1881 census place

Ilfracombe surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ilfracombe, 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

365 surnames are listed for Ilfracombe, Devon, covering 2,797 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Tucker, with 94 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ilfracombe

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	Tucker	94	1.50%	27.14x
2	Harding	64	1.02%	14.13x
3	Dyer	63	1.01%	25.98x
4	Gammon	57	0.910%	169.04x
5	Conibear	54	0.860%	1090.91x
6	Coats	53	0.850%	187.41x
7	Jewell	53	0.850%	80.62x
8	Lovering	53	0.850%	494.40x
9	Gibbs	52	0.830%	16.91x
10	Chugg	46	0.730%	1164.56x
11	Davie	45	0.720%	78.03x
12	Ley	40	0.640%	146.31x
13	Pile	39	0.620%	134.99x
14	Rudd	39	0.620%	39.51x
15	Slocombe	36	0.580%	179.55x
16	Dendle	35	0.560%	1320.75x
17	Blackmore	33	0.530%	36.60x
18	German	33	0.530%	113.01x
19	Huxtable	33	0.530%	120.88x
20	Challacombe	32	0.510%	1216.73x
21	Dadds	32	0.510%	958.08x
22	Norman	32	0.510%	11.03x
23	Pugsley	32	0.510%	166.06x
24	Knill	30	0.480%	382.65x
25	Robins	30	0.480%	22.61x
26	Scamp	30	0.480%	890.21x
27	Comer	28	0.450%	173.48x
28	Hussell	27	0.430%	1205.36x
29	Lock	26	0.420%	14.59x
30	Webber	26	0.420%	13.59x
31	Moule	24	0.380%	110.80x
32	Britton	21	0.340%	18.94x
33	Mock	21	0.340%	303.47x
34	Buckingham	20	0.320%	23.97x
35	Perrin	20	0.320%	31.22x
36	Rottenbury	20	0.320%	1369.86x
37	Bale	19	0.300%	40.38x
38	Lancey	19	0.300%	597.48x
39	Moon	19	0.300%	14.39x
40	Redmore	19	0.300%	622.95x
41	Rendle	19	0.300%	102.81x
42	Slee	19	0.300%	77.74x
43	Vickery	19	0.300%	41.83x
44	Ackland	18	0.290%	87.42x
45	Balment	18	0.290%	1267.61x
46	Irwin	17	0.270%	32.29x
47	Snow	17	0.270%	20.07x
48	Beer	16	0.260%	15.97x
49	Dart	16	0.260%	54.98x
50	Bushen	15	0.240%	675.68x
51	Vellacott	15	0.240%	607.29x
52	Colwill	14	0.220%	104.79x
53	Hearn	14	0.220%	16.90x
54	Passmore	14	0.220%	38.25x
55	Pine	14	0.220%	75.07x
56	Rawle	14	0.220%	113.18x
57	Rook	14	0.220%	32.73x
58	Wilkey	14	0.220%	396.60x
59	Peak	13	0.210%	49.60x
60	Balsdon	12	0.190%	218.18x
61	Barns	12	0.190%	29.72x
62	Braund	12	0.190%	91.39x
63	Chanter	12	0.190%	236.22x
64	Ridge	12	0.190%	27.40x
65	Staddon	12	0.190%	85.84x
66	Widlake	12	0.190%	370.37x
67	Yeo	12	0.190%	36.41x
68	Shambrook	11	0.180%	148.65x
69	Sollis	11	0.180%	173.23x
70	Souch	11	0.180%	289.47x
71	Camp	10	0.160%	27.75x
72	Clinch	10	0.160%	55.31x
73	Dalling	10	0.160%	129.37x
74	Darch	10	0.160%	86.66x
75	Horrell	10	0.160%	102.25x
76	Joslyn	10	0.160%	416.67x
77	Ridd	10	0.160%	96.43x
78	Stoyle	10	0.160%	312.50x
79	Burfitt	9	0.140%	210.28x
80	Cowler	9	0.140%	347.49x
81	Crang	9	0.140%	184.80x
82	Gant	9	0.140%	39.98x
83	Garman	9	0.140%	112.08x
84	Richard	9	0.140%	16.68x
85	Verney	9	0.140%	102.51x
86	Balley	8	0.130%	316.21x
87	Blackford	8	0.130%	35.51x
88	Catford	8	0.130%	298.51x
89	Constant	8	0.130%	127.59x
90	Copp	8	0.130%	40.04x
91	Dallin	8	0.130%	588.24x
92	Mogridge	8	0.130%	86.96x
93	Pedlar	8	0.130%	117.82x
94	Rooke	8	0.130%	17.33x
95	Shapland	8	0.130%	71.30x
96	Stabb	8	0.130%	326.53x
97	Stanbury	8	0.130%	48.46x
98	Staniforth	8	0.130%	33.68x
99	Tapp	8	0.130%	29.78x
100	Vicary	8	0.130%	48.02x