEERS (2)  HARRIS (9)  HARRISON (2)  HARVEY (1)  HAWKINS (6)  JEFFREE (1)  KERSLAKE (5)  LANG (6)  LEY (1)  MAY (3)  MIDDLETON (3)  NOON (2)  PURDY (1)  PURRINGTON (2)  QUICK (7)  RICHARDS (3)  ROWE (2)  SANDERS (2)  SHIPSCOTT (3)  SMITH (1)  WEBB (2)  WEBBER (2)  WESTERN (13)  WIPPELL (3)