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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 Pinkham, with 1 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.

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501Pinkham124.88x
502Pinkstone127.25x
503Polland127.78x
504Pomroy114.39x
505Powe120.66x
506Pronger139.68x
507Pullman110.74x
508Quantick144.84x
509Radmore110.29x
510Redcliffe153.19x
511Redmore121.51x
512Redstone113.76x
513Roache116.86x
514Robin15.27x
515Rootham120.24x
516Rousell114.14x
517Shellard16.59x
518Smaldon164.10x
519Somerfield19.65x
520Steels18.84x
521Stoodley18.37x
522Tallamy166.67x
523Tamlin121.93x
524Trask19.40x
525Tregale154.95x
526Trelease129.07x
527Tuckett16.52x
528Twiggs116.69x
529Uglow114.33x
530Vagg120.37x
531Verney17.47x
532Villers134.84x
533Websdale115.02x
534Wedlake17.67x
535Wighton110.29x
536Witmore144.84x
537Woolway119.38x
538Yendle159.17x