Top surnames from the 1881 census in Playden, Sussex

Playden 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
MILLS165.442241.96
DUNSTER155.10201,898.73
WOOD93.06129.61
ELLIOTT82.721132.06
BALLARD82.7211181.41
STONE82.721137.65
BURT72.3810100.29
WILSON72.38105.18
BRYANT72.381055.73
PAINE72.3810172.84
THORPE62.040851.64
ASHDOWN62.0408359.28
NASH62.040844.25
STOCKS51.7007156.25
BARTHOLOMEW51.7007210.08
LUCK51.7007205.76
DOWN51.7007141.64
PENFOLD51.7007200.00
CAREY51.700790.25
COOPER51.70076.99
BOOTH51.700717.24
BAKER51.70077.76
MILTON41.360598.77
FOSTER41.360510.18
BARHAM41.3605219.78
GIBSON41.360511.21
RAMUS41.36058,000.00
LACEY41.360573.80
HILLS41.360549.20
GIBBS41.360527.70
SMITH41.36050.96
COLLYER31.0204164.84
BOURNE31.020452.63
MELLER31.0204600.00
AMON31.02042,307.69
BRINKLEY20.6803487.80
ADAMS20.68034.62
CHITTENDEN20.6803270.27
POTTER20.680310.49
AUSTIN20.680313.92
HALL20.68032.31
SWADLING20.6803800.00
CREASY20.6803333.33
BARRY20.680337.59
ELDRIDGE20.680362.11
BARNES20.68035.65
CHATFIELD20.6803140.85
WATERS20.680316.93
PHILPOTT20.680388.89
GRIFFIN10.34017.23

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RAMUS8,000.0041.3605
AMON2,307.6931.0204
STARNS2,000.0010.3401
DUNSTER1,898.73155.1020
CLERY1,666.6710.3401
SWADLING800.0020.6803
MELLER600.0031.0204
SIVYER500.0010.3401
BRINKLEY487.8020.6803
ASHDOWN359.2862.0408
CREASY333.3320.6803
CHITTENDEN270.2720.6803
BARHAM219.7841.3605
BARTHOLOMEW210.0851.7007
LUCK205.7651.7007
PENFOLD200.0051.7007
ALLAWAY188.6810.3401
BALLARD181.4182.7211
CLOKE175.4410.3401
OLDING175.4410.3401
PAINE172.8472.3810
COLLYER164.8431.0204
STOCKS156.2551.7007
DOWN141.6451.7007
CHATFIELD140.8520.6803
BURT100.2972.3810
GURR99.0110.3401
MILTON98.7741.3605
CAREY90.2551.7007
PHILPOTT88.8920.6803
ADDY80.0010.3401
LACEY73.8041.3605
CHEESMAN66.6710.3401
ELDRIDGE62.1120.6803
BRYANT55.7372.3810
BOURNE52.6331.0204
THORPE51.6462.0408
HILLS49.2041.3605
NASH44.2562.0408
MILLS41.96165.4422
STONE37.6582.7211
BARRY37.5920.6803
ELLIOTT32.0682.7211
GIBBS27.7041.3605
FARLEY27.1010.3401
CROUCH25.3810.3401
FELLOWS25.1310.3401
PHIPPS22.9910.3401
RAMSDEN18.6610.3401
BOOTH17.2451.7007

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called RAMUS in Playden 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 1.3605 in Playden means that 1.3605% of the people in Playden on census day were called RAMUS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RAMUS 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 RAMUS 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 RAMUS 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 RAMUS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,000.00 in Playden means that you are 8,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RAMUS in Playden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Playden in 1881

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

ADAMS (2)  ALLAWAY (1)  APPS (1)  AREBE (1)  ASHDOWN (6)  AUSTIN (2)  BAKER (5)  BAULKHAM (6)  BALLARD (8)  BARHAM (4)  BARNES (2)  BARTHOLOMEW (5)  BARRY (2)  BOOTH (5)  BRINKLEY (2)  BRYANT (7)  BOURNE (3)  BURT (7)  BUTLER (1)  CAREY (5)  CARTER (1)  CHATFIELD (2)  CHEESMAN (1)  CHITTENDEN (2)  CLERY (1)  CLOKE (1)  COLLYER (3)  COOPER (5)  CREASY (2)  CRONCHER (1)  CROUCH (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEWY (1)  DOWN (5)  DUNSTER (15)  ADDY (1)  ELDRIDGE (2)  ELLIOTT (8)  FARLEY (1)  FELLOWS (1)  FOSTER (4)  GIBBS (4)  GIBSON (4)  GRIFFIN (1)  GURR (1)  HALL (2)  AMON (3)  HICKS (1)  HILLS (4)  JAMES (1)  KING (1)  LACEY (4)  LOTTLEBITEL (1)  LUCK (5)  MARQUICK (5)  MELLER (3)  MICHAM (1)  MILLS (16)  MILTON (4)  NASH (6)  OLDING (1)  PAYNE (1)  PAINE (7)  PENFOLD (5)  PHILPOTT (2)  PHIPPS (1)  POTTER (2)  RAMSDEN (1)  RAMUS (4)  SELMES (2)  SELWOOR (1)  SIVYER (1)  SMITH (4)  STARNS (1)  STOCKS (5)  STONE (8)  STONHAM (6)  SWADLING (2)  SWIFT (1)  TAPPS (1)  THORNE (1)  THORPE (6)  WATERS (2)  WELLSTED (8)  WHYBOURNE (4)  WILSON (7)  WOOD (9)