1881 census place

Northlew surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Northlew, 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

46 surnames are listed for Northlew, Devon, covering 442 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smale, with 46 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Northlew

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	Smale	46	6.04%	916.33x
2	Glass	37	4.86%	468.95x
3	Down	31	4.07%	338.80x
4	Friend	31	4.07%	358.80x
5	Evely	23	3.02%	9583.33x
6	Blatchford	20	2.62%	1104.97x
7	Wooldridge	19	2.49%	455.64x
8	Shobbrook	14	1.84%	4827.59x
9	Voaden	14	1.84%	4516.13x
10	Gay	13	1.71%	128.08x
11	Worden	13	1.71%	601.85x
12	Medland	12	1.57%	697.67x
13	Dufty	10	1.31%	1886.79x
14	Horrell	10	1.31%	840.34x
15	Vallance	10	1.31%	291.55x
16	Brooking	9	1.18%	481.28x
17	Gloyn	9	1.18%	1475.41x
18	Harry	9	1.18%	163.04x
19	Bater	8	1.05%	1012.66x
20	Gratton	8	1.05%	263.16x
21	Littlejohns	8	1.05%	672.27x
22	Northcott	8	1.05%	231.21x
23	Bickle	7	0.920%	432.10x
24	Lobb	7	0.920%	186.17x
25	Ellacott	6	0.790%	882.35x
26	Moyse	6	0.790%	333.33x
27	Pellow	6	0.790%	461.54x
28	Curtice	5	0.660%	925.93x
29	Lashbrook	5	0.660%	1063.83x
30	Speare	5	0.660%	1470.59x
31	Tom	5	0.660%	1250.00x
32	Cowles	4	0.520%	218.58x
33	Pincombe	4	0.520%	1081.08x
34	Trounson	4	0.520%	1428.57x
35	Hunkin	3	0.390%	389.61x
36	Northam	3	0.390%	215.83x
37	Badge	1	0.130%	277.78x
38	Balkwill	1	0.130%	149.25x
39	Buse	1	0.130%	232.56x
40	Glanvill	1	0.130%	156.25x
41	Hatherley	1	0.130%	112.36x
42	Smallcombe	1	0.130%	270.27x
43	Sobey	1	0.130%	120.48x
44	Trebble	1	0.130%	227.27x
45	Tribble	1	0.130%	238.10x
46	Woolland	1	0.130%	222.22x