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 Babbage, with 4 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
201	Babbage	4	0.060%	38.72x
202	Bow	4	0.060%	26.26x
203	Darke	4	0.060%	26.26x
204	Gabriel	4	0.060%	23.19x
205	Gibbens	4	0.060%	45.20x
206	Harknett	4	0.060%	138.41x
207	Headon	4	0.060%	62.31x
208	Hulland	4	0.060%	71.56x
209	Joce	4	0.060%	196.08x
210	Keats	4	0.060%	27.99x
211	Lovering	4	0.060%	35.84x
212	Mock	4	0.060%	55.56x
213	Mudge	4	0.060%	20.21x
214	Orriss	4	0.060%	75.05x
215	Rattenbury	4	0.060%	42.78x
216	Rigsby	4	0.060%	176.99x
217	Rooker	4	0.060%	65.68x
218	Seldon	4	0.060%	34.04x
219	Squance	4	0.060%	106.95x
220	Trace	4	0.060%	70.42x
221	Wakley	4	0.060%	73.26x
222	Westaway	4	0.060%	27.86x
223	Chugg	3	0.050%	72.99x
224	Coull	3	0.050%	13.46x
225	Found	3	0.050%	41.32x
226	Fursman	3	0.050%	107.91x
227	Gayton	3	0.050%	27.15x
228	Goman	3	0.050%	184.05x
229	Granville	3	0.050%	31.78x
230	Hanger	3	0.050%	45.66x
231	Hatherly	3	0.050%	77.92x
232	Huxham	3	0.050%	64.10x
233	Kinsman	3	0.050%	22.83x
234	Lendon	3	0.050%	91.46x
235	Mounce	3	0.050%	135.14x
236	Oak	3	0.050%	60.48x
237	Pill	3	0.050%	24.49x
238	Pulley	3	0.050%	27.37x
239	Redcliff	3	0.050%	625.00x
240	Silke	3	0.050%	150.00x
241	Thornberry	3	0.050%	312.50x
242	Trapnell	3	0.050%	84.03x
243	Trevithick	3	0.050%	67.26x
244	Trewin	3	0.050%	33.56x
245	Vibert	3	0.050%	51.64x
246	Yea	3	0.050%	222.22x
247	Bellew	2	0.030%	55.40x
248	Betty	2	0.030%	25.06x
249	Binney	2	0.030%	19.86x
250	Blackler	2	0.030%	16.19x
251	Brayley	2	0.030%	28.65x
252	Bread	2	0.030%	148.15x
253	Briden	2	0.030%	40.90x
254	Brimley	2	0.030%	34.72x
255	Chamber	2	0.030%	42.55x
256	Chipman	2	0.030%	61.73x
257	Cloke	2	0.030%	15.72x
258	Dalling	2	0.030%	24.84x
259	Edgecombe	2	0.030%	20.81x
260	Endean	2	0.030%	38.99x
261	Fewins	2	0.030%	96.62x
262	Fraine	2	0.030%	143.88x
263	Goard	2	0.030%	79.37x
264	Halse	2	0.030%	20.58x
265	Heddon	2	0.030%	42.37x
266	Holwill	2	0.030%	62.89x
267	Horwell	2	0.030%	40.16x
268	Jallow	2	0.030%	1000.00x
269	Langmead	2	0.030%	32.05x
270	Lightwood	2	0.030%	40.49x
271	Lile	2	0.030%	90.91x
272	Marris	2	0.030%	22.05x
273	Molesworth	2	0.030%	31.15x
274	Mose	2	0.030%	75.47x
275	Narraway	2	0.030%	103.09x
276	Omer	2	0.030%	156.25x
277	Peard	2	0.030%	64.72x
278	Pellow	2	0.030%	18.03x
279	Rodd	2	0.030%	19.61x
280	Sinkins	2	0.030%	163.93x
281	Tallamy	2	0.030%	196.08x
282	Tanton	2	0.030%	29.59x
283	Trobridge	2	0.030%	124.22x
284	Vinson	2	0.030%	31.06x
285	Vodden	2	0.030%	48.43x
286	Wakely	2	0.030%	18.57x
287	Youlden	2	0.030%	48.90x
288	Annetts	1	0.020%	11.24x
289	Bartholmew	1	0.020%	54.64x
290	Basten	1	0.020%	23.36x
291	Bearn	1	0.020%	54.05x
292	Belben	1	0.020%	46.95x
293	Boles	1	0.020%	28.57x
294	Boyne	1	0.020%	9.74x
295	Boyns	1	0.020%	41.84x
296	Braunton	1	0.020%	62.11x
297	Carthew	1	0.020%	14.79x
298	Catto	1	0.020%	8.14x
299	Cleverdon	1	0.020%	50.00x
300	Colenso	1	0.020%	35.59x