Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shipley, Sussex

Shipley 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
NEWMAN383.405045.79
STEPNEY332.95702,088.61
WOOD292.59868.16
FRANCIS262.329739.11
HARDING252.240130.95
LAKER191.7025400.00
BOTTING191.7025454.55
JOHNSON161.43374.27
SHORT161.433736.71
EDWARDS151.34414.82
WELLS151.344116.16
LUCAS141.254527.13
PENFOLD141.2545147.84
RAPLEY141.2545403.46
NICHOLSON131.164916.39
ADAMS131.16497.90
VENN131.1649256.92
MERRETT110.9857161.29
REEVES110.985724.06
PARKER110.98575.18
TULLEY110.9857478.26
ORAM110.9857126.44
SADLER100.896138.01
ANDREWS100.89619.35
BROWN100.89611.36
COLLISON100.8961218.34
STREETER100.8961214.59
RANDALL90.806525.75
CARTER90.80654.80
MERRITT90.8065114.80
NEWNHAM80.7168167.71
COOPER80.71682.95
COLLYER80.7168115.77
SCUTT80.7168281.69
DART80.7168154.14
RHODES80.716815.44
MARCHANT80.716846.24
BOWELL70.6272303.03
BUDD70.627249.40
PARSONS70.62728.26
BUCKMAN70.6272388.89
VINCENT70.627220.11
BURRELL60.537641.27
PEIRCE60.5376159.57
THORP60.537639.66
MARTIN60.53762.18
POTTER60.53768.29
BATCHELOR60.537631.70
HOWARD60.53765.48
PULLEN60.537640.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEPNEY2,088.61332.9570
TULLEY478.26110.9857
BOTTING454.55191.7025
HALLAWAY425.5320.1792
STREATER416.6720.1792
RAPLEY403.46141.2545
LAKER400.00191.7025
BUCKMAN388.8970.6272
THORNS370.3740.3584
BOWELL303.0370.6272
SCUTT281.6980.7168
VENN256.92131.1649
JAYES247.9330.2688
TIDEY238.1030.2688
COLLISON218.34100.8961
STREETER214.59100.8961
GORHAM178.5740.3584
NEWNHAM167.7180.7168
TROWER165.7530.2688
MERRETT161.29110.9857
PEIRCE159.5760.5376
DART154.1480.7168
BURTENSHAW153.8540.3584
PENFOLD147.84141.2545
WRAIGHT138.8940.3584
WORSFOLD137.7450.4480
COMBER133.3350.4480
ORAM126.44110.9857
BLICK121.9520.1792
COLLYER115.7780.7168
MERRITT114.8090.8065
WAIGHT114.2920.1792
PAVEY83.8640.3584
HENLEY70.3460.5376
MARTEN59.0020.1792
FRANCES56.9040.3584
BUDD49.4070.6272
STILES48.5430.2688
MEARS47.5350.4480
MARCHANT46.2480.7168
NEWMAN45.79383.4050
CHEESEMAN45.5140.3584
ERSKINE43.4230.2688
BURRELL41.2760.5376
PULLEN40.8460.5376
THORP39.6660.5376
FRANCIS39.11262.3297
SADLER38.01100.8961
SHORT36.71161.4337
BALLS34.9750.4480

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 33 people called STEPNEY in Shipley 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 2.9570 in Shipley means that 2.9570% of the people in Shipley on census day were called STEPNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STEPNEY 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 STEPNEY 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 STEPNEY 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 STEPNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,088.61 in Shipley means that you are 2,088.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STEPNEY in Shipley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shipley in 1881

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

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