Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashprington, Devon

Ashprington 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
WOODLEY153.3333374.06
MAIN143.1111189.96
ROPER122.6667128.07
PALK112.44441,833.33
JAMES92.000010.18
BURGOYNE92.0000456.85
EDWARDS92.00007.18
RYDER81.7778102.70
BOWDEN81.777861.59
SANDERS81.777839.22
BUCKINGHAM81.7778133.33
JORDAN81.777840.24
FOWLES81.7778361.99
HOSKIN71.5556346.53
LOCK71.555654.64
DUNN71.555618.71
BRADLEY71.555619.37
MATTHEWS61.333315.29
COLE61.333314.64
WINSOR61.3333444.44
TAYLOR61.33332.09
COAKER61.33331,428.57
PEDRICK51.1111877.19
GOSS51.1111127.55
RENDLE51.1111375.94
GARLAND51.111183.89
BLACKLER51.1111588.24
PETERS51.111131.69
VIVIAN51.1111239.23
SAMPSON51.111165.10
GUNNING40.8889243.90
AVERY40.888952.98
JACKMAN40.888995.69
BOLT40.8889123.08
MANNING40.888927.95
WILLIAMS40.88891.24
CAMP40.8889154.44
PERRING40.8889430.11
TRACE40.88891,025.64
LIFE40.88894,000.00
PAIGE40.8889500.00
GEST40.88896,666.67
HAYNES40.888924.91
SANDFORD40.8889125.00
BRYANT30.666715.60
GOODMAN30.666722.85
SUMMERS30.666723.77
EVANS30.66671.53
ALMOND30.666753.76
BLIGHT30.6667147.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GEST0.454506666.6667
LIFE0.454504000.0000
DAVERN0.454503333.3333
PALK0.454501833.3333
COAKER0.454501428.5714
TRACE0.454501025.6410
PEDRICK0.45450877.1930
TARRING0.45450833.3333
BUTLAND0.45450600.0000
BLACKLER0.45450588.2353
JACKETT0.45450555.5556
TOPE0.45450555.5556
PAIGE0.45450500.0000
BURGOYNE0.45450456.8528
WINSOR0.45450444.4444
PERRING0.45450430.1075
RENDLE0.45450375.9398
WOODLEY0.45450374.0648
FOWLES0.45450361.9910
LODER0.45450357.1429
HOSKIN0.45450346.5347
BASTEN0.45450333.3333
DOLTON0.45450277.7778
GUNNING0.45450243.9024
VIVIAN0.45450239.2344
GRILLS0.45450217.3913
PUGSLEY0.45450215.8273
MAIN0.45450189.9593
CAMP0.45450154.4402
BLIGHT0.45450147.0588
BUCKINGHAM0.45450133.3333
PROUSE0.45450133.3333
ROPER0.45450128.0683
GOSS0.45450127.5510
SANDFORD0.45450125.0000
BOLT0.45450123.0769
RYDER0.45450102.6958
HANNAFORD0.4545096.1538
JACKMAN0.4545095.6938
ROWSE0.4545095.2381
GARLAND0.4545083.8926
EASTERBROOK0.4545078.1250
LEAR0.4545076.0456
SAMPSON0.4545065.1042
DURANT0.4545064.1026
BOWDEN0.4545061.5858
MACKEY0.4545058.4795
LOCK0.4545054.6448
ALMOND0.4545053.7634
AVERY0.4545052.9801

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 450 people called GEST in Ashprington 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 6666.6667 in Ashprington means that 6666.6667% of the people in Ashprington on census day were called GEST.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GEST 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 GEST 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 GEST 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 GEST here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.45 in Ashprington means that you are 0.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GEST in Ashprington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashprington in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALMOND (3)  ANDREWS (2)  AVERY (4)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BASTEN (1)  BELL (1)  BLACKLER (5)  BLIGHT (3)  BOLT (4)  BOUNDEN (2)  BOWDEN (8)  BRADLEY (7)  BRIMMICOMBE (6)  BROWN (2)  BRYANT (3)  BUCKINGHAM (8)  BURGOYNE (9)  BUTLAND (3)  CAMP (4)  CARWITHEN (3)  CHUDLEY (5)  CLEMENTS (3)  COAKER (6)  COLE (6)  CONYBEARE (1)  CRIMP (1)  DOLTON (2)  DAVERN (1)  DAVIS (1)  DELVE (1)  DE SCMID (1)  DOWNING (1)  DUNN (7)  DURANT (1)  EARLE (1)  EASTERBROOK (1)  EDWARDS (9)  EVANS (3)  FINCH (2)  FOALE (7)  FOWLES (8)  FRENCH (2)  GARLAND (5)  GOODMAN (3)  JORDAN (8)  GOSS (5)  GRANT (1)  GRILLS (1)  GEST (4)  GUNNING (4)  HANKY (6)  HANNAFORD (2)  HARVEY (2)  HAYNES (4)  HENDY (1)  HOSKIN (7)  HUSSELL (1)  JACKETT (1)  JACKMAN (4)  JAMES (9)  CASE (1)  KINGSTON (1)  LEAR (2)  LAMBLE (2)  LETTER (2)  LIFE (4)  LOCK (7)  LOUSADA (1)  LODER (3)  LYNCH (1)  MAIN (14)  MANNING (4)  MATTHEWS (6)  MAUNDERS (3)  MACKEY (1)  NEWLAND (1)  OSBORNE (1)  OWEN (1)  PAIGE (4)  PALK (11)  PARNEL (2)  PEDRICK (5)  PINHEY (4)  PERMEWAN (2)  PERRING (4)  PETERS (5)  PHILLIPS (2)  PIKE (2)  PROUSE (1)  PUGSLEY (3)  RENDLE (5)  RYDER (8)  REILLY (1)  ROPER (12)  ROWSE (1)  ROWLE (1)  SAMPSON (5)  SANDFORD (4)  SANDERS (8)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCREECH (6)  SECCOMBE (4)  SEWARD (1)  SHEARS (1)  SHEDGEWILL (1)  SHILLABEER (4)  SHORT (1)  SYMONS (2)  SHINNER (6)  DE SCHMIDT (1)  STOKES (1)  STONE (2)  SUMMERS (3)  TARRING (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THUELL (3)  TOPE (2)  TOSSWILL (3)  TRACE (4)  VIVIAN (5)  WALTON (1)  WAYMOUTH (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  WINSOR (6)  WOODLEY (15)  WORTH (1)