1881 census place

Bideford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bideford, 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

363 surnames are listed for Bideford, Devon, covering 3,361 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hookway, with 68 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bideford

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	Hookway	68	1.04%	541.83x
2	Copp	62	0.950%	298.22x
3	Jewell	61	0.940%	89.17x
4	Short	61	0.940%	23.97x
5	Beer	58	0.890%	55.64x
6	Glover	57	0.880%	20.53x
7	Tucker	53	0.810%	14.70x
8	Cole	50	0.770%	8.43x
9	Shortridge	48	0.740%	1137.44x
10	Davey	47	0.720%	17.55x
11	Johns	46	0.710%	27.35x
12	Bowden	42	0.640%	22.34x
13	Champion	37	0.570%	54.28x
14	Dennis	37	0.570%	19.20x
15	Hoyle	33	0.510%	21.95x
16	Paddon	33	0.510%	204.97x
17	Abbott	32	0.490%	11.14x
18	Eastman	32	0.490%	179.67x
19	Pickard	32	0.490%	35.22x
20	Dark	31	0.480%	131.58x
21	Pound	31	0.480%	99.81x
22	Squire	31	0.480%	40.13x
23	Branch	30	0.460%	90.04x
24	Hooper	30	0.460%	10.87x
25	Symons	30	0.460%	33.51x
26	Hamlyn	29	0.450%	187.22x
27	Heard	27	0.410%	38.98x
28	Oatway	27	0.410%	486.49x
29	Colwill	26	0.400%	187.05x
30	Hearn	26	0.400%	30.17x
31	Shute	26	0.400%	99.46x
32	Blackmore	25	0.380%	26.65x
33	Bale	24	0.370%	49.02x
34	Friendship	24	0.370%	854.09x
35	Heywood	24	0.370%	18.52x
36	Isaac	24	0.370%	29.39x
37	Heal	23	0.350%	66.34x
38	Waldon	23	0.350%	324.40x
39	Yeo	23	0.350%	67.06x
40	Brock	22	0.340%	29.07x
41	Fulford	21	0.320%	96.55x
42	Jeffery	21	0.320%	14.85x
43	Newcombe	21	0.320%	45.80x
44	Dymond	20	0.310%	87.57x
45	Holman	20	0.310%	21.63x
46	Passmore	20	0.310%	52.51x
47	Babb	19	0.290%	107.47x
48	Cawsey	19	0.290%	374.75x
49	Lake	19	0.290%	13.16x
50	Kivell	18	0.280%	1058.82x
51	Major	18	0.280%	20.48x
52	Mountjoy	18	0.280%	242.59x
53	Parkhouse	18	0.280%	92.55x
54	Prance	18	0.280%	375.78x
55	Branton	17	0.260%	146.05x
56	Braund	17	0.260%	124.45x
57	Ley	17	0.260%	59.75x
58	Monkley	17	0.260%	550.16x
59	Robins	17	0.260%	12.31x
60	Smale	17	0.260%	39.62x
61	Joy	16	0.250%	29.19x
62	Littlejohns	16	0.250%	157.48x
63	Madge	16	0.250%	77.86x
64	Ackland	15	0.230%	70.03x
65	Blight	15	0.230%	50.90x
66	Cann	15	0.230%	24.86x
67	Pridham	15	0.230%	144.93x
68	Rook	15	0.230%	33.71x
69	Trott	15	0.230%	35.04x
70	Luxton	14	0.210%	48.54x
71	Perkin	14	0.210%	39.91x
72	Prouse	14	0.210%	128.44x
73	Sandercock	14	0.210%	120.79x
74	Spearman	14	0.210%	135.79x
75	Cock	13	0.200%	18.15x
76	Crocker	13	0.200%	14.86x
77	Darch	13	0.200%	108.24x
78	Gerry	13	0.200%	103.92x
79	Husband	13	0.200%	34.23x
80	Jenn	13	0.200%	787.88x
81	Shutt	13	0.200%	55.34x
82	Slee	13	0.200%	51.12x
83	Trick	13	0.200%	172.19x
84	Ching	12	0.180%	113.96x
85	Crossman	12	0.180%	55.89x
86	Hopson	12	0.180%	70.01x
87	Huxtable	12	0.180%	42.24x
88	Rendle	12	0.180%	62.40x
89	Bissett	11	0.170%	71.01x
90	Collacott	11	0.170%	281.33x
91	Cruse	11	0.170%	58.32x
92	Davie	11	0.170%	18.33x
93	Milsom	11	0.170%	49.39x
94	Morrish	11	0.170%	42.54x
95	Sing	11	0.170%	312.50x
96	Wakeley	11	0.170%	151.93x
97	Burrow	10	0.150%	22.37x
98	Dannell	10	0.150%	854.70x
99	Giddy	10	0.150%	151.75x
100	Griffey	10	0.150%	438.60x