Top surnames from the 1881 census in Otterton, Devon

Otterton 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
PILE414.1922909.09
BAKER363.681016.80
CARTER343.476520.71
PAYNE323.272036.36
WHITE313.16979.86
HAYMAN313.1697415.55
HARDING262.658536.73
WEST232.351724.43
ROBINS202.045096.48
SKINNER181.840536.26
BISHOP171.738224.88
TILL161.6360232.90
WARMINGTON151.5337828.73
FARRANT151.5337258.62
HITT131.32922,063.49
WHEATON121.2270597.01
SMALL121.227048.37
SMITH121.22700.87
BASTIN111.1247421.46
FOLLETT111.1247491.07
DRAKE101.022535.10
DYER101.022526.39
BOLT101.0225141.44
HOOPER90.920221.73
BURCH90.9202121.95
NORTHCOTT90.9202203.16
DOWELL80.8180163.27
BEER80.818051.12
EVANS80.81801.87
WAY80.818074.21
ADAMS70.71574.86
WESTCOTT70.7157108.19
HOOKE70.7157555.56
BEDFORD70.715730.16
JOHNS60.613523.76
HALLETT60.613549.88
MAY60.61359.64
SHANNON60.613579.26
FREEMAN60.61359.61
EDWARDS60.61352.20
BURROW60.613589.42
HOLMES50.51124.20
PETT50.5112186.57
SWEET50.511256.69
TURNER50.51121.84
PRATT50.51128.90
GOSLING40.409026.13
BOND40.40907.73
FORD40.40904.20
VICKERY40.409056.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAB0.989783333.3333
GRIFFON0.989782857.1429
HITT0.989782063.4921
BUFFETT0.989781363.6364
RETTER0.989781034.4828
PILE0.98978909.0909
WARMINGTON0.98978828.7293
QUAINTANCE0.98978769.2308
HORGAN0.98978689.6552
WHEATON0.98978597.0149
HOOKE0.98978555.5556
FOLLETT0.98978491.0714
BASTIN0.98978421.4559
HAYMAN0.98978415.5496
HELMAN0.98978400.0000
FUGLER0.98978400.0000
FARRANT0.98978258.6207
TILL0.98978232.8967
WORMINGTON0.98978227.2727
NORTHCOTT0.98978203.1603
PETT0.98978186.5672
BASTIAN0.98978185.1852
DOWELL0.98978163.2653
PATCH0.98978161.2903
BOLT0.98978141.4427
TEED0.98978138.8889
BURCH0.98978121.9512
WESTCOTT0.98978108.1917
PARRETT0.98978100.5025
ROBINS0.9897896.4785
PINN0.9897890.0901
BURROW0.9897889.4188
DARKE0.9897887.3362
SHANNON0.9897879.2602
YEO0.9897877.6699
WAY0.9897874.2115
HOLMS0.9897872.4638
HALSE0.9897868.4932
DUNSFORD0.9897868.4932
SWEET0.9897856.6893
VICKERY0.9897856.3380
BEER0.9897851.1182
HALLETT0.9897849.8753
SMALL0.9897848.3676
ROWSELL0.9897848.0769
WESTAWAY0.9897846.2963
BRICE0.9897837.1747
HARDING0.9897836.7335
PAYNE0.9897836.3595
SKINNER0.9897836.2611

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 978 people called BAB in Otterton 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 3333.3333 in Otterton means that 3333.3333% of the people in Otterton on census day were called BAB.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAB 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 BAB 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 BAB 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 BAB here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.98 in Otterton means that you are 0.98 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAB in Otterton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Otterton in 1881

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

ADAMS (7)  ALSOP (1)  ARBURY (9)  BAB (1)  BAKER (36)  BEDFORD (7)  BEER (8)  BASTIN (11)  BASTIAN (1)  BURCH (9)  BISHOP (17)  BLACKMORE (1)  BOLT (10)  BOND (4)  BRIDLE (37)  BROWN (1)  BRICE (3)  BUDD (2)  BUFFETT (3)  BURROWS (1)  BURROW (6)  CARTER (34)  CARTAR (5)  CASELEY (11)  CASELAY (11)  COLE (3)  COLLINS (3)  COOK (2)  COOPER (1)  COPPLESTONE (2)  DANIELS (4)  DARK (1)  DARKE (2)  DEENE (1)  DRAKE (10)  DUNSFORD (1)  DYER (10)  EDWARDS (6)  EVANS (8)  FARMER (1)  FARRANT (15)  FAYTER (10)  FOLLETT (11)  FORD (4)  FREEMAN (6)  FRENCH (3)  FUGLER (1)  GAGE (1)  GATTERS (2)  GEYTON (1)  GOODING (2)  GOSLING (4)  GOSLINGS (3)  GREENSLADE (1)  GRIFFON (4)  HALLETT (6)  HALSE (1)  HAYMAN (31)  HAMMOND (4)  HARDING (26)  HICKS (1)  HELLIER (5)  HELMAN (2)  HOLMES (5)  HOLMS (2)  HOOPER (9)  HORGAN (4)  HOWE (1)  HOOKE (7)  HITT (13)  JOHNS (6)  LAKE (1)  LANE (2)  LANGFORD (1)  LANGMEAD (5)  LIGHTFOOT (1)  LONG (1)  MARKS (3)  MATTHEWES (3)  MATTHEWS (4)  MAY (6)  DOWELL (8)  MILLER (3)  MINSS (1)  MICHALL (4)  MORRIS (1)  NELSON (1)  NORTHCOMBE (1)  NORTHCOTT (9)  PALFREY (6)  PARRETT (2)  PATCH (3)  PAVER (15)  PAVOR (7)  PAYNE (32)  PERRIAM (1)  PETT (5)  PIDGEON (1)  PYLE (1)  PILE (41)  PINN (1)  PLEASE (5)  POLLARD (1)  POOLE (1)  POTTER (1)  PRATT (5)  PREDDICE (2)  PREW (24)  PRIDDES (4)  PRINCE (1)  QUAINTANCE (1)  RETTER (3)  ROBINS (20)  ROWSELL (1)  RUSSELL (3)  SALMON (1)  SALTER (1)  SHANNON (6)  SYMONDS (1)  SIMS (1)  SKINNER (18)  SMALL (12)  SMITH (12)  SOUTHCOMB (1)  SPURAWAY (6)  STADDON (5)  SWEET (5)  TEDBURY (6)  TEED (1)  THORNE (1)  TILL (16)  TREMLETT (3)  TRING (4)  TROCK (1)  TURNER (5)  VICKERY (4)  VILDAY (6)  VINNICOMBE (10)  VINICOMBE (13)  WARMINGTON (15)  WAY (8)  WELSFORD (9)  WEST (23)  WESTAWAY (1)  WESTCOTT (7)  WHEATON (12)  WHEELER (3)  WHITE (31)  WILLSMAN (1)  WORMINGTON (1)  YEO (4)