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 Badcock, with 359 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
301	Badcock	359	0.060%	10.30x
302	Clapp	359	0.060%	15.87x
303	Griffin	358	0.060%	1.25x
304	Brooking	355	0.060%	23.79x
305	Endacott	355	0.060%	37.44x
306	Batten	354	0.060%	6.31x
307	Davies	352	0.060%	0.11x
308	Wotton	352	0.060%	20.25x
309	Ferris	347	0.060%	5.77x
310	Prout	347	0.060%	11.48x
311	Colwill	341	0.060%	26.28x
312	Young	341	0.060%	0.26x
313	Nott	340	0.060%	7.92x
314	Pollard	340	0.060%	1.53x
315	Godfrey	339	0.060%	1.88x
316	Heal	339	0.060%	10.47x
317	Melhuish	339	0.060%	21.05x
318	Walker	338	0.060%	0.17x
319	Doble	337	0.060%	19.37x
320	Hookway	336	0.060%	28.68x
321	Smerdon	334	0.050%	35.22x
322	Ham	332	0.050%	7.27x
323	Newman	332	0.050%	0.73x
324	Sharland	332	0.050%	20.75x
325	Underhill	332	0.050%	7.80x
326	Haydon	330	0.050%	8.66x
327	Paddon	330	0.050%	21.96x
328	Gay	329	0.050%	4.06x
329	Leaman	329	0.050%	25.28x
330	Pitts	327	0.050%	5.24x
331	Farrant	326	0.050%	9.04x
332	Murch	323	0.050%	21.10x
333	Roach	323	0.050%	3.61x
334	Shute	323	0.050%	13.23x
335	Holland	322	0.050%	0.74x
336	Staddon	322	0.050%	23.70x
337	Truscott	321	0.050%	9.71x
338	Winsor	320	0.050%	17.51x
339	Channon	319	0.050%	20.40x
340	Chubb	317	0.050%	9.39x
341	Ackland	316	0.050%	15.80x
342	Western	315	0.050%	12.31x
343	Medland	314	0.050%	22.84x
344	Dodd	313	0.050%	1.27x
345	Nichols	313	0.050%	1.58x
346	Spiller	313	0.050%	9.05x
347	Sercombe	312	0.050%	34.30x
348	Tarr	312	0.050%	14.08x
349	Arnold	311	0.050%	0.95x
350	Jennings	311	0.050%	1.01x
351	Putt	311	0.050%	21.97x
352	Glover	310	0.050%	1.20x
353	Pickard	310	0.050%	3.65x
354	Seldon	309	0.050%	28.18x
355	Spear	309	0.050%	10.80x
356	Waldron	308	0.050%	5.75x
357	Price	307	0.050%	0.29x
358	Simmons	307	0.050%	1.24x
359	Mayne	306	0.050%	8.51x
360	Davy	304	0.050%	4.05x
361	Freeman	304	0.050%	0.78x
362	Hosking	304	0.050%	6.70x
363	Ireland	302	0.050%	2.14x
364	Bassett	301	0.050%	3.17x
365	Elston	300	0.050%	10.18x
366	Watson	299	0.050%	0.21x
367	Cleave	298	0.050%	16.83x
368	Robinson	298	0.050%	0.15x
369	Aggett	297	0.050%	41.91x
370	Bastin	297	0.050%	18.33x
371	Kemp	297	0.050%	0.88x
372	Bulley	296	0.050%	20.68x
373	Burrows	296	0.050%	1.11x
374	Jago	296	0.050%	12.71x
375	Hallett	295	0.050%	3.94x
376	Hurrell	295	0.050%	8.16x
377	Knott	294	0.050%	2.44x
378	Knowles	294	0.050%	0.91x
379	Pook	294	0.050%	17.15x
380	Scoble	294	0.050%	22.59x
381	Stacey	294	0.050%	2.15x
382	Mallett	293	0.050%	5.41x
383	Pring	293	0.050%	10.54x
384	Gidley	292	0.050%	27.50x
385	Head	292	0.050%	1.97x
386	Lear	292	0.050%	8.22x
387	Mason	291	0.050%	0.36x
388	Horton	290	0.050%	1.28x
389	Hughes	290	0.050%	0.17x
390	Heywood	288	0.050%	2.38x
391	Preston	288	0.050%	0.95x
392	Hocking	286	0.050%	5.76x
393	Burnett	285	0.050%	1.69x
394	Andrew	284	0.050%	1.47x
395	Lawrence	283	0.050%	0.72x
396	Dean	282	0.050%	0.67x
397	Maddock	282	0.050%	5.08x
398	Perring	282	0.050%	22.47x
399	Gribble	280	0.050%	12.79x
400	Powell	279	0.050%	0.37x