Top surnames from the 1881 census in Piddinghoe, Sussex

Piddinghoe 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
GREEN125.333318.94
AVERY114.8889291.78
PELLETT94.00004,500.00
JOHNSON83.555610.58
FOWLER73.111154.47
HARRIOTT73.11113,888.89
MOORE62.666713.34
AVIS62.6667555.56
STACE62.66671,304.35
BONIFACE62.6667740.74
HOBDEN62.66671,132.08
BENNETT62.666716.23
REED62.666736.54
TOMPSETT52.22221,315.79
BANNISTER52.2222128.53
COMBS52.22221,136.36
KNIGHT41.777814.42
BRADFORD41.777891.12
ROOKE41.7778240.96
BAKER41.77788.11
RUSSELL31.333310.92
BASSETT31.333385.47
PORT31.3333476.19
HILTON31.333338.81
DENNETT20.8889206.19
HILLMAN20.8889103.09
EARLE20.8889142.86
WARREN20.888913.30
PETTIT20.8889112.36
WICKS10.444431.55
ATTWOOD10.444444.84
HOBSON10.444417.12
PRESTON10.44448.90
WHITE10.44441.38
MOOR10.444431.75
COX10.44442.93
KENNARD10.444490.91
NOAKS10.4444833.33
LOWER10.4444232.56
SMITH10.44440.31

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PELLETT4,500.0094.0000
HARRIOTT3,888.8973.1111
TOMPSETT1,315.7952.2222
STACE1,304.3562.6667
COMBS1,136.3652.2222
HOBDEN1,132.0862.6667
NOAKS833.3310.4444
BONIFACE740.7462.6667
AVIS555.5662.6667
PORT476.1931.3333
AVERY291.78114.8889
ROOKE240.9641.7778
LOWER232.5610.4444
DENNETT206.1920.8889
EARLE142.8620.8889
BANNISTER128.5352.2222
PETTIT112.3620.8889
HILLMAN103.0920.8889
BRADFORD91.1241.7778
KENNARD90.9110.4444
BASSETT85.4731.3333
FOWLER54.4773.1111
ATTWOOD44.8410.4444
HILTON38.8131.3333
REED36.5462.6667
MOOR31.7510.4444
WICKS31.5510.4444
GREEN18.94125.3333
HOBSON17.1210.4444
BENNETT16.2362.6667
KNIGHT14.4241.7778
MOORE13.3462.6667
WARREN13.3020.8889
RUSSELL10.9231.3333
JOHNSON10.5883.5556
PRESTON8.9010.4444
BAKER8.1141.7778
COX2.9310.4444
WHITE1.3810.4444
SMITH0.3110.4444

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 9 people called PELLETT in Piddinghoe 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 4.0000 in Piddinghoe means that 4.0000% of the people in Piddinghoe on census day were called PELLETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PELLETT 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 PELLETT 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 PELLETT 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 PELLETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,500.00 in Piddinghoe means that you are 4,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PELLETT in Piddinghoe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Piddinghoe in 1881

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

AKEHURST (9)  ATTRILL (5)  ATTREAL (5)  ATTWOOD (1)  AUCKITT (3)  AULLITT (4)  AVERY (11)  AVIS (6)  BACKSHALL (4)  BAKER (4)  BANNISTER (5)  BASSETT (3)  BENNETT (6)  BENEY (2)  BONIFACE (6)  BRADFORD (4)  BURBERRY (1)  CANTEL (1)  COMBS (5)  COX (1)  DENNETT (2)  EARLE (2)  FOWLER (7)  FUNNEL (1)  GEERING (4)  GREEN (12)  HARRIOTT (7)  HILLMAN (2)  HILTON (3)  HOBDEN (6)  HOBSON (1)  JOHNSON (8)  KENNARD (1)  KNIGHT (4)  LAMBPORT (4)  LAVINGTON (1)  LOWER (1)  MAINWOOD (1)  MOORE (6)  MOOR (1)  NOAKS (1)  NOVIS (5)  OVENDEN (7)  PELLETT (9)  PETTIT (2)  PORT (3)  PRESTON (1)  REED (6)  ROOKE (4)  RUSSELL (3)  SHOTTER (1)  SMITH (1)  STACE (6)  TOMPSETT (5)  TREE (1)  VERRALL (6)  WARREN (2)  WHITE (1)  WICKS (1) 

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