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 Mayo, with 37 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
2301	Mayo	37	0.010%	0.79x
2302	Morley	37	0.010%	0.15x
2303	Netting	37	0.010%	15.99x
2304	Odam	37	0.010%	14.46x
2305	Parkes	37	0.010%	0.30x
2306	Polkinghorne	37	0.010%	4.75x
2307	Ramsay	37	0.010%	0.24x
2308	Rawling	37	0.010%	1.67x
2309	Redman	37	0.010%	0.46x
2310	Rudall	37	0.010%	18.41x
2311	Sambells	37	0.010%	22.78x
2312	Sanger	37	0.010%	2.29x
2313	Solway	37	0.010%	14.13x
2314	Sowton	37	0.010%	21.19x
2315	Spark	37	0.010%	1.38x
2316	Toll	37	0.010%	3.46x
2317	Warden	37	0.010%	0.85x
2318	Arundell	36	0.010%	4.91x
2319	Bacon	36	0.010%	0.24x
2320	Baily	36	0.010%	0.94x
2321	Clegg	36	0.010%	0.17x
2322	Creasy	36	0.010%	2.92x
2323	Dore	36	0.010%	1.13x
2324	Durant	36	0.010%	1.70x
2325	Eames	36	0.010%	0.86x
2326	Easterling	36	0.010%	18.28x
2327	Farnham	36	0.010%	2.93x
2328	Fleet	36	0.010%	0.88x
2329	Fryer	36	0.010%	0.32x
2330	Galpin	36	0.010%	2.57x
2331	Glasson	36	0.010%	2.92x
2332	Holley	36	0.010%	1.61x
2333	Macer	36	0.010%	6.74x
2334	Maye	36	0.010%	15.83x
2335	Mundy	36	0.010%	0.80x
2336	Park	36	0.010%	0.19x
2337	Ratcliffe	36	0.010%	0.21x
2338	Riddle	36	0.010%	0.71x
2339	Rutley	36	0.010%	7.45x
2340	Savage	36	0.010%	0.15x
2341	Sully	36	0.010%	1.77x
2342	Totterdell	36	0.010%	8.91x
2343	Trebble	36	0.010%	10.37x
2344	Wadge	36	0.010%	6.42x
2345	Wivell	36	0.010%	17.73x
2346	Woolaway	36	0.010%	26.46x
2347	Backwell	35	0.010%	13.57x
2348	Berryman	35	0.010%	1.04x
2349	Boalch	35	0.010%	15.12x
2350	Brendon	35	0.010%	15.25x
2351	Bubear	35	0.010%	25.73x
2352	Church	35	0.010%	0.26x
2353	Connor	35	0.010%	0.20x
2354	Dan	35	0.010%	9.68x
2355	Disney	35	0.010%	3.64x
2356	Dobson	35	0.010%	0.13x
2357	Faulkner	35	0.010%	0.21x
2358	Geake	35	0.010%	7.87x
2359	Goodland	35	0.010%	4.60x
2360	Graddon	35	0.010%	13.90x
2361	Hains	35	0.010%	3.39x
2362	Healy	35	0.010%	0.87x
2363	Hiscox	35	0.010%	3.16x
2364	Holten	35	0.010%	19.15x
2365	Holwell	35	0.010%	6.20x
2366	Hood	35	0.010%	0.21x
2367	Josling	35	0.010%	5.61x
2368	Kimber	35	0.010%	0.60x
2369	Lilley	35	0.010%	0.42x
2370	Lilly	35	0.010%	0.95x
2371	Loveless	35	0.010%	2.76x
2372	Madders	35	0.010%	8.71x
2373	Nathan	35	0.010%	1.73x
2374	Peardon	35	0.010%	17.77x
2375	Pinsent	35	0.010%	15.12x
2376	Rutter	35	0.010%	0.38x
2377	Shaddock	35	0.010%	10.77x
2378	Sharpe	35	0.010%	0.20x
2379	Soloman	35	0.010%	2.64x
2380	Spratt	35	0.010%	1.03x
2381	Took	35	0.010%	4.24x
2382	Waite	35	0.010%	0.28x
2383	Waterman	35	0.010%	0.74x
2384	Willson	35	0.010%	0.51x
2385	Wolland	35	0.010%	21.55x
2386	Adamson	34	0.010%	0.21x
2387	Baston	34	0.010%	2.62x
2388	Bayly	34	0.010%	3.84x
2389	Bennetts	34	0.010%	1.51x
2390	Bole	34	0.010%	8.05x
2391	Bridge	34	0.010%	0.28x
2392	Brimson	34	0.010%	6.59x
2393	Bully	34	0.010%	13.84x
2394	Bush	34	0.010%	0.23x
2395	Chandler	34	0.010%	0.17x
2396	Colton	34	0.010%	1.67x
2397	Darby	34	0.010%	0.35x
2398	Dashper	34	0.010%	19.47x
2399	Denby	34	0.010%	1.34x
2400	Digby	34	0.010%	1.08x