Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wartling, Sussex

Wartling 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
SIMMONS213.500085.75
LUCK203.3333404.04
MORLEY183.000075.06
BECK142.333399.79
MARTIN132.16678.80
COLLINS111.833312.78
HOPE111.833353.87
DAWES111.8333134.64
RUSSELL111.833315.02
HUTCHINSON101.666729.34
SMITH91.50001.06
MITCHELL81.33336.57
BEAL81.3333141.84
BURCHETT81.3333666.67
WALTERS81.333327.96
BROOK81.333334.59
MASTERS81.333371.94
CATT81.3333326.53
PORTER71.166715.55
SWANTON71.16671,521.74
SEYMOUR71.166757.10
WARD61.00004.58
MERCER61.000038.10
SHADWELL61.0000882.35
BLACKFORD61.0000277.78
CORNFORD61.0000444.44
JENNER61.000084.27
FRENCH61.000020.48
BENFIELD50.8333287.36
WOOD50.83332.62
HILTON50.833324.24
WINCHESTER50.8333218.34
ROBERTS50.83332.22
BARNES50.83336.92
BRAY50.833324.79
LADE40.6667784.31
RELF40.6667239.52
SHELLY40.6667285.71
COLLIN40.6667127.80
PEARCE40.66677.26
TICKNER40.6667153.85
HART40.66677.82
MILLER40.66673.73
BARROW40.666731.47
ATWOOD30.5000272.73
PAGE30.50006.25
SARJEANT30.5000588.24
LEE30.50003.06
ROBINSON30.50001.57
PRICKETT30.5000182.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SWANTON1,521.7471.1667
SHADWELL882.3561.0000
LADE784.3140.6667
BURCHETT666.6781.3333
SARJEANT588.2430.5000
WOODEN512.8220.3333
CORNFORD444.4461.0000
FEARS434.7810.1667
LUCK404.04203.3333
CATT326.5381.3333
BENFIELD287.3650.8333
SHELLY285.7140.6667
BLACKFORD277.7861.0000
ATWOOD272.7330.5000
RELF239.5240.6667
WINCHESTER218.3450.8333
MILLING217.3910.1667
PRICKETT182.9330.5000
TICKNER153.8540.6667
GURR145.6330.5000
BEAL141.8481.3333
DAWES134.64111.8333
EASTLAND129.8710.1667
COLLIN127.8040.6667
NICKOLS125.0010.1667
CHANT120.4830.5000
VENESS119.0510.1667
BECK99.79142.3333
SIMMONS85.75213.5000
VENNER84.7510.1667
JENNER84.2761.0000
MORLEY75.06183.0000
MASTERS71.9481.3333
HOBDEN70.9210.1667
SEYMOUR57.1071.1667
VIDLER55.2510.1667
ELSEY54.0510.1667
HOPE53.87111.8333
WICKENS52.9120.3333
DANN52.9120.3333
EDMOND49.2610.1667
WREN46.1530.5000
MERCER38.1061.0000
LEVETT37.8810.1667
SIMONS37.8830.5000
BROOK34.5981.3333
KILLICK32.6810.1667
BARROW31.4740.6667
SANDS29.7620.3333
HUTCHINSON29.34101.6667

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called SWANTON in Wartling 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 1.1667 in Wartling means that 1.1667% of the people in Wartling on census day were called SWANTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SWANTON 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 SWANTON 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 SWANTON 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 SWANTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,521.74 in Wartling means that you are 1,521.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SWANTON in Wartling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wartling in 1881

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

AKEHURST (9)  ATWOOD (3)  AUSTIN (3)  AVARD (1)  AVERY (2)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (1)  BALCOMBE (1)  BALLARD (1)  BARNES (5)  BARNETT (2)  BARRETT (1)  BARTON (1)  BEAL (8)  BEARD (1)  BECK (14)  BENFIELD (5)  BEENEY (6)  BILLINESS (18)  BURCHETT (8)  BLACKFORD (6)  BOOKER (2)  BRAY (5)  BROOK (8)  BARROW (4)  CATT (8)  CHANT (3)  CHEESEMAN (1)  CLARK (1)  COLLINS (11)  COLLIN (4)  CORNFORD (6)  COX (1)  CROUCH (2)  CROWHURST (6)  CURTEIS (8)  DANN (2)  DAVIS (2)  DAWES (11)  DELVES (2)  DEPROSE (1)  EASTLAND (1)  EDMOND (1)  ELPHICK (8)  ELSEY (1)  FEARS (1)  FORD (1)  FRENCH (6)  FRIEND (1)  FUNNEL (1)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GURR (3)  GUY (2)  HAFFENDEN (5)  HARMER (1)  HART (4)  HARWOOD (1)  HAYLOR (1)  HEATH (1)  HEPTON (6)  HILTON (5)  HOAD (1)  HOBDEN (1)  HONISET (5)  HONISETT (3)  HOPE (11)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUTCHINSON (10)  JENNER (6)  KILLICK (1)  LEACH (1)  LEE (3)  LADE (4)  LEVETT (1)  LUCK (20)  LUFF (1)  MARSH (1)  MARTIN (13)  MASTERS (8)  MATTHEWS (1)  MACKENZIE (1)  VENESS (1)  MEPHAM (3)  MERCER (6)  MESSAGE (2)  MILLING (1)  MILLER (4)  MITCHELL (8)  MOORE (1)  MORLEY (18)  MORELEY (6)  MORRIS (3)  NICKOLS (1)  OCKENDEN (4)  PAGE (3)  PAINE (1)  PEARCE (4)  PORTER (7)  POTTER (1)  PRICKETT (3)  PIMM (1)  ROBERTS (5)  ROBINSON (3)  RELF (4)  RUSSELL (11)  S...SHALL (10)  SANDS (2)  SARJEANT (3)  SELMES (1)  SEYMOUR (7)  SHADWELL (6)  SHELLY (4)  SIMMONS (21)  SIMONS (3)  SIMS (2)  SMITH (9)  SOUTHGATE (1)  SOUTHOUSE (9)  SPICER (2)  STOLLERY (7)  STREDWICK (8)  STUBBERFIELD (4)  SWANTON (7)  TAYLOR (2)  THOMPSON (3)  TICKNER (4)  TRIGGER (1)  TUGNETT (1)  UNSTED (15)  VIDLER (1)  VENNER (1)  WALLIS (1)  WALTERS (8)  WARD (6)  WICKENS (2)  WHITEMAN (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILMSHURST (1)  WINCHESTER (5)  WOOD (5)  WOODEN (2)  WREN (3)  WAITE (1)