Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poling, Sussex

Poling 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
COLLINS2312.777889.04
PENN2111.66671,288.34
PEARSON84.444438.26
GIBBINS73.8889507.25
DEAN73.888956.00
JACKSON73.888913.92
CROUCH52.7778207.47
BENNETT52.777816.90
HUMPHREY42.222283.51
COOPER42.22229.13
GOBLE31.6667576.92
EDMONDS31.666787.21
CLEAR31.6667789.47
SOUTER31.6667306.12
BLUNDEN31.6667500.00
PIERSON31.6667789.47
LEE31.666710.20
HAMMOND31.666729.27
MILLS31.666712.85
BRIDGER31.6667197.37
BAKER21.11115.07
DENCH21.1111588.24
WILLIAMS21.11111.55
CHATFIELD21.1111229.89
LONGLEY21.1111163.93
MILLER10.55563.10
TODMAN10.5556500.00
LONGHURST10.555684.75
MOODY10.555621.28
MERCER10.555621.19
SUTER10.5556185.19
SMITH10.55560.39
EDWARDS10.55561.99
TWINE10.5556434.78
STEER10.555647.62
SCUTT10.5556217.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PENN1,288.342111.6667
CLEAR789.4731.6667
PIERSON789.4731.6667
DENCH588.2421.1111
GOBLE576.9231.6667
GIBBINS507.2573.8889
TODMAN500.0010.5556
BLUNDEN500.0031.6667
TWINE434.7810.5556
SOUTER306.1231.6667
CHATFIELD229.8921.1111
SCUTT217.3910.5556
CROUCH207.4752.7778
BRIDGER197.3731.6667
SUTER185.1910.5556
LONGLEY163.9321.1111
COLLINS89.042312.7778
EDMONDS87.2131.6667
LONGHURST84.7510.5556
HUMPHREY83.5142.2222
DEAN56.0073.8889
STEER47.6210.5556
PEARSON38.2684.4444
HAMMOND29.2731.6667
MOODY21.2810.5556
MERCER21.1910.5556
BENNETT16.9052.7778
JACKSON13.9273.8889
MILLS12.8531.6667
LEE10.2031.6667
COOPER9.1342.2222
BAKER5.0721.1111
MILLER3.1010.5556
EDWARDS1.9910.5556
WILLIAMS1.5521.1111
SMITH0.3910.5556

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 21 people called PENN in Poling 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 11.6667 in Poling means that 11.6667% of the people in Poling on census day were called PENN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PENN 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 PENN 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 PENN 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 PENN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,288.34 in Poling means that you are 1,288.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PENN in Poling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Poling in 1881

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

ATTWATER (1)  BAKER (2)  BENNETT (5)  BLUNDEN (3)  BRIDGER (3)  CHATFIELD (2)  CLEAR (3)  COLLINS (23)  COOPER (4)  CROUCH (5)  DEAN (7)  DENCH (2)  DULY (1)  EARWAKER (1)  EDMONDS (3)  EDWARDS (1)  FARNCOMBE (9)  GIBBINS (7)  GOBLE (3)  HAMMOND (3)  HUMPHREY (4)  JACKSON (7)  LONGLEY (2)  LEE (3)  LONGHURST (1)  MC MAHON (7)  MERCER (1)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (3)  MOODY (1)  PEARSON (8)  PIERSON (3)  PENN (21)  SCUTT (1)  SHEANE (2)  SLEDMAN (1)  SMITH (1)  SUTER (1)  SOUTER (3)  STANDAN (1)  STEER (1)  TODMAN (1)  TUESLEY (2)  TWINE (1)  THAIR (13)  WILLIAMS (2)