Top surnames from the 1881 census in Compton, Devon

Compton 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
CLARK133.217810.71
JAMES102.475212.60
ROWE92.227739.23
BROWNING81.980297.32
BROWN81.98023.00
HARRIS81.98027.79
GOSS71.7327198.86
FINCH61.485144.61
COOKSLEY61.4851779.22
SLEEMAN61.4851458.02
COATES61.485139.84
WIGHT61.4851288.46
HENDY61.4851294.12
DUGDALE61.4851215.83
BILLING61.4851266.67
WAINRIGHT51.23762,631.58
LESLIE51.237674.74
LAW51.237627.35
ARTHUR51.237656.82
CROSS40.990114.39
HASSON40.99011,538.46
HARE40.990164.10
WATERS40.990124.65
ROW40.9901192.31
WILLIAMS40.99011.38
DAVY30.742660.24
HILLMAN30.742686.21
WINGATE30.7426208.33
IVEY30.7426263.16
RIDER30.742676.14
CARMELL30.74263,333.33
JORY30.7426576.92
DAN30.74261,250.00
THOMAS30.74261.80
CAWLEY30.7426140.19
KING30.74263.41
WHITEFORD30.7426280.37
GILL30.742610.49
SMITH30.74260.53
JACKSON30.74262.66
PELLOW30.7426434.78
WATSON30.74263.20
COLLINS30.74265.18
LANGON20.49506,666.67
GREEN20.49501.76
TELFER20.495082.64
DENIS20.4950800.00
FRANCE20.495032.57
WOODLEY20.495055.56
DAVEY20.495012.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LANGON0.404046666.6667
CARMELL0.404043333.3333
WAINRIGHT0.404042631.5789
HASSON0.404041538.4615
CROCK0.404041428.5714
DAN0.404041250.0000
HEADMAN0.40404909.0909
DENIS0.40404800.0000
COOKSLEY0.40404779.2208
DICKISON0.40404714.2857
BAY0.40404588.2353
JORY0.40404576.9231
SLEEMAN0.40404458.0153
HAMS0.40404434.7826
PELLOW0.40404434.7826
HOLLMAN0.40404416.6667
MILDREN0.40404416.6667
HENDER0.40404312.5000
HENDY0.40404294.1176
WIGHT0.40404288.4615
WHITEFORD0.40404280.3738
BILLING0.40404266.6667
IVEY0.40404263.1579
GULLEY0.40404256.4103
ELIOTT0.40404232.5581
DUGDALE0.40404215.8273
CAPLE0.40404212.7660
WINGATE0.40404208.3333
GOSS0.40404198.8636
HAMLEY0.40404196.0784
ROW0.40404192.3077
LIDSTONE0.40404185.1852
WEYMOUTH0.40404156.2500
DONCASTER0.40404153.8462
CAWLEY0.40404140.1869
MARTON0.40404135.1351
WALLING0.40404123.4568
COMBE0.40404108.6957
BROWNING0.4040497.3236
HILLMAN0.4040486.2069
KEMPTON0.4040486.2069
LEAN0.4040485.4701
RENDLE0.4040484.0336
TELFER0.4040482.6446
RIDER0.4040476.1421
LESLIE0.4040474.7384
OXFORD0.4040471.4286
PENROSE0.4040464.5161
JAGO0.4040464.5161
HARE0.4040464.1026

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 404 people called LANGON in Compton 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 6666.6667 in Compton means that 6666.6667% of the people in Compton on census day were called LANGON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LANGON 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 LANGON 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 LANGON 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 LANGON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Compton means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LANGON in Compton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Compton in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  ARTHUR (5)  BARDWIDE (1)  BARNES (1)  BARRETT (1)  BAZLEY (1)  BEDAUX (7)  BENNETT (1)  BILLING (6)  BANGHAM (4)  BROWN (8)  BROWNING (8)  BULLED (2)  BAY (1)  CARMELL (3)  CASEY (1)  CHANNINS (2)  CAPLE (1)  CLARK (13)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMENTS (2)  COATES (6)  CAWLEY (3)  COLLINS (3)  COMBE (1)  COMPTON (1)  CONNOR (2)  COOKE (1)  COOKSLEY (6)  COSGROVE (1)  CROSS (4)  CROCK (1)  DAN (3)  DAVEY (2)  DAVY (3)  DAW (1)  DENIS (2)  DICKISON (1)  DIXON (1)  DONCASTER (1)  DUGDALE (6)  ELIOTT (1)  EVANS (1)  FALDING (1)  FASILL (2)  FENN (1)  FENTON (2)  FINCH (6)  FISKS (2)  FOX (1)  FRANCE (2)  FRENCH (1)  GARDNER (1)  GILL (3)  GILES (1)  GOSS (7)  GRANT (1)  GRAY (1)  GREAVES (1)  GREEN (2)  GRIST (1)  GULLEY (1)  GUMBRILL (6)  HAMLEY (1)  HAMS (1)  HARE (4)  HARRIS (8)  HARRISON (2)  HARTOP (3)  HASSON (4)  HEADMAN (1)  HEATH (1)  HELSGER (2)  HENDER (1)  HENDY (6)  HILL (1)  HILLMAN (3)  HLYMER (5)  HOBBS (1)  HOLLMAN (1)  HORSWELL (2)  HOSLEM (1)  HUNDLE (1)  HUNTNELL (1)  HUSSEY (1)  ISAAC (1)  IVEY (3)  JACKSON (3)  JAGO (1)  JAMES (10)  JONES (2)  JORY (3)  KEMPTON (1)  KING (3)  LANDER (1)  LEAN (1)  LANGON (2)  LANYON (1)  LAW (5)  LAWDEN (1)  LAWRENCE (1)  LESLIE (5)  LETHBRIDGE (6)  LAVERS (4)  LIDSTONE (1)  LILLICRAP (1)  LONDEN (1)  LUXTON (1)  MARTIN (2)  MARTON (1)  MENHENNIDY (1)  MILDREN (1)  MICHELL (1)  MONLUCK (1)  MOODY (1)  MOSES (1)  MUDDEN (3)  MOULLIN (1)  NOBLE (2)  OLIVER (1)  OXFORD (1)  PEARCE (1)  PELLOW (3)  PENNY (1)  PENROSE (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PITT (1)  POLLARD (1)  POPLESTONE (5)  QUINS (1)  QUINSTON (1)  RENDLE (1)  RATTENBURY (4)  RATTLE (1)  RIDER (3)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (2)  ROWE (9)  ROW (4)  RUSSELL (1)  SAMBLE (1)  SCUDAMORE (2)  SLEEMAN (6)  SMITH (3)  SPEAR (1)  STERRELL (1)  STEPHENS (1)  STEPHENSON (1)  STIDSTON (6)  STURGESS (1)  SULTIBLANK (1)  TELFER (2)  TELFOR (1)  THOMAS (3)  TUCKER (1)  VOYSEY (1)  WAINRIGHT (5)  WATERS (4)  WATSON (3)  WEAVER (1)  WEATON (1)  WEYMOUTH (1)  WALLING (1)  WHIEFORD (2)  WIGHT (6)  WHITEFORD (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILLS (2)  WINGATE (3)  WINTERBOTTOM (1)  WOODLEY (2)