Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hardham, Sussex

Hardham 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
SEARLE1514.8515738.92
SMITH1211.88128.41
ELLIS98.910961.35
STEDMAN76.93071,111.11
ANSELL65.9406512.82
SHARP65.940671.26
HUMPHREY54.9505185.87
AYLING43.9604547.95
BLUNDEN32.9703882.35
UPTON32.9703156.25
FRIST21.980220,000.00
DAUGHTREY21.980220,000.00
CHALLEN21.98021,111.11
PAYNE10.990111.00
SLATER10.990116.37
NEALE10.990141.67
WINTER10.990127.93
HICKS10.990123.64
STATHAM10.9901172.41
SHORT10.990125.32
CHAMBERS10.990117.42
RICHARDSON10.99015.82
MERRIOTT10.99011,666.67
HAINES10.990142.74
DUKE10.990185.47

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DAUGHTREY20,000.0021.9802
FRIST20,000.0021.9802
MERRIOTT1,666.6710.9901
CHALLEN1,111.1121.9802
STEDMAN1,111.1176.9307
BLUNDEN882.3532.9703
SEARLE738.921514.8515
AYLING547.9543.9604
ANSELL512.8265.9406
HUMPHREY185.8754.9505
STATHAM172.4110.9901
UPTON156.2532.9703
DUKE85.4710.9901
SHARP71.2665.9406
ELLIS61.3598.9109
HAINES42.7410.9901
NEALE41.6710.9901
WINTER27.9310.9901
SHORT25.3210.9901
HICKS23.6410.9901
CHAMBERS17.4210.9901
SLATER16.3710.9901
PAYNE11.0010.9901
SMITH8.411211.8812
RICHARDSON5.8210.9901

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called DAUGHTREY in Hardham 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 1.9802 in Hardham means that 1.9802% of the people in Hardham on census day were called DAUGHTREY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DAUGHTREY 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 DAUGHTREY 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 DAUGHTREY 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 DAUGHTREY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Hardham means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DAUGHTREY in Hardham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hardham in 1881

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

AYLING (4)  ANSELL (6)  BLUNDEN (3)  CHALLEN (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  DAUGHTREY (2)  DUKE (1)  ELLIS (9)  FRIST (2)  HAINES (1)  HICKS (1)  HUMPHREY (5)  JOYES (6)  LELLIOTT (1)  LOND (1)  LUXFORD (1)  MERRIOTT (1)  NEALE (1)  PAYNE (1)  PHILLIPPS (1)  QUINNELL (1)  RAVENHILL (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  SEARLE (15)  SHARP (6)  SHORT (1)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (12)  STATHAM (1)  STEDMAN (7)  UPTON (3)  WINTER (1) 

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