Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wiggonholt, Sussex

Wiggonholt 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
EVANS718.421142.14
RICH615.78951,250.00
WEST37.894781.97
SCUTT25.26322,000.00
PENFOLD25.2632625.00
EDWARDS12.63169.44
BROOKS12.631626.95
OSBORNE12.631655.25
FRY12.631681.97
DESCH12.6316
WHITTINGTON12.6316370.37
OLDER12.63163,333.33
COOTE12.6316526.32
HAMPSHIRE12.6316454.55

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OLDER3,333.3312.6316
SCUTT2,000.0025.2632
RICH1,250.00615.7895
PENFOLD625.0025.2632
COOTE526.3212.6316
HAMPSHIRE454.5512.6316
WHITTINGTON370.3712.6316
WEST81.9737.8947
FRY81.9712.6316
OSBORNE55.2512.6316
EVANS42.14718.4211
BROOKS26.9512.6316
EDWARDS9.4412.6316
DESCH12.6316

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called OLDER in Wiggonholt 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 2.6316 in Wiggonholt means that 2.6316% of the people in Wiggonholt on census day were called OLDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OLDER 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 OLDER 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 OLDER 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 OLDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,333.33 in Wiggonholt means that you are 3,333.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OLDER in Wiggonholt than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wiggonholt in 1881

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

BROOKS (1)  COOTE (1)  DESCH (1)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (7)  FRY (1)  GEIGOMARD (1)  HAGLLAR (5)  HAMPSHIRE (1)  NALDRETT (3)  OLDER (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PENFOLD (2)  RICH (6)  SCUTT (2)  WEST (3)  WHITTINGTON (1) 

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