Top surnames from the 1881 census in Churchstow, Devon

Churchstow 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
TUCKER143.804368.76
BARNS123.2609506.33
ANDREWS112.989131.20
LUSCOMBE112.9891585.11
STEERE102.71743,448.28
KINGDOM82.1739930.23
EDWARDS61.63045.85
JARVIS61.630436.32
WILLS61.630454.55
WEEKES61.6304645.16
GOODMAN61.630455.87
SAVERY61.63041,034.48
JEFFERY61.630475.09
PROWSE61.6304357.14
GUEST51.358763.61
HINE51.3587171.82
HANNAFORD41.0870235.29
DREW41.087041.15
CLARKE41.08705.36
STONE41.087015.04
TRANT41.08702,000.00
HILL41.08704.27
KING30.81523.74
CAMP30.8152141.51
ROGERS30.81526.28
PUTT30.8152348.84
HURRELL30.8152136.99
FORD30.81528.37
WILLIAMS30.81521.13
OLDRIDGE30.8152600.00
ELLIOTT30.81529.61
CHAPPLE30.8152120.00
PEARCE30.81528.88
WOOD30.81522.56
PAISLEY30.8152365.85
SMITH20.54350.38
POUND20.5435114.29
GIFFORD20.543562.50
MACEY20.543598.52
LEWIS20.54352.07
RUNDLE20.543590.91
HAWKINS20.54357.51
MATTHEWS20.54356.23
SKINNER20.543510.71
COVE20.5435253.16
PARSONS20.54357.15
CONWAY20.543529.03
HARRIS20.54352.14
GILLARD20.543562.50
FRIEND20.543547.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEERE0.373683448.2759
BEVELL0.373683333.3333
TORRE0.373683333.3333
TRANT0.373682000.0000
VISICK0.373681250.0000
SAVERY0.373681034.4828
KINGDOM0.37368930.2326
NARRAMORE0.37368769.2308
LANDS0.37368666.6667
WEEKES0.37368645.1613
OLDRIDGE0.37368600.0000
LUSCOMBE0.37368585.1064
BARNS0.37368506.3291
WIDGER0.37368434.7826
LIDSTONE0.37368408.1633
PAISLEY0.37368365.8537
PROWSE0.37368357.1429
STRANGER0.37368357.1429
PUTT0.37368348.8372
PADDEN0.37368322.5806
VEYSEY0.37368294.1176
AVENT0.37368294.1176
RICK0.37368294.1176
ROLL0.37368256.4103
COVE0.37368253.1646
HANNAFORD0.37368235.2941
BOVEY0.37368232.5581
HINGSTON0.37368208.3333
HINE0.37368171.8213
CAMP0.37368141.5094
BURSTON0.37368136.9863
HURRELL0.37368136.9863
PERRING0.37368131.5789
SCOBLE0.37368126.5823
CRISPIN0.37368125.0000
CHAPPLE0.37368120.0000
POUND0.37368114.2857
SELLICK0.37368102.0408
MACEY0.3736898.5222
EASTERBROOK0.3736895.2381
RUNDLE0.3736890.9091
JEFFERY0.3736875.0939
WAKEHAM0.3736871.9424
TUCKER0.3736868.7623
GUEST0.3736863.6132
GILLARD0.3736862.5000
GIFFORD0.3736862.5000
GOODMAN0.3736855.8659
WILLS0.3736854.5455
GOODYEAR0.3736851.2821

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 368 people called STEERE in Churchstow 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 3448.2759 in Churchstow means that 3448.2759% of the people in Churchstow on census day were called STEERE.

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

All the surnames recorded in Churchstow in 1881

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

OLDRIDGE (3)  ANDREWS (11)  AVENT (1)  BALL (1)  BARNS (12)  BARNES (1)  BEAVEL (6)  BEVELL (1)  BIRCH (1)  BOND (1)  BOVEY (1)  BROWN (1)  BURSTON (1)  CAMP (3)  CARPENTER (1)  CARR (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHAPPLE (3)  CHIPEL (1)  CLARKE (4)  COAKELY (1)  COLE (1)  CONWAY (2)  COOPER (1)  COUCH (1)  COVE (2)  CRISPIN (1)  CRUMP (1)  DEACON (1)  DISTINE (1)  DREW (4)  EASTERBROOK (1)  EDGECOMBE (11)  EDMUNDS (1)  EDWARDS (6)  ELLIOTT (3)  ELLIS (1)  EVANS (1)  FAVIS (3)  FORD (3)  FOX (1)  FRIEND (2)  FROST (1)  GIFFORD (2)  GILLARD (2)  GOODMAN (6)  GOODYEAR (1)  GOSS (1)  GUEST (5)  HAMBLING (3)  HANNAFORD (4)  HARRIS (2)  HAWKINS (2)  HERCH (3)  HILL (4)  HINE (5)  HINGSTON (1)  HOBBS (1)  HURRELL (3)  JARVIS (6)  JEFFERY (6)  JOHNS (1)  KING (3)  KINGDOM (8)  LANDS (1)  LANE (1)  LEE (1)  LEGASSICK (1)  LETHBRIDGE (15)  LAVERS (1)  LEWIS (2)  LIDSTONE (2)  LUGGER (2)  LUSCOMBE (11)  MADDICK (1)  MANNING (1)  MACEY (2)  MATTHEWS (2)  MICHELMORE (2)  MILLER (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (1)  MULES (6)  NARRAMORE (1)  NARROWMORE (1)  NORCOMBE (1)  OLDREY (4)  PADDEN (1)  PAISLEY (3)  PARSONS (2)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PEARCE (3)  PATEY (1)  PEDERICK (5)  PINHEY (1)  PINWELL (1)  PERRATON (8)  PERRING (1)  POUND (2)  PROWSE (6)  PUTT (3)  QUARSON (1)  RUNDLE (2)  REEVE (1)  RENNELLS (2)  RICK (1)  ROGERS (3)  ROWE (1)  ROLL (1)  SANDERS (1)  SAVERY (6)  SCOBLE (1)  SELLICK (1)  SHERRIFF (1)  SKINNER (2)  SMITH (2)  SQUIRES (1)  STEERE (10)  STEPHENS (1)  STONE (4)  STRANGER (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THORNTON (1)  TOLCHARD (1)  TORRE (1)  TRANT (4)  TREBY (1)  TROUTE (1)  TUCKER (14)  VEYSEY (1)  VISICK (1)  WAKEHAM (1)  WARD (1)  WATTS (1)  WEEKES (6)  WIDGER (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILLS (6)  WOOD (3)  YABSLEY (3)