Top surnames from the 1881 census in Brushford, Devon

Brushford 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
RICHARDS1111.578976.66
GAY99.4737708.66
POPE99.4737275.23
HARRIS77.368429.00
DODD77.3684181.35
SLOMAN66.31583,000.00
LUXTON66.31581,428.57
HAMMOND55.263292.42
BROOK44.2105109.29
BROOKS22.105321.53
TUCKER22.105338.02
MITCHELL11.05265.19
BAKER11.05264.80
LUGG11.0526357.14
CREWS11.0526588.24
MATTHEWS11.052612.06
DUNN11.052612.66
COLE11.052611.56
PETERS11.052630.03
BOLT11.0526144.93
WHITE11.05263.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SLOMAN0.10953000.0000
LUXTON0.10951428.5714
GAY0.1095708.6614
CREWS0.1095588.2353
LUGG0.1095357.1429
POPE0.1095275.2294
DODD0.1095181.3472
BOLT0.1095144.9275
BROOK0.1095109.2896
HAMMOND0.109592.4214
RICHARDS0.109576.6551
TUCKER0.109538.0228
PETERS0.109530.0300
HARRIS0.109528.9975
BROOKS0.109521.5285
DUNN0.109512.6582
MATTHEWS0.109512.0627
COLE0.109511.5607
MITCHELL0.10955.1894
BAKER0.10954.8031
WHITE0.10953.2744

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 95 people called SLOMAN in Brushford 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 3000.0000 in Brushford means that 3000.0000% of the people in Brushford on census day were called SLOMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SLOMAN 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 SLOMAN 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 SLOMAN 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 SLOMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.10 in Brushford means that you are 0.10 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SLOMAN in Brushford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Brushford in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BOLT (1)  BROOK (4)  BROOKS (2)  CHUDLEY (7)  COLE (1)  CREWS (1)  DODD (7)  DUNN (1)  GAY (9)  HAMMOND (5)  HARRIS (7)  LUGG (1)  LUXTON (6)  MATTHEWS (1)  MITCHELL (1)  PETERS (1)  POPE (9)  REDDAWAY (8)  RICHARDS (11)  ROUNSLEY (2)  SLOMAN (6)  TUCKER (2)  WHITE (1)