Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bramber, Sussex

Bramber 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
WHITE179.139828.43
HEYWOOD84.3011216.22
PAGE52.688233.62
STRINGER52.6882135.14
POTTER52.688241.46
BUTCHER52.688263.78
ASHMORE42.1505287.77
DARK42.1505597.01
WATSON42.15059.27
BARNETT42.150547.68
WITTEN42.15054,444.44
KNOWLES31.612930.21
BUTLER31.612916.54
WELLING31.61291,153.85
KELLING31.61296,000.00
THORNTON31.612932.09
LEGGETT21.0753136.99
HUGHES21.07533.84
HARE21.075369.69
RICE21.075334.66
MUNDY21.0753144.93
HARDS21.0753476.19
GATES21.075369.44
LONG21.075316.57
GRIEVE10.537646.30
FULLER10.537613.30
BRICE10.537665.36
STRONG10.537635.97
BAYLEY10.537633.33
GOODWIN10.537610.20
FARLEY10.537642.74
WHEATLEY10.537626.39
TIDEY10.5376476.19
BRETT10.537628.33
ELLIOTT10.53766.34
HERITAGE10.5376142.86
BOYD10.537615.34
STANDING10.537684.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KELLING6,000.0031.6129
WITTEN4,444.4442.1505
WELLING1,153.8531.6129
DARK597.0142.1505
HARDS476.1921.0753
TIDEY476.1910.5376
ASHMORE287.7742.1505
HEYWOOD216.2284.3011
MUNDY144.9321.0753
HERITAGE142.8610.5376
LEGGETT136.9921.0753
STRINGER135.1452.6882
STANDING84.0310.5376
HARE69.6921.0753
GATES69.4421.0753
BRICE65.3610.5376
BUTCHER63.7852.6882
BARNETT47.6842.1505
GRIEVE46.3010.5376
FARLEY42.7410.5376
POTTER41.4652.6882
STRONG35.9710.5376
RICE34.6621.0753
PAGE33.6252.6882
BAYLEY33.3310.5376
THORNTON32.0931.6129
KNOWLES30.2131.6129
WHITE28.43179.1398
BRETT28.3310.5376
WHEATLEY26.3910.5376
LONG16.5721.0753
BUTLER16.5431.6129
BOYD15.3410.5376
FULLER13.3010.5376
GOODWIN10.2010.5376
WATSON9.2742.1505
ELLIOTT6.3410.5376
HUGHES3.8421.0753

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called KELLING in Bramber 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 1.6129 in Bramber means that 1.6129% of the people in Bramber on census day were called KELLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KELLING 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 KELLING 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 KELLING 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 KELLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,000.00 in Bramber means that you are 6,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KELLING in Bramber than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bramber in 1881

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

ASHMORE (4)  BAYLEY (1)  BARNETT (4)  BLAUV (1)  BOYD (1)  BRETT (1)  BRICE (1)  BUTCHER (5)  BUTLER (3)  BYWOOLT (1)  CHARMAN (9)  COZENS (5)  DARK (4)  ELLIOTT (1)  FAIRS (1)  FAIRHALL (5)  FARLEY (1)  FULLER (1)  GATES (2)  GOODWIN (1)  GRIEVE (1)  HARDS (2)  HARE (2)  HERITAGE (1)  HEYWOOD (8)  HUGHES (2)  KELLING (3)  KNOWLES (3)  LEGGETT (2)  LONG (2)  MOASE (2)  MUNDY (2)  MUZZALL (1)  PAGE (5)  POTTER (5)  RICE (2)  STANDING (1)  STENNING (9)  STRINGER (5)  STRONG (1)  THORNTON (3)  TIDEY (1)  VAUGN (1)  WATSON (4)  WELLING (3)  WHEATLEY (1)  WHITE (17)  WITTEN (4)  WOOLGAR (33)  WOOLVEN (8)