Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashreigney, Devon

Ashreigney 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
HARRIS8112.000047.22
COLE558.148189.45
PARKHOUSE314.59261,534.65
TURNER263.851913.84
BOUNDY223.25931,913.04
MITCHELL172.518512.42
CARTER172.518515.00
COOKE142.074137.58
ALFORD131.9259226.09
SQUIRE131.9259162.50
BAKER121.77788.11
GAY111.6296122.22
LANE111.629623.65
WESTERN101.4815352.11
TAPP101.4815344.83
SHORT101.481537.92
FORD91.333313.69
SAUNDERS81.185212.92
PASSMORE81.1852202.53
FOLLAND81.1852808.08
WHEATON71.0370503.60
WEBBER71.037033.95
REED71.037014.21
SIMMONS71.037025.41
SANDERS71.037022.88
JEWELL71.037098.73
BIRD60.888911.63
SKINNER60.888917.51
DOWN60.888973.98
VERNON60.888954.01
THORNE60.888942.16
HOPKINS60.888914.76
ELLIS50.74075.10
BERRY50.74079.34
PARR50.740729.66
POTTER50.740711.42
CORNEY50.7407222.22
MAYNARD50.740748.22
HANCOCK40.592613.03
KNIGHT40.59264.81
HUXTABLE40.5926136.05
BOWDEN40.592620.53
PICKARD30.444431.88
JURY30.4444138.25
DUNN30.44445.34
CLARKE20.29631.46
PEARCE20.29633.23
MARTIN20.29631.20
LEE20.29631.81
PADDEN20.2963350.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BOUNDY0.686751913.0435
PARKHOUSE0.686751534.6535
TARNER0.686751111.1111
TEPPER0.68675909.0909
FOLLAND0.68675808.0808
BOATFIELD0.68675714.2857
WHEATON0.68675503.5971
WESTERN0.68675352.1127
PADDEN0.68675350.8772
TAPP0.68675344.8276
ALFORD0.68675226.0870
CORNEY0.68675222.2222
PASSMORE0.68675202.5316
SQUIRE0.68675162.5000
JURY0.68675138.2488
HUXTABLE0.68675136.0544
GAY0.68675122.2222
JEWELL0.6867598.7306
COLE0.6867589.4454
TOUT0.6867587.7193
SOUTHCOTT0.6867585.4701
DOWN0.6867573.9827
VERNON0.6867554.0054
TOWELL0.6867552.0833
MAYNARD0.6867548.2160
HARRIS0.6867547.2193
DYMOND0.6867542.1941
THORNE0.6867542.1644
SHORT0.6867537.9219
COOKE0.6867537.5839
WEBBER0.6867533.9476
PICKARD0.6867531.8810
PARR0.6867529.6560
SIMMONS0.6867525.4083
LANE0.6867523.6457
SANDERS0.6867522.8758
UNDERHILL0.6867521.1864
BOWDEN0.6867520.5339
BOLT0.6867520.4918
SKINNER0.6867517.5131
CANN0.6867516.0000
SNELL0.6867515.6495
CARTER0.6867515.0031
HOPKINS0.6867514.7601
REED0.6867514.2074
TURNER0.6867513.8371
FORD0.6867513.6882
HANCOCK0.6867513.0251
SAUNDERS0.6867512.9220
MITCHELL0.6867512.4151

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 675 people called BOUNDY in Ashreigney 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 1913.0435 in Ashreigney means that 1913.0435% of the people in Ashreigney on census day were called BOUNDY.

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

All the surnames recorded in Ashreigney in 1881

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

ALFORD (13)  ASHPLANT (4)  BABBAGE (1)  BADCOCK (1)  BAKER (12)  BERRY (5)  BIDDER (1)  BIRD (6)  BOATFIELD (1)  BOLITHS (1)  BOLT (1)  BOUNDY (22)  BOWDEN (4)  BURNS (1)  CALLARD (5)  CANN (1)  CARTER (17)  SHADDICK (4)  CLARKE (2)  COLE (55)  COOKE (14)  COOK (1)  CORNEY (5)  DARCH (3)  DOWN (6)  DUNN (3)  DYMOND (1)  ELLACOTT (1)  ELLIS (5)  FOLLAND (8)  FORD (9)  FROST (1)  GAY (11)  GREENSLADE (8)  GRIMSHAW (1)  HEALE (11)  HEAMAN (5)  HANCOCK (4)  HARDING (1)  HARRIS (81)  HEADON (5)  HILL (1)  HOCKERIDGE (1)  HOPKINS (6)  HUXTABLE (4)  JEWELL (7)  JOSLING (16)  JURY (3)  KENOR (3)  KNIGHT (4)  LANE (11)  LEE (2)  LETHEREN (2)  LOCK (1)  LYON (1)  MARDON (8)  MARLES (14)  MARTIN (2)  MAY (1)  MAYNARD (5)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (1)  MILTON (1)  MITCHELL (17)  MOLLAND (4)  MOORE (1)  NETHERCOTT (1)  NOLLAND (1)  PADDON (1)  PADDEN (2)  PARISH (1)  PARKHOUSE (31)  PARR (5)  PARTRIDGE (1)  PASSMORE (8)  PEARCE (2)  PICKARD (3)  POTTER (5)  REED (7)  RIDD (1)  RILEY (1)  SAMBORNE (3)  SAUNDERS (8)  SANDERS (7)  SHORT (10)  SIMMONS (7)  SKINNER (6)  SNELL (2)  SOUTHCOTT (1)  SQUIRE (13)  TARNER (1)  TAPP (10)  TEPPER (1)  THORNE (6)  TOWELL (1)  TOSSELL (1)  TOUT (1)  TRIGGER (1)  TUCKER (2)  TURNER (26)  UNDERHILL (1)  VERNON (6)  WEBBER (7)  WEDLAKE (6)  WEEKS (1)  WESTACOTT (1)  WESTERN (10)  WHEATON (7)  WONACOTT (1) 

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