Top surnames from the 1881 census in Falmer, Sussex

Falmer is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Sussex

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
WALLS244.1594345.82
CARTER193.292919.62
CRAGG183.1196491.80
HOBDEN172.94631,250.00
RICHARDSON152.599715.27
PACKHAM142.4263501.79
AVIS132.2530469.31
GREEN122.07977.39
BISHOP111.906427.28
ISON111.9064650.89
WHITING101.733190.01
BALDY101.73315,555.56
CHANDLER91.559848.54
RUSSELL91.559812.78
WILSON91.55983.40
SAYERS81.3865125.39
BENTLEY81.386532.77
LADE81.38651,632.65
PIERCE81.386594.34
FERRALL71.21327,777.78
KELSEY71.2132163.93
ASHDOWN71.2132214.07
MANSBRIDGE71.2132542.64
SHORT71.213231.06
BACK71.2132227.27
REED61.039914.25
NEWNHAM61.0399242.92
SKINNER61.039920.48
BEARD61.039939.50
LIVELY61.03992,000.00
RANN61.0399967.74
WATERS61.039925.88
SAUNDERS50.86669.45
MARCHANT50.866655.87
WOOD50.86662.72
FUNNELL50.8666156.74
CLARK50.86662.88
ELIAS50.8666267.38
PAGE50.866610.84
STEN50.86668,333.33
BENNETT50.86665.27
HAYDEN50.8666111.11
EDWARDS50.86663.11
JONES50.86660.77
PHILLIPS50.86664.84
PAYNE40.69327.70
HORN40.693230.51
TUPPEN40.6932800.00
GODLEY40.6932219.78
HUTSON40.6932176.21

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEN8,333.3350.8666
FERRALL7,777.7871.2132
BALDY5,555.56101.7331
DOWLEN2,666.6740.6932
LIVELY2,000.0061.0399
LADE1,632.6581.3865
HOBDEN1,250.00172.9463
RANN967.7461.0399
TUPPEN800.0040.6932
DUBBIN740.7420.3466
STERN727.2740.6932
PRUDDEN666.6710.1733
ISON650.89111.9064
MANSBRIDGE542.6471.2132
PACKHAM501.79142.4263
CRAGG491.80183.1196
AVIS469.31132.2530
WALLS345.82244.1594
RIDDLES277.7810.1733
ELIAS267.3850.8666
NEWNHAM242.9261.0399
BACK227.2771.2132
GODLEY219.7840.6932
ASHDOWN214.0771.2132
REAVES208.3310.1733
HUTSON176.2140.6932
ROSER169.4910.1733
KELSEY163.9371.2132
FUNNELL156.7450.8666
GEARING136.0520.3466
BENFORD128.2110.1733
SAYERS125.3981.3865
HAYDEN111.1150.8666
CHATFIELD107.9130.5199
HERMAN96.1510.1733
PIERCE94.3481.3865
WHITING90.01101.7331
LONGLEY76.5330.5199
BURTENSHAW74.6310.1733
AMEY62.1110.1733
BRIDGER61.7330.5199
MARCHANT55.8750.8666
CHANDLER48.5491.5598
BRANSON48.3110.1733
OSMAN47.6210.1733
PETTIT43.8620.3466
BEARD39.5061.0399
LEVETT39.3710.1733
WOODGATE36.9010.1733
CAREY36.7640.6932

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called STEN in Falmer 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 0.8666 in Falmer means that 0.8666% of the people in Falmer on census day were called STEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STEN 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 STEN 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 STEN 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 STEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,333.33 in Falmer means that you are 8,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STEN in Falmer than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Falmer in 1881

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

AKEHURST (5)  ASHDOWN (7)  AVIS (13)  BACK (7)  BALDY (10)  BANKS (1)  BARTLETT (3)  BEARD (6)  BENFORD (1)  BENNETT (5)  BENTLEY (8)  BISHOP (11)  BLACKMORE (2)  BONNIFACE (11)  BRADLEY (2)  BRANSON (1)  BRIDGER (3)  BROWN (2)  BUDGEN (2)  BURGESS (1)  BURTENSHAW (1)  BUTCHER (3)  CAPELIN (4)  CAREY (4)  CARTER (19)  CHANDLER (9)  CHATFIELD (3)  CLARK (5)  COOK (1)  COSTERTON (1)  CRAGG (18)  CURTIS (1)  DANIELS (2)  DIMPSEY (1)  DIPLOCK (10)  DOLLERY (2)  DOWLEN (4)  DUBBIN (2)  AMEY (1)  EDWARDS (5)  ELIAS (5)  FARLEY (1)  FARMER (1)  FERRALL (7)  FINCH (1)  FREEMAN (2)  FUNNELL (5)  GEARING (2)  GIFFORD (1)  GLADMAN (1)  GODLEY (4)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (12)  HARRIS (1)  HAYDEN (5)  HEATHFIELD (2)  HERMAN (1)  HILLMAN (1)  HILLS (4)  HOAD (1)  HOBDEN (17)  HORN (4)  HOWARD (1)  HUTSON (4)  HAYETT (3)  ISON (11)  JENNER (1)  JESTICO (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (5)  KELSEY (7)  KENT (3)  KNIGHT (1)  LONGLEY (3)  LADE (8)  LEVETT (1)  LIVELY (6)  LOCKE (1)  MANSBRIDGE (7)  MARCHANT (5)  MASON (1)  MEWITT (1)  MILES (1)  MILTON (1)  MITCHEL (2)  MOPPETT (1)  MORRIS (1)  NEWNHAM (6)  NORMAN (3)  OSMAN (1)  PACKHAM (14)  PAGE (5)  PARSONS (2)  PATCHING (2)  PAYNE (4)  PIERCE (8)  PETTIT (2)  PETTY (2)  PHILLIPS (5)  POCOCK (1)  POINTING (1)  POTTER (1)  PRATT (1)  PRUDDEN (1)  REAVES (1)  REED (6)  RANN (6)  RICHARDSON (15)  RIDDLES (1)  ROSER (1)  RUSSELL (9)  SAUNDERS (5)  SAXBY (1)  SAYERS (8)  SCATHERFIELD (1)  SAXTON (1)  SHORT (7)  SKINNER (6)  SLARKS (5)  SMITH (1)  STEN (5)  STERN (4)  STRONG (1)  SWAN (2)  TAYLOR (1)  TERRY (1)  THORPE (3)  TUCKNOT (1)  TUPPEN (4)  TURL (2)  UNSTED (5)  WALKER (1)  WALLS (24)  WALTERS (1)  WATERS (6)  WEST (2)  WHITING (10)  WILSON (9)  WINGFILED (2)  WOOD (5)  WOODGATE (1)  YOUNG (1) 

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