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 Watts, with 834 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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Watts | 834 | 1.64x |
| 102 | Lane | 832 | 1.99x |
| 103 | Drew | 819 | 5.10x |
| 104 | Hunt | 816 | 1.01x |
| 105 | Mills | 811 | 1.03x |
| 106 | Norman | 808 | 2.87x |
| 107 | Northcott | 797 | 28.90x |
| 108 | Wyatt | 788 | 4.42x |
| 109 | Frost | 778 | 2.28x |
| 110 | Westlake | 775 | 17.60x |
| 111 | Quick | 771 | 11.32x |
| 112 | Tozer | 767 | 21.05x |
| 113 | French | 763 | 2.57x |
| 114 | Luxton | 754 | 28.00x |
| 115 | Manning | 752 | 3.89x |
| 116 | Bolt | 746 | 16.97x |
| 117 | Gould | 746 | 3.39x |
| 118 | West | 744 | 1.27x |
| 119 | Yeo | 741 | 23.14x |
| 120 | Heard | 740 | 11.45x |
| 121 | Soper | 735 | 19.47x |
| 122 | Dart | 728 | 25.76x |
| 123 | Bailey | 721 | 0.79x |
| 124 | Hayman | 721 | 15.55x |
| 125 | Pope | 720 | 3.44x |
| 126 | Gillard | 719 | 13.60x |
| 127 | Potter | 718 | 1.82x |
| 128 | Partridge | 710 | 4.47x |
| 129 | Marshall | 708 | 0.69x |
| 130 | Payne | 708 | 1.29x |
| 131 | Bishop | 705 | 1.66x |
| 132 | Jenkins | 701 | 0.98x |
| 133 | Cornish | 697 | 7.94x |
| 134 | Westcott | 692 | 17.21x |
| 135 | Dawe | 685 | 12.94x |
| 136 | Jewell | 680 | 10.65x |
| 137 | Greenslade | 675 | 19.03x |
| 138 | Gale | 673 | 3.69x |
| 139 | Grant | 673 | 1.12x |
| 140 | Gilbert | 668 | 1.93x |
| 141 | Howard | 668 | 1.12x |
| 142 | Stoneman | 668 | 26.92x |
| 143 | Hall | 667 | 0.37x |
| 144 | Wilson | 667 | 0.24x |
| 145 | Nicholls | 665 | 2.09x |
| 146 | Prowse | 664 | 23.97x |
| 147 | Huxtable | 661 | 24.93x |
| 148 | Newcombe | 655 | 15.30x |
| 149 | Passmore | 648 | 18.23x |
| 150 | Willcocks | 643 | 25.58x |
| 151 | Isaac | 638 | 8.37x |
| 152 | Holmes | 636 | 0.86x |
| 153 | Way | 634 | 9.46x |
| 154 | Bray | 633 | 3.10x |
| 155 | Chapple | 633 | 15.34x |
| 156 | Friend | 629 | 9.12x |
| 157 | Scott | 619 | 0.40x |
| 158 | Heath | 615 | 2.04x |
| 159 | Johnson | 610 | 0.30x |
| 160 | Radford | 608 | 5.27x |
| 161 | Drake | 604 | 3.41x |
| 162 | Willis | 602 | 1.86x |
| 163 | Avery | 600 | 5.88x |
| 164 | Vanstone | 600 | 34.36x |
| 165 | Perkins | 595 | 2.18x |
| 166 | Alford | 593 | 11.45x |
| 167 | Shepherd | 590 | 1.32x |
| 168 | Ware | 587 | 5.87x |
| 169 | Holman | 585 | 6.78x |
| 170 | Ash | 584 | 5.81x |
| 171 | Kelly | 584 | 0.88x |
| 172 | Knapman | 582 | 35.17x |
| 173 | Walters | 581 | 2.00x |
| 174 | Dymond | 567 | 26.59x |
| 175 | Fisher | 565 | 0.79x |
| 176 | Green | 560 | 0.33x |
| 177 | Chapman | 558 | 0.65x |
| 178 | Maunder | 556 | 20.27x |
| 179 | Hicks | 554 | 2.18x |
| 180 | Mortimore | 554 | 24.17x |
| 181 | Osborne | 551 | 1.90x |
| 182 | Newton | 549 | 1.18x |
| 183 | Dennis | 548 | 3.05x |
| 184 | Foster | 547 | 0.67x |
| 185 | Long | 547 | 1.39x |
| 186 | Curtis | 546 | 1.58x |
| 187 | Coombes | 540 | 8.31x |
| 188 | Robins | 540 | 4.19x |
| 189 | Ley | 539 | 20.29x |
| 190 | Madge | 539 | 28.09x |
| 191 | Manley | 537 | 7.88x |
| 192 | Wakeham | 529 | 22.97x |
| 193 | Brewer | 528 | 3.27x |
| 194 | Hearn | 527 | 6.55x |
| 195 | Easterbrook | 524 | 30.29x |
| 196 | Barrett | 519 | 1.27x |
| 197 | Abbott | 511 | 1.91x |
| 198 | Marks | 508 | 4.08x |
| 199 | Doidge | 507 | 29.17x |
| 200 | Fry | 506 | 2.60x |