Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stedham, Sussex

Stedham 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
WEST264.805949.91
MOSELY162.95751,777.78
NEWMAN142.587834.81
CHRISTMAS132.4030445.21
LAMBERT132.403044.02
DENYER132.4030590.91
COVER112.03332,558.14
WELLS112.033324.44
FAULKNER112.033375.03
KNIGHT101.848414.99
STEVENS101.848417.71
HACKMAN101.84841,886.79
WILD101.848445.37
GARDNER91.663624.51
GILBERT91.663629.20
MOSELEY91.6636182.19
CHALLEN81.4787824.74
EDWARDS81.47875.31
GIBBS81.478730.10
HARRIS71.29395.09
VEAL71.2939211.48
WOOD71.29394.06
BATTLE71.2939421.69
GENT71.2939150.86
PULLEN71.293998.31
MARTIN71.29395.25
GALE71.293943.18
MARSHALL71.29397.71
JEFFS61.1091141.51
HARPER61.109117.32
FIGG61.1091465.12
ROOK61.1091162.16
JOHNSON61.10913.30
OSBORN50.924244.41
TRUSSLER50.9242714.29
MITCHELL50.92424.56
WAKEFORD50.9242267.38
BENNETT50.92425.62
WILLIAMS50.92421.29
BARNETT50.924220.49
LUFF50.9242143.68
SIMMONDS50.924234.60
TUPPEN50.92421,063.83
RUSSELL40.73946.06
ARTHUR40.739433.93
BATTY40.739448.37
HURLOCK40.73941,081.08
ANDREWS30.55455.79
MILLS30.55454.28
ENTWISLE30.5545937.50

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHEVIS5,000.0030.5545
LATER3,333.3330.5545
COVER2,558.14112.0333
HACKMAN1,886.79101.8484
MOSELY1,777.78162.9575
HARNES1,250.0010.1848
HURLOCK1,081.0840.7394
TUPPEN1,063.8350.9242
ENTWISLE937.5030.5545
CHALLEN824.7481.4787
TRUSSLER714.2950.9242
DENYER590.91132.4030
MAYLAND500.0010.1848
FIGG465.1261.1091
CHRISTMAS445.21132.4030
BATTLE421.6971.2939
WAKEFORD267.3850.9242
WOOLARD256.4120.3697
VEAL211.4871.2939
VOLLER192.3120.3697
PANNELL185.1930.5545
MARINER185.1910.1848
MOSELEY182.1991.6636
MEERS175.4410.1848
ROOK162.1661.1091
HOBDEN157.4820.3697
GENT150.8671.2939
LUFF143.6850.9242
JEFFS141.5161.1091
GORDEN105.2610.1848
PULLEN98.3171.2939
FAULKNER75.03112.0333
LEGGETT70.5930.5545
TILLER69.4410.1848
PINK56.1820.3697
TRIBE54.6410.1848
WEST49.91264.8059
BATTY48.3740.7394
SIBLEY45.8720.3697
WILD45.37101.8484
OSBORN44.4150.9242
GARRARD44.2510.1848
LAMBERT44.02132.4030
BRIDGER43.8620.3697
GALE43.1871.2939
KEYS37.1710.1848
MURRY34.9710.1848
NEWMAN34.81142.5878
SIMMONDS34.6050.9242
ARTHUR33.9340.7394

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called CHEVIS in Stedham 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 0.5545 in Stedham means that 0.5545% of the people in Stedham on census day were called CHEVIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHEVIS 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 CHEVIS 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 CHEVIS 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 CHEVIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Stedham means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHEVIS in Stedham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stedham in 1881

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

ANDREWS (3)  ARTHUR (4)  BAILEY (3)  BALDWIN (1)  BARNETT (5)  BATTY (4)  BENNETT (5)  BATTLE (7)  BILLINGSHURST (4)  BLACKMAN (1)  BOWMAN (1)  BOXALL (10)  BRIDGER (2)  BROMALL (3)  BULL (1)  BURNS (1)  BUTLER (1)  CHALLEN (8)  CHIVIS (1)  CHEVIS (3)  CHRISTMAS (13)  CLARKE (1)  COVER (11)  DALTEN (1)  DALYRIFABITTAY (1)  DAY (1)  DENYER (13)  EDWARDS (8)  ENTICKNAP (1)  ENTWISLE (3)  FAULKNER (11)  FIGG (6)  PHILBY (1)  FITCH (1)  GALE (7)  GARDNER (9)  GARNETT (2)  GENT (7)  GARRARD (1)  GIBBS (8)  GILBERT (9)  GORDEN (1)  HACKMAN (10)  HAMMOND (2)  HARDING (1)  HARNES (1)  HARPER (6)  HARRIS (7)  HAWFORD (3)  HEARTS (1)  HOBDEN (2)  HOLDER (2)  HURLOCK (4)  HOUNSOME (6)  JACOBS (2)  JEFFS (6)  JOHNSON (6)  JOYCE (1)  KEMP (2)  KENNETT (1)  KEYS (1)  KNIGHT (10)  LAMBERT (13)  LATER (3)  LEGGETT (3)  LINTOTT (13)  LUFF (5)  MARINER (1)  MARSHALL (7)  MARTIN (7)  MAYS (1)  MAYLAND (1)  MILLS (3)  MITCHELL (5)  MITCHEL (1)  MOORE (2)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (3)  MOSELEY (9)  MOSELY (16)  MOSLEY (1)  MOWLTON (1)  MURRY (1)  MEERS (1)  NEWMAN (14)  OSBORN (5)  PAMMENT (1)  PANNELL (3)  PARROTT (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PARRY (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  PINK (2)  PLUMMER (1)  PULLEN (7)  PUTTICK (7)  QUENNELL (1)  REEVE (1)  ROBERTSON (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROOK (6)  RUSSELL (4)  SEYMOUR (1)  SHARP (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SIBLEY (2)  SIMMONDS (5)  SOTERS (1)  STERL (1)  STEVENS (10)  TIMBERLY (1)  TIPPER (3)  TRIBE (1)  TRUSSLER (5)  TUPPEN (5)  TILLER (1)  UNDERWOOD (3)  VEAL (7)  VOLLER (2)  WAKEFORD (5)  WALKER (1)  WALLACE (1)  WALLER (1)  WARD (2)  WELCHE (4)  WELLS (11)  WEST (26)  WESTMACOTT (1)  WILD (10)  WILLIAMS (5)  WOOD (7)  WOOLARD (2) 

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