Top surnames from the 1881 census in Heighton South, Sussex

Heighton South 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
ALCE77.865235,000.00
WEAVER66.7416259.74
WOOD66.741621.16
HOLTER55.618016,666.67
BROOK55.6180145.77
BALLARD55.6180373.13
WEBBER33.3708110.29
REED22.247230.77
VOSS22.2472909.09
BELL22.247211.96
PRATT11.123619.57
GRIFFITHS11.12366.87
AVERY11.123667.11
STONE11.123615.55
MOORE11.12365.62
EAGER11.1236833.33
BEDWELL11.1236285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALCE35,000.0077.8652
HOLTER16,666.6755.6180
VOSS909.0922.2472
EAGER833.3311.1236
BALLARD373.1355.6180
BEDWELL285.7111.1236
WEAVER259.7466.7416
BROOK145.7755.6180
WEBBER110.2933.3708
AVERY67.1111.1236
REED30.7722.2472
WOOD21.1666.7416
PRATT19.5711.1236
STONE15.5511.1236
BELL11.9622.2472
GRIFFITHS6.8711.1236
MOORE5.6211.1236

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called ALCE in Heighton South 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 7.8652 in Heighton South means that 7.8652% of the people in Heighton South on census day were called ALCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALCE 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 ALCE 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 ALCE 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 ALCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 35,000.00 in Heighton South means that you are 35,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALCE in Heighton South than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Heighton South in 1881

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

EAGER (1)  ALCE (7)  AVERY (1)  BACKSHALL (4)  BALLARD (5)  BEDWELL (1)  BELL (2)  BONNEFACE (1)  BROOK (5)  CHARMAN (5)  FAUCOR (4)  GEERING (14)  GRIFFITHS (1)  HANCOTT (7)  HOLTER (5)  JEWHURST (4)  MOORE (1)  PRATT (1)  REED (2)  STONE (1)  VOSS (2)  WEAVER (6)  WEBBER (3)  WOOD (6)