Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rose Ash, Devon

Rose Ash 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
TAPP265.12821,192.66
AYRE234.5365812.72
ADAMS203.944826.77
SOWDEN152.9586522.65
WARREN142.761341.30
THOMAS112.16965.26
LEWIS101.97247.50
GARD91.7751692.31
REED91.775124.32
WEBBER91.775158.10
HEAL81.5779296.30
MANNING81.577949.63
BEER81.577998.64
NORMAN81.577934.04
COLE81.577917.32
TUCKER81.577928.51
HILL81.57796.20
SEARLES71.3807843.37
GUARD71.38071,044.78
SEARLE71.380768.69
PESTER71.38071,228.07
BATTEN71.3807149.57
PARTRIDGE71.380752.83
COCKRAM71.3807406.98
ANDREW71.380743.56
CLARK61.18343.94
KINGDOM61.1834508.47
NEWTON61.183415.44
MILL50.9862163.40
UPHAM50.9862746.27
THORNE50.986246.77
PERRYMAN50.9862273.22
COLES50.986228.31
HEPPER40.78901,052.63
BOUNDY40.7890459.77
HUNT40.78905.94
WESCOTT40.7890888.89
BLAKE40.789016.29
PARKER40.78904.15
RIGHT30.5917937.50
PEARCE30.59176.44
WRIGHT30.59171.84
MOOR30.591742.19
JOYCE30.591724.10
WILSON30.59171.29
SQUIRE30.591749.92
VEYSEY30.5917638.30
BOWDEN20.394513.67
JONES20.39450.35
HODGE20.394515.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PESTER0.515071228.0702
TAPP0.515071192.6606
HEPPER0.515071052.6316
GUARD0.515071044.7761
RIGHT0.51507937.5000
WESCOTT0.51507888.8889
SEARLES0.51507843.3735
AYRE0.51507812.7208
UPHAM0.51507746.2687
HELE0.51507714.2857
GARD0.51507692.3077
VEYSEY0.51507638.2979
SOWDEN0.51507522.6481
KINGDOM0.51507508.4746
BOUNDY0.51507459.7701
MUCH0.51507434.7826
COCKRAM0.51507406.9767
MOUL0.51507370.3704
HEAL0.51507296.2963
PERRYMAN0.51507273.2240
ELWORTHY0.51507253.1646
LYNDON0.51507200.0000
MILL0.51507163.3987
BATTEN0.51507149.5726
ANSTEY0.51507137.9310
CHAMBERLIN0.51507118.3432
VENNER0.51507100.0000
BEER0.5150798.6436
SEARLE0.5150768.6948
KINGDON0.5150763.2911
CROSSMAN0.5150759.8802
WEBBER0.5150758.1020
PARTRIDGE0.5150752.8302
SQUIRE0.5150749.9168
MANNING0.5150749.6278
THORNE0.5150746.7727
GILLARD0.5150745.3515
LUXTON0.5150744.6429
ANDREW0.5150743.5594
MOOR0.5150742.1941
WARREN0.5150741.2979
NORMAN0.5150734.0426
WHITLOCK0.5150733.1126
DAVY0.5150732.0000
TUCKER0.5150728.5103
COLES0.5150728.3126
ADAMS0.5150726.7666
BALE0.5150726.2467
WATERMAN0.5150725.3807
REED0.5150724.3178

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 507 people called PESTER in Rose Ash 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 1228.0702 in Rose Ash means that 1228.0702% of the people in Rose Ash on census day were called PESTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PESTER 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 PESTER 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 PESTER 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 PESTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Rose Ash means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PESTER in Rose Ash than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rose Ash in 1881

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

ACLANG (1)  ADAMS (20)  AEYSEY (1)  ANDREW (7)  ANSTEY (2)  BAKER (1)  BALE (1)  BARNETT (1)  BATTEN (7)  BEER (8)  BLAKE (4)  BOUNDY (4)  BOWDEN (2)  BUNELL (1)  CHAMBERLIN (2)  CLARK (6)  COCKRAM (7)  COCKER (1)  COLES (5)  COLE (8)  CROSSMAN (1)  DAVY (2)  ELWORTHY (2)  AYRE (23)  FARR (1)  FEWINS (10)  FOOK (14)  FUSINGS (4)  GALLIFERD (1)  GUARD (7)  GARD (9)  GARDNER (1)  GIBBETT (1)  GILLARD (2)  GRIMSHIRE (1)  HAKINS (1)  HELE (2)  HANCOCK (2)  HARRIS (2)  HARSLAKE (1)  HEAL (8)  HEPPER (4)  HIGGINS (1)  HILL (8)  HODGE (2)  HOOPER (1)  HOSEGOOD (3)  HUNT (4)  JONES (2)  JOYCE (3)  KINGDOM (6)  KINGDON (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LEIGH (1)  LEWIS (10)  LYNDON (1)  LOCK (2)  LOOSEMORE (19)  LUXTON (1)  MANLEY (1)  MANNING (8)  MAY (1)  MELHUISH (1)  MILLER (1)  MILL (5)  MOOR (3)  MOUL (1)  MOULY (2)  MUCH (1)  MOGFORD (7)  NEWTON (6)  NORMAN (8)  PALFRY (1)  PARKER (4)  PARTRIDGE (7)  PEARCE (3)  PERRYMAN (5)  PESTER (7)  PHILLIPS (1)  PUNCHARD (4)  REID (2)  REED (9)  ROBINS (1)  ROUGHCLIFFE (1)  SEARLES (7)  SEARLE (7)  SHADICKS (1)  SHAPLAND (9)  SNOW (1)  SOUTHCORAH ? (5)  SOUTHCOUCH (1)  SQUIRE (3)  STONE (1)  STRONG (1)  SOWDEN (15)  TANNER (1)  TAPP (26)  THOMAS (11)  THORNE (5)  TREBLE (2)  TUCKER (8)  TURNER (1)  TWOSE (10)  UPHAM (5)  VEYSEY (3)  VENNER (1)  WARREN (14)  WATERMAN (1)  WEBBER (9)  WESCOTT (4)  WHITLOCK (1)  WILSON (3)  RIGHT (3)  WRIGHT (3)  YENDELE (1)