1881 census place

Colyton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Colyton, 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

123 surnames are listed for Colyton, Devon, covering 1,055 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Long, with 86 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Colyton

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	Long	86	3.68%	56.77x
2	Purse	55	2.36%	2140.08x
3	Hoare	41	1.76%	89.97x
4	Snell	35	1.50%	79.17x
5	Hooper	30	1.28%	30.33x
6	Anning	27	1.16%	678.39x
7	Froom	27	1.16%	1205.36x
8	Loveridge	27	1.16%	322.20x
9	Newbery	27	1.16%	401.79x
10	Sweetland	25	1.07%	836.12x
11	Strawbridge	22	0.940%	887.10x
12	Langford	20	0.860%	54.48x
13	Restorick	20	0.860%	3225.81x
14	Bright	19	0.810%	40.25x
15	Copp	16	0.690%	214.77x
16	Harner	16	0.690%	2388.06x
17	Davy	15	0.640%	52.10x
18	Littley	15	0.640%	1648.35x
19	Pearcy	15	0.640%	339.37x
20	Sellers	15	0.640%	83.52x
21	Gosling	14	0.600%	38.29x
22	Hawker	14	0.600%	78.30x
23	Hoskins	14	0.600%	61.48x
24	Somers	14	0.600%	176.99x
25	Aplin	12	0.510%	185.76x
26	Crabb	12	0.510%	49.55x
27	Dare	12	0.510%	119.05x
28	Dommett	11	0.470%	518.87x
29	Facey	11	0.470%	242.29x
30	Manley	11	0.470%	42.07x
31	Pavey	11	0.470%	110.11x
32	Rousell	11	0.470%	635.84x
33	Turl	11	0.470%	791.37x
34	Hellier	10	0.430%	109.65x
35	Sandford	10	0.430%	60.17x
36	Boalch	9	0.390%	1011.24x
37	Braddick	9	0.390%	409.09x
38	Chick	9	0.390%	70.26x
39	Dimond	9	0.390%	132.16x
40	Male	9	0.390%	64.38x
41	Sparkes	9	0.390%	52.60x
42	Stocker	9	0.390%	71.83x
43	Derges	8	0.340%	2051.28x
44	Pack	8	0.340%	72.99x
45	Sprague	8	0.340%	147.60x
46	Bussell	7	0.300%	135.40x
47	Champ	7	0.300%	143.74x
48	Patch	7	0.300%	157.66x
49	Restrick	7	0.300%	1891.89x
50	Wakely	7	0.300%	181.35x
51	Elton	6	0.260%	63.90x
52	Godson	6	0.260%	141.18x
53	Seaward	6	0.260%	146.70x
54	Trenchard	6	0.260%	237.15x
55	Willman	6	0.260%	326.09x
56	Forde	5	0.210%	270.27x
57	Gapper	5	0.210%	280.90x
58	Gilliland	5	0.210%	256.41x
59	Kingdon	5	0.210%	68.59x
60	Mutter	5	0.210%	139.28x
61	Omeara	5	0.210%	980.39x
62	Pannell	5	0.210%	71.63x
63	Pearey	5	0.210%	862.07x
64	Searl	5	0.210%	144.93x
65	Cloud	4	0.170%	333.33x
66	Guscott	4	0.170%	296.30x
67	Northam	4	0.170%	93.68x
68	Phippen	4	0.170%	138.41x
69	Pulman	4	0.170%	108.11x
70	Salway	4	0.170%	107.82x
71	Tizzard	4	0.170%	130.72x
72	Tratt	4	0.170%	303.03x
73	Underdown	4	0.170%	86.02x
74	Balch	3	0.130%	102.04x
75	Bromfield	3	0.130%	54.84x
76	Coke	3	0.130%	101.01x
77	Farnham	3	0.130%	63.56x
78	Gothard	3	0.130%	67.42x
79	Hawkings	3	0.130%	69.61x
80	Mountstephen	3	0.130%	340.91x
81	Overman	3	0.130%	375.00x
82	Parris	3	0.130%	48.15x
83	Rocket	3	0.130%	357.14x
84	Start	3	0.130%	55.45x
85	Upright	3	0.130%	697.67x
86	Voysey	3	0.130%	90.09x
87	Auton	2	0.090%	80.32x
88	Bole	2	0.090%	123.46x
89	Boles	2	0.090%	158.73x
90	Critchett	2	0.090%	392.16x
91	Dampier	2	0.090%	127.39x
92	Eastmond	2	0.090%	212.77x
93	Harp	2	0.090%	135.14x
94	Kittle	2	0.090%	78.43x
95	Manfield	2	0.090%	58.48x
96	Meech	2	0.090%	41.58x
97	Raddon	2	0.090%	166.67x
98	Sanson	2	0.090%	68.03x
99	Scarbrough	2	0.090%	194.17x
100	Sprake	2	0.090%	94.79x