Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sheepwash, Devon

Sheepwash 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
SMALE327.71081,172.16
MARTIN286.747027.39
VENTON215.06025,384.62
JEFFERY163.8554177.58
SQUIRE92.1687182.93
LOCK92.168776.21
FORD92.168722.27
LANE81.927727.97
NEWCOMBE81.9277273.97
HARVEY81.927718.05
WEBB81.927714.22
RICHARDS81.927712.77
BOWDEN81.927766.78
HARRIS81.92777.59
WATKINS81.927731.81
AYRE61.4458258.62
HANDFORD61.4458389.61
LUXTON61.4458326.09
MARTYN51.2048301.20
HOWE51.204830.67
PILE51.2048260.42
ESSERY51.20481,250.00
MADGE51.2048381.68
HORN51.204853.02
PEDRICK51.2048943.40
FOLLAND40.9639655.74
BASSETT40.963961.73
BUSE40.96391,739.13
JORDAN40.963921.81
BROCK40.963982.99
CUDMORE40.9639689.66
ROWLAND40.963933.90
BRAUND40.9639459.77
TUCKER40.963917.42
DAVEY40.963923.45
HEARD30.722968.03
BROOK30.722918.75
STONEMAN30.7229177.51
PARSONS30.72299.51
CURTICE30.72291,000.00
MAY30.722911.36
JURY20.4819150.38
ROUSE20.481933.61
MARSHALL20.48192.87
PAIGE20.4819270.27
ASHLEY20.481928.82
PARR20.481919.29
BAILEY20.48193.20
HOBBS20.481913.23
QUICK20.481943.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VENTON0.424155384.6154
BUSE0.424151739.1304
ESSERY0.424151250.0000
SMALE0.424151172.1612
CURTICE0.424151000.0000
PEDRICK0.42415943.3962
CUDMORE0.42415689.6552
FOLLAND0.42415655.7377
MATTERS0.42415588.2353
BRAUND0.42415459.7701
HUTCHING0.42415416.6667
HANDFORD0.42415389.6104
MADGE0.42415381.6794
LUXTON0.42415326.0870
MARTYN0.42415301.2048
NEWCOMBE0.42415273.9726
PAIGE0.42415270.2703
PILE0.42415260.4167
AYRE0.42415258.6207
MARSHELL0.42415227.2727
SQUIRE0.42415182.9268
JEFFERY0.42415177.5805
STONEMAN0.42415177.5148
JURY0.42415150.3759
BROCK0.4241582.9876
ABELL0.4241578.1250
LOCK0.4241576.2066
SLEEMAN0.4241574.6269
KERSLAKE0.4241571.9424
HEARD0.4241568.0272
BOWDEN0.4241566.7780
BASSETT0.4241561.7284
SHUTE0.4241559.8802
HORN0.4241553.0223
QUICK0.4241543.0108
ROWLAND0.4241533.8983
ROUSE0.4241533.6134
WATKINS0.4241531.8091
HOWE0.4241530.6748
BLANCHARD0.4241529.4118
ASHLEY0.4241528.8184
ALFORD0.4241528.3286
HOLE0.4241528.0899
LANE0.4241527.9720
MARTIN0.4241527.3892
WALDRON0.4241527.3224
DAVEY0.4241523.4467
FORD0.4241522.2662
JORDAN0.4241521.8103
STACEY0.4241521.4592

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 415 people called VENTON in Sheepwash 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 5384.6154 in Sheepwash means that 5384.6154% of the people in Sheepwash on census day were called VENTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VENTON 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 VENTON 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 VENTON 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 VENTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Sheepwash means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VENTON in Sheepwash than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sheepwash in 1881

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

ABELL (1)  ALFORD (1)  ARSCOTT (1)  ASHLEY (2)  BAILEY (2)  BALKWILL (13)  BASSETT (4)  BEET (5)  BLANCHARD (1)  BOWDEN (8)  BRADFORD (1)  BRAUND (4)  BROOKS (1)  BROOK (3)  BROCK (4)  BUSE (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLEMETT (4)  CUDMORE (4)  CURTICE (3)  DAVEY (4)  DOWN (1)  DUFFY (1)  DUFTY (3)  DUNN (1)  ESSERY (5)  AYRE (6)  FINNAMORE (6)  FOLLAND (4)  FORD (9)  GLOVER (1)  JORDAN (4)  GORVETT (2)  HANDFORD (6)  HARRIS (8)  HARVEY (8)  HEARD (3)  HOBBS (2)  HOOPER (2)  HORN (5)  HOWE (5)  HOLE (1)  HUTCHINGS (1)  HUTCHING (1)  JEFFERY (16)  JONES (1)  JURY (2)  KERSLAKE (1)  LAKE (1)  LANE (8)  LOCK (9)  LOVELL (1)  LUXTON (6)  MADGE (5)  MARSHELL (1)  MARSHALL (2)  MARTIN (28)  MARTYN (5)  MATTERS (1)  MAY (3)  MOAST (9)  NEWCOMBE (8)  OSBORNE (1)  PAIGE (2)  PALMER (2)  PARR (2)  PARSONS (3)  PEDRICK (5)  PENGILLY (1)  PILE (5)  PRANCE (6)  PRIOR (1)  QUICK (2)  RICHARDS (8)  ROCKHEY (1)  ROUSE (2)  ROWLAND (4)  RUDALL (3)  SHOBROOK (2)  SHUTE (1)  SLEEMAN (1)  SMALE (32)  SOUTHCOMBE (2)  SQUIRE (9)  STACEY (2)  STEELE (1)  STONEMAN (3)  TUCKER (4)  VENTON (21)  WALDRON (1)  WATKINS (8)  WEBB (8)  WHITE (1)  WIVELL (6)  WADLAND (2)