Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashbury, Devon

Ashbury is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Devon

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
VALLANCE1020.83334,545.45
WORDEN612.50004,285.71
SMALE510.41671,562.50
COPP48.33332,666.67
BOWDEN36.2500215.83
WATKINS12.083334.36
ADAMS12.083314.14
LOBB12.0833416.67
HURFORD12.0833769.23
VANSTONE12.0833714.29
MEDLAND12.0833909.09
KIMBER12.0833217.39
HAYMAN12.0833270.27
ANDREW12.083365.79
MAY12.083332.68
JOHNS12.083380.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VALLANCE0.05484545.4545
WORDEN0.05484285.7143
COPP0.05482666.6667
SMALE0.05481562.5000
MEDLAND0.0548909.0909
HURFORD0.0548769.2308
VANSTONE0.0548714.2857
LOBB0.0548416.6667
HAYMAN0.0548270.2703
KIMBER0.0548217.3913
BOWDEN0.0548215.8273
JOHNS0.054880.6452
ANDREW0.054865.7895
WATKINS0.054834.3643
MAY0.054832.6797
ADAMS0.054814.1443

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 48 people called VALLANCE in Ashbury 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 4545.4545 in Ashbury means that 4545.4545% of the people in Ashbury on census day were called VALLANCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VALLANCE 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 VALLANCE 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 VALLANCE 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 VALLANCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Ashbury means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VALLANCE in Ashbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashbury in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ANDREW (1)  BOWDEN (3)  COPP (4)  HAYMAN (1)  HURFORD (1)  JOHNS (1)  KIMBER (1)  LITTLEJOHNS (1)  LOBB (1)  MAY (1)  MEDLAND (1)  SMALE (5)  VALLANCE (10)  VANSTONE (1)  VOADEN (4)  WATKINS (1)  WOOLLCOMBE (4)  WORDEN (6)