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 Palfreman, with 20 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
3201	Palfreman	20	0.000%	5.21x
3202	Penhall	20	0.000%	7.58x
3203	Pilditch	20	0.000%	13.31x
3204	Pole	20	0.000%	1.06x
3205	Priston	20	0.000%	17.60x
3206	Quest	20	0.000%	8.28x
3207	Quinn	20	0.000%	0.17x
3208	Roland	20	0.000%	2.01x
3209	Roskilly	20	0.000%	4.80x
3210	Roy	20	0.000%	0.36x
3211	Shere	20	0.000%	17.91x
3212	Shorney	20	0.000%	5.16x
3213	Snelgrove	20	0.000%	1.32x
3214	Staton	20	0.000%	1.70x
3215	Sutcliffe	20	0.000%	0.08x
3216	Swaine	20	0.000%	0.75x
3217	Tompkins	20	0.000%	0.38x
3218	Tredinnick	20	0.000%	5.73x
3219	Treliving	20	0.000%	9.04x
3220	Trevena	20	0.000%	3.66x
3221	Trotter	20	0.000%	0.31x
3222	Wale	20	0.000%	0.69x
3223	Whitcombe	20	0.000%	1.82x
3224	Whitmore	20	0.000%	0.37x
3225	Whitting	20	0.000%	2.49x
3226	Wilmott	20	0.000%	0.97x
3227	Wingfield	20	0.000%	0.71x
3228	Youatt	20	0.000%	15.39x
3229	Able	19	0.000%	1.66x
3230	Addison	19	0.000%	0.23x
3231	Adkins	19	0.000%	0.48x
3232	Ashby	19	0.000%	0.19x
3233	Axon	19	0.000%	1.25x
3234	Baines	19	0.000%	0.16x
3235	Barnard	19	0.000%	0.13x
3236	Bearn	19	0.000%	11.01x
3237	Belt	19	0.000%	2.68x
3238	Bingham	19	0.000%	0.21x
3239	Blackett	19	0.000%	0.82x
3240	Blythe	19	0.000%	0.41x
3241	Boswell	19	0.000%	0.33x
3242	Bowdidge	19	0.000%	9.09x
3243	Brookes	19	0.000%	0.13x
3244	Brookshaw	19	0.000%	4.52x
3245	Bruce	19	0.000%	0.07x
3246	Buchan	19	0.000%	0.24x
3247	Buck	19	0.000%	0.15x
3248	Bulford	19	0.000%	5.85x
3249	Bunce	19	0.000%	0.42x
3250	Burleigh	19	0.000%	2.47x
3251	Button	19	0.000%	0.26x
3252	Caines	19	0.000%	1.55x
3253	Cheese	19	0.000%	2.10x
3254	Cheshire	19	0.000%	0.41x
3255	Clotworthy	19	0.000%	13.56x
3256	Collick	19	0.000%	5.85x
3257	Crockford	19	0.000%	0.92x
3258	Crooker	19	0.000%	10.88x
3259	Dearing	19	0.000%	1.67x
3260	Delaney	19	0.000%	0.49x
3261	Dickson	19	0.000%	0.08x
3262	Donaghue	19	0.000%	2.73x
3263	Dorrington	19	0.000%	0.99x
3264	Finney	19	0.000%	0.36x
3265	Finning	19	0.000%	13.18x
3266	Fish	19	0.000%	0.17x
3267	Fredman	19	0.000%	24.00x
3268	Gamon	19	0.000%	5.64x
3269	Gilchrist	19	0.000%	0.21x
3270	Gilding	19	0.000%	3.48x
3271	Golding	19	0.000%	0.18x
3272	Haggarty	19	0.000%	1.62x
3273	Harner	19	0.000%	10.88x
3274	Harriss	19	0.000%	0.48x
3275	Hawks	19	0.000%	1.20x
3276	Hind	19	0.000%	0.25x
3277	Hoile	19	0.000%	3.27x
3278	Hollaway	19	0.000%	3.47x
3279	Houghton	19	0.000%	0.09x
3280	Hutchens	19	0.000%	3.05x
3281	Kestell	19	0.000%	9.85x
3282	Lazarus	19	0.000%	1.31x
3283	Ledger	19	0.000%	0.46x
3284	Lesley	19	0.000%	6.08x
3285	Llewellyn	19	0.000%	0.21x
3286	Lowrey	19	0.000%	1.64x
3287	Mew	19	0.000%	1.47x
3288	Neville	19	0.000%	0.26x
3289	Nias	19	0.000%	9.65x
3290	Old	19	0.000%	0.77x
3291	Parnel	19	0.000%	14.40x
3292	Perritt	19	0.000%	7.20x
3293	Phelp	19	0.000%	9.55x
3294	Phillpotts	19	0.000%	4.77x
3295	Player	19	0.000%	0.81x
3296	Pocock	19	0.000%	0.30x
3297	Potts	19	0.000%	0.09x
3298	Puckett	19	0.000%	3.26x
3299	Pullin	19	0.000%	0.88x
3300	Reilly	19	0.000%	0.29x