Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stowford, Devon

Stowford 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
DOIDGE174.33671,517.86
NORTHCOTT133.3163730.34
COLE133.316336.40
WALTER133.3163216.31
GOULD123.061284.69
VEAL123.0612500.00
COOMBE102.5510471.70
JORDAN92.295951.96
NORTHEY82.0408851.06
GOODMAN82.040869.93
CLIFTON71.7857126.35
ROGERS71.785713.76
GALE71.785759.57
HILL61.53066.01
PROUT61.5306307.69
CRABB61.5306147.42
WALTERS61.530632.10
BICKLE61.5306722.89
WISE61.530673.44
PENGELLY51.2755299.40
WILLIAMS51.27551.78
MATHEWS51.275534.53
BROOK51.275533.09
KELLAWAY51.2755595.24
TUBB51.2755306.75
TREWIN51.2755925.93
ALLEN41.02045.40
MARTIN41.02044.14
LANG41.020445.77
JEWEL41.02041,333.33
SMALE30.7653116.28
ROWE30.765313.48
EASTER30.7653189.87
BLACKBURN30.765320.30
BRAUND30.7653365.85
DOWN30.765363.69
PERKINS30.765317.02
PALMER30.76536.49
HARVEY30.76537.17
ROBERTS30.76532.03
BROWN30.76531.16
PHAIR20.51021,111.11
STEVENS20.51024.89
WHITE20.51021.59
CARTER20.51023.04
BAYLIS10.255124.33
CORAM10.2551204.08
WEEKES10.2551101.01
GILLARD10.255129.33
JAGO10.255166.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FRIEZE0.393922000.0000
DOIDGE0.393921517.8571
JEWEL0.393921333.3333
PHAIR0.393921111.1111
TREWIN0.39392925.9259
NORTHEY0.39392851.0638
NORTHCOTT0.39392730.3371
BICKLE0.39392722.8916
KELLAWAY0.39392595.2381
VEAL0.39392500.0000
COOMBE0.39392471.6981
BRAUND0.39392365.8537
PROUT0.39392307.6923
TUBB0.39392306.7485
PENGELLY0.39392299.4012
WALTER0.39392216.3062
CORAM0.39392204.0816
EASTER0.39392189.8734
CRABB0.39392147.4201
SELDON0.39392140.8451
CLIFTON0.39392126.3538
SMALE0.39392116.2791
BANBURY0.39392107.5269
WEEKES0.39392101.0101
POMEROY0.3939291.7431
GOULD0.3939284.6860
WISE0.3939273.4394
GOODMAN0.3939269.9301
JAGO0.3939266.6667
DOWN0.3939263.6943
GALE0.3939259.5745
JORDAN0.3939251.9630
LANG0.3939245.7666
RUNDLE0.3939242.7350
COLE0.3939236.4044
BOLT0.3939235.3357
WESTLAKE0.3939235.2113
MATHEWS0.3939234.5304
BROOK0.3939233.0907
WALTERS0.3939232.1027
HOCKING0.3939231.2500
GILLARD0.3939229.3255
BAYLIS0.3939224.3309
SQUIRE0.3939221.5054
GORMAN0.3939221.1416
BLACKBURN0.3939220.2977
CORNISH0.3939217.6678
PERKINS0.3939217.0164
ROGERS0.3939213.7552
ROWE0.3939213.4771

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 392 people called FRIEZE in Stowford 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 2000.0000 in Stowford means that 2000.0000% of the people in Stowford on census day were called FRIEZE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FRIEZE 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 FRIEZE 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 FRIEZE 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 FRIEZE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Stowford means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FRIEZE in Stowford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stowford in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  ALOUSENGA ? (1)  BADGE (1)  BAKER (1)  BALSDON (4)  BANBURY (1)  BAYLIS (1)  BALAMY (1)  BICKLE (6)  BLACKBURN (3)  BOLT (1)  BRAUND (3)  BROOK (5)  BROWN (3)  BUYE (1)  CARTER (2)  CHEGWYN (7)  CLIFTON (7)  COBBLEDICK (2)  COLE (13)  COALES (1)  COOMBE (10)  CORAM (1)  CORNISH (1)  CRABB (6)  DEADMAN (1)  DOIDGE (17)  DOWN (3)  EASTER (3)  PHAIR (2)  FRISE (2)  FRIEZE (1)  GALE (7)  GILLARD (1)  GOODMAN (8)  JORDAN (9)  GORMAN (1)  GOULD (12)  GREENSLADE (7)  GUSCOTT (1)  HEAMAN (1)  HARVEY (3)  HOCKING (1)  HEYDINRYCH (5)  HIGGINS (1)  HILL (6)  HORNSLEY (2)  JAGO (1)  JEWEL (4)  KELLAWAY (5)  LABBITT (3)  LANG (4)  LETHBRIDGE (12)  LITTLEJOHNS (5)  MARTIN (4)  MATHEWS (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  MC GREGOR (1)  NETHERAL (2)  NORTHCOTT (13)  NORTHEY (8)  PALMER (3)  PARSONS (1)  PENGELLY (5)  PERKINS (3)  PHILLIPS (1)  POBY (1)  POMEROY (1)  PROUT (6)  RUNDLE (1)  REDDICLIFFE (6)  REDDECLIFFE (8)  ROBERTS (3)  ROGERS (7)  ROWE (3)  SAMBELLS (7)  SCOFFERN (1)  SELDON (1)  SMALE (3)  SQUANCE (2)  SQUIRE (1)  STEVENS (2)  TANCOCK (5)  TREWIN (5)  TRUCK (1)  TUBB (5)  TOOK (13)  VEAL (12)  WALLSCOMBE (3)  WALTERS (6)  WALTER (13)  WEEKES (1)  WESTLAKE (1)  WHITE (2)  WILLIAMS (5)  WISE (6)