1881 census place

Brixham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brixham, 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

356 surnames are listed for Brixham, Devon, covering 3,280 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Elliott, with 67 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brixham

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	Elliott	67	0.950%	11.21x
2	Bartlett	65	0.920%	21.06x
3	Upham	59	0.840%	636.46x
4	Matthews	55	0.780%	8.95x
5	Tucker	55	0.780%	14.11x
6	Jackman	54	0.770%	82.53x
7	Blackler	41	0.580%	306.89x
8	Parnell	39	0.550%	57.28x
9	Shears	37	0.530%	119.39x
10	Wotton	36	0.510%	178.75x
11	Stockman	34	0.480%	344.83x
12	Putt	33	0.470%	201.22x
13	Crang	32	0.450%	583.94x
14	Stapleton	31	0.440%	43.82x
15	Webber	31	0.440%	14.40x
16	Ash	29	0.410%	24.92x
17	Collings	29	0.410%	34.59x
18	Couch	29	0.410%	69.33x
19	Farley	29	0.410%	32.76x
20	Furneaux	29	0.410%	309.83x
21	Blackmore	28	0.400%	27.59x
22	Drew	28	0.400%	15.04x
23	Dyer	27	0.380%	9.89x
24	Jeffery	27	0.380%	17.65x
25	Searle	26	0.370%	18.36x
26	Bulley	25	0.350%	150.69x
27	Hannaford	24	0.340%	73.87x
28	Pine	24	0.340%	114.34x
29	Burgoyne	23	0.330%	74.75x
30	Maunder	23	0.330%	72.35x
31	Pitman	23	0.330%	35.77x
32	Gillard	22	0.310%	35.91x
33	Hockings	22	0.310%	369.75x
34	Lang	22	0.310%	14.01x
35	Medway	22	0.310%	314.74x
36	Spark	22	0.310%	71.06x
37	Steer	22	0.310%	26.74x
38	Partridge	21	0.300%	11.41x
39	Pitts	21	0.300%	29.05x
40	Widdicombe	21	0.300%	266.50x
41	Gifford	20	0.280%	32.64x
42	Lake	20	0.280%	12.81x
43	Loram	20	0.280%	421.05x
44	Lovell	20	0.280%	13.57x
45	Veale	20	0.280%	65.85x
46	Hele	19	0.270%	496.08x
47	Janes	19	0.270%	41.97x
48	Morey	19	0.270%	82.00x
49	Snell	19	0.270%	14.24x
50	Wheaton	19	0.270%	131.12x
51	Philp	18	0.260%	37.48x
52	Crees	17	0.240%	157.70x
53	Perritt	17	0.240%	555.56x
54	Salsbury	17	0.240%	147.44x
55	Small	17	0.240%	9.51x
56	Tyrer	17	0.240%	54.70x
57	Youlden	17	0.240%	384.62x
58	Dart	16	0.230%	48.86x
59	Dewdney	16	0.230%	153.85x
60	Perring	16	0.230%	110.04x
61	Pomeroy	16	0.230%	81.84x
62	Towell	16	0.230%	79.80x
63	Tribble	16	0.230%	407.12x
64	Brokenshire	15	0.210%	228.66x
65	Courtier	15	0.210%	391.64x
66	Goad	15	0.210%	104.31x
67	Soper	15	0.210%	34.29x
68	Youldon	15	0.210%	837.99x
69	Cann	14	0.200%	21.45x
70	Dugdall	14	0.200%	2978.72x
71	Fogwell	14	0.200%	619.47x
72	Hazelwood	14	0.200%	120.48x
73	Hyne	14	0.200%	221.17x
74	Mugford	14	0.200%	112.27x
75	Scoble	14	0.200%	92.84x
76	Squires	14	0.200%	14.03x
77	Stabb	14	0.200%	509.09x
78	Allery	13	0.180%	755.81x
79	Amery	13	0.180%	96.08x
80	Cornish	13	0.180%	12.79x
81	Eales	13	0.180%	36.55x
82	Furze	13	0.180%	86.61x
83	Lockyer	13	0.180%	24.13x
84	Nowell	13	0.180%	39.30x
85	Way	13	0.180%	16.73x
86	Weymouth	13	0.180%	117.33x
87	Baddeley	12	0.170%	76.92x
88	Bonner	12	0.170%	19.39x
89	Creese	12	0.170%	101.18x
90	Prowse	12	0.170%	37.39x
91	Sprague	12	0.170%	73.39x
92	Tully	12	0.170%	31.80x
93	Barter	11	0.160%	28.48x
94	Cowling	11	0.160%	17.74x
95	Knapman	11	0.160%	57.38x
96	Luscombe	11	0.160%	30.52x
97	Morrish	11	0.160%	39.33x
98	Silley	11	0.160%	509.26x
99	Tolcher	11	0.160%	349.21x
100	Willcox	11	0.160%	28.95x