1881 census place

Tavistock surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tavistock, 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

410 surnames are listed for Tavistock, Devon, covering 3,125 people in the local records.

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

Most common surnames in Tavistock

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	Down	71	1.03%	85.36x
2	Doidge	63	0.910%	318.18x
3	Dingle	44	0.640%	145.45x
4	Stephens	44	0.640%	11.45x
5	Walters	43	0.620%	13.02x
6	Gale	41	0.590%	19.75x
7	Craze	40	0.580%	498.13x
8	Burn	35	0.510%	37.55x
9	Symons	34	0.490%	35.71x
10	Jackman	33	0.480%	51.30x
11	Lang	32	0.460%	20.72x
12	Daw	30	0.430%	62.50x
13	Merrifield	30	0.430%	183.15x
14	Collacott	28	0.400%	673.08x
15	Jago	28	0.400%	105.54x
16	Barkell	27	0.390%	1459.46x
17	Spry	27	0.390%	132.22x
18	Cocks	25	0.360%	54.31x
19	Hodge	25	0.360%	14.32x
20	Westlake	25	0.360%	49.83x
21	Friend	24	0.350%	30.56x
22	Burgoyne	22	0.320%	72.73x
23	Clemo	22	0.320%	321.17x
24	Drew	22	0.320%	12.02x
25	Sleeman	22	0.320%	98.26x
26	Davy	21	0.300%	24.58x
27	Easterbrook	21	0.300%	106.54x
28	Garland	21	0.300%	22.88x
29	Oates	21	0.300%	19.45x
30	Vigars	21	0.300%	937.50x
31	Alford	20	0.290%	33.91x
32	Seccombe	20	0.290%	344.23x
33	Sly	20	0.290%	76.31x
34	Truscott	20	0.290%	53.11x
35	Coombe	19	0.270%	50.64x
36	Maker	19	0.270%	175.60x
37	Raymont	19	0.270%	353.82x
38	Henwood	18	0.260%	62.05x
39	Metherell	18	0.260%	304.05x
40	Rodda	18	0.260%	103.21x
41	Acton	17	0.250%	42.38x
42	Foot	17	0.250%	24.76x
43	Hatch	17	0.250%	28.55x
44	Kerswill	17	0.250%	524.69x
45	Mallett	17	0.250%	27.54x
46	Nancarrow	17	0.250%	168.65x
47	Osborn	17	0.250%	11.79x
48	Crossman	16	0.230%	70.08x
49	Escott	16	0.230%	82.73x
50	Fuge	16	0.230%	197.53x
51	Northway	16	0.230%	251.57x
52	Smale	16	0.230%	35.06x
53	Bawden	15	0.220%	43.20x
54	Kerslake	15	0.220%	64.85x
55	Marten	15	0.220%	71.36x
56	Metters	15	0.220%	322.58x
57	Millman	15	0.220%	78.78x
58	Reddicliffe	15	0.220%	898.20x
59	Rundle	15	0.220%	36.27x
60	Waterfield	15	0.220%	52.63x
61	Blatchford	14	0.200%	84.90x
62	Crews	14	0.200%	115.04x
63	Dawe	14	0.200%	23.23x
64	Higman	14	0.200%	156.08x
65	Perkin	14	0.200%	37.52x
66	Prout	14	0.200%	40.65x
67	Rapson	14	0.200%	96.82x
68	Braund	13	0.190%	89.47x
69	Cock	13	0.190%	17.07x
70	Northcott	13	0.190%	41.39x
71	Soper	13	0.190%	30.23x
72	Spurrell	13	0.190%	209.00x
73	Squire	13	0.190%	15.83x
74	Tonkin	13	0.190%	38.71x
75	Brock	12	0.170%	14.91x
76	Cory	12	0.170%	47.94x
77	Kerton	12	0.170%	212.77x
78	Luke	12	0.170%	17.80x
79	Shilson	12	0.170%	365.85x
80	Southcombe	12	0.170%	180.72x
81	Stanbury	12	0.170%	65.68x
82	Trudgeon	12	0.170%	275.86x
83	Bath	11	0.160%	21.17x
84	Buckland	11	0.160%	15.00x
85	Colling	11	0.160%	62.39x
86	Eastlake	11	0.160%	279.90x
87	Evely	11	0.160%	511.63x
88	Gendle	11	0.160%	480.35x
89	Gerry	11	0.160%	82.71x
90	Hannaford	11	0.160%	34.44x
91	Hoar	11	0.160%	38.60x
92	Penrose	11	0.160%	41.35x
93	Rowse	11	0.160%	68.32x
94	Shinner	11	0.160%	317.00x
95	Tretheway	11	0.160%	360.66x
96	Waldron	11	0.160%	18.03x
97	Woolcock	11	0.160%	56.29x
98	Boon	10	0.140%	15.41x
99	Chubb	10	0.140%	25.99x
100	Cundy	10	0.140%	55.37x