Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kingston, Sussex

Kingston 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
PEACHEY720.58825,000.00
FINCH617.6471530.97
DALE514.7059347.22
LEGGETT38.82351,111.11
BLAKE38.8235181.82
BEER25.8824370.37
WHITE25.882418.30
WEST12.941230.58
PENFOLD12.9412344.83
GREEN12.941210.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEACHEY5,000.00720.5882
LEGGETT1,111.1138.8235
FINCH530.97617.6471
BEER370.3725.8824
DALE347.22514.7059
PENFOLD344.8312.9412
BLAKE181.8238.8235
WEST30.5812.9412
WHITE18.3025.8824
GREEN10.4512.9412

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called PEACHEY in Kingston 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 20.5882 in Kingston means that 20.5882% of the people in Kingston on census day were called PEACHEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PEACHEY 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 PEACHEY 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 PEACHEY 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 PEACHEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Kingston means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PEACHEY in Kingston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kingston in 1881

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

BEER (2)  BELCHAMBER (3)  BLAKE (3)  DALE (5)  FINCH (6)  GREEN (1)  LEGGETT (3)  PEACHEY (7)  PENFOLD (1)  WEST (1)  WHITE (2)