Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashington, Sussex

Ashington 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
HEWLETT176.66671,069.18
GOLDS135.09804,814.81
READ72.745142.58
CLEAR72.74511,320.75
GREEN72.74519.75
HERRINGTON62.3529625.00
WELLS62.352928.28
KNIGHT62.352919.09
PARSONS51.960825.81
SAYERS51.9608177.31
BROWN51.96082.97
HEDGER51.9608724.64
STEER51.9608167.79
MAPLE51.96081,282.05
REEVES51.960847.89
SCUTT41.5686615.38
SMITH41.56861.11
FOARD41.56861,818.18
STANDEN31.1765208.33
ADAMS31.17657.98
KNOWLES31.176522.03
HOLDEN31.176521.47
WOOD31.17653.69
BRISTOW31.176586.96
THORNS31.17651,200.00
STYLES20.784374.35
AYRES20.784356.50
ELLIOTT20.78439.24
PRIOR20.784333.90
OSBORNE20.784316.43
PELHAM20.7843540.54
MERRITT20.7843111.73
FALKNER10.3922114.94
LILLYWHITE10.3922200.00
CRAMPTON10.392280.65
HOOK10.392226.46
CLARK10.39221.30
BISHOP10.39225.61
MARTIN10.39221.59
COOPER10.39221.61
TYRELL10.3922107.53
BERRY10.39224.94
ARNOLD10.39227.27
DALE10.39229.29
SHORT10.392210.04
BEER10.392224.51

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOLDS4,814.81135.0980
FOARD1,818.1841.5686
CLEAR1,320.7572.7451
MAPLE1,282.0551.9608
THORNS1,200.0031.1765
HEWLETT1,069.18176.6667
HEDGER724.6451.9608
HERRINGTON625.0062.3529
SCUTT615.3841.5686
PELHAM540.5420.7843
STANDEN208.3331.1765
LILLYWHITE200.0010.3922
SAYERS177.3151.9608
STEER167.7951.9608
FALKNER114.9410.3922
MERRITT111.7320.7843
TYRELL107.5310.3922
BRISTOW86.9631.1765
CRAMPTON80.6510.3922
STYLES74.3520.7843
AYRES56.5020.7843
REEVES47.8951.9608
READ42.5872.7451
PRIOR33.9020.7843
WELLS28.2862.3529
HOOK26.4610.3922
PARSONS25.8151.9608
BEER24.5110.3922
KNOWLES22.0331.1765
HOLDEN21.4731.1765
KNIGHT19.0962.3529
OSBORNE16.4320.7843
SHORT10.0410.3922
GREEN9.7572.7451
DALE9.2910.3922
ELLIOTT9.2420.7843
ADAMS7.9831.1765
ARNOLD7.2710.3922
BISHOP5.6110.3922
BERRY4.9410.3922
WOOD3.6931.1765
BROWN2.9751.9608
COOPER1.6110.3922
MARTIN1.5910.3922
CLARK1.3010.3922
SMITH1.1141.5686

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 13 people called GOLDS in Ashington 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 5.0980 in Ashington means that 5.0980% of the people in Ashington on census day were called GOLDS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOLDS 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 GOLDS 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 GOLDS 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 GOLDS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,814.81 in Ashington means that you are 4,814.81 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOLDS in Ashington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashington in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  AGATE (2)  ARNOLD (1)  BEER (1)  BERRY (1)  BISHOP (1)  BRISTOW (3)  BROWN (5)  CHARMAN (5)  CLEAR (7)  CLARK (1)  COLBOURNE (5)  COOPER (1)  CRAMPTON (1)  DALE (1)  DUBBINS (4)  ELLIOTT (2)  AYRES (2)  FARROLL (1)  FALKNER (1)  FLOATE (3)  FOARD (4)  GOLDS (13)  GREEN (7)  GREENTREE (4)  GUMBRELL (4)  HERRINGTON (6)  HEURTLEY (5)  HEDGER (5)  HEWLETT (17)  HOAD (3)  HOLDEN (3)  HOOK (1)  ISTED (9)  JUTTON (3)  KNIGHT (6)  KNOWLES (3)  LILLYWHITE (1)  LINTOTT (2)  MAPLE (5)  MERRITT (2)  MARTIN (1)  MEDHURST (1)  MUTEN (7)  MAYORS (1)  NICKOLES (1)  OCKENDEN (7)  OSBORNE (2)  PARSONS (5)  PELHAM (2)  PELLING (1)  PRIOR (2)  PUTIFIELD (5)  REEVES (5)  READ (7)  ROLTHENER (1)  SAYERS (5)  SCUTT (4)  SHIRMANOLL (1)  SHORT (1)  SMITH (4)  STANDEN (3)  STEER (5)  STYLES (2)  THORNS (3)  TUGNETT (1)  TYRELL (1)  WELLS (6)  WOOD (3)  WOOLLVEN (3)  WOOLVEN (11)