1881 census place

Northam surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Northam, 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

240 surnames are listed for Northam, Devon, covering 1,830 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lock, with 71 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Northam

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	Lock	71	1.60%	56.27x
2	Short	49	1.11%	28.30x
3	Hearn	47	1.06%	80.16x
4	Hutchings	45	1.02%	54.02x
5	Jewell	38	0.860%	81.65x
6	Cawsey	37	0.830%	1072.46x
7	Glover	34	0.770%	18.00x
8	Lamey	33	0.740%	2750.00x
9	Braund	31	0.700%	333.69x
10	Cann	28	0.630%	68.21x
11	Lang	28	0.630%	28.34x
12	Pickard	26	0.590%	42.06x
13	Bowden	25	0.560%	19.55x
14	Squire	25	0.560%	47.57x
15	Fishwick	24	0.540%	108.55x
16	Littlejohns	24	0.540%	347.32x
17	Eastman	23	0.520%	189.77x
18	Mounce	22	0.500%	1456.95x
19	Parkhouse	22	0.500%	166.29x
20	Slade	22	0.500%	24.88x
21	Hookway	21	0.470%	245.90x
22	Hare	20	0.450%	29.24x
23	Quance	20	0.450%	682.59x
24	Screech	20	0.450%	692.04x
25	Blackmore	17	0.380%	26.63x
26	Channon	17	0.380%	149.12x
27	Fulford	17	0.380%	114.86x
28	Copp	16	0.360%	113.07x
29	Lemon	16	0.360%	49.74x
30	Hamlyn	15	0.340%	142.32x
31	Guard	14	0.320%	238.91x
32	Heard	14	0.320%	29.71x
33	Hocking	14	0.320%	38.70x
34	Isaac	14	0.320%	25.20x
35	Popham	14	0.320%	137.12x
36	Shutt	14	0.320%	87.61x
37	Slader	14	0.320%	457.52x
38	Cock	13	0.290%	26.68x
39	Kelsall	13	0.290%	58.30x
40	Mayne	13	0.290%	49.60x
41	Passmore	13	0.290%	50.17x
42	Righton	12	0.270%	253.16x
43	Shute	12	0.270%	67.45x
44	Smallridge	12	0.270%	463.32x
45	Stanbury	12	0.270%	102.65x
46	Wren	12	0.270%	25.01x
47	Branch	11	0.250%	48.52x
48	Cutland	11	0.250%	814.81x
49	Gorrell	11	0.250%	780.14x
50	Hinks	11	0.250%	60.98x
51	Newcombe	11	0.250%	35.26x
52	Babbington	10	0.230%	436.68x
53	Bale	10	0.230%	30.02x
54	Batten	10	0.230%	24.46x
55	Essery	10	0.230%	232.02x
56	Metherall	10	0.230%	917.43x
57	Tamlyn	10	0.230%	235.29x
58	Westlake	10	0.230%	31.15x
59	Barter	9	0.200%	37.04x
60	Cobbledick	9	0.200%	355.73x
61	Diamond	9	0.200%	43.69x
62	Hammett	9	0.200%	61.02x
63	Keats	9	0.200%	92.59x
64	Lashbrook	9	0.200%	328.47x
65	Moulton	9	0.200%	40.95x
66	Pow	9	0.200%	86.62x
67	Pursey	9	0.200%	102.74x
68	Pyke	9	0.200%	58.82x
69	Smale	9	0.200%	30.82x
70	Tawton	9	0.200%	1046.51x
71	Westaway	9	0.200%	92.12x
72	Hacking	8	0.180%	38.11x
73	How	8	0.180%	27.65x
74	Oatway	8	0.180%	212.20x
75	Rapson	8	0.180%	86.49x
76	Rendle	8	0.180%	61.16x
77	Saltern	8	0.180%	529.80x
78	Western	8	0.180%	42.90x
79	Wickham	8	0.180%	26.69x
80	Balsdon	7	0.160%	179.95x
81	Beare	7	0.160%	86.00x
82	Bynon	7	0.160%	384.62x
83	Cory	7	0.160%	43.72x
84	Craner	7	0.160%	496.45x
85	Darracott	7	0.160%	843.37x
86	Giddy	7	0.160%	156.25x
87	Hodger	7	0.160%	686.27x
88	Labbett	7	0.160%	434.78x
89	Ley	7	0.160%	36.16x
90	Moyse	7	0.160%	66.92x
91	Randal	7	0.160%	184.70x
92	Squance	7	0.160%	274.51x
93	Vanstone	7	0.160%	54.99x
94	Ackland	6	0.140%	41.15x
95	Allin	6	0.140%	59.70x
96	Boyles	6	0.140%	69.69x
97	Braunton	6	0.140%	550.46x
98	Brayley	6	0.140%	126.32x
99	Huxtable	6	0.140%	31.04x
100	Jewel	6	0.140%	179.64x