1881 census place

Bridestow surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bridestow, 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

44 surnames are listed for Bridestow, Devon, covering 256 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lintern, with 21 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bridestow

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	Lintern	21	3.26%	2121.21x
2	Lavis	17	2.64%	1370.97x
3	Yelland	14	2.17%	813.95x
4	Alford	13	2.02%	237.23x
5	Friend	13	2.02%	178.08x
6	Guscott	12	1.86%	3243.24x
7	Millman	11	1.71%	621.47x
8	Westlake	11	1.71%	236.05x
9	Maddaford	10	1.55%	5000.00x
10	Pengelly	10	1.55%	363.64x
11	Doidge	8	1.24%	434.78x
12	Kite	8	1.24%	218.58x
13	Stanbury	8	1.24%	470.59x
14	Burridge	7	1.09%	160.18x
15	Veale	7	1.09%	251.80x
16	Kimble	6	0.930%	740.74x
17	Voaden	6	0.930%	2307.69x
18	Colwell	5	0.780%	239.23x
19	Heathman	5	0.780%	1388.89x
20	Hockaday	5	0.780%	602.41x
21	Layman	5	0.780%	1923.08x
22	Paige	5	0.780%	434.78x
23	Youlden	5	0.780%	1250.00x
24	Baskerville	4	0.620%	263.16x
25	Eggins	4	0.620%	1818.18x
26	Hamlyn	4	0.620%	261.44x
27	Raymont	4	0.620%	800.00x
28	Chudley	3	0.470%	405.41x
29	Kellaway	3	0.470%	217.39x
30	Bickle	2	0.310%	145.99x
31	Godbeer	2	0.310%	588.24x
32	Hortop	2	0.310%	571.43x
33	Joyes	2	0.310%	625.00x
34	Pellow	2	0.310%	181.82x
35	Routley	2	0.310%	250.00x
36	Speare	2	0.310%	689.66x
37	Armes	1	0.160%	103.09x
38	Chamings	1	0.160%	588.24x
39	Gimblett	1	0.160%	250.00x
40	Hammick	1	0.160%	769.23x
41	Kempe	1	0.160%	208.33x
42	Oswell	1	0.160%	181.82x
43	Peard	1	0.160%	322.58x
44	Powlesland	1	0.160%	208.33x