1881 census place

Ashburton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Ashburton, Devon in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

175 surnames are listed for Ashburton, Devon, covering 1,349 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smerdon, with 66 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Ashburton

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smerdon	66	2.27%	1456.95x
2	Eales	49	1.69%	333.79x
3	Hannaford	37	1.27%	275.91x
4	Hext	36	1.24%	1065.09x
5	Leaman	35	1.20%	562.70x
6	Foot	31	1.07%	107.60x
7	Endacott	27	0.930%	596.03x
8	Rowland	27	0.930%	32.68x
9	Stancombe	27	0.930%	1273.58x
10	Shillabeer	26	0.890%	1340.21x
11	Whiddon	22	0.760%	1946.90x
12	Easterbrook	20	0.690%	241.84x
13	Satterly	20	0.690%	2380.95x
14	Luscombe	19	0.650%	127.77x
15	Edgecombe	18	0.620%	419.58x
16	Irish	18	0.620%	212.51x
17	Willcocks	18	0.620%	149.75x
18	Bunclark	17	0.580%	1847.83x
19	Campion	17	0.580%	83.50x
20	Caunter	17	0.580%	572.39x
21	German	17	0.580%	125.37x
22	Hamlyn	17	0.580%	246.02x
23	Lear	16	0.550%	94.23x
24	Daw	15	0.520%	74.48x
25	Pascoe	15	0.520%	45.54x
26	Pomroy	15	0.520%	707.55x
27	Cornish	14	0.480%	33.38x
28	East	14	0.480%	30.97x
29	Howis	14	0.480%	2187.50x
30	Pengilly	14	0.480%	481.10x
31	Winsor	14	0.480%	160.18x
32	Hayman	13	0.450%	58.64x
33	Pitts	13	0.450%	43.59x
34	Syms	13	0.450%	282.61x
35	Knapman	12	0.410%	151.71x
36	Knowling	12	0.410%	1034.48x
37	Langler	12	0.410%	1176.47x
38	Mugridge	12	0.410%	376.18x
39	Yolland	12	0.410%	1538.46x
40	Hern	11	0.380%	206.77x
41	Mortimore	11	0.380%	100.37x
42	Palk	11	0.380%	284.24x
43	Waldron	11	0.380%	42.95x
44	Langdon	10	0.340%	44.25x
45	Langworthy	10	0.340%	297.62x
46	Routley	10	0.340%	276.24x
47	Batten	9	0.310%	33.56x
48	Chalk	9	0.310%	46.95x
49	Gidley	9	0.310%	177.17x
50	Ham	9	0.310%	41.23x
51	Lowrey	9	0.310%	163.04x
52	Port	9	0.310%	110.02x
53	Sargeant	9	0.310%	39.28x
54	Bickford	8	0.280%	146.52x
55	Chapple	8	0.280%	40.57x
56	Halse	8	0.280%	184.33x
57	Northcott	8	0.280%	60.70x
58	Battershill	7	0.240%	469.80x
59	Distin	7	0.240%	482.76x
60	Harrigan	7	0.240%	173.70x
61	Peachey	7	0.240%	59.98x
62	Petherbridge	7	0.240%	207.72x
63	Pugsley	7	0.240%	78.21x
64	Tozer	7	0.240%	40.21x
65	Westaway	7	0.240%	109.20x
66	Woolacott	7	0.240%	351.76x
67	Yeldham	7	0.240%	409.36x
68	Chiswell	6	0.210%	167.13x
69	Crute	6	0.210%	291.26x
70	Full	6	0.210%	263.16x
71	Kimble	6	0.210%	163.49x
72	Launder	6	0.210%	281.69x
73	Maunder	6	0.210%	45.77x
74	Pomeroy	6	0.210%	74.35x
75	Satterley	6	0.210%	550.46x
76	Veale	6	0.210%	47.89x
77	Brooking	5	0.170%	70.13x
78	Butland	5	0.170%	153.85x
79	Chudleigh	5	0.170%	224.22x
80	Dunstone	5	0.170%	142.86x
81	Gerry	5	0.170%	89.61x
82	Golland	5	0.170%	248.76x
83	Gribble	5	0.170%	47.80x
84	Honeywill	5	0.170%	273.22x
85	Laskey	5	0.170%	145.77x
86	Medway	5	0.170%	173.61x
87	Murch	5	0.170%	68.31x
88	Skewes	5	0.170%	221.24x
89	Withycombe	5	0.170%	328.95x
90	Bickle	4	0.140%	64.83x
91	Burston	4	0.140%	68.97x
92	Chaffe	4	0.140%	188.68x
93	Furneaux	4	0.140%	103.63x
94	Furze	4	0.140%	64.62x
95	Joint	4	0.140%	198.02x
96	Keat	4	0.140%	147.06x
97	Maddick	4	0.140%	128.62x
98	Merrifield	4	0.140%	58.22x
99	Norrish	4	0.140%	103.90x
100	Southcombe	4	0.140%	143.37x