Top surnames from the 1881 census in Earnley, Sussex

Earnley 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
SMITH118.33335.90
HOARE86.0606310.08
SOPP86.06066,153.85
BURNETT75.3030191.78
DUKE75.3030457.52
BARRETT64.545567.64
STUBBS64.5455171.92
ASLETT64.54553,000.00
WHITE53.787911.78
KNAPP43.0303444.44
DYER43.030378.28
COURTNEY43.0303421.05
TRIBE43.0303888.89
CLEMENT43.0303300.75
WEDGE43.03031,025.64
TERRY32.272789.02
WAKEFORD32.2727652.17
WYATT21.515251.68
JONES21.51521.34
SKINNER21.515229.85
SHEPHERD21.515220.68
BURDEN21.5152118.34
ARNELL10.7576588.24
HICKS10.757618.08
DOWNER10.7576196.08
ROGERS10.75765.83
CHARLTON10.757626.46
PETERS10.757621.60
ROBINSON10.75762.38
LADD10.7576212.77
POCOCK10.757671.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SOPP6,153.8586.0606
ASLETT3,000.0064.5455
WEDGE1,025.6443.0303
TRIBE888.8943.0303
WAKEFORD652.1732.2727
ARNELL588.2410.7576
DUKE457.5275.3030
KNAPP444.4443.0303
COURTNEY421.0543.0303
HOARE310.0886.0606
CLEMENT300.7543.0303
LADD212.7710.7576
DOWNER196.0810.7576
BURNETT191.7875.3030
STUBBS171.9264.5455
BURDEN118.3421.5152
TERRY89.0232.2727
DYER78.2843.0303
POCOCK71.9410.7576
BARRETT67.6464.5455
WYATT51.6821.5152
SKINNER29.8521.5152
CHARLTON26.4610.7576
PETERS21.6010.7576
SHEPHERD20.6821.5152
HICKS18.0810.7576
WHITE11.7853.7879
SMITH5.90118.3333
ROGERS5.8310.7576
ROBINSON2.3810.7576
JONES1.3421.5152

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 8 people called SOPP in Earnley 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 6.0606 in Earnley means that 6.0606% of the people in Earnley on census day were called SOPP.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SOPP 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 SOPP 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 SOPP 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 SOPP here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,153.85 in Earnley means that you are 6,153.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SOPP in Earnley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Earnley in 1881

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

ARNELL (1)  ASLETT (6)  BARRETT (6)  BURDEN (2)  BURNETT (7)  CHARLTON (1)  CLEMENT (4)  COURTNAY (3)  COURTNEY (4)  DOWNER (1)  DUKE (7)  DYER (4)  FOOCKES (3)  HABIN (3)  HICKS (1)  HOARE (8)  HOTSTON (1)  JONES (2)  KEWELL (5)  LADD (1)  KNAPP (4)  PETERS (1)  POCOCK (1)  ROBINSON (1)  ROGERS (1)  SHEPHERD (2)  SHRUBB (4)  SKINNER (2)  SMITH (11)  SOPP (8)  STUBBS (6)  TERRY (3)  TRIBE (4)  WAKEFORD (3)  WEDGE (4)  WHITE (5)  WYATT (2)