Top surnames from the 1881 census in Merton, Devon

Merton 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
STACEY294.9743221.54
STAPLETON223.7736376.07
WEBBER142.401478.61
COX122.058313.58
CUDMORE122.05831,463.41
DYMOND111.8868539.22
POPE101.715349.78
ASHTON101.715335.01
SNELL101.715390.58
STEVENS91.543714.79
LUXTON91.5437348.84
HEYWOOD91.543777.59
TRICKEY91.54371,071.43
EDWARDS91.54375.54
MARSHALL91.54379.20
SUTTON91.543724.25
WESTLAKE81.3722189.57
WALDRON81.3722155.64
HUTCHINGS81.372272.99
SANDERS81.372230.27
PALMER71.200710.19
TANTON71.20071,147.54
LEE71.20077.35
CANN71.2007129.63
KEMPE71.20071,627.91
ALFORD71.2007141.13
DICKER71.2007307.02
QUANCE71.20071,794.87
BLIGHT61.0292227.27
BURROW61.0292150.00
SPICER61.029276.53
HAMMON61.0292952.38
BOLT61.0292142.52
BRIGHT50.857642.41
RIDGE50.8576122.55
WELSH50.857621.66
ADAMS50.85765.82
LEVERTON50.8576471.70
HARRIS50.85763.37
STRIBLING50.8576877.19
BISSET50.8576109.41
MAY50.857613.47
DAVEY40.686116.69
SMALE40.6861104.17
GOSS40.686178.74
ANDREWS40.68617.16
MILLS40.68615.29
CURTICE40.6861952.38
BROOK40.686117.79
CLARKE40.68613.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DILLIN0.585832500.0000
QUANCE0.585831794.8718
KEMPE0.585831627.9070
CUDMORE0.585831463.4146
TANTON0.585831147.5410
TRICKEY0.585831071.4286
ROCKEY0.585831000.0000
CURTICE0.58583952.3810
HAMMON0.58583952.3810
STRIBLING0.58583877.1930
BUSE0.58583606.0606
DYMOND0.58583539.2157
LEVERTON0.58583471.6981
FINNEMORE0.58583434.7826
STAPLETON0.58583376.0684
LUXTON0.58583348.8372
DICKER0.58583307.0175
WESTAWAY0.58583234.3750
FOLLAND0.58583232.5581
BLIGHT0.58583227.2727
STACEY0.58583221.5432
WESCOTT0.58583196.0784
WESTLAKE0.58583189.5735
VANSTONE0.58583179.6407
SPRY0.58583174.4186
WALDRON0.58583155.6420
BURROW0.58583150.0000
BOLT0.58583142.5178
ALFORD0.58583141.1290
MORRISH0.58583129.8701
CANN0.58583129.6296
CATO0.58583126.5823
STONEMAN0.58583126.0504
RIDGE0.58583122.5490
RODD0.58583109.8901
BISSET0.58583109.4092
COPP0.58583107.5269
SMALE0.58583104.1667
BASTOW0.58583103.6269
SNELL0.5858390.5797
GOSS0.5858378.7402
WEBBER0.5858378.6075
HEYWOOD0.5858377.5862
SPICER0.5858376.5306
HUTCHINGS0.5858372.9927
MADGE0.5858354.3478
JARMAN0.5858353.9568
POPE0.5858349.7760
PEARSE0.5858348.3871
VICKERY0.5858347.2813

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 583 people called DILLIN in Merton 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 2500.0000 in Merton means that 2500.0000% of the people in Merton on census day were called DILLIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DILLIN 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 DILLIN 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 DILLIN 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 DILLIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Merton means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DILLIN in Merton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Merton in 1881

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

ADAMS (5)  ALFORD (7)  ANDREWS (4)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHTON (10)  BEALEY (2)  BAYLEY (1)  BALKWILL (6)  BASTOW (2)  BAXTER (2)  BALSH (1)  BENNETT (2)  BIRD (2)  BISSET (5)  BLIGHT (6)  BOLT (6)  BOND (1)  BRIGHT (5)  BROOK (4)  BURROW (6)  BUSE (2)  CANN (7)  CATO (1)  CHAMINGS (5)  CLARKE (4)  COPP (2)  COPPLESTONE (1)  COX (12)  CUDMORE (12)  CURTICE (4)  DAVEY (4)  DENFORD (11)  DICKER (7)  DILLIN (2)  DOWN (1)  DYMOND (11)  DIMENT (1)  DYMONT (1)  EBSARY (2)  EBSERY (7)  EDWARDS (9)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELSTON (1)  FALLAND (7)  FINNEMORE (2)  FISHER (3)  FOLLAND (2)  FORD (1)  FRIEND (1)  GERY (4)  GILBERT (2)  GLOVER (1)  GORMAN (1)  GOSS (4)  GOULD (2)  GREENSLADE (5)  HEAMES (6)  HAMMON (6)  HARRI... (2)  HARRIS (5)  HAYTER (1)  HEAL (1)  HETHERTON (5)  HEYWOOD (9)  HOOPER (1)  HUTCHINGS (8)  JARMAN (3)  JEWELL (2)  JOHNS (3)  KELLEY (1)  KEMPE (7)  KIVELL (2)  KNIGHT (2)  NOTT (1)  LANE (1)  LEE (7)  LEVERTON (5)  LEWIS (1)  LOCK (3)  LUXTON (9)  MADGE (1)  MARSHALL (9)  MARTIN (2)  MAY (5)  MILLS (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRISH (3)  NICHOLS (1)  PALMER (7)  PEARSE (3)  PETHERICK (1)  PHILIP (1)  POPE (10)  PUTNER (6)  QUANCE (7)  ROWTCLIFF (8)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDGE (5)  ROCKEY (3)  RODD (1)  SANDERS (8)  SCOTT (1)  SHORT (3)  SHUTE (1)  SLEE (1)  SMALE (4)  SNELL (10)  SOUTHCOMBE (1)  SPICER (6)  SPRY (3)  STACEY (29)  STANBURY (2)  STAPLETON (22)  STEVENS (9)  STONEMAN (3)  STRIBLING (5)  SUTTON (9)  TANTON (7)  TILKE (5)  TRICKEY (9)  VANSTONE (3)  VICKERY (2)  VODDEN (1)  WALDRON (8)  WALTERS (1)  WEBBER (14)  WELSH (5)  WESTAWAY (3)  WESCOTT (1)  WESTLAKE (8)  WHITE (2)  WRIGHT (3)