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 Salisbury, with 64 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
1601	Salisbury	64	0.010%	1.06x
1602	Scadding	64	0.010%	15.15x
1603	Southey	64	0.010%	5.55x
1604	Stumbles	64	0.010%	36.66x
1605	Towill	64	0.010%	28.92x
1606	Vigars	64	0.010%	32.50x
1607	Viney	64	0.010%	2.77x
1608	Weston	64	0.010%	0.26x
1609	Balment	63	0.010%	45.64x
1610	Bradshaw	63	0.010%	0.25x
1611	Buckley	63	0.010%	0.19x
1612	Cane	63	0.010%	1.52x
1613	Flay	63	0.010%	14.10x
1614	Handcock	63	0.010%	4.46x
1615	Ingram	63	0.010%	0.34x
1616	Joce	63	0.010%	33.01x
1617	Perriman	63	0.010%	14.57x
1618	Revell	63	0.010%	1.79x
1619	Smart	63	0.010%	0.23x
1620	Wakley	63	0.010%	12.36x
1621	Wilkey	63	0.010%	18.36x
1622	Willcox	63	0.010%	1.92x
1623	Yalland	63	0.010%	32.66x
1624	Alger	62	0.010%	4.46x
1625	Baxter	62	0.010%	0.17x
1626	Beable	62	0.010%	38.66x
1627	Bibbings	62	0.010%	31.81x
1628	Black	62	0.010%	0.16x
1629	Blackwell	62	0.010%	0.56x
1630	Castle	62	0.010%	0.51x
1631	Charlick	62	0.010%	16.51x
1632	Clemens	62	0.010%	5.04x
1633	Courtis	62	0.010%	14.68x
1634	Fishleigh	62	0.010%	36.36x
1635	Forster	62	0.010%	0.31x
1636	Kemble	62	0.010%	6.16x
1637	Reddicliffe	62	0.010%	42.41x
1638	Rottenbury	62	0.010%	43.63x
1639	Southern	62	0.010%	1.11x
1640	Turl	62	0.010%	17.16x
1641	Welland	62	0.010%	8.41x
1642	Willoughby	62	0.010%	1.17x
1643	Wingett	62	0.010%	25.45x
1644	Alexander	61	0.010%	0.19x
1645	Border	61	0.010%	11.83x
1646	Cummins	61	0.010%	1.18x
1647	Draper	61	0.010%	0.43x
1648	Emery	61	0.010%	0.46x
1649	Fitzgerald	61	0.010%	0.57x
1650	Lyddon	61	0.010%	9.22x
1651	Monkley	61	0.010%	21.16x
1652	Skelly	61	0.010%	5.31x
1653	Treeby	61	0.010%	21.46x
1654	Tremeer	61	0.010%	40.61x
1655	Vickary	61	0.010%	26.12x
1656	Brent	60	0.010%	5.10x
1657	Bulled	60	0.010%	33.58x
1658	Candy	60	0.010%	2.77x
1659	Cockwill	60	0.010%	42.82x
1660	Curwood	60	0.010%	14.27x
1661	Fursdon	60	0.010%	36.04x
1662	Hillson	60	0.010%	12.68x
1663	Jerrett	60	0.010%	17.08x
1664	Kingston	60	0.010%	1.06x
1665	Matters	60	0.010%	24.02x
1666	Nelder	60	0.010%	26.86x
1667	Olding	60	0.010%	5.13x
1668	Tabb	60	0.010%	7.46x
1669	Teague	60	0.010%	1.74x
1670	Tossell	60	0.010%	21.26x
1671	Tripe	60	0.010%	36.49x
1672	Wescott	60	0.010%	11.24x
1673	Almond	59	0.010%	0.78x
1674	Braunton	59	0.010%	39.28x
1675	Crute	59	0.010%	13.71x
1676	Douglas	59	0.010%	0.20x
1677	Elstone	59	0.010%	8.97x
1678	Farthing	59	0.010%	1.84x
1679	Foote	59	0.010%	2.53x
1680	Fraser	59	0.010%	0.11x
1681	Guy	59	0.010%	0.44x
1682	Harrington	59	0.010%	0.51x
1683	Holt	59	0.010%	0.14x
1684	Johnston	59	0.010%	0.12x
1685	Labbett	59	0.010%	26.66x
1686	Low	59	0.010%	0.46x
1687	Moysey	59	0.010%	18.51x
1688	Oxland	59	0.010%	43.37x
1689	Pillage	59	0.010%	34.60x
1690	Prescott	59	0.010%	0.69x
1691	Pullen	59	0.010%	0.74x
1692	Shilson	59	0.010%	20.46x
1693	Sing	59	0.010%	17.94x
1694	Soby	59	0.010%	24.62x
1695	Yates	59	0.010%	0.14x
1696	Blanchard	58	0.010%	1.16x
1697	Bow	58	0.010%	4.08x
1698	Burke	58	0.010%	0.32x
1699	Carnall	58	0.010%	5.06x
1700	Dobb	58	0.010%	7.31x