Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woodmancote, Sussex

Woodmancote 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
SIMMONS329.2219225.99
BANFIELD226.34011,383.65
DAVEY154.3228105.12
BROWN144.03466.12
KNIGHT133.746430.40
KNAPP113.1700466.10
SAYERS113.1700287.21
LIGHT113.1700343.75
STANDEN102.8818510.20
BURTENSHAW92.59371,111.11
GANDER92.5937918.37
BOURN82.30551,052.63
HEFFERN72.01738,750.00
COOPER61.72917.11
PARSONS61.729122.76
WHEELER61.729128.64
EMERY61.729179.16
BOTTING61.7291461.54
ENGLAND51.440969.93
BUCKMAN41.1527714.29
MITCHELL41.15275.68
GREEN41.15274.09
TRUSSLER41.1527888.89
WHITE41.15273.59
SIMMONDS30.864632.36
ANDREWS30.86469.02
MASON30.86466.43
HEMSLEY30.8646172.41
HOLDER20.576442.92
COURTNAGE20.57646,666.67
DENNETT20.5764133.33
STREET20.576424.69
BOWLES20.576435.21
ELLIOTT20.57646.79
BLAKE10.28825.95
ROBERTS10.28820.77
HILLS10.288210.42
LAKER10.288267.57
EARL10.288222.03
SHOULDERS10.28822,000.00
BISH10.2882222.22
POPE10.28828.36
HILL10.28821.13
COOMBER10.288264.10
PALMER10.28822.45
HOBDEN10.2882121.95
CORK10.288238.91
PIPER10.288214.58
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Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HEFFERN8,750.0072.0173
COURTNAGE6,666.6720.5764
SHOULDERS2,000.0010.2882
BANFIELD1,383.65226.3401
BURTENSHAW1,111.1192.5937
BOURN1,052.6382.3055
GANDER918.3792.5937
TRUSSLER888.8941.1527
BUCKMAN714.2941.1527
STANDEN510.20102.8818
KNAPP466.10113.1700
BOTTING461.5461.7291
LIGHT343.75113.1700
SAYERS287.21113.1700
SIMMONS225.99329.2219
BISH222.2210.2882
HEMSLEY172.4130.8646
DENNETT133.3320.5764
HOBDEN121.9510.2882
DAVEY105.12154.3228
EMERY79.1661.7291
ENGLAND69.9351.4409
LAKER67.5710.2882
COOMBER64.1010.2882
HOLDER42.9220.5764
CORK38.9110.2882
BOWLES35.2120.5764
SIMMONDS32.3630.8646
KNIGHT30.40133.7464
WHEELER28.6461.7291
STREET24.6920.5764
PARSONS22.7661.7291
EARL22.0310.2882
PIPER14.5810.2882
HILLS10.4210.2882
ANDREWS9.0230.8646
POPE8.3610.2882
COOPER7.1161.7291
ELLIOTT6.7920.5764
MASON6.4330.8646
BROWN6.12144.0346
BLAKE5.9510.2882
MITCHELL5.6841.1527
GREEN4.0941.1527
PAGE3.6010.2882
WHITE3.5941.1527
PALMER2.4510.2882
HILL1.1310.2882
ROBERTS0.7710.2882

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called HEFFERN in Woodmancote 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 2.0173 in Woodmancote means that 2.0173% of the people in Woodmancote on census day were called HEFFERN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HEFFERN 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 HEFFERN 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 HEFFERN 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 HEFFERN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 8,750.00 in Woodmancote means that you are 8,750.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HEFFERN in Woodmancote than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woodmancote in 1881

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

ANDREWS (3)  BANFIELD (22)  BISH (1)  BLAKE (1)  BONNIFACE (2)  BOTTING (6)  BOWLES (2)  BRANSDEN (8)  BROWN (14)  BUCKMAN (4)  BUCKWELL (1)  BOURN (8)  BURTENSHAW (9)  COOMBER (1)  COOPER (6)  CORK (1)  COURTNAGE (2)  DAVEY (15)  DENNETT (2)  EARL (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  EMERY (6)  ENGLAND (5)  FANHALL (2)  FILLERY (5)  FLEANT (1)  GANDER (9)  GREEN (4)  HEASMAN (2)  HEFFERN (7)  HEMSLEY (3)  HILL (1)  HILLS (1)  HOBDEN (1)  HOLDER (2)  CABER (1)  KNIGHT (13)  LAKER (1)  LIDBETTER (4)  LELLIOTT (8)  LIGHT (11)  MALTHOUSE (4)  MASON (3)  MITCHELL (4)  MOBSBY (5)  MUZZEL (2)  MUSTIOX (1)  KNAPP (11)  PAGE (1)  PALMER (1)  PARSONS (6)  PIPER (1)  POPE (1)  REMSILL (6)  ROBERTS (1)  SAYERS (11)  SCRACE (1)  SHOULDERS (1)  SILVENSON (10)  SILVERSTON (1)  SIMMONS (32)  SIMMONDS (3)  STANDEN (10)  STANDON (1)  STENNING (12)  STREET (2)  TRUSSLER (4)  WHEELER (6)  WHITE (4)  WOOLGAR (4)