Top surnames from the 1881 census in Thornbury, Devon

Thornbury 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
SKINNER268.3333164.14
PRIEST227.0513539.22
LEY134.1667955.88
PIPER123.8462194.49
DANIEL113.5256159.65
HEARN113.5256266.34
WONNACOTT103.20512,380.95
BRITTON103.2051180.83
SHORT82.564165.63
YEO82.5641487.80
JOHNS61.923174.44
DAW61.9231277.78
PAIGE61.92311,071.43
JEFFERY61.923188.63
HUGGETT51.6026349.65
VANSTONE51.6026555.56
BANBURY41.2821540.54
HOCKING41.2821156.86
HILL41.28215.03
SANDERCOCK41.2821714.29
DAWE30.9615110.70
HUTCHINGS30.961551.19
VEAL30.9615157.07
SANDERS30.961521.22
GERRY30.9615500.00
REED20.64108.78
PERKIN20.6410119.05
SUTTON20.641010.07
ANDREW20.641020.22
PENWARDEN20.6410833.33
COLLINGS20.641053.91
HANCOCK20.641014.09
WEBB20.64104.73
HOOPER20.641015.14
TAILOR20.6410370.37
NICHOLS20.641019.69
MILLMAN10.3205116.28
GILBERT10.32055.63
ACKLAND10.320597.09
PARSONS10.32054.22
BROCK10.320527.55
MOORE10.32051.60
HARRIS10.32051.26
JENKINS10.32052.72
MILLS10.32052.47
ALLIN10.3205140.85
KNIGHT10.32052.60
DUNN10.32053.85
DANNIELS10.32052,500.00
PEARCE10.32053.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DANNIELS0.313122500.0000
WONNACOTT0.313122380.9524
PAIGE0.313121071.4286
LEY0.31312955.8824
PENWARDEN0.31312833.3333
SANDERCOCK0.31312714.2857
VANSTONE0.31312555.5556
BANBURY0.31312540.5405
PRIEST0.31312539.2157
GERRY0.31312500.0000
YEO0.31312487.8049
TAILOR0.31312370.3704
HUGGETT0.31312349.6503
DAW0.31312277.7778
HEARN0.31312266.3438
PIPER0.31312194.4895
BRITTON0.31312180.8318
SKINNER0.31312164.1414
DANIEL0.31312159.6517
VEAL0.31312157.0681
HOCKING0.31312156.8627
ALLIN0.31312140.8451
PERKIN0.31312119.0476
MILLMAN0.31312116.2791
DAWE0.31312110.7011
ACKLAND0.3131297.0874
JEFFERY0.3131288.6263
JOHNS0.3131274.4417
SHORT0.3131265.6276
COLLINGS0.3131253.9084
HUTCHINGS0.3131251.1945
BRUNT0.3131246.5116
BROCK0.3131227.5482
SANDERS0.3131221.2164
ANDREW0.3131220.2224
NICHOLS0.3131219.6850
HOOPER0.3131215.1400
HANCOCK0.3131214.0944
SUTTON0.3131210.0705
REED0.313128.7796
GILBERT0.313125.6275
HILL0.313125.0340
WEBB0.313124.7293
PARSONS0.313124.2194
DUNN0.313123.8536
PEARCE0.313123.4892
JENKINS0.313122.7196
KNIGHT0.313122.6001
MILLS0.313122.4716
MOORE0.313121.6028

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 312 people called DANNIELS in Thornbury 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 Thornbury means that 2500.0000% of the people in Thornbury on census day were called DANNIELS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DANNIELS 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 DANNIELS 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 DANNIELS 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 DANNIELS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Thornbury means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DANNIELS in Thornbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Thornbury in 1881

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

ACKLAND (1)  ALLIN (1)  ANDREW (2)  BADCOCK (4)  BANBURY (4)  BONKS (2)  BRITTON (10)  BROCK (1)  BRUNT (1)  COLLECOTT (1)  COLACOTT (1)  COBBELDIC (1)  DANIEL (11)  DANNIELS (1)  DAWE (3)  DAW (6)  DUNN (1)  EDGCOMBE (3)  FACH (3)  GERRY (3)  GILBERT (1)  GLIDDON (7)  GLOYN (1)  HANCOCK (2)  HARRIS (1)  HOCKING (4)  HEARN (11)  HELLECOTT (4)  HILL (4)  HOOPER (2)  HUGGETT (5)  HUTCHINGS (3)  JEFFERY (6)  JENKINS (1)  JOHNS (6)  JOLLOWS (10)  JOLLOW (5)  KNIGHT (1)  LEY (13)  COLLINGS (2)  MILLMAN (1)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (1)  NETOLLIC (7)  NICHOLS (2)  PAIGE (6)  PARSONS (1)  PEARCE (1)  PENWARDEN (2)  PENWERDEN (2)  PERKIN (2)  PIPER (12)  PRIEST (22)  REED (2)  ROWTLEY (8)  ROWTLY (ROWTLEY) (2)  SANDERCOK (6)  SANDERCOCK (4)  SANDERS (3)  SHORT (8)  SKINNER (26)  SLUGGETT (6)  STANBURY (5)  SUTTON (2)  TAILOR (2)  TEWSON (1)  VANSTONE (5)  VEAL (3)  WEBB (2)  WONNACOTT (10)  YEO (8)