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 Drury, with 34 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
2401	Drury	34	0.010%	0.35x
2402	Fishwick	34	0.010%	1.12x
2403	Fortescue	34	0.010%	4.37x
2404	Foxwell	34	0.010%	3.18x
2405	Glenn	34	0.010%	1.78x
2406	Goodenough	34	0.010%	1.95x
2407	Honeychurch	34	0.010%	9.35x
2408	Jorden	34	0.010%	3.66x
2409	Ladd	34	0.010%	1.59x
2410	Maddicks	34	0.010%	14.07x
2411	Meek	34	0.010%	0.48x
2412	Nation	34	0.010%	3.47x
2413	Perraton	34	0.010%	27.91x
2414	Please	34	0.010%	18.20x
2415	Prigg	34	0.010%	6.11x
2416	Runnalls	34	0.010%	8.37x
2417	Sambell	34	0.010%	15.50x
2418	Sherman	34	0.010%	0.99x
2419	Spooner	34	0.010%	0.39x
2420	Steward	34	0.010%	0.44x
2421	Stile	34	0.010%	12.69x
2422	Tayler	34	0.010%	1.02x
2423	Templeman	34	0.010%	1.45x
2424	Tree	34	0.010%	2.40x
2425	Tyrrell	34	0.010%	0.76x
2426	Uren	34	0.010%	1.48x
2427	Vowden	34	0.010%	26.59x
2428	Whittaker	34	0.010%	0.12x
2429	Yandell	34	0.010%	10.53x
2430	Allery	33	0.010%	22.27x
2431	Bickham	33	0.010%	9.08x
2432	Bracher	33	0.010%	3.77x
2433	Burdon	33	0.010%	1.66x
2434	Caddy	33	0.010%	1.91x
2435	Coath	33	0.010%	10.55x
2436	Deans	33	0.010%	0.80x
2437	Dinham	33	0.010%	5.09x
2438	Drayton	33	0.010%	1.54x
2439	Fay	33	0.010%	1.30x
2440	Fogwill	33	0.010%	22.90x
2441	Forbes	33	0.010%	0.16x
2442	Garrett	33	0.010%	0.24x
2443	Gillingham	33	0.010%	1.21x
2444	Harrell	33	0.010%	6.98x
2445	Hayles	33	0.010%	2.13x
2446	Hedges	33	0.010%	0.47x
2447	Hewings	33	0.010%	16.09x
2448	Horsford	33	0.010%	5.23x
2449	Knowling	33	0.010%	13.55x
2450	Knox	33	0.010%	0.32x
2451	Lisle	33	0.010%	2.17x
2452	Manly	33	0.010%	3.64x
2453	Neill	33	0.010%	0.82x
2454	Nightingale	33	0.010%	0.32x
2455	Percey	33	0.010%	8.17x
2456	Plummer	33	0.010%	0.41x
2457	Pool	33	0.010%	0.47x
2458	Purdie	33	0.010%	1.31x
2459	Quaintance	33	0.010%	41.68x
2460	Reardon	33	0.010%	1.24x
2461	Rosevear	33	0.010%	4.40x
2462	Smeath	33	0.010%	19.35x
2463	Sparke	33	0.010%	3.22x
2464	Stidwell	33	0.010%	36.94x
2465	Timewell	33	0.010%	9.56x
2466	Trebilcock	33	0.010%	3.60x
2467	Whitear	33	0.010%	6.66x
2468	Willmott	33	0.010%	0.87x
2469	Acton	32	0.010%	0.91x
2470	Annear	32	0.010%	5.69x
2471	Baldwin	32	0.010%	0.12x
2472	Batting	32	0.010%	10.37x
2473	Biggs	32	0.010%	0.28x
2474	Blackman	32	0.010%	0.43x
2475	Boyer	32	0.010%	1.67x
2476	Buller	32	0.010%	1.61x
2477	Coffin	32	0.010%	2.16x
2478	Coniam	32	0.010%	35.03x
2479	Cording	32	0.010%	4.54x
2480	Freer	32	0.010%	0.95x
2481	Gist	32	0.010%	13.36x
2482	Greedy	32	0.010%	4.54x
2483	Hoskings	32	0.010%	11.18x
2484	Leatt	32	0.010%	21.89x
2485	Leslie	32	0.010%	0.32x
2486	Maxwell	32	0.010%	0.22x
2487	Moyes	32	0.010%	1.23x
2488	Oakley	32	0.010%	0.25x
2489	Parfitt	32	0.010%	0.72x
2490	Patten	32	0.010%	0.84x
2491	Poor	32	0.010%	6.68x
2492	Roseveare	32	0.010%	9.91x
2493	Simms	32	0.010%	0.46x
2494	Toye	32	0.010%	4.94x
2495	Turnbull	32	0.010%	0.12x
2496	Whitaker	32	0.010%	0.19x
2497	Whitmarsh	32	0.010%	2.49x
2498	Wingate	32	0.010%	1.48x
2499	Woodberry	32	0.010%	15.61x
2500	Woodhouse	32	0.010%	0.22x