1881 census place

Barnstaple surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Barnstaple, Devon in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

538 surnames are listed for Barnstaple, Devon, covering 4,829 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lock, with 72 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Barnstaple

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Lock	72	0.750%	26.50x
2	Symons	68	0.710%	51.83x
3	Tucker	68	0.710%	12.87x
4	Bowden	64	0.670%	23.24x
5	Seldon	58	0.610%	337.01x
6	Passmore	56	0.590%	100.34x
7	Chapple	55	0.580%	84.93x
8	Westacott	53	0.560%	394.93x
9	Huxtable	51	0.530%	122.54x
10	Mock	51	0.530%	483.41x
11	Thorne	51	0.530%	25.34x
12	Webber	49	0.510%	16.80x
13	Cann	46	0.480%	52.03x
14	Barrow	43	0.450%	21.26x
15	Beer	43	0.450%	28.15x
16	Isaac	42	0.440%	35.10x
17	Knill	42	0.440%	351.46x
18	Geen	41	0.430%	396.90x
19	Davey	40	0.420%	10.19x
20	Popham	40	0.420%	181.90x
21	Pugsley	40	0.420%	136.10x
22	Gammon	39	0.410%	75.86x
23	Vickery	39	0.410%	56.31x
24	Squire	38	0.400%	33.57x
25	Ridge	37	0.390%	55.41x
26	Parkin	36	0.380%	14.03x
27	Ridd	36	0.380%	227.70x
28	Guard	34	0.360%	269.41x
29	Abbott	33	0.350%	7.84x
30	Ackland	31	0.320%	98.76x
31	Shaddick	31	0.320%	332.98x
32	Bale	30	0.310%	41.82x
33	Essery	30	0.310%	323.62x
34	Nott	30	0.310%	44.54x
35	Kingdon	29	0.300%	97.32x
36	Norman	29	0.300%	6.56x
37	Bright	28	0.290%	14.51x
38	Cawsey	28	0.290%	376.85x
39	Hutchings	27	0.280%	15.05x
40	Quick	26	0.270%	24.32x
41	Bracher	25	0.260%	181.95x
42	Garland	25	0.260%	19.76x
43	Gabriel	24	0.250%	94.97x
44	Gaydon	24	0.250%	400.67x
45	Newcombe	24	0.250%	35.72x
46	Hearn	23	0.240%	18.21x
47	Jeffery	23	0.240%	11.10x
48	Lake	23	0.240%	10.87x
49	Ley	23	0.240%	55.17x
50	Pile	23	0.240%	52.21x
51	Rice	23	0.240%	7.76x
52	Gay	22	0.230%	17.30x
53	Heard	22	0.230%	21.68x
54	Kidwell	22	0.230%	403.67x
55	Widlake	22	0.230%	445.34x
56	Dalling	21	0.220%	178.12x
57	Davie	21	0.220%	23.88x
58	Pearse	21	0.220%	20.68x
59	Stribling	21	0.220%	224.12x
60	Vanstone	21	0.220%	76.61x
61	Crang	20	0.210%	269.18x
62	Heal	20	0.210%	39.37x
63	Prideaux	20	0.210%	103.04x
64	Scamp	20	0.210%	389.86x
65	Bater	19	0.200%	191.73x
66	Blackmore	19	0.200%	13.82x
67	Dart	19	0.200%	42.82x
68	Delve	19	0.200%	150.91x
69	Goss	19	0.200%	22.86x
70	Luxton	19	0.200%	44.96x
71	Marles	19	0.200%	222.48x
72	Northcote	19	0.200%	135.52x
73	Rottenbury	19	0.200%	852.02x
74	Smyth	19	0.200%	21.31x
75	Yeo	19	0.200%	37.80x
76	Avery	18	0.190%	11.24x
77	Boaden	18	0.190%	286.62x
78	Dymond	18	0.190%	53.78x
79	Lemon	18	0.190%	25.98x
80	Parsley	18	0.190%	142.63x
81	Sellick	18	0.190%	70.78x
82	Shapland	18	0.190%	105.14x
83	Petter	17	0.180%	214.11x
84	Prust	17	0.180%	226.06x
85	Courtney	16	0.170%	23.37x
86	Down	16	0.170%	13.96x
87	Easton	16	0.170%	11.05x
88	Galliford	16	0.170%	251.18x
89	Oatway	16	0.170%	196.80x
90	Blight	15	0.160%	34.73x
91	Buckingham	15	0.160%	11.79x
92	Clement	15	0.160%	15.60x
93	Lovell	15	0.160%	7.51x
94	Ovey	15	0.160%	1048.95x
95	Parminter	15	0.160%	247.52x
96	Smale	15	0.160%	23.86x
97	Steer	15	0.160%	13.46x
98	Toms	15	0.160%	20.31x
99	Braund	14	0.150%	69.97x
100	Cockram	14	0.150%	43.32x