Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wembury, Devon

Wembury 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
HAMMETT264.71011,413.04
AVERY193.4420205.18
WILLIAMS183.26094.54
HORN152.7174119.62
AVENT132.35512,549.02
ROGERS132.355118.14
PITTS122.1739212.01
WILSON122.17394.73
WALK122.17395,454.55
STRAW111.9928572.92
WEEKS111.992893.06
COLEMAN101.811636.35
WATTS101.811621.61
HARPER91.630425.47
RODNEY91.63042,647.06
WALTERS81.449330.40
HENDY81.4493287.77
NELDER71.26813,500.00
STEVENS71.268112.15
CANNON61.087060.06
WOOLF61.0870326.09
PEARSE61.0870102.21
SYMONS61.087079.05
BEER50.905856.63
PURSLEY50.90585,000.00
DICKERSON50.9058222.22
WILMOTT50.9058267.38
DUNN50.905810.89
RICHARDS50.90586.00
DRAKE50.905831.09
SANSOM40.7246107.53
TOMS40.724693.68
BAILEY40.72464.81
SHERRELL40.72461,666.67
ROBERTS40.72461.93
JAGO40.7246189.57
BARNETT40.724616.06
KNOTT40.724636.53
ALLEN30.54352.88
BODY30.5435158.73
COLLIER30.543516.26
EDWARDS30.54351.95
SOUTHERN30.543558.94
HOCKADAY30.5435422.54
KNOX30.543531.65
CORY30.5435150.75
WEST30.54355.64
POTE30.54351,200.00
BRYANT30.543512.72
DAWSON30.54354.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WALK0.555525454.5455
PURSLEY0.555525000.0000
NELDER0.555523500.0000
RODNEY0.555522647.0588
AVENT0.555522549.0196
SHERRELL0.555521666.6667
HAMMETT0.555521413.0435
POTE0.555521200.0000
STRAW0.55552572.9167
HOCKADAY0.55552422.5352
DODRIDGE0.55552384.6154
WOOLF0.55552326.0870
WALKE0.55552303.0303
HENDY0.55552287.7698
WILMOTT0.55552267.3797
TALL0.55552250.0000
JORDEN0.55552238.0952
DICKERSON0.55552222.2222
PITTS0.55552212.0141
AVERY0.55552205.1836
BLACKLER0.55552190.4762
JAGO0.55552189.5735
PERRING0.55552175.4386
BODY0.55552158.7302
BLATCHFORD0.55552152.6718
CORY0.55552150.7538
LAKEMAN0.55552125.0000
NORTHCOTT0.55552120.0000
HORN0.55552119.6172
SCANTLEBURY0.55552117.6471
SANSOM0.55552107.5269
PEARSE0.55552102.2147
TOMS0.5555293.6768
WEEKS0.5555293.0626
BUNKER0.5555290.0901
FILBY0.5555283.3333
DINGLE0.5555282.9876
SYMONS0.5555279.0514
BROOKING0.5555274.0741
RENDALL0.5555268.2594
DOBLE0.5555263.2911
ANSTEY0.5555263.2911
LUGG0.5555260.6061
CANNON0.5555260.0601
SOUTHERN0.5555258.9391
JACKMAN0.5555258.4795
BEER0.5555256.6251
HOSKIN0.5555240.4858
KNOTT0.5555236.5297
COLEMAN0.5555236.3504

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 552 people called WALK in Wembury 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 5454.5455 in Wembury means that 5454.5455% of the people in Wembury on census day were called WALK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WALK 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 WALK 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 WALK 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 WALK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Wembury means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WALK in Wembury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wembury in 1881

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

ALGATE (27)  ALLEN (3)  ANDREWS (1)  ANSTEY (1)  AVENT (13)  AVERY (19)  AXWORTHY (5)  BADCOCK (9)  BAILEY (4)  BAKER (1)  BARNETT (4)  BEER (5)  BLATCHFORD (2)  BLACKLER (2)  BODY (3)  BRIDGE (2)  BROOKING (1)  BROWN (2)  BRYANT (3)  BUDGE (1)  BUNKER (2)  CANE (1)  CALLARD (1)  CANNON (6)  CAUNTER (1)  CAWSE (5)  SHERRELL (4)  COBBLEDICK (2)  COBLEY (11)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (10)  COLLIER (3)  COOK (2)  CORY (3)  CROSBY (2)  CUDLIP (3)  DAWSON (3)  DICKERSON (5)  DINGLE (2)  DOBLE (1)  DODRIDGE (1)  DODRIGE (1)  DRAKE (5)  DUNN (5)  EASTLEY (1)  EDWARDS (3)  ELLIS (3)  FILBY (1)  FOWELL (2)  GALE (2)  GOODCHILD (1)  JORDEN (2)  HAMMETT (26)  HARPER (9)  HENDY (8)  HOCKADAY (3)  HORN (15)  HORTON (1)  HOSKIN (1)  JACKMAN (3)  JAGO (4)  JAMES (1)  JOHNSON (1)  JUDD (1)  KNOTT (4)  KNOX (3)  LAKEMAN (1)  LANE (1)  LANG (2)  LARDEAU (1)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (1)  LUGG (1)  MILDERN (11)  MITCHELL (2)  MUMFORD (1)  NELDER (7)  NORTHCOTT (3)  OWL (1)  PARR (1)  PARSONS (1)  PATTINGTON (7)  PEARSE (6)  PERRING (2)  PITTS (12)  POPPLESTONE (4)  POTE (3)  PURSLEY (5)  RENDALL (2)  REID (1)  RICHARD (1)  RICHARDS (5)  RYDER (1)  ROBERTS (4)  RODNEY (9)  ROGERS (13)  SANSOME (6)  SANSOM (4)  SCANTLEBURY (1)  SEGRUE (2)  SHERWILL (1)  SYMONS (6)  SIMMONS (1)  SLACOMBE (1)  SMITH (2)  SOUTHERN (3)  SOUTHERNN (1)  SPURRELL (6)  SQUIRES (1)  STEVENS (7)  STRAW (11)  TALL (2)  TOMS (4)  TOLCHARD (1)  TREBLE (1)  TREBBLE (2)  VOYSEY (1)  WALK (12)  WALKE (1)  WALTERS (8)  WARD (1)  WARE (1)  WATKINS (1)  WATTS (10)  WEBB (2)  WEEKS (11)  WEST (3)  WILLIAMS (18)  WILLS (2)  WILMOTT (5)  WILSON (12)  WOOLF (6)  YEABSLEY (1)  YELLAND (1)