Top surnames from the 1881 census in Zeal Monachorum, Devon

Zeal Monachorum 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
SNELL275.7692304.74
MARTIN194.059816.48
TOWNSEND132.777865.39
BAKER112.350410.73
GIBBINGS112.35041,692.31
LEACH112.350456.97
TOWELL112.3504827.07
HEARD91.9231180.72
BLAKE91.923139.70
PIKE91.923166.13
BEER81.7094106.81
TOLLEY81.7094326.53
DRAKE71.495751.36
DART71.4957321.10
WHEATON71.4957729.17
MITCHELL71.49577.37
HOPKINS61.282121.29
BRAGG61.2821156.66
LUXTON61.2821289.86
PEAKE61.2821133.04
BARNES61.282110.65
VERNON61.282177.92
WESTLAKE61.2821176.99
PARISH51.068469.25
SMITH51.06840.76
FOTHERGILL51.0684186.57
SEARLES51.0684657.89
CASTLE51.068453.76
HOOPER51.068425.23
COCKRAM51.0684316.46
TRICKEY51.0684746.27
CLEMENT40.854784.93
TOZER40.8547142.86
BLACKMORE40.854759.35
JACKMAN40.854791.95
SLOMAN40.8547404.04
RICHARDS40.85475.66
BOLT40.8547118.34
CARNALL40.8547454.55
COOPER40.85473.51
LANG30.641028.76
MATHEWS30.641017.36
WHITE30.64101.99
PEDLAR30.6410588.24
WESTAWAY30.6410291.26
CORNEY30.6410192.31
ISAAC30.641051.11
HILL30.64102.52
WEEKS20.427419.96
BUSHELL20.427444.15

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GIBBINGS0.474681692.3077
LIAS0.474681428.5714
TOWELL0.47468827.0677
TRICKEY0.47468746.2687
WHEATON0.47468729.1667
SEARLES0.47468657.8947
PEDLAR0.47468588.2353
HEMP0.47468476.1905
CARNALL0.47468454.5455
SLOMAN0.47468404.0404
TOLLEY0.47468326.5306
DART0.47468321.1009
COCKRAM0.47468316.4557
SNELL0.47468304.7404
WESTAWAY0.47468291.2621
LUXTON0.47468289.8551
WADMAN0.47468200.0000
CORNEY0.47468192.3077
FOTHERGILL0.47468186.5672
HEARD0.47468180.7229
WESTLAKE0.47468176.9912
BRAGG0.47468156.6580
TOZER0.47468142.8571
PEAKE0.47468133.0377
HAMMETT0.47468128.2051
GRIBBLE0.47468119.0476
BOLT0.47468118.3432
SLEE0.47468109.2896
BEER0.47468106.8091
MALLET0.47468105.2632
JACKMAN0.4746891.9540
CLEMENT0.4746884.9257
BEAR0.4746880.6452
VERNON0.4746877.9221
PUGSLEY0.4746869.4444
PARISH0.4746869.2521
MADGE0.4746867.5676
PIKE0.4746866.1278
TOWNSEND0.4746865.3924
BLACKMORE0.4746859.3472
LEACH0.4746856.9653
CASTLE0.4746853.7634
DRAKE0.4746851.3573
ISAAC0.4746851.1073
BUSHELL0.4746844.1501
BLAKE0.4746839.7000
UNDERHILL0.4746830.4878
LANG0.4746828.7632
HOOPER0.4746825.2270
HOPKINS0.4746821.2917

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 468 people called GIBBINGS in Zeal Monachorum 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 1692.3077 in Zeal Monachorum means that 1692.3077% of the people in Zeal Monachorum on census day were called GIBBINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GIBBINGS 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 GIBBINGS 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 GIBBINGS 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 GIBBINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Zeal Monachorum means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GIBBINGS in Zeal Monachorum than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Zeal Monachorum in 1881

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

BADCOCK (1)  BAKER (11)  BARNES (6)  BEER (8)  BEAR (1)  BIBBINGS (1)  BISHOP (1)  BLAKE (9)  BLACKMORE (4)  BLANCHFORD (6)  BOLT (4)  BOND (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BRAGG (6)  BREALY (8)  BUSHELL (2)  BUSHILL (2)  CALLARD (1)  CARNALL (4)  CASTLE (5)  CHERITON (8)  CLEMMENT (6)  CLEMENT (4)  CLOTWORTHY (9)  COCKRAM (5)  COLE (1)  COOPER (4)  CORNEY (3)  CROCOMB (2)  DART (7)  DAVEY (2)  DAVY (1)  DRAKE (7)  EARL (1)  EDWORTHY (6)  ELLACOTT (1)  ENDACOTT (4)  FORD (2)  FOTHERGILL (5)  FRY (1)  GIBBINGS (11)  GODFREY (1)  GRANT (1)  GRIBBIE (2)  GRIBBLE (2)  HAMMETT (2)  HEARD (9)  HEMP (1)  HILL (3)  HOOPER (5)  HOPKINS (6)  HASKINGS (2)  ISAAC (3)  JACKMAN (4)  KELLY (1)  KNAPMAN (5)  KNOTT (1)  LACEY (1)  LANG (3)  LEACH (11)  LIAS (1)  LOWE (2)  LUXTON (6)  MADGE (1)  MALLET (1)  MARTIN (19)  MATHEWS (3)  MITCHELL (7)  MOON (1)  PADDON (1)  PADY (6)  PARISH (5)  PEAKE (6)  PEDERIC (6)  PEDLAR (3)  PEDLER (6)  PIKE (9)  POTTER (1)  PUGSLEY (1)  RAYMONT (7)  REDAWAY (1)  RELLY (2)  RICE (1)  RICHARDS (4)  RIDDAWAY (1)  ROUNSLEY (2)  SEARLES (5)  SHOBROOK (1)  SLEE (2)  SLOMAN (4)  SMITH (5)  SNELL (27)  SQUIRE (1)  STENTIFORD (8)  STEVENS (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TOLLEY (8)  TOWELL (11)  TOWNSEND (13)  TOZER (4)  TRICKEY (5)  TURNER (2)  UNDERHILL (1)  VERNON (6)  VINNICOMBE (1)  VODDON (1)  WEEKS (2)  WELLS (1)  WESTAWAY (3)  WESTLAKE (6)  WHEATON (7)  WHITE (3)  WADMAN (1)