Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashford, Devon

Ashford 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
DENNIS106.1728208.77
SMITH106.17284.37
SKINNER95.5556109.49
CLARK84.938316.43
LANGDON84.9383634.92
BROOKS74.321044.19
HODGE53.0864122.55
FORD53.086431.69
THOMAS53.08647.48
SMYTH53.0864331.13
HARVEY42.469123.12
PULLING31.85191,111.11
HOPKINS31.851930.77
REARDON31.8519422.54
HARDING21.234617.06
EDWARDS21.23464.43
TAYLOR21.23461.93
READE21.2346408.16
MARTIN21.23465.01
DRAKE21.234642.37
CORY10.6173169.49
RENDLE10.6173208.33
BEARDON10.61731,666.67
WAY10.617355.87
OLIVER10.61738.65
LUSCOMBE10.6173120.48
HITCHCOCK10.617353.48
PICK10.617397.09
GREEN10.61732.19
WATSON10.61732.66
MORTIMER10.617329.50
LEY10.6173140.85
DENE10.61733,333.33
HOLMES10.61735.07
YEO10.6173117.65
PARKIN10.617322.94
GILL10.61738.73
TUCKER10.617311.16

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DENE0.161623333.3333
BEARDON0.161621666.6667
PULLING0.161621111.1111
LANGDON0.16162634.9206
REARDON0.16162422.5352
READE0.16162408.1633
SMYTH0.16162331.1258
DENNIS0.16162208.7683
RENDLE0.16162208.3333
CORY0.16162169.4915
LEY0.16162140.8451
HODGE0.16162122.5490
LUSCOMBE0.16162120.4819
YEO0.16162117.6471
SKINNER0.16162109.4891
PICK0.1616297.0874
WAY0.1616255.8659
HITCHCOCK0.1616253.4759
BROOKS0.1616244.1919
DRAKE0.1616242.3729
FORD0.1616231.6857
HOPKINS0.1616230.7692
MORTIMER0.1616229.4985
HARVEY0.1616223.1214
PARKIN0.1616222.9358
HARDING0.1616217.0648
CLARK0.1616216.4305
TUCKER0.1616211.1607
GILL0.161628.7260
OLIVER0.161628.6505
THOMAS0.161627.4794
HOLMES0.161625.0684
MARTIN0.161625.0113
EDWARDS0.161624.4297
SMITH0.161624.3718
WATSON0.161622.6610
GREEN0.161622.1920
TAYLOR0.161621.9305

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 162 people called DENE in Ashford 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 3333.3333 in Ashford means that 3333.3333% of the people in Ashford on census day were called DENE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DENE 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 DENE 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 DENE 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 DENE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Ashford means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DENE in Ashford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashford in 1881

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

BADCOCK (18)  BEARDON (1)  BROOKS (7)  CLARK (8)  CORY (1)  CUTCLIFFE (7)  DENE (1)  DELVE (4)  DENNIS (10)  DRAKE (2)  EDWARDS (2)  FORD (5)  GIDDEY (6)  GILL (1)  GRADDON (2)  GREEN (1)  HARDING (2)  HARVEY (4)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HODGE (5)  HOLMES (1)  HOPKINS (3)  KELAND (4)  LANGDON (8)  LEY (1)  LUSCOMBE (1)  MARTIN (2)  MORTIMER (1)  OLIVER (1)  PARKIN (1)  PETTLE (1)  PICK (1)  PULLING (3)  RENDLE (1)  REARDON (3)  READE (2)  RIDD (5)  SKINNER (9)  SMITH (10)  SMYTH (5)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMAS (5)  TUCKER (1)  WATSON (1)  WAY (1)  YEO (1)