Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hastings St Michael, Sussex

Hastings St Michael 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
FOSTER154.273531.96
CHEESMAN102.8490558.66
WOOD102.84908.94
DUNK102.8490862.07
HARMAN92.5641171.76
VIDLER92.5641849.06
PORTER92.564134.17
WARD82.279210.43
LAVENDER82.2792361.99
BEACHAM71.9943714.29
HOWELL71.994347.33
BLACKWELL61.709493.75
BARTON61.709431.65
NASH51.424530.90
ELDRIDGE51.4245130.21
OLD51.4245349.65
STRICKLAND51.4245178.57
ALLEN51.42457.54
RUIS51.424550,000.00
STRANGE41.1396106.38
MASEY41.13961,538.46
BOULTER41.1396224.72
FORSS41.139613,333.33
BURTON41.139613.38
HOPGOOD41.1396434.78
VIGOR41.13961,739.13
REED41.139615.61
ADAMS30.85475.80
KIRBY30.854722.52
HYDE30.854727.78
BELL30.85474.55
HUNT30.85476.44
POLLARD30.854723.44
JENKINS30.85477.25
HURST30.854723.94
MARSHALL30.85475.10
HILL20.56982.24
DICKS20.5698116.96
COLLINS20.56983.97
HOWE20.569814.51
APEL20.569810,000.00
HELTON20.56982,000.00
KEENE20.569896.62
HARDMAN20.569828.33
VENESS20.5698408.16
HUTCHINSON20.569810.03
FROST20.569810.14
TUCK20.569844.35
PICKFORD20.569869.93
EDWARDS20.56982.04

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUIS50,000.0051.4245
FORSS13,333.3341.1396
APEL10,000.0020.5698
DARIS3,333.3310.2849
HELTON2,000.0020.5698
VIGOR1,739.1341.1396
MASEY1,538.4641.1396
DUNK862.07102.8490
VIDLER849.0692.5641
BEACHAM714.2971.9943
CHEESMAN558.66102.8490
HOPGOOD434.7841.1396
VENESS408.1620.5698
LAVENDER361.9982.2792
OLD349.6551.4245
STACE281.6920.5698
COFFIN235.2920.5698
BOULTER224.7241.1396
BUMSTEAD217.3910.2849
STRICKLAND178.5751.4245
HARMAN171.7692.5641
ELDRIDGE130.2151.4245
DICKS116.9620.5698
STRANGE106.3841.1396
KEENE96.6220.5698
BLACKWELL93.7561.7094
RANGER87.7210.2849
MAINWARING73.5310.2849
PICKFORD69.9320.5698
FINLAY55.5620.5698
LUDLOW54.6410.2849
PICKERSGILL54.3510.2849
HOWELL47.3371.9943
STORY45.8710.2849
TUCK44.3520.5698
BARNS44.2510.2849
PRYOR42.7410.2849
TYRRELL38.7610.2849
PORTER34.1792.5641
FOSTER31.96154.2735
BARTON31.6561.7094
NASH30.9051.4245
HARDMAN28.3320.5698
HYDE27.7830.8547
MANLEY25.4510.2849
HURST23.9430.8547
POLLARD23.4430.8547
KIRBY22.5230.8547
WYATT19.4220.5698
DRURY17.9210.2849

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called RUIS in Hastings St Michael 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 1.4245 in Hastings St Michael means that 1.4245% of the people in Hastings St Michael on census day were called RUIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUIS 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 RUIS 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 RUIS 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 RUIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 50,000.00 in Hastings St Michael means that you are 50,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUIS in Hastings St Michael than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hastings St Michael in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  AKHURST (1)  ALLEN (5)  APEL (2)  AUDIBERT (2)  BAKER (1)  BARNS (1)  BARTON (6)  BEACHAM (7)  BEAREY (1)  BELL (3)  BISSENDEN (9)  BLACKWELL (6)  BOULTER (4)  BOVIS (5)  BRIGGS (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCK (1)  BUMSTEAD (1)  BURTON (4)  CHARETON (2)  CHEESMAN (10)  COFFIN (2)  COLE (1)  COLLINS (2)  COUTARI (1)  CROFT (1)  DARIS (1)  DICKS (2)  DONATS (1)  DRURY (1)  DUNK (10)  DUTTON (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELDRIDGE (5)  FERMOR (2)  FINLAY (2)  FITT (1)  FOORD (3)  FORSS (4)  FOSTER (15)  FREEMAN (2)  FROST (2)  GARDINER (1)  GEAL (1)  GILES (1)  GUNSTON (2)  HAISELDEN (1)  HARDMAN (2)  HARMAN (9)  HARRISON (1)  HILDER (2)  HILL (2)  HELTON (2)  HOPGOOD (4)  HOWE (2)  HOWELL (7)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (3)  HURST (3)  HUTCHINSON (2)  HYDE (3)  JENKINS (3)  KEENE (2)  KIRBY (3)  LAVENDER (8)  LEE (1)  LONGSDALE (2)  LUDLOW (1)  MAYBOURNE (6)  MAINWARING (1)  MANLEY (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MARTIN (1)  MASEY (4)  MAWLE (3)  VENESS (2)  MEVE (7)  MORLEY (1)  MORRIS (1)  NASH (5)  NORTON (1)  OGILVY (3)  OLD (5)  PANKHIT (1)  PEDDLESDEN (3)  PELLY (2)  PICKERSGILL (1)  PICKFORD (2)  POLLARD (3)  PORTER (9)  PRYOR (1)  RANGER (1)  REED (4)  REID (1)  RUIS (5)  ROSE (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SHOALBRIDGE (1)  SMITH (1)  STACE (2)  STUART (1)  STORY (1)  STRICKLAND (5)  STRANGE (4)  THOMPSON (1)  TICHERN (3)  TUCK (2)  TURNER (1)  TYRRELL (1)  VIDLER (9)  VIGOR (4)  VOKINS (2)  WALL (1)  WARD (8)  WELHAM (1)  WEST (1)  WILLTON (5)  WOOD (10)  WYATT (2)