1881 census place

Widdecombeinthe Moor surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Widdecombeinthe Moor, 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

38 surnames are listed for Widdecombeinthe Moor, Devon, covering 475 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hannaford, with 75 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Widdecombeinthe Moor

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	Hannaford	75	9.20%	1994.68x
2	French	68	8.34%	170.90x
3	Leaman	36	4.42%	2068.97x
4	Caunter	28	3.44%	3373.49x
5	Hern	28	3.44%	1879.19x
6	Hamlyn	25	3.07%	1288.66x
7	Hext	24	2.94%	2526.32x
8	Nosworthy	23	2.82%	2555.56x
9	Cleave	21	2.58%	886.08x
10	Langdon	20	2.45%	315.46x
11	Smerdon	14	1.72%	1102.36x
12	Easterbrook	13	1.60%	560.34x
13	Kernick	11	1.35%	1929.82x
14	Chaffe	6	0.740%	1016.95x
15	Coaker	6	0.740%	779.22x
16	Prouse	6	0.740%	441.18x
17	Stockman	6	0.740%	526.32x
18	Tapper	6	0.740%	338.98x
19	Tuckett	6	0.740%	458.02x
20	Axford	5	0.610%	251.26x
21	Courtier	5	0.610%	1136.36x
22	Brooking	4	0.490%	200.00x
23	Lark	4	0.490%	224.72x
24	Norrish	4	0.490%	370.37x
25	Trish	4	0.490%	2222.22x
26	Fewins	3	0.370%	1153.85x
27	Furze	3	0.370%	172.41x
28	Leat	3	0.370%	365.85x
29	Ruby	3	0.370%	416.67x
30	Stancombe	3	0.370%	508.47x
31	Arnell	2	0.250%	194.17x
32	Greatwood	2	0.250%	645.16x
33	Windeatt	2	0.250%	869.57x
34	Withycombe	2	0.250%	465.12x
35	Churchward	1	0.120%	91.74x
36	Full	1	0.120%	156.25x
37	Hatherley	1	0.120%	105.26x
38	Sandercock	1	0.120%	68.97x