Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Stoke, Sussex

West Stoke 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
BARROW88.4211398.01
PORTER88.4211112.20
HACKETT88.4211714.29
HOWARD77.368475.11
FOWLER44.210573.66
WHITE33.15799.82
HORN33.1579138.89
OLIVER33.157944.25
HEDGER33.15791,153.85
ROLFE22.1053162.60
SHAW22.105311.46
CRADDOCK11.0526125.00
HEDGECOCK11.0526769.23
MITTEN11.05261,428.57
LUNN11.052681.30
DAVY11.052685.47
LAYTON11.0526131.58
CARTER11.05266.27
RICHARDSON11.05266.18
MITCHELL11.05265.19
FORDHAM11.0526131.58
LEVISON11.05261,666.67
CROUCH11.052678.74
JOHNSON11.05263.13
BOWERS11.052657.80
POTTER11.052616.23
NICHOLAS11.052653.76
GREEN11.05263.74
MILLER11.05265.88
DEWEY11.0526250.00
LEE11.05266.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LEVISON1,666.6711.0526
MITTEN1,428.5711.0526
HEDGER1,153.8533.1579
HEDGECOCK769.2311.0526
HACKETT714.2988.4211
BARROW398.0188.4211
DEWEY250.0011.0526
ROLFE162.6022.1053
HORN138.8933.1579
LAYTON131.5811.0526
FORDHAM131.5811.0526
CRADDOCK125.0011.0526
PORTER112.2088.4211
DAVY85.4711.0526
LUNN81.3011.0526
CROUCH78.7411.0526
HOWARD75.1177.3684
FOWLER73.6644.2105
BOWERS57.8011.0526
NICHOLAS53.7611.0526
OLIVER44.2533.1579
POTTER16.2311.0526
SHAW11.4622.1053
WHITE9.8233.1579
LEE6.4411.0526
CARTER6.2711.0526
RICHARDSON6.1811.0526
MILLER5.8811.0526
MITCHELL5.1911.0526
GREEN3.7411.0526
JOHNSON3.1311.0526

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called LEVISON in West Stoke 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 1.0526 in West Stoke means that 1.0526% of the people in West Stoke on census day were called LEVISON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LEVISON 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 LEVISON 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 LEVISON 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 LEVISON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,666.67 in West Stoke means that you are 1,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LEVISON in West Stoke than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Stoke in 1881

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

BELAM (3)  BOWERS (1)  BREAME (1)  BARROW (8)  CARTER (1)  CLUER (11)  CRADDOCK (1)  CROUCH (1)  DAVY (1)  DEWEY (1)  FORDHAM (1)  FOWLER (4)  GREEN (1)  HACKETT (8)  HEDGECOCK (1)  HEDGER (3)  HOARVELL (3)  HORN (3)  HOWARD (7)  JOHNSON (1)  LEE (1)  LAYTON (1)  LEVISON (1)  LUNN (1)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MITTEN (1)  NICHOLAS (1)  OLIVER (3)  PORTER (8)  POTTER (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROLFE (2)  SHAW (2)  STONEAGE (1)  WELLESLEY (1)  WHICHER (4)  WHITE (3)