Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farway, Devon

Farway 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
WOOD175.882418.46
REED134.498361.61
PERRY134.498361.18
CARTER124.152224.74
HART103.460240.57
BERRY103.460243.61
ABBOTT93.114270.64
FARRANT93.1142526.32
DIMOND93.11421,071.43
BOARD82.7682747.66
SNELL82.7682146.25
LEE82.768216.94
BURROUGH72.42211,111.11
MOORE72.422112.11
WHITE62.07616.46
LONG62.076132.00
KIBBY62.07613,529.41
BISHOP62.076129.72
WEBBER62.076167.95
CONNETT51.73011,428.57
PHILLIPS51.73019.67
SELWAY51.7301649.35
BAGWELL51.73012,083.33
HOSKINS51.7301177.31
APPLING41.384140,000.00
NEWBURY41.3841227.27
BAKER41.38416.32
DAVEY41.384133.67
POMROY41.38411,904.76
NORMAN41.384129.87
RADFORD31.038154.74
WARD31.03814.75
PRING31.0381227.27
LANE20.692010.04
SPILLER20.6920121.95
THOMAS20.69201.68
PARSONS20.69209.11
CLARK20.69202.30
SMITH20.69200.49
BRIGHT20.692034.25
TOZER10.346057.80
DARE10.346080.00
PICKINGS10.34605,000.00
HOOPER10.34608.17
PAVEY10.346080.65
HARRIS10.34601.36
SHEPHERD10.34604.72
ROBBINS10.346022.12
APLIN10.3460125.00
HAWKINS10.34604.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
APPLING0.2928940000.0000
PICKINGS0.292895000.0000
KIBBY0.292893529.4118
BAGWELL0.292892083.3333
POMROY0.292891904.7619
CONNETT0.292891428.5714
BURROUGH0.292891111.1111
DIMOND0.292891071.4286
BOARD0.29289747.6636
SELWAY0.29289649.3506
FARRANT0.29289526.3158
NEWBURY0.29289227.2727
PRING0.29289227.2727
HOSKINS0.29289177.3050
SNELL0.29289146.2523
APLIN0.29289125.0000
SPILLER0.29289121.9512
ACKLAND0.29289105.2632
PAVEY0.2928980.6452
DARE0.2928980.0000
ABBOTT0.2928970.6436
DUNHAM0.2928968.0272
WEBBER0.2928967.9502
REED0.2928961.6114
PERRY0.2928961.1765
TOZER0.2928957.8035
RADFORD0.2928954.7445
STAMP0.2928947.1698
BERRY0.2928943.6110
HART0.2928940.5680
BRIGHT0.2928934.2466
DAVEY0.2928933.6700
LONG0.2928932.0000
NORMAN0.2928929.8730
BISHOP0.2928929.7177
CARTER0.2928924.7372
ROBBINS0.2928922.1239
WOOD0.2928918.4622
LEE0.2928916.9384
SALTER0.2928915.1286
LOVE0.2928914.5985
MOORE0.2928912.1128
VINCENT0.2928911.0988
LANE0.2928910.0402
PHILLIPS0.292899.6693
GOULD0.292899.5785
PARSONS0.292899.1075
HOOPER0.292898.1699
WHITE0.292896.4586
BAKER0.292896.3171

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 289 people called APPLING in Farway 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 40000.0000 in Farway means that 40000.0000% of the people in Farway on census day were called APPLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called APPLING 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 APPLING 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 APPLING 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 APPLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Farway means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of APPLING in Farway than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farway in 1881

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

ABBOTT (9)  ACKLAND (1)  APLIN (1)  APPLING (4)  BAGWELL (5)  BAKER (4)  BERRY (10)  BISHOP (6)  BOARD (8)  BRIGHT (2)  BURROUGH (7)  CARTER (12)  CHANNON (8)  CLARK (2)  CONNETT (5)  DARE (1)  DAVEY (4)  DIXON (1)  DUNHAM (1)  DIMOND (9)  FARRANT (9)  FLAY (1)  GILL (1)  GOULD (1)  GRABHAM (7)  HARRIS (1)  HART (10)  HAWKINS (1)  HOOPER (1)  HOSKINS (5)  KIBBY (6)  LAMMACRATT (1)  LANE (2)  LEE (8)  LONG (6)  LOVE (1)  MELHUISH (4)  MOORE (7)  MULES (4)  NEWBURY (4)  NORMAN (4)  PARSONS (2)  PAVEY (1)  PERRY (13)  PHILLIPS (5)  PICKINGS (1)  POMROY (4)  PRING (3)  RADFORD (3)  REED (13)  ROBBINS (1)  SALTER (1)  SELWAY (5)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMITH (2)  SNELL (8)  SPILLER (2)  SPURWAY (1)  STAMP (1)  THOMAS (2)  TOZER (1)  VICARY (1)  VINCENT (1)  WARD (3)  WARREN (1)  WEBBER (6)  WHITE (6)  WOOD (17)