Top surnames from the 1881 census in Findon, Sussex

Findon 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
ELLIOTT192.676131.54
KNOWLES182.535247.47
KNIGHT172.394419.42
LANGRIDGE141.9718335.73
HEWLETT121.6901270.88
MILES121.690128.65
NEWMAN101.408518.94
MORRIS101.40856.33
MERRITT101.4085200.40
BERRY101.408517.75
LILLYWHITE101.4085719.42
SHORT101.408536.06
PETERS101.408540.16
BROWN101.40852.14
CARN101.40851,724.14
TUGWELL91.2676638.30
HAMPTON91.267680.29
PARKER91.26766.66
CHURCHILL91.2676106.89
WYATT91.267643.21
ALDRIDGE81.126858.10
CARTER81.12686.71
MILLER81.12686.30
PRATT81.126819.61
BENNETT81.12686.86
HARD81.1268620.16
LAWSON81.126819.11
WORTHINGTON70.985949.19
BUSH70.985939.93
RANDELL70.9859158.01
FARRALL70.9859496.45
MARSH70.985913.82
MARNER70.98591,166.67
FERRALL70.98596,363.64
BURCHAM60.84511,200.00
BARTLETT60.845119.30
WINTON60.8451225.56
BURRELL60.845164.86
BARRATT60.845141.67
ATKINS60.845122.53
CLAPHAM50.704281.70
WELLER50.704248.97
NICHOLSON50.70429.91
GREENFIELD50.704263.37
SADLER50.704229.87
NICHOLLS50.704213.48
WHITE50.70422.19
DUKE50.704260.61
NOAKES40.563477.07
FULLER40.563413.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FERRALL6,363.6470.9859
HOITT3,333.3310.1408
HENBY2,500.0020.2817
CARN1,724.14101.4085
HILLE1,666.6710.1408
BURCHAM1,200.0060.8451
MARNER1,166.6770.9859
LILLYWHITE719.42101.4085
TUGWELL638.3091.2676
HARD620.1681.1268
FARRALL496.4570.9859
LANGRIDGE335.73141.9718
HEWLETT270.88121.6901
CAPLIN253.1620.2817
WINTON225.5660.8451
MERRITT200.40101.4085
BURTENSHAW181.8230.4225
GODLEY178.5740.5634
RANDELL158.0170.9859
STONER121.9530.4225
NAISH118.1130.4225
HEWES117.6510.1408
GRIST116.2840.5634
GOVER109.2920.2817
WILLARD108.7020.2817
MILLEN107.5320.2817
CHURCHILL106.8991.2676
HATLEY104.1710.1408
COY90.0920.2817
CLAPHAM81.7050.7042
HAMPTON80.2991.2676
NOAKES77.0740.5634
JEFFERYS74.6310.1408
WHITEHORN72.4610.1408
BURRELL64.8660.8451
GADD63.4230.4225
GREENFIELD63.3750.7042
DUKE60.6150.7042
BROMFIELD60.2410.1408
ALDRIDGE58.1081.1268
WORTHINGTON49.1970.9859
WELLER48.9750.7042
KNOWLES47.47182.5352
TURRELL46.5110.1408
BEAN43.5340.5634
WYATT43.2191.2676
BARRATT41.6760.8451
WAKEFORD40.6510.1408
PETERS40.16101.4085
BUSH39.9370.9859

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called FERRALL in Findon 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 0.9859 in Findon means that 0.9859% of the people in Findon on census day were called FERRALL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FERRALL 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 FERRALL 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 FERRALL 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 FERRALL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,363.64 in Findon means that you are 6,363.