Top surnames from the 1881 census in Washfield, Devon

Washfield 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
HAGLEY153.77833,750.00
SOWDEN133.2746580.36
CURTIS123.022753.26
BALL102.518930.50
BAKER102.518911.50
SNELL92.2670119.68
COOK92.267011.41
PARTRIDGE82.015177.15
GALE82.015167.28
PHILLIPS82.015111.26
DRAKE71.763260.50
HOLLY71.7632707.07
ELLIS71.763212.14
WEBBER61.511349.46
HOLCOMBE61.5113967.74
THORNE61.511371.68
WOOD51.25943.95
MIDDLETON51.259423.99
LLEWELLYN51.259486.21
BLUE51.2594724.64
SEAMAN51.2594162.34
BROMFIELD51.2594537.63
GARDENER51.259470.22
TOUT41.0076597.01
CLARK41.00763.35
ELWORTHY41.0076645.16
VENNER41.0076512.82
JAMES41.00765.13
WORTH41.0076112.04
HANDCOCK41.0076434.78
BLANK41.00761,081.08
COLES41.007628.92
HAWKINS30.755710.44
BOGLE30.7557612.24
GOSS30.755786.71
CAVILL30.7557236.22
SKINNER30.755714.89
PERRY30.755710.27
MAY30.755711.87
SNOW30.755755.87
HODGE20.503819.98
BRADFORD20.503825.84
BLAKE20.503810.40
PERKINS20.503811.20
MANNING20.503815.85
BOWERS20.503827.62
HARIS20.5038952.38
HINE20.503863.69
NORMAN20.503810.87
ISAACS20.503858.48

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAGLEY0.403973750.0000
CORDE0.403973333.3333
BLANK0.403971081.0811
HOLCOMBE0.40397967.7419
HARIS0.40397952.3810
BLUE0.40397724.6377
HOLLY0.40397707.0707
ELWORTHY0.40397645.1613
BOGLE0.40397612.2449
TOUT0.40397597.0149
SOWDEN0.40397580.3571
BROMFIELD0.40397537.6344
VENNER0.40397512.8205
HANDCOCK0.40397434.7826
MEECHAM0.40397370.3704
WHITTER0.40397344.8276
PENWARDEN0.40397322.5806
CAVILL0.40397236.2205
NEEDS0.40397172.4138
SEAMAN0.40397162.3377
SNELL0.40397119.6809
WORTH0.40397112.0448
MURCH0.40397100.0000
SIDWELL0.4039791.7431
ANSTEY0.4039788.4956
GOSS0.4039786.7052
LLEWELLYN0.4039786.2069
TILLY0.4039782.6446
SLOCOMBE0.4039778.7402
PARTRIDGE0.4039777.1456
THORNE0.4039771.6846
GARDENER0.4039770.2247
GALE0.4039767.2834
HINE0.4039763.6943
PYLE0.4039761.7284
DRAKE0.4039760.5013
ISAACS0.4039758.4795
SNOW0.4039755.8659
MORRELL0.4039753.6193
CURTIS0.4039753.2623
MUSGROVE0.4039752.0833
HODDER0.4039751.5464
WEBBER0.4039749.4641
AYRE0.4039745.0450
BAILY0.4039739.8406
HOW0.4039738.6100
BALL0.4039730.4971
GOODING0.4039729.7619
COLES0.4039728.9226
LOCKE0.4039728.0899

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 397 people called HAGLEY in Washfield 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 3750.0000 in Washfield means that 3750.0000% of the people in Washfield on census day were called HAGLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAGLEY 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 HAGLEY 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 HAGLEY 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 HAGLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.40 in Washfield means that you are 0.40 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAGLEY in Washfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Washfield in 1881

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

ANSTEY (1)  ARNOLD (1)  AUTROSS (2)  BAILY (1)  BAKER (10)  BALL (10)  BALMAN (3)  BARNES (2)  BLAKE (2)  BLACKMORE (1)  BLANK (4)  BLUE (5)  BOGLE (3)  BOWDEN (1)  BOWERS (2)  BRADFORD (2)  BROOKS (1)  BROMFIELD (5)  CARTER (2)  CAVILL (3)  CHAMBERLANY (1)  CLARK (4)  CLEE (3)  CLEAVE (7)  COLES (4)  COOK (9)  CORDE (1)  CURTIS (12)  DARCH (1)  DAVEY (1)  DORNNETTS (2)  DRAKE (7)  DUDDRIDGE (1)  ELLIS (7)  ELWORTHY (4)  AYRE (1)  FARLEIGH (1)  FEWANS (1)  FITZGERALD (1)  FRY (1)  GALE (8)  GARDENER (5)  GOODING (1)  GOSS (3)  GRANT (1)  GREENSLADE (7)  GRIFFIN (1)  HAGLEY (15)  HANDCOCK (4)  HARIS (2)  HAWKINS (3)  HIRNER (6)  HINE (2)  HODDER (1)  HODGE (2)  HOLCOMBE (6)  HOLLY (7)  HASKINGS (1)  HOW (1)  HOWELL (1)  HUNT (1)  ISAACS (2)  JAMES (4)  KING (1)  LABERCOMBE (1)  LEE (1)  LLEWELLYN (5)  LOCKE (1)  LOCK (1)  LOARNY (7)  MANNING (2)  MAUNDER (5)  MAY (3)  MEECHAM (1)  MELHUISH (4)  MELLUISH (9)  MIDDLETON (5)  MITHERS (1)  MORRELL (2)  MORSE (1)  MOGFORD (3)  MURCH (1)  MUSGROVE (1)  NASH (1)  NEEDS (1)  NORMAN (2)  PARISH (1)  PARTRIDGE (8)  PENWARDEN (1)  PERKINS (2)  PERRY (3)  PHILLIPS (8)  PYLE (1)  PITLERS (1)  PONSFORD (8)  POOK (1)  PRESCOTT (1)  SCARGILL (1)  SEAMAN (5)  CHAVE (10)  SIDWELL (1)  SKINNER (3)  SLOCOMBE (1)  SMALL (1)  SMITH (1)  SNELL (9)  SNOW (3)  SQUIRES (1)  SOWDEN (13)  THORNE (6)  TILLY (1)  TOUT (4)  TURNER (1)  VENNER (4)  VINICOMBE (1)  WEBBER (6)  WERE (3)  WHITTER (1)  WILKINS (1)  WINSBORROW (1)  WOOD (5)  ST WORTH (2)  WORTH (4) 

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