Top surnames from the 1881 census in Axmouth, Devon

Axmouth 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
MORGAN243.519117.70
REAL233.37248,214.29
JEFFORD192.78591,844.66
BEER192.7859173.99
PERRY172.492733.89
START162.34601,012.66
LOVE162.346098.95
BURGESS152.199431.67
HARRIS131.90627.50
COLLINS121.759512.26
AYRES111.6129116.16
LANE101.466321.28
COLES101.466342.09
PILE101.4663317.46
AUSTIN91.319626.99
HOLT91.319619.71
SPILLER91.3196231.96
HUNT91.31969.94
RICHARDS81.17307.77
HORE81.1730340.43
BOND81.173022.16
ABBOTT71.026423.27
SUMMERS71.026436.61
BOLE71.02641,489.36
GRATTON71.0264257.35
FRENCH71.026421.02
SLOMAN71.0264482.76
SPARKS71.026467.90
LUMBARD60.87981,935.48
ELLIS60.87986.06
CRABB60.879884.75
BUTT60.879868.18
FARNHAM60.8798434.78
MILLER50.73314.10
HALLETT50.733159.59
PARSONS50.73319.65
LANGDON50.733194.34
SALWAY50.7331462.96
MARSDEN50.733117.71
WATKINS50.733112.10
SELLERS50.733195.42
OSTLER50.7331347.22
PRUIT50.733150,000.00
CLARKE40.58652.89
NORRIS40.586513.66
TUCKER40.586510.60
OWEN40.58654.94
BARTLETT40.586513.39
STRAWBRIDGE40.5865555.56
HUMPHERY40.5865606.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRUIT0.6868250000.0000
REAL0.686828214.2857
LYN0.686822000.0000
LUMBARD0.686821935.4839
JEFFORD0.686821844.6602
BOLE0.686821489.3617
START0.686821012.6582
LANFORD0.68682952.3810
HAYMES0.68682909.0909
BOLES0.68682810.8108
CHURLEY0.68682714.2857
PIPPEN0.68682714.2857
HUMPHERY0.68682606.0606
STRAWBRIDGE0.68682555.5556
SLOMAN0.68682482.7586
SALWAY0.68682462.9630
FARNHAM0.68682434.7826
CONNETT0.68682365.8537
BAGWELL0.68682350.8772
OSTLER0.68682347.2222
HORE0.68682340.4255
PENDERGAST0.68682333.3333
PILE0.68682317.4603
GRATTON0.68682257.3529
SPILLER0.68682231.9588
TOLMAN0.68682224.7191
DAMPIER0.68682217.3913
JERMAN0.68682196.0784
RUNDELL0.68682188.6792
BEER0.68682173.9927
MERRIFIELD0.68682124.2236
TRIVETT0.68682123.4568
SANSON0.68682116.2791
AYRES0.68682116.1563
GOLDSWORTHY0.68682106.7616
LOVE0.6868298.9487
SELLERS0.6868295.4198
LANGDON0.6868294.3396
PRIDHAM0.6868292.5926
CRABB0.6868284.7458
PLAYER0.6868276.3359
NEWBURY0.6868272.2892
RING0.6868272.2022
BUTT0.6868268.1818
DARE0.6868268.0272
SPARKS0.6868267.8952
MOULDING0.6868260.9756
CORKER0.6868259.8802
HALLETT0.6868259.5948
HOSKING0.6868258.9391

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 682 people called PRUIT in Axmouth 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 50000.0000 in Axmouth means that 50000.0000% of the people in Axmouth on census day were called PRUIT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRUIT 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 PRUIT 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 PRUIT 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 PRUIT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Axmouth means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRUIT in Axmouth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Axmouth in 1881

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

ABBOTT (7)  ARNOLD (1)  AUSTIN (9)  BAGWELL (2)  BARTLETT (4)  BEARD (1)  BEESLY (4)  BEAVIS (1)  BEER (19)  BENNETT (3)  BOARD (1)  BOLES (3)  BOND (8)  BOWDEN (1)  BOLE (7)  BRICE (1)  BUCK (1)  BURGESS (15)  BUTT (6)  CANN (3)  CARTER (2)  CHAPPELL (3)  CHARMAN (1)  CHURLEY (1)  CLARKE (4)  CLEAVER (1)  CORKER (1)  COLES (10)  COLE (1)  COLLINS (12)  CONNETT (3)  COOK (2)  COX (1)  CRABB (6)  CRITCHARD (27)  CROSS (3)  CUFF (1)  DAMPIER (1)  DARE (2)  DAVIS (2)  DAVEY (1)  DREW (1)  DYER (1)  AMES (2)  EASTWOOD (1)  ELLIS (6)  EWENA (1)  AYERS (2)  AYRES (11)  FARRCENT (1)  FARNHAM (6)  FRENCH (7)  FROOM (5)  FURZEY (8)  GAGE (1)  GAPPER (7)  JERMAN (2)  JEFFORD (19)  GOLDSWORTHY (3)  GRATTON (7)  HALLETT (5)  HAYMES (3)  HARRIS (13)  HARES (1)  HAWKER (3)  HURD (1)  HEARN OR HOARE (6)  HINES (1)  HORE (8)  HOLT (9)  HOOPER (3)  HOSKING (3)  HUMPHERY (4)  HUNT (9)  HERSE (1)  HUSSEY (1)  IVES (2)  KNIGHT (3)  LANE (10)  LANFORD (2)  LANGDON (5)  LARCOMBE (9)  LEIGH (1)  LOVE (16)  LUMBARD (6)  LYN (1)  MARSDEN (5)  MATTHEWS (2)  MELLOPS (1)  MERRIFIELD (2)  MERRILL (1)  MILLER (5)  MOORE (1)  MORGAN (24)  MOULDING (1)  MOUNTSTEPHEN (1)  MUNSE (2)  NETHERCOTT (4)  NEWBURY (3)  NORRIS (4)  OSTLER (5)  OWEN (4)  PADY (4)  PALMAR (1)  PANDON (1)  PARETH (1)  PARSONS (5)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEADAS (1)  PEARRY (1)  PENDERGAST (3)  PERRY (17)  PARY (2)  PILE (10)  PIPPEN (1)  PLAYER (2)  PORRY (1)  PRIDHAM (1)  PRUIT (5)  QUICK (2)  RESTRICK (2)  RUNDELL (1)  REAL (23)  RESTORICK (9)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDS (8)  RING (2)  SALWAY (5)  SOLWAY (4)  SAMSON (1)  SAMPSON (1)  SANSON (1)  SCOTT (1)  SELLERS (5)  SEWARD (1)  SHAW (3)  SLOMAN (7)  SNELL (1)  SPARKS (7)  SPILLER (9)  SPILLAR (4)  START (16)  STRAWBRIDGE (4)  SUMMERS (7)  THIBBY (2)  TOLEMAN (6)  TOLMAN (2)  TRIVETT (1)  TUCKER (4)  UNDERHILL (1)  WATKINS (5)  WELCH (2)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (1)  WHITTLE (1)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (3)  YARHAM (4)