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FERRALL in Findon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Findon in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (8)  ALLEN (4)  ANTRAM (1)  ARCHER (1)  ATKINS (6)  BAKER (2)  BARNES (1)  BARRATT (6)  BARTLETT (6)  BATH (1)  BEAN (4)  BEAUMONT (1)  BEACH (2)  BENNETT (8)  BERRY (10)  BIRBERRY (1)  BOSWELL (2)  BRAY (1)  BRIGHT (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROMFIELD (1)  BROWN (10)  BRICE (1)  BULL (3)  BURCHAM (6)  BURRELL (6)  BURTENSHAW (3)  BUSH (7)  BUTCHERS (6)  BUTCHER (2)  O'BEIRNE (1)  CARN (10)  CAPLEN (13)  CAPLIN (2)  GOATCHER (CAPLIN) (4)  CARPENTER (1)  CARTER (8)  KATTERNS (1)  CHATFIELD (1)  CHESEMAN (3)  CHEALE (1)  CHURCHILL (9)  CLAPHAM (5)  CLARKE (1)  CLIFTON (1)  COLEMAN (3)  CONWAY (1)  COWEN (1)  CROFT (1)  CUCKNEY (1)  DAY (1)  DUKE (5)  ELLIOTT (19)  EVISON (2)  EYEARS (1)  FARRALL (7)  FERRALL (7)  FIELD (1)  FLINT (1)  FLOATE (1)  FLOOD (1)  FOSTER (3)  FULLER (4)  FRANCIS (2)  FREEMAN (4)  GALRELL (2)  GATEHOUSE (1)  GADD (3)  JAY (2)  GOATCHER (1)  GODLEY (4)  GOLDRING (2)  GOODYER (7)  GOVER (2)  GRAVES (3)  GREENFIELD (5)  GRIMES (2)  GRIST (4)  HAMMOND (1)  HAMPTON (9)  HARD (8)  HARRISON (3)  HATLEY (1)  HEAD (1)  HENBY (2)  HENDREY (1)  HEWLETT (12)  HILLE (1)  HILLINGSWORTH (1)  HILLS (2)  HOCKHAM (6)  HOLDEN (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLMES (3)  HOWLETT (1)  HOITT (1)  HEWES (1)  JAMES (3)  JEFFERYS (1)  JONES (2)  COY (2)  KEMP (1)  KENSHETT (4)  KNIGHT (17)  KNOWLES (18)  LINDFIELD (2)  LANGRIDGE (14)  LAWSON (8)  LIDBITER (6)  LILLYWHITE (10)  LIPTROTT (1)  LONG (1)  LULHAM (1)  LUXFORD (2)  MANNFREY (1)  MARDELL (1)  MARGESSON (6)  MARNER (7)  MERRITT (10)  MARSH (7)  MARTIN (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MEETEN (1)  MIDDLEMIP (1)  MILES (12)  MILLEN (2)  MILLER (8)  MITCHELL (2)  MOCKFORD (1)  MOON (4)  MORRIS (10)  MUNDAY (1)  NAISH (3)  NEWMAN (10)  NICHOLLS (5)  NICHOLSON (5)  NOAKES (4)  OCKENDEN (10)  OXLEY (1)  PARKER (9)  PEAT (2)  PELLING (5)  PETERS (10)  POCKNEY (2)  POLIDORI (1)  POLLARD (2)  PRATT (8)  PUTTOCK (2)  WINTON (6)  RAINBIRD (7)  RANDELL (7)  RATTLE (1)  REALF (3)  RENSHAW (1)  RITCHMAN (1)  ROGERS (2)  RUSSELL (1)  SADLER (5)  SAVAGE (3)  SEATON (1)  SEXTON (1)  SHARP (1)  SHEPPARD (1)  SHORT (10)  SYMES (1)  SINNOCK (1)  SKINNER (1)  SMALLWOOD (1)  SMITH (3)  STONER (3)  STRONACK (1)  STURT (6)  THORNE (1)  TIDY (1)  TROLMAN (1)  TUGWELL (9)  TURNER (1)  TURRELL (1)  VINEY (1)  WAKEFORD (1)  WELLER (5)  WHITE (5)  WHITEHORN (1)  WHITINGTON (7)  WHITEMAN (1)  WILLARD (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINN (1)  WOOD (2)  WOOLVEN (3)  WORTHINGTON (7)  WYATT (9)