Top surnames from the 1881 census in Goring, Sussex

Goring 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
MARTIN173.219713.07
PARKER173.219716.93
RATLEY152.84093,750.00
BURT122.272795.69
EVANS112.08334.77
MILES101.893932.10
KNIGHT101.893915.37
GODDARD91.704542.39
OLLIVER91.7045825.69
GILES81.515239.76
HARRISON81.51526.83
GOLDING71.325875.19
RICH71.3258105.74
SLAUGHTER61.1364229.89
LEACH61.136427.54
SHEPPARD61.136432.80
PARSONS61.136414.96
REDFERN61.136481.52
RUFF61.1364350.88
CARPENTER50.947027.61
WHITTINGTON50.9470134.41
SALTER50.947041.39
SEARLE50.947047.13
BUSTER40.75764,444.44
LONG40.757611.68
SCUTT40.7576296.30
BISH40.7576588.24
HUMPHREY40.757628.45
BUSHBY40.7576193.24
BRADEN40.7576800.00
FORD40.75767.78
TIERNEY40.7576183.49
HYDE40.757624.63
GRAHAM40.75766.60
GALES40.7576493.83
MURPHY40.75769.48
BROWN30.56820.86
HARDING30.56827.85
FOSTER30.56824.25
MITCHELL30.56822.80
DELMAN30.568230,000.00
GARLAND30.568242.86
LAKER30.5682133.33
ROBERTS30.56821.51
EAST30.568236.54
STANDING30.568289.02
PELHAM30.5682389.61
GLOVER30.568213.33
WEST30.56825.90
MERRITT20.378853.91

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DELMAN30,000.0030.5682
BUSTER4,444.4440.7576
RATLEY3,750.00152.8409
JANUARY1,818.1820.3788
YERBY1,250.0010.1894
BLANN833.3320.3788
OLLIVER825.6991.7045
BRADEN800.0040.7576
BISH588.2440.7576
GALES493.8340.7576
PELHAM389.6130.5682
RUFF350.8861.1364
SCUTT296.3040.7576
SLAUGHTER229.8961.1364
STEPTOE215.0520.3788
WENTWORTH200.0020.3788
BUSHBY193.2440.7576
DALLY192.3120.3788
TIERNEY183.4940.7576
GARMAN147.0610.1894
WHITTINGTON134.4150.9470
LAKER133.3330.5682
RICH105.7471.3258
TUPPER105.2610.1894
HEWARD99.0110.1894
BURT95.69122.2727
BEAZLEY94.3410.1894
STANDING89.0230.5682
REDFERN81.5261.1364
ABRAMS76.3410.1894
GOLDING75.1971.3258
HILLYER65.7910.1894
STEADMAN61.5420.3788
TILL53.9120.3788
MERRITT53.9120.3788
SEARLE47.1350.9470
GARLAND42.8630.5682
GODDARD42.3991.7045
SALTER41.3950.9470
GILES39.7681.5152
PARDOE38.4610.1894
CHEESMAN37.0410.1894
EAST36.5430.5682
CARLISLE35.9710.1894
SHEPPARD32.8061.1364
DUKE32.6320.3788
MILES32.10101.8939
HALLETT30.7720.3788
NYE30.3010.1894
HUMPHREY28.4540.7576

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called DELMAN in Goring 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 0.5682 in Goring means that 0.5682% of the people in Goring on census day were called DELMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DELMAN 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 DELMAN 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 DELMAN 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 DELMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 30,000.00 in Goring means that you are 30,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DELMAN in Goring than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Goring in 1881

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

ABRAMS (1)  ADAMS (1)  AKEHURST (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BEALE (1)  BEAZLEY (1)  BEDWORTH (2)  BENNETT (1)  BENTLEY (2)  BIRD (1)  BISH (4)  BLANN (2)  BOOLES (1)  BOXALL (2)  BRADEN (4)  BROMIDGE (1)  BROWN (3)  BURT (12)  BUSHBY (4)  BUSTER (4)  CAPELIN (1)  CARLISLE (1)  CARPENTER (5)  CHEESMAN (1)  CHIDWICK (9)  CLARKE (1)  CLEMENTS (2)  CLEVETT (5)  COLBOURNE (3)  COX (1)  DALE (1)  DALLY (2)  DAVIES (1)  DEATH (1)  DELMAN (3)  DE MOMCARE (1)  DUKE (2)  EAST (3)  EVANS (11)  FARROW (1)  FORD (4)  FOSTER (3)  GARLAND (3)  GARMAN (1)  GARRETT (1)  GATES (2)  GILES (8)  GLANVILL (1)  GLOVER (3)  GOATCHER (3)  GODDARD (9)  GOLDING (7)  GRAHAM (4)  GRANT (1)  GREENYER (47)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HALLETT (2)  HARDING (3)  HARRISON (8)  HAWKINS (1)  HAYLLAR (13)  HASELGROVE (4)  HERYETT (4)  HERYET (7)  HEWARD (1)  HEWSHAW (3)  HILLYER (1)  HOLLAND (2)  HOLLOWAY (2)  HOOPER (1)  HUMPHREY (4)  HUTCHINGS (1)  HIDE (16)  HYDE (4)  JANUARY (2)  JOARD (1)  KEMPSELL (5)  KNIGHT (10)  LAKER (3)  LEACH (6)  LIDBETTER (2)  LEE (1)  LELLIOTT (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIMINGTON (1)  LONG (4)  LUCAS (2)  MARKWICK (7)  MERRITT (2)  MARTIN (17)  MILES (10)  MITCHELL (3)  MUGGERIDGE (5)  MURPHY (4)  MURRAY (1)  NYE (1)  OLLIVER (9)  PARKER (17)  PARSONS (6)  PAINE (1)  PAYNE (2)  PELHAM (3)  PIPER (2)  PARDOE (1)  PUTLAND (7)  RATLEY (15)  REDFERN (6)  RICH (7)  RICHARDS (2)  ROBERTS (3)  ROCKET (1)  ROSSO (1)  RUFF (6)  SALTER (5)  SCUTT (4)  SEARLE (5)  SHAWNESSY (1)  SHEPPARD (6)  SEVYER (3)  SLAUGHTER (6)  STEYNING (4)  STANDING (3)  STEADMAN (2)  STEPTOE (2)  TUPPER (1)  TILL (2)  TREGUS (1)  TULETT (3)  TIERNEY (4)  GALES (4)  WEBB (2)  WELLSTED (2)  WENTWORTH (2)  WEST (3)  WHITTINGTON (5)  YERBY (1)