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 Ridd, with 279 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
401	Ridd	279	0.050%	27.70x
402	Wheaton	279	0.050%	22.31x
403	Butler	278	0.050%	0.47x
404	Wreford	278	0.050%	31.99x
405	Gammon	277	0.050%	8.46x
406	Chown	276	0.050%	14.52x
407	Hoskin	276	0.050%	10.13x
408	Palk	275	0.050%	33.94x
409	Paul	273	0.040%	1.79x
410	Harper	271	0.040%	0.70x
411	Mugford	270	0.040%	25.09x
412	Sleeman	270	0.040%	13.74x
413	Sprague	270	0.040%	19.13x
414	Summers	270	0.040%	1.58x
415	Callard	268	0.040%	23.91x
416	Daniel	268	0.040%	1.99x
417	Yelland	267	0.040%	16.40x
418	Glanville	266	0.040%	10.64x
419	Hitchcock	266	0.040%	3.79x
420	Joslin	266	0.040%	11.36x
421	Sparks	266	0.040%	2.89x
422	Chamberlain	265	0.040%	1.60x
423	Darch	265	0.040%	23.64x
424	Collier	264	0.040%	1.30x
425	Furze	264	0.040%	20.38x
426	Lidstone	264	0.040%	32.34x
427	Burt	263	0.040%	1.82x
428	Parish	263	0.040%	2.80x
429	Anning	262	0.040%	25.25x
430	Ashton	262	0.040%	0.88x
431	Shapland	262	0.040%	24.03x
432	Small	262	0.040%	1.70x
433	Cooke	261	0.040%	0.78x
434	Goodman	261	0.040%	1.47x
435	Crabb	260	0.040%	4.12x
436	Lovell	260	0.040%	2.04x
437	Norrish	260	0.040%	32.25x
438	Heale	259	0.040%	17.67x
439	Kelland	259	0.040%	23.89x
440	Wonnacott	258	0.040%	31.77x
441	Pepperell	257	0.040%	24.77x
442	Gray	255	0.040%	0.29x
443	Back	254	0.040%	7.82x
444	Gerry	254	0.040%	21.75x
445	Loosemore	253	0.040%	30.99x
446	Mortimer	253	0.040%	1.99x
447	Reeves	253	0.040%	1.02x
448	Strong	253	0.040%	2.79x
449	Ridge	250	0.040%	5.88x
450	Fletcher	249	0.040%	0.36x
451	England	248	0.040%	1.98x
452	Chudley	247	0.040%	35.16x
453	Perryman	247	0.040%	11.26x
454	Gibbings	246	0.040%	29.05x
455	Ponsford	246	0.040%	17.63x
456	Churchward	245	0.040%	30.01x
457	Pedrick	245	0.040%	31.67x
458	Wellington	245	0.040%	8.55x
459	Budd	244	0.040%	3.16x
460	Dimond	244	0.040%	13.75x
461	Gosling	244	0.040%	2.56x
462	Murphy	243	0.040%	0.50x
463	Britton	242	0.040%	2.25x
464	Edmonds	242	0.040%	2.08x
465	Sellick	242	0.040%	14.93x
466	Spencer	242	0.040%	0.44x
467	Barrow	241	0.040%	1.87x
468	Bickford	241	0.040%	21.12x
469	Mogridge	241	0.040%	26.97x
470	Parkin	241	0.040%	1.47x
471	Rendell	241	0.040%	9.47x
472	Bovey	240	0.040%	33.48x
473	Moon	239	0.040%	1.86x
474	Pascoe	239	0.040%	3.47x
475	Rook	239	0.040%	5.75x
476	Ashford	238	0.040%	3.96x
477	Bell	238	0.040%	0.21x
478	Dingle	238	0.040%	8.96x
479	Sutton	238	0.040%	0.61x
480	Westacott	237	0.040%	27.72x
481	Widdicombe	236	0.040%	34.69x
482	Burrow	235	0.040%	5.63x
483	Norton	234	0.040%	1.16x
484	Tapp	234	0.040%	8.97x
485	Turpin	233	0.040%	7.14x
486	Day	232	0.040%	0.41x
487	Downing	232	0.040%	2.19x
488	Hingston	232	0.040%	29.30x
489	Mitchelmore	232	0.040%	38.09x
490	Petherick	232	0.040%	22.49x
491	Courtney	231	0.040%	5.30x
492	Cousins	231	0.040%	2.11x
493	Fewings	231	0.040%	38.30x
494	Littlejohns	231	0.040%	24.36x
495	Foot	230	0.040%	3.82x
496	Major	230	0.040%	2.80x
497	Pomeroy	230	0.040%	13.63x
498	Gibbons	229	0.040%	1.17x
499	Burgoyne	228	0.040%	8.58x
500	Dicker	228	0.040%	9.57x