1881 census place

Dawlish surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dawlish, 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

326 surnames are listed for Dawlish, Devon, covering 1,660 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pike, with 38 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dawlish

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	Pike	38	0.840%	28.81x
2	Westcott	35	0.770%	116.71x
3	Back	28	0.620%	115.56x
4	Cotton	27	0.600%	24.94x
5	Dart	26	0.570%	123.34x
6	Wills	26	0.570%	19.17x
7	Blackmore	25	0.550%	38.27x
8	Radford	24	0.530%	27.90x
9	Gilpin	23	0.510%	174.11x
10	Cornelius	22	0.490%	167.17x
11	Mayne	20	0.440%	74.57x
12	Tarr	20	0.440%	121.07x
13	Shapter	19	0.420%	748.03x
14	Tripe	19	0.420%	1544.72x
15	Cann	18	0.400%	42.84x
16	Voysey	18	0.400%	278.21x
17	Coombe	17	0.370%	69.19x
18	Ferris	17	0.370%	37.92x
19	Friend	17	0.370%	33.06x
20	Helmore	17	0.370%	752.21x
21	Hoare	17	0.370%	19.20x
22	Lovell	17	0.370%	17.91x
23	Underhill	17	0.370%	53.54x
24	Burch	15	0.330%	43.80x
25	Holman	15	0.330%	23.30x
26	Kerswell	15	0.330%	275.74x
27	Cridge	14	0.310%	314.61x
28	Knapman	14	0.310%	113.45x
29	Luscombe	14	0.310%	60.34x
30	Dodge	13	0.290%	73.03x
31	Pudner	13	0.290%	896.55x
32	Slocombe	13	0.290%	89.47x
33	Squire	13	0.290%	24.17x
34	Towill	13	0.290%	787.88x
35	Lethbridge	12	0.260%	90.02x
36	Pearse	12	0.260%	24.87x
37	Cockram	11	0.240%	71.61x
38	Dunsford	11	0.240%	162.48x
39	Morrish	11	0.240%	61.08x
40	Murch	11	0.240%	96.32x
41	Snelling	11	0.240%	29.88x
42	Southwood	11	0.240%	83.46x
43	Tapper	11	0.240%	111.90x
44	Venton	11	0.240%	259.43x
45	Border	10	0.220%	259.74x
46	Clerk	10	0.220%	85.18x
47	Hatcher	10	0.220%	37.55x
48	Hawking	10	0.220%	195.31x
49	Hockaday	10	0.220%	171.82x
50	Hore	10	0.220%	64.10x
51	Jarman	10	0.220%	23.12x
52	Lear	10	0.220%	37.75x
53	Merchant	10	0.220%	32.79x
54	Sercombe	10	0.220%	147.28x
55	Vicary	10	0.220%	82.85x
56	Cosens	9	0.200%	243.24x
57	Dalley	9	0.200%	79.58x
58	Horsford	9	0.200%	191.08x
59	Litton	9	0.200%	168.86x
60	Northcott	9	0.200%	43.75x
61	Cardew	8	0.180%	206.19x
62	Cutcliffe	8	0.180%	293.04x
63	Full	8	0.180%	224.72x
64	Horsham	8	0.180%	234.60x
65	Loveys	8	0.180%	459.77x
66	Morey	8	0.180%	53.62x
67	Narramore	8	0.180%	487.80x
68	Pillar	8	0.180%	212.77x
69	Rackley	8	0.180%	167.71x
70	Splatt	8	0.180%	533.33x
71	Tonkin	8	0.180%	36.38x
72	Tozer	8	0.180%	29.44x
73	Veale	8	0.180%	40.92x
74	Bearn	7	0.150%	542.64x
75	Caseley	7	0.150%	187.67x
76	Cundy	7	0.150%	59.17x
77	Early	7	0.150%	41.57x
78	Gover	7	0.150%	60.03x
79	Ley	7	0.150%	35.34x
80	Lyne	7	0.150%	35.23x
81	Matters	7	0.150%	376.34x
82	Annear	6	0.130%	142.86x
83	Bidgood	6	0.130%	66.67x
84	Cruse	6	0.130%	45.70x
85	Dolman	6	0.130%	30.85x
86	Gerry	6	0.130%	68.89x
87	Gidley	6	0.130%	75.76x
88	Honour	6	0.130%	83.22x
89	Kernick	6	0.130%	190.48x
90	Mullin	6	0.130%	29.50x
91	Newberry	6	0.130%	32.26x
92	Rendle	6	0.130%	44.81x
93	Stoyle	6	0.130%	258.62x
94	Toppin	6	0.130%	145.28x
95	Yard	6	0.130%	110.70x
96	Aplin	5	0.110%	39.81x
97	Chaffe	5	0.110%	151.52x
98	Discombe	5	0.110%	170.07x
99	Ellery	5	0.110%	40.62x
100	Fortescue	5	0.110%	86.21x