1881 census place

South Molton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in South Molton, 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

209 surnames are listed for South Molton, Devon, covering 1,522 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kingdon, with 48 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in South Molton

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	Kingdon	48	1.44%	460.21x
2	Bowden	41	1.23%	42.53x
3	Tucker	41	1.23%	22.18x
4	Thorne	35	1.05%	49.69x
5	Beer	26	0.780%	48.63x
6	Blackford	26	0.780%	216.13x
7	Chapple	26	0.780%	114.69x
8	Lock	26	0.780%	27.33x
9	Hodge	25	0.750%	29.69x
10	Tapp	24	0.720%	167.36x
11	Brayley	23	0.690%	642.46x
12	Westacott	23	0.690%	489.36x
13	Bater	21	0.630%	605.19x
14	Shapland	21	0.630%	350.58x
15	Bawden	20	0.600%	119.40x
16	Huxtable	20	0.600%	137.27x
17	Snow	20	0.600%	44.25x
18	Courtney	19	0.570%	79.30x
19	Elworthy	19	0.570%	364.68x
20	Cobley	18	0.540%	147.18x
21	Down	18	0.540%	44.87x
22	Badcock	17	0.510%	88.82x
23	Galliford	16	0.480%	717.49x
24	Kingdom	16	0.480%	205.66x
25	Widgery	16	0.480%	975.61x
26	Lethbridge	15	0.450%	152.75x
27	Western	15	0.450%	106.69x
28	Whitefield	15	0.450%	217.71x
29	Knill	14	0.420%	334.93x
30	Lyddon	14	0.420%	384.62x
31	Metters	14	0.420%	625.00x
32	Nott	14	0.420%	59.40x
33	Bridgman	13	0.390%	113.44x
34	Cock	13	0.390%	35.38x
35	Cruwys	13	0.390%	1382.98x
36	Ridd	13	0.390%	235.08x
37	Selley	13	0.390%	271.40x
38	Eldridge	12	0.360%	32.83x
39	Paige	12	0.360%	201.34x
40	Passmore	12	0.360%	61.44x
41	Treble	12	0.360%	272.73x
42	Vicary	12	0.360%	134.98x
43	Bulled	11	0.330%	1122.45x
44	Collacott	11	0.330%	547.26x
45	Crockford	11	0.330%	96.92x
46	Loosemore	11	0.330%	245.54x
47	Manaton	11	0.330%	982.14x
48	Ashelford	10	0.300%	943.40x
49	Copp	10	0.300%	93.72x
50	Greenslade	10	0.300%	51.31x
51	Rumbelow	10	0.300%	298.51x
52	Willmett	10	0.300%	2564.10x
53	Cawsey	9	0.270%	346.15x
54	Courtenay	9	0.270%	230.77x
55	Furze	9	0.270%	126.40x
56	Rowcliffe	9	0.270%	407.24x
57	Tall	9	0.270%	185.57x
58	Toms	9	0.270%	34.82x
59	Vanstone	9	0.270%	93.85x
60	Westaway	9	0.270%	122.28x
61	Bendle	8	0.240%	222.22x
62	Bucknell	8	0.240%	94.34x
63	Couch	8	0.240%	40.32x
64	Ferrier	8	0.240%	41.17x
65	Gratton	8	0.240%	60.11x
66	Hulland	8	0.240%	278.75x
67	Husband	8	0.240%	41.07x
68	Seage	8	0.240%	963.86x
69	Stanbury	8	0.240%	90.81x
70	Thornhill	8	0.240%	38.31x
71	Ayre	7	0.210%	37.51x
72	Crosse	7	0.210%	194.44x
73	Earle	7	0.210%	33.73x
74	Ellicott	7	0.210%	184.21x
75	Fewings	7	0.210%	211.48x
76	Furse	7	0.210%	141.99x
77	Handford	7	0.210%	56.32x
78	Mare	7	0.210%	238.91x
79	Melhuish	7	0.210%	79.10x
80	Odam	7	0.210%	496.45x
81	Radmore	7	0.210%	205.88x
82	Roll	7	0.210%	196.63x
83	Sloman	7	0.210%	98.59x
84	Southcombe	7	0.210%	218.75x
85	Tolley	7	0.210%	40.07x
86	Bickell	6	0.180%	205.48x
87	Cottey	6	0.180%	600.00x
88	Dymond	6	0.180%	51.24x
89	Edworthy	6	0.180%	181.27x
90	Holcombe	6	0.180%	115.61x
91	Leworthy	6	0.180%	227.27x
92	Maunder	6	0.180%	39.81x
93	Peardon	6	0.180%	555.56x
94	Pinn	6	0.180%	157.89x
95	Slader	6	0.180%	259.74x
96	Wotton	6	0.180%	62.83x
97	Boutcher	5	0.150%	393.70x
98	Brealey	5	0.150%	84.75x
99	Bridgeman	5	0.150%	40.75x
100	Carnall	5	0.150%	79.49x