Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashendon, Buckinghamshire

Ashendon is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Buckinghamshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
CHERRY3112.75721,244.98
EWERS2911.934210,740.74
MUNDAY166.5844563.38
WALKER124.938314.75
BUNYAN124.93831,643.84
SMITH104.11522.91
FIGG93.70371,551.72
TIMBS83.29225,714.29
YOUNG72.880713.41
EVANS72.88076.59
GEORGE62.469142.08
CHURCHILL52.0576173.61
WHITE52.05766.40
SAUNDERS41.646117.95
BEATIE41.64612,105.26
PARROTT41.6461144.93
EDWARDS41.64615.91
THORNE41.646178.13
HARPER41.646125.71
WHEELER31.234620.45
RIDGWAY31.2346134.53
WILSON31.23462.69
FULLER31.234630.52
HONOUR31.2346769.23
TARRY31.2346370.37
PEARSON20.82307.08
KING20.82303.78
BOUGHTON20.8230200.00
BETTS20.823038.46
TOMPKINS20.823095.24
BENTLEY10.41159.73
FRUIN10.4115434.78
ASHLEY10.411524.57
HICKMAN10.411524.45
TACK10.4115769.23
JOINER10.4115116.28
HAWKINS10.41155.69
BAKER10.41151.88
REEVES10.411510.05
CLARKE10.41152.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EWERS0.2424310740.7407
TIMBS0.242435714.2857
BEATIE0.242432105.2632
BUNYAN0.242431643.8356
FIGG0.242431551.7241
CHERRY0.242431244.9799
TACK0.24243769.2308
HONOUR0.24243769.2308
MUNDAY0.24243563.3803
FRUIN0.24243434.7826
TARRY0.24243370.3704
BOUGHTON0.24243200.0000
CHURCHILL0.24243173.6111
PARROTT0.24243144.9275
RIDGWAY0.24243134.5291
JOINER0.24243116.2791
TOMPKINS0.2424395.2381
THORNE0.2424378.1250
GEORGE0.2424342.0757
BETTS0.2424338.4615
FULLER0.2424330.5188
HARPER0.2424325.7069
ASHLEY0.2424324.5700
HICKMAN0.2424324.4499
WHEELER0.2424320.4499
SAUNDERS0.2424317.9453
WALKER0.2424314.7511
YOUNG0.2424313.4100
REEVES0.2424310.0503
BENTLEY0.242439.7276
PEARSON0.242437.0847
EVANS0.242436.5920
WHITE0.242436.4012
EDWARDS0.242435.9067
HAWKINS0.242435.6850
KING0.242433.7764
SMITH0.242432.9146
WILSON0.242432.6882
CLARKE0.242432.0309
BAKER0.242431.8779

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 243 people called EWERS in Ashendon at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 10740.7407 in Ashendon means that 10740.7407% of the people in Ashendon on census day were called EWERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EWERS in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called EWERS as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called EWERS here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called EWERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Ashendon means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EWERS in Ashendon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashendon in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ASHLEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BEATIE (4)  BENTLEY (1)  BETTS (2)  BOUGHTON (2)  BROCKLISS (1)  BUNYAN (12)  CAWCOTT (1)  CATTLE (7)  CHERRY (31)  CHURCHILL (5)  CLARKE (1)  EDWARDS (4)  UFF OR EIFF (12)  EVANS (7)  EWERS (29)  FIGG (9)  FENEMORE (1)  FULLER (3)  FRUIN (1)  GEORGE (6)  HARPER (4)  HAWKINS (1)  HICKMAN (1)  HONOUR (3)  HOUNSLOW (1)  JOINER (1)  KING (2)  MUNDAY (16)  PARROTT (4)  PEARSON (2)  REEVES (1)  RIDGWAY (3)  SAUNDERS (4)  SMITH (10)  STALLWOOD (1)  TACK (1)  TARRY (3)  THORNE (4)  TIMBS (8)  TOMPKINS (2)  WALKER (12)  WHEELER (3)  WHITE (5)  WILSON (3)  YOUNG (7)