Top surnames from the 1881 census in Berwick, Sussex

Berwick 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
BAKER105.780326.38
MARCHANT95.2023335.82
BARROW95.2023245.23
WESTGATE84.62432,758.62
BURGESS74.046258.24
HYLANDS74.04628,750.00
BERRY63.468243.70
TUCKER52.890252.25
BEARD52.8902109.89
ELLMAN52.890216,666.67
WATERS52.890271.94
BURTON52.890233.92
WELLER42.3121160.64
BEAN42.3121178.57
WHITE42.31217.19
COOMBER42.3121512.82
HEWETT31.7341149.25
MATTHEWS31.734119.88
RICHARDSON21.15616.79
RUSSELL21.15619.47
FULLER21.156128.57
PACKHAM21.1561238.10
EARL10.578044.25
ALEXANDER10.578010.92
JACK10.578027.17
CHARLES10.578027.93
HAZELGROVE10.5780833.33
GOLDSMITH10.578037.17
NORMAN10.578012.47
WINCHESTER10.5780151.52
DAY10.57806.14
CANE10.578084.75
HARRIS10.57802.27
BURFIELD10.5780476.19
RAYNER10.578023.15
NICHOLLS10.578011.06
ELLIOTT10.57806.81
BAILEY10.57803.84
LANE10.57808.39
ROBERTS10.57801.54
GRIGG10.578088.50
FARR10.578038.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ELLMAN16,666.6752.8902
HYLANDS8,750.0074.0462
WESTGATE2,758.6284.6243
HAZELGROVE833.3310.5780
COOMBER512.8242.3121
BURFIELD476.1910.5780
MARCHANT335.8295.2023
BARROW245.2395.2023
PACKHAM238.1021.1561
BEAN178.5742.3121
WELLER160.6442.3121
WINCHESTER151.5210.5780
HEWETT149.2531.7341
BEARD109.8952.8902
GRIGG88.5010.5780
CANE84.7510.5780
WATERS71.9452.8902
BURGESS58.2474.0462
TUCKER52.2552.8902
EARL44.2510.5780
BERRY43.7063.4682
FARR38.9110.5780
GOLDSMITH37.1710.5780
BURTON33.9252.8902
FULLER28.5721.1561
CHARLES27.9310.5780
JACK27.1710.5780
BAKER26.38105.7803
RAYNER23.1510.5780
MATTHEWS19.8831.7341
NORMAN12.4710.5780
NICHOLLS11.0610.5780
ALEXANDER10.9210.5780
RUSSELL9.4721.1561
LANE8.3910.5780
WHITE7.1942.3121
ELLIOTT6.8110.5780
RICHARDSON6.7921.1561
DAY6.1410.5780
BAILEY3.8410.5780
HARRIS2.2710.5780
ROBERTS1.5410.5780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called ELLMAN in Berwick 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 2.8902 in Berwick means that 2.8902% of the people in Berwick on census day were called ELLMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ELLMAN 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 ELLMAN 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 ELLMAN 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 ELLMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 16,666.67 in Berwick means that you are 16,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ELLMAN in Berwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Berwick in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (10)  BEAN (4)  BEARD (5)  BERRY (6)  BURFIELD (1)  BURGESS (7)  BARROW (9)  BURTON (5)  CANE (1)  CHARLES (1)  COOMBER (4)  COTTINGTON (7)  DAY (1)  EARL (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELLMAN (5)  ELPHICK (2)  EVENDEN (7)  FARR (1)  FULLER (2)  GEALL (4)  GLADMAN (7)  GOLDSMITH (1)  GRAYLING (3)  GRIGG (1)  HAMPFORD (1)  HARRIS (1)  HAZELGROVE (1)  HEWETT (3)  HYLANDS (7)  JACK (1)  LANE (1)  LUSTED (6)  MARCHANT (9)  MATTHEWS (3)  NICHOLLS (1)  NORMAN (1)  PACKHAM (2)  RAYNER (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTS (1)  RUSSELL (2)  TUCKER (5)  VERRALL (1)  VINTEN (4)  WATERS (5)  WESTGATE (8)  WELLER (4)  WHITE (4)  WINCHESTER (1)