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 Guppy, with 4 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
301	Guppy	4	0.040%	15.87x
302	Heale	4	0.040%	17.38x
303	Hellyer	4	0.040%	24.18x
304	Hockaday	4	0.040%	32.68x
305	Hopgood	4	0.040%	16.01x
306	Hore	4	0.040%	12.18x
307	Horrell	4	0.040%	26.81x
308	Hortop	4	0.040%	77.07x
309	Kelland	4	0.040%	23.50x
310	Kempe	4	0.040%	56.82x
311	Lamprey	4	0.040%	108.99x
312	Littleworth	4	0.040%	272.11x
313	Loosemore	4	0.040%	31.23x
314	Moxham	4	0.040%	23.24x
315	Parking	4	0.040%	209.42x
316	Penhale	4	0.040%	72.07x
317	Pidgeon	4	0.040%	12.60x
318	Pillard	4	0.040%	740.74x
319	Pitney	4	0.040%	100.50x
320	Pomeroy	4	0.040%	15.10x
321	Quantock	4	0.040%	129.45x
322	Sloman	4	0.040%	19.73x
323	Smallridge	4	0.040%	71.68x
324	Suffolk	4	0.040%	38.87x
325	Thetford	4	0.040%	81.47x
326	Toller	4	0.040%	56.82x
327	Tresise	4	0.040%	142.86x
328	Trump	4	0.040%	27.34x
329	Veysey	4	0.040%	44.99x
330	Westcombe	4	0.040%	130.72x
331	Wollacott	4	0.040%	102.04x
332	Woollen	4	0.040%	43.15x
333	Boyles	3	0.030%	16.17x
334	Brailey	3	0.030%	28.96x
335	Brasher	3	0.030%	58.82x
336	Burrington	3	0.030%	82.64x
337	Bushen	3	0.030%	88.76x
338	Cloak	3	0.030%	83.33x
339	Colmer	3	0.030%	27.27x
340	Curtes	3	0.030%	131.00x
341	Darracott	3	0.030%	168.54x
342	Dendle	3	0.030%	74.07x
343	Follett	3	0.030%	13.70x
344	Gartland	3	0.030%	33.75x
345	Glyde	3	0.030%	41.27x
346	Hake	3	0.030%	27.68x
347	Heathfield	3	0.030%	20.60x
348	Horrill	3	0.030%	75.38x
349	Hosegood	3	0.030%	39.22x
350	Kemble	3	0.030%	18.98x
351	Laramy	3	0.030%	116.28x
352	Marquiss	3	0.030%	303.03x
353	Mew	3	0.030%	14.82x
354	Milford	3	0.030%	11.22x
355	Mingo	3	0.030%	110.70x
356	Paige	3	0.030%	17.63x
357	Pedlar	3	0.030%	28.96x
358	Quartly	3	0.030%	119.05x
359	Sharland	3	0.030%	11.95x
360	Stote	3	0.030%	62.37x
361	Treble	3	0.030%	23.89x
362	Trist	3	0.030%	39.37x
363	Vellacott	3	0.030%	79.79x
364	Venton	3	0.030%	33.63x
365	Arter	2	0.020%	18.57x
366	Balment	2	0.020%	92.17x
367	Barness	2	0.020%	327.87x
368	Bayly	2	0.020%	14.39x
369	Bilney	2	0.020%	56.02x
370	Bowdon	2	0.020%	20.92x
371	Braddon	2	0.020%	28.29x
372	Branton	2	0.020%	11.73x
373	Ching	2	0.020%	12.96x
374	Churchward	2	0.020%	15.61x
375	Denford	2	0.020%	33.73x
376	Dockett	2	0.020%	114.29x
377	Donnell	2	0.020%	20.45x
378	Dummett	2	0.020%	50.63x
379	Fishley	2	0.020%	75.76x
380	Fowell	2	0.020%	13.79x
381	Glasson	2	0.020%	10.34x
382	Gliddon	2	0.020%	16.78x
383	Gubbins	2	0.020%	12.25x
384	Gulliford	2	0.020%	12.58x
385	Hathorn	2	0.020%	70.42x
386	Hears	2	0.020%	327.87x
387	Heathcoat	2	0.020%	98.04x
388	Karslake	2	0.020%	82.64x
389	Kift	2	0.020%	42.37x
390	Lavercombe	2	0.020%	157.48x
391	Liddington	2	0.020%	16.09x
392	List	2	0.020%	12.43x
393	Liverton	2	0.020%	93.46x
394	Lymes	2	0.020%	118.34x
395	Mackrell	2	0.020%	14.39x
396	Mapstone	2	0.020%	26.81x
397	Mountjoy	2	0.020%	18.40x
398	Ninnis	2	0.020%	46.51x
399	Pearcey	2	0.020%	13.92x
400	Petters	2	0.020%	42.37x