1881 census place

Diptford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Diptford, 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 Diptford, Devon, covering 304 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Brooking, with 26 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Diptford

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	Brooking	26	3.92%	1595.09x
2	Soper	24	3.61%	582.52x
3	Clapp	21	3.16%	850.20x
4	Hosking	20	3.01%	403.23x
5	Heard	18	2.71%	254.96x
6	Crocker	14	2.11%	156.95x
7	Petherbridge	13	1.96%	1688.31x
8	Prout	11	1.66%	333.33x
9	Creber	10	1.51%	1408.45x
10	Foss	10	1.51%	769.23x
11	Lethbridge	10	1.51%	512.82x
12	Prowse	10	1.51%	331.13x
13	Burner	8	1.20%	5000.00x
14	Luscombe	8	1.20%	235.29x
15	Shute	8	1.20%	299.63x
16	Lamble	7	1.05%	897.44x
17	Tolchard	6	0.900%	2608.70x
18	Underhay	6	0.900%	1333.33x
19	Chudley	5	0.750%	649.35x
20	Furneaux	5	0.750%	568.18x
21	Gully	5	0.750%	434.78x
22	Mogridge	5	0.750%	510.20x
23	Pethick	5	0.750%	526.32x
24	Wakeham	5	0.750%	199.20x
25	Arnall	4	0.600%	769.23x
26	Denbow	4	0.600%	2105.26x
27	Horswill	4	0.600%	1481.48x
28	Blatchford	3	0.450%	189.87x
29	Chanter	3	0.450%	555.56x
30	Hockings	3	0.450%	535.71x
31	Knapman	3	0.450%	165.75x
32	Notley	3	0.450%	241.94x
33	Willings	3	0.450%	810.81x
34	Denness	2	0.300%	425.53x
35	Shillabeer	2	0.300%	454.55x
36	Trant	2	0.300%	571.43x
37	Caunter	1	0.150%	147.06x
38	Hornes	1	0.150%	833.33x
39	Kerswill	1	0.150%	322.58x
40	Luckraft	1	0.150%	555.56x
41	Lyndon	1	0.150%	151.52x
42	Pedrick	1	0.150%	119.05x
43	Pinhey	1	0.150%	384.62x
44	Sara	1	0.150%	227.27x