1881 census place

Crediton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Crediton, 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

334 surnames are listed for Crediton, Devon, covering 3,139 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Elston, with 104 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Crediton

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	Elston	104	1.80%	372.49x
2	Burridge	62	1.08%	158.65x
3	Steer	58	1.01%	86.21x
4	Vicary	53	0.920%	345.73x
5	Stone	51	0.890%	12.24x
6	Madge	48	0.830%	264.03x
7	Searle	44	0.760%	37.99x
8	Boddy	41	0.710%	128.45x
9	Gillard	39	0.680%	77.84x
10	Luxton	34	0.590%	133.28x
11	Morrish	34	0.590%	148.60x
12	Labbett	33	0.570%	1571.43x
13	Drew	32	0.560%	21.02x
14	Roach	31	0.540%	36.54x
15	Snell	31	0.540%	28.42x
16	Spear	31	0.540%	114.35x
17	Chamberlain	30	0.520%	19.14x
18	Dart	30	0.520%	112.02x
19	Pope	30	0.520%	15.11x
20	Sprague	30	0.520%	224.38x
21	Gribble	28	0.490%	135.00x
22	Ware	28	0.490%	29.55x
23	Lake	27	0.470%	21.14x
24	Strong	27	0.470%	31.40x
25	Flood	26	0.450%	51.40x
26	Symes	26	0.450%	61.23x
27	Hector	25	0.430%	259.34x
28	Cann	24	0.420%	44.97x
29	Fursman	24	0.420%	975.61x
30	Newcombe	24	0.420%	59.17x
31	Pike	24	0.420%	14.33x
32	Cleave	22	0.380%	131.11x
33	Hodge	22	0.380%	15.15x
34	Loosemore	22	0.380%	284.61x
35	Beer	21	0.360%	22.77x
36	Hammett	21	0.360%	109.49x
37	Hutchings	21	0.360%	19.39x
38	Merrifield	21	0.360%	154.19x
39	Southcott	21	0.360%	211.06x
40	Badcock	20	0.350%	60.57x
41	Cheriton	20	0.350%	881.06x
42	Haydon	20	0.350%	55.42x
43	Bulley	19	0.330%	140.12x
44	Elstone	19	0.330%	304.98x
45	Greenslade	19	0.330%	56.53x
46	Heard	19	0.330%	31.02x
47	Hubber	19	0.330%	852.02x
48	Tremlett	19	0.330%	195.88x
49	Davie	18	0.310%	33.91x
50	Browning	17	0.300%	14.50x
51	Bubear	17	0.300%	1317.83x
52	Buckingham	17	0.300%	22.13x
53	Hookway	17	0.300%	153.15x
54	Kelland	17	0.300%	165.53x
55	Kenshole	17	0.300%	1049.38x
56	Maunder	17	0.300%	65.41x
57	Norrish	17	0.300%	222.51x
58	Squire	17	0.300%	24.88x
59	Vanstone	17	0.300%	102.72x
60	Backwell	16	0.280%	655.74x
61	Hosgood	16	0.280%	509.55x
62	Quick	16	0.280%	24.79x
63	Setter	16	0.280%	409.21x
64	Anstey	15	0.260%	91.07x
65	Dymond	15	0.260%	74.26x
66	Packer	15	0.260%	24.72x
67	Bragg	14	0.240%	29.70x
68	Forward	14	0.240%	86.74x
69	Galsworthy	14	0.240%	312.50x
70	Heale	14	0.240%	100.79x
71	Melhuish	14	0.240%	91.74x
72	Murch	14	0.240%	96.49x
73	Snow	14	0.240%	17.96x
74	Bullen	13	0.230%	21.27x
75	Coombe	13	0.230%	41.65x
76	Kerswell	13	0.230%	188.13x
77	Milton	13	0.230%	16.37x
78	Northcote	13	0.230%	153.48x
79	Sharland	13	0.230%	85.75x
80	Westcott	13	0.230%	34.12x
81	Arscott	12	0.210%	101.10x
82	Goss	12	0.210%	23.91x
83	Holcombe	12	0.210%	134.08x
84	More	12	0.210%	26.78x
85	Passmore	12	0.210%	35.62x
86	Sobey	12	0.210%	190.78x
87	Atwell	11	0.190%	90.16x
88	Bicknell	11	0.190%	47.89x
89	Hedger	11	0.190%	70.51x
90	Labdon	11	0.190%	578.95x
91	Pleace	11	0.190%	426.36x
92	Wreford	11	0.190%	133.66x
93	Body	10	0.170%	50.71x
94	Carthew	10	0.170%	167.22x
95	Dicker	10	0.170%	44.31x
96	Discombe	10	0.170%	268.10x
97	Edworthy	10	0.170%	175.13x
98	Glanville	10	0.170%	42.23x
99	Gover	10	0.170%	67.52x
100	Mallett	10	0.170%	19.47x