Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eastdean, Sussex

Eastdean 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
VINE124.1379444.44
COLWELL113.79311,170.21
HARRIS113.793114.93
BREACH103.44831,724.14
FRENCH103.448370.62
FULLER93.103476.73
TAYLOR93.10344.85
ADAMSON82.7586104.30
CHESTER82.7586225.35
WEAVER82.7586106.10
OSBORN72.4138116.09
GAY72.4138181.35
HILLS72.413887.28
RUSSELL62.069016.95
BOND62.069039.09
POPE62.069060.00
HILTON51.724150.15
PIERCE51.7241117.37
GRANT51.724117.37
ANDERSON51.72418.73
AHEARN51.72413,846.15
COLLINS51.724112.02
BARTHOLOMEW51.7241212.77
READ41.379321.39
FITZGERALD41.379378.90
BRADFORD31.034553.10
THORPE31.034526.16
LARKIN31.0345115.38
GRANGER31.0345101.01
ORGAN31.0345258.62
WARNER31.034528.38
MILLER31.03455.78
YEATS20.6897250.00
BAKER20.68973.15
HUNT20.68975.19
ASHBY20.689741.07
KINGDOM20.6897298.51
ELLIOTT10.34484.06
BARHAM10.344855.87
KING10.34481.58
RALPH10.344822.62
CARTER10.34482.05
PARRINGTON10.3448263.16
VARNEY10.344865.79
THOMPSON10.34481.15
KIRWAN10.3448588.24
FENNER10.344881.30
ROBERTS10.34480.92
PACKHAM10.344871.43
GIBB10.344819.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AHEARN3,846.1551.7241
BREACH1,724.14103.4483
COLWELL1,170.21113.7931
KIRWAN588.2410.3448
VINE444.44124.1379
KINGDOM298.5120.6897
PARRINGTON263.1610.3448
ORGAN258.6231.0345
YEATS250.0020.6897
CHESTER225.3582.7586
BARTHOLOMEW212.7751.7241
GAY181.3572.4138
PIERCE117.3751.7241
OSBORN116.0972.4138
LARKIN115.3831.0345
WEAVER106.1082.7586
ADAMSON104.3082.7586
GRANGER101.0131.0345
HILLS87.2872.4138
FENNER81.3010.3448
FITZGERALD78.9041.3793
FULLER76.7393.1034
PACKHAM71.4310.3448
FRENCH70.62103.4483
VARNEY65.7910.3448
POPE60.0062.0690
BARHAM55.8710.3448
BRADFORD53.1031.0345
HILTON50.1551.7241
ASHBY41.0720.6897
BOND39.0962.0690
WARNER28.3831.0345
THORPE26.1631.0345
RALPH22.6210.3448
READ21.3941.3793
GIBB19.5310.3448
GRANT17.3751.7241
RUSSELL16.9562.0690
HARRIS14.93113.7931
COLLINS12.0251.7241
TYLER11.6810.3448
ANDERSON8.7351.7241
MILLER5.7831.0345
HUNT5.1920.6897
TAYLOR4.8593.1034
ELLIOTT4.0610.3448
BAKER3.1520.6897
CARTER2.0510.3448
KING1.5810.3448
THOMPSON1.1510.3448

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called AHEARN in Eastdean 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 1.7241 in Eastdean means that 1.7241% of the people in Eastdean on census day were called AHEARN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AHEARN 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 AHEARN 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 AHEARN 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 AHEARN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,846.15 in Eastdean means that you are 3,846.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AHEARN in Eastdean than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eastdean in 1881

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

ADAMSON (8)  AKEHURST (13)  ANDERSON (5)  ASHBY (2)  BAGWORTH (3)  BAKER (2)  BARHAM (1)  BARNBY (10)  BARTHOLOMEW (5)  BILLBERRY (1)  BLABER (5)  BOND (6)  BRADFORD (3)  BREACH (10)  BROADBRIDGE (1)  COLWELL (11)  CARTER (1)  CHESTER (8)  COLLINS (5)  KIRWAN (1)  DULY (8)  DUNSTALL (11)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELPHIC (1)  FENNER (1)  FITZGERALD (4)  FULLER (9)  FRENCH (10)  GAY (7)  GIBB (1)  GRANGER (3)  GRANT (5)  HARRIS (11)  AHEARN (5)  HILLS (7)  HILTON (5)  HUNT (2)  KING (1)  KINGDOM (2)  LARKIN (3)  MEDHURST (2)  MEWETT (1)  MILLER (3)  ORGAN (3)  OSBORN (7)  PACKHAM (1)  PARRINGTON (1)  PIERCE (5)  PINKAY (6)  POPE (6)  READ (4)  ROBERTS (1)  RALPH (1)  RUSSELL (6)  SARGANT (2)  SELMES (2)  STENION (1)  TAYLOR (9)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (3)  TYLER (1)  VINE (12)  VARNEY (1)  WARNER (3)  WEAVER (8)  YEATS (2)