1881 census county

Devon surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Devon in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

12,739 surnames are listed for Devon, covering 543,572 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Patterson, with 101 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Devon

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1101	Patterson	101	0.020%	0.48x
1102	Popplestone	101	0.020%	26.75x
1103	Rockett	101	0.020%	9.70x
1104	Ryan	101	0.020%	0.54x
1105	Shobbrook	101	0.020%	43.64x
1106	Skelton	101	0.020%	1.14x
1107	Spicer	101	0.020%	1.23x
1108	Amery	100	0.020%	8.56x
1109	Bates	100	0.020%	0.26x
1110	Branch	100	0.020%	3.21x
1111	Coysh	100	0.020%	26.48x
1112	Judd	100	0.020%	1.27x
1113	Lapthorn	100	0.020%	28.14x
1114	Morrell	100	0.020%	1.75x
1115	Warner	100	0.020%	0.45x
1116	Whitefield	100	0.020%	7.97x
1117	Callaway	99	0.020%	5.96x
1118	Cater	99	0.020%	3.39x
1119	Crump	99	0.020%	1.51x
1120	Hamley	99	0.020%	12.83x
1121	Hele	99	0.020%	29.91x
1122	Heyward	99	0.020%	13.73x
1123	Holwill	99	0.020%	33.39x
1124	Priest	99	0.020%	1.24x
1125	Shapcott	99	0.020%	13.04x
1126	Featherstone	98	0.020%	1.79x
1127	Gardiner	98	0.020%	0.56x
1128	Gent	98	0.020%	1.88x
1129	Hansford	98	0.020%	3.27x
1130	Luckham	98	0.020%	21.84x
1131	Oldreive	98	0.020%	41.61x
1132	Peake	98	0.020%	1.67x
1133	Prance	98	0.020%	21.94x
1134	Tippett	98	0.020%	4.57x
1135	Wall	98	0.020%	0.46x
1136	Wensley	98	0.020%	9.02x
1137	Body	97	0.020%	4.66x
1138	Boyce	97	0.020%	1.07x
1139	Chappell	97	0.020%	0.95x
1140	Courtier	97	0.020%	29.31x
1141	Froom	97	0.020%	16.64x
1142	Start	97	0.020%	6.88x
1143	Venner	97	0.020%	8.10x
1144	Bastard	96	0.020%	11.23x
1145	Besley	96	0.020%	10.72x
1146	Bissett	96	0.020%	6.64x
1147	Burnard	96	0.020%	9.38x
1148	Clifton	96	0.020%	1.12x
1149	Curry	96	0.020%	1.10x
1150	Goff	96	0.020%	2.44x
1151	Holcombe	96	0.020%	10.17x
1152	Jenkin	96	0.020%	2.00x
1153	Land	96	0.020%	2.19x
1154	Marles	96	0.020%	17.64x
1155	Rooke	96	0.020%	2.14x
1156	Tribble	96	0.020%	28.31x
1157	Arthurs	95	0.020%	10.26x
1158	Beck	95	0.020%	0.67x
1159	Brailey	95	0.020%	14.40x
1160	Clement	95	0.020%	1.55x
1161	Collard	95	0.020%	2.57x
1162	Cottrell	95	0.020%	1.75x
1163	Doney	95	0.020%	7.94x
1164	Forward	95	0.020%	5.58x
1165	Joyce	95	0.020%	0.64x
1166	Penwarden	95	0.020%	20.17x
1167	Sydenham	95	0.020%	7.47x
1168	Vernon	95	0.020%	0.95x
1169	Bayley	94	0.020%	0.96x
1170	Case	94	0.020%	1.55x
1171	Cottle	94	0.020%	3.14x
1172	Gaydon	94	0.020%	24.63x
1173	Henson	94	0.020%	1.32x
1174	Huggins	94	0.020%	1.84x
1175	Kerswill	94	0.020%	33.07x
1176	Langman	94	0.020%	10.20x
1177	Lashbrook	94	0.020%	25.02x
1178	Lintern	94	0.020%	10.06x
1179	Stoyle	94	0.020%	30.26x
1180	Addicott	93	0.020%	11.09x
1181	Balsom	93	0.020%	22.67x
1182	Dendle	93	0.020%	36.07x
1183	Dunning	93	0.020%	1.80x
1184	Fey	93	0.020%	21.50x
1185	Friendship	93	0.020%	35.51x
1186	Galliford	93	0.020%	22.90x
1187	Job	93	0.020%	5.06x
1188	Larcombe	93	0.020%	4.88x
1189	Litton	93	0.020%	13.01x
1190	Richard	93	0.020%	1.77x
1191	Thorning	93	0.020%	29.74x
1192	Venning	93	0.020%	9.33x
1193	Batstone	92	0.020%	17.77x
1194	Cooksley	92	0.020%	7.93x
1195	Denning	92	0.020%	3.94x
1196	Evens	92	0.020%	5.76x
1197	Gorman	92	0.020%	1.25x
1198	Gulley	92	0.020%	15.79x
1199	Leyman	92	0.020%	36.54x
1200	Medway	92	0.020%	15.26x