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 Pengelley, with 46 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
2001	Pengelley	46	0.010%	21.58x
2002	Powe	46	0.010%	14.91x
2003	Purcell	46	0.010%	1.09x
2004	Sawyer	46	0.010%	0.41x
2005	Sibley	46	0.010%	0.94x
2006	Snelling	46	0.010%	0.93x
2007	Southard	46	0.010%	10.64x
2008	Tonkins	46	0.010%	14.81x
2009	Wide	46	0.010%	17.56x
2010	Auton	45	0.010%	6.95x
2011	Barons	45	0.010%	27.03x
2012	Bass	45	0.010%	0.65x
2013	Biss	45	0.010%	4.83x
2014	Boyles	45	0.010%	3.81x
2015	Bricknell	45	0.010%	4.07x
2016	Butter	45	0.010%	1.56x
2017	Cockwell	45	0.010%	34.63x
2018	Dann	45	0.010%	1.17x
2019	Found	45	0.010%	6.64x
2020	Gimblett	45	0.010%	11.85x
2021	Hubber	45	0.010%	19.11x
2022	Jervis	45	0.010%	0.96x
2023	Keenor	45	0.010%	38.22x
2024	Lapthorne	45	0.010%	17.31x
2025	London	45	0.010%	1.49x
2026	Lyndon	45	0.010%	7.49x
2027	Noble	45	0.010%	0.18x
2028	Parkins	45	0.010%	1.37x
2029	Penberthy	45	0.010%	6.64x
2030	Penfound	45	0.010%	16.42x
2031	Pote	45	0.010%	16.30x
2032	Real	45	0.010%	18.17x
2033	Scoins	45	0.010%	30.78x
2034	Thomson	45	0.010%	0.06x
2035	Train	45	0.010%	3.29x
2036	Trenchard	45	0.010%	6.84x
2037	Tretheway	45	0.010%	16.79x
2038	Voisey	45	0.010%	7.13x
2039	Windeatt	45	0.010%	26.70x
2040	Windsor	45	0.010%	0.89x
2041	Wroth	45	0.010%	22.39x
2042	Catford	44	0.010%	16.93x
2043	Daniell	44	0.010%	2.60x
2044	Dibble	44	0.010%	2.51x
2045	Dummett	44	0.010%	17.48x
2046	Hedden	44	0.010%	28.90x
2047	House	44	0.010%	0.56x
2048	Kitts	44	0.010%	7.82x
2049	Lawrance	44	0.010%	1.11x
2050	Legge	44	0.010%	1.62x
2051	Letten	44	0.010%	19.88x
2052	Male	44	0.010%	1.21x
2053	Melluish	44	0.010%	12.17x
2054	Memory	44	0.010%	13.21x
2055	Mogg	44	0.010%	3.07x
2056	Narracott	44	0.010%	27.79x
2057	Otton	44	0.010%	18.36x
2058	Pryor	44	0.010%	1.08x
2059	Scobell	44	0.010%	17.48x
2060	Serle	44	0.010%	8.60x
2061	Sheldon	44	0.010%	0.48x
2062	Somers	44	0.010%	2.14x
2063	Steere	44	0.010%	9.34x
2064	Terrell	44	0.010%	4.30x
2065	Twose	44	0.010%	18.84x
2066	Upcott	44	0.010%	19.35x
2067	Varcoe	44	0.010%	4.32x
2068	Withers	44	0.010%	0.44x
2069	Wreyford	44	0.010%	40.13x
2070	Boddy	43	0.010%	1.28x
2071	Bodley	43	0.010%	6.32x
2072	Brealy	43	0.010%	21.18x
2073	Bromley	43	0.010%	0.46x
2074	Cain	43	0.010%	0.34x
2075	Callicott	43	0.010%	37.83x
2076	Charley	43	0.010%	7.04x
2077	Commins	43	0.010%	7.06x
2078	Crouch	43	0.010%	0.53x
2079	Dadds	43	0.010%	13.24x
2080	Darton	43	0.010%	7.46x
2081	Edward	43	0.010%	0.76x
2082	Finnemore	43	0.010%	8.90x
2083	Hawton	43	0.010%	8.40x
2084	Higgs	43	0.010%	0.39x
2085	Hockey	43	0.010%	2.32x
2086	Hornbrook	43	0.010%	23.27x
2087	Horrill	43	0.010%	16.94x
2088	Incledon	43	0.010%	26.47x
2089	Jessop	43	0.010%	0.60x
2090	Kernick	43	0.010%	10.18x
2091	Leverton	43	0.010%	3.91x
2092	Marden	43	0.010%	3.25x
2093	Mares	43	0.010%	10.86x
2094	Merson	43	0.010%	6.27x
2095	Middleweek	43	0.010%	26.15x
2096	Miners	43	0.010%	5.69x
2097	Nancarrow	43	0.010%	4.86x
2098	Peach	43	0.010%	0.65x
2099	Pett	43	0.010%	2.58x
2100	Pidler	43	0.010%	28.24x