Top surnames from the 1881 census in Iping, Sussex

Iping 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
BRIDGER234.3810520.36
JACKSON183.428612.27
LUFF173.2381502.96
WEST163.047631.65
STACY163.04761,045.75
HOLDER163.0476226.63
MOSELEY142.6667292.28
MARRINER101.90481,162.79
WALLER91.714368.03
TRIGG91.7143305.08
POTTER91.714326.43
CHITTY91.7143447.76
BOOKER81.5238127.19
BEACHER81.52382,051.28
SAUNDERS81.523816.61
BONIFACE81.5238421.05
KINCH81.5238776.70
MOSLEY81.5238161.94
STRATTON71.3333153.85
COLLINS71.33339.29
RUSSELL71.333310.92
CHALLEN71.3333744.68
SIMMONDS71.333349.93
BROOKS61.142911.69
HEATH61.142923.02
BRIGHTWELL61.1429550.46
WELLS61.142913.74
JARVIS61.142925.47
ROGERS61.14298.80
SOUTER50.9524175.44
FLORANCE50.95241,562.50
LAKER50.9524223.21
HUGHES50.95243.40
HILL50.95243.74
PARROTT50.952483.75
BUDD40.761959.97
MILLS40.76195.87
PURSLEY40.76194,444.44
DRUMMOND40.761938.35
TALBOT40.761930.60
BAKER40.76193.48
BURTON40.76198.94
COVER30.5714714.29
LAMBERT30.571410.47
PALMER30.57144.85
CHASE30.5714102.39
HODGSON30.57148.25
ANKER30.5714652.17
WOODS30.57149.06
GALE30.571419.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VARNES5,000.0030.5714
PURSLEY4,444.4440.7619
BEACHER2,051.2881.5238
FLORANCE1,562.5050.9524
PRINN1,500.0030.5714
MARRINER1,162.79101.9048
STACY1,045.75163.0476
KINCH776.7081.5238
CHALLEN744.6871.3333
COVER714.2930.5714
MELODY714.2910.1905
ANKER652.1730.5714
BRIGHTWELL550.4661.1429
BRIDGER520.36234.3810
LUFF502.96173.2381
ALBERY476.1920.3810
CHITTY447.7691.7143
BONIFACE421.0581.5238
CREMER333.3310.1905
TRIGG305.0891.7143
MOSELEY292.28142.6667
HOLDER226.63163.0476
LAKER223.2150.9524
FOARD217.3910.1905
SOUTER175.4450.9524
MOSLEY161.9481.5238
CONNETT158.7310.1905
STRATTON153.8571.3333
BOOKER127.1981.5238
CHASE102.3930.5714
TRIMMER96.1510.1905
PARROTT83.7550.9524
EADE79.0520.3810
WALLER68.0391.7143
BUDD59.9740.7619
BLUNDEN57.1410.1905
ETHERINGTON50.5120.3810
SIMMONDS49.9371.3333
DRUMMOND38.3540.7619
SMITHERS35.2110.1905
WEST31.65163.0476
TALBOT30.6040.7619
POTTER26.4391.7143
AYLING26.3210.1905
PIGGOTT26.2510.1905
JARVIS25.4761.1429
HEATH23.0261.1429
LESLIE23.0220.3810
CORBETT19.4420.3810
GALE19.0730.5714

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called VARNES in Iping 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 0.5714 in Iping means that 0.5714% of the people in Iping on census day were called VARNES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VARNES 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 VARNES 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 VARNES 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 VARNES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Iping means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VARNES in Iping than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Iping in 1881

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

ALBERY (2)  AYLING (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANKER (3)  ARNOLD (1)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (4)  BATCHELOR (1)  BEACHER (8)  BLUNDEN (1)  BONIFACE (8)  BOOKER (8)  BOSSINGER (1)  BOXALL (6)  BRIDGER (23)  BRIGHTWELL (6)  BRAMBLY (3)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (1)  BUDD (4)  BURTON (4)  CHALLEN (7)  CHASE (3)  CHITTY (9)  CHURCHILL (1)  COLLINS (7)  CONNETT (1)  CORBETT (2)  COVER (3)  CREMER (1)  CROOK (1)  DAVIES (2)  DAUTRY (2)  DISBERRY (7)  DRUMMOND (4)  EADE (2)  EDWARDS (3)  ETHERINGTON (2)  FAITHFUL (8)  FLORANCE (5)  FOARD (1)  FULLICK (1)  GALE (3)  GIBBS (2)  JETTEN (4)  GOODEVE (1)  HALL (2)  HARDING (2)  HEATH (6)  HILL (5)  HODGSON (3)  HOLDER (16)  HORLOCK (9)  HUGHES (5)  HUMPHREYS (1)  JACKSON (18)  JARP (1)  JARVIS (6)  JASP (1)  KEMP (2)  KINCH (8)  LAKER (5)  LAMBERT (3)  LESLIE (2)  LINTOTT (4)  LOTON (5)  LOVELL (1)  LUCKINS (11)  LUFF (17)  MARRINER (10)  MESSINGHAM (5)  MELODY (1)  MILES (3)  MILLS (4)  MOSELEY (14)  MOSLEY (8)  NASH (1)  PALMER (3)  PARROTT (5)  PELLING (1)  PIGGOTT (1)  PIPER (1)  POLLARD (3)  POTTER (9)  PRINN (3)  PURSLEY (4)  QUINNELL (6)  READ (1)  ROGERS (6)  RUSSELL (7)  RUSTELL (4)  SAUNDERS (8)  SEBBAGE (1)  SIMMONDS (7)  SMITHERS (1)  SOUTER (5)  STACY (16)  STEER (1)  STRATTON (7)  TALBOT (4)  TITCOMBE (3)  TRIGG (9)  TRIMMER (1)  WALLER (9)  VARNES (3)  WEBB (1)  WELLS (6)  WEST (16)  WILD (1)  WILKINS (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WINDIBANK (10)  WOODS (3)  WOOD (1)