Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pett, Sussex

Pett 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
FELLOWS227.8292578.95
HILLS124.2705154.44
HARMAN124.2705285.71
DAVIS113.914617.81
FOSTER113.914629.28
COOKE103.558764.47
JUDGE93.2028296.05
SMITH82.84702.02
GIBBS82.847057.93
CALLAGHAN72.4911220.13
STANDEN72.4911443.04
GRIFFEN72.4911760.87
CATT72.4911608.70
HUDSON72.491130.42
WOOLLEY62.1352107.53
SINDEN62.1352983.61
CLARKE51.77948.78
NOAKES51.7794243.90
PHILP51.7794260.42
HAMMOND51.779431.25
TURNER51.77946.39
GIDLEY51.77941,020.41
ELDRIDGE41.4235130.29
HOWARD41.423514.51
SKINNER41.423528.05
WARE41.423586.58
BARNES41.423511.83
COLE41.423515.63
KNIGHT41.423511.55
BASDEN41.42354,444.44
GUNN31.067643.60
WICKENS31.0676169.49
ELLIS31.06767.35
SPILLETT31.06761,250.00
HOOD31.067638.56
WATSON31.06764.60
THOMPSON20.71172.38
EGERTON20.7117144.93
THURSTON20.7117101.01
THORPE20.711718.00
WICKS20.711750.63
BARDEN10.355993.46
WATFORD10.3559263.16
COOMBER10.355979.37
SIMPSON10.35592.03
TOLHURST10.3559163.93
YOUNG10.35591.66
BARTHOLOMEW10.355944.05
LEADBEATER10.355986.21
FOULDS10.355952.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BASDEN4,444.4441.4235
SPILLETT1,250.0031.0676
GIDLEY1,020.4151.7794
STICKLES1,000.0010.3559
SINDEN983.6162.1352
GRIFFEN760.8772.4911
CATT608.7072.4911
FELLOWS578.95227.8292
STANDEN443.0472.4911
STAR416.6710.3559
JUDGE296.0593.2028
HARMAN285.71124.2705
WATFORD263.1610.3559
PHILP260.4251.7794
NOAKES243.9051.7794
CALLAGHAN220.1372.4911
WICKENS169.4931.0676
TOLHURST163.9310.3559
HILLS154.44124.2705
EGERTON144.9320.7117
ELDRIDGE130.2941.4235
WOOLLEY107.5362.1352
PANKHURST102.0410.3559
THURSTON101.0120.7117
BARDEN93.4610.3559
WARE86.5841.4235
LEADBEATER86.2110.3559
COOMBER79.3710.3559
COOKE64.47103.5587
GIBBS57.9382.8470
FOULDS52.6310.3559
WICKS50.6320.7117
BARTHOLOMEW44.0510.3559
GUNN43.6031.0676
HOOD38.5631.0676
HAMMOND31.2551.7794
HUDSON30.4272.4911
FOSTER29.28113.9146
SKINNER28.0541.4235
THORPE18.0020.7117
DAVIS17.81113.9146
COLE15.6341.4235
HOWARD14.5141.4235
BARNES11.8341.4235
KNIGHT11.5541.4235
CLARKE8.7851.7794
BRYANT8.3310.3559
ELLIS7.3531.0676
TURNER6.3951.7794
WATSON4.6031.0676

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called BASDEN in Pett 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 1.4235 in Pett means that 1.4235% of the people in Pett on census day were called BASDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BASDEN 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 BASDEN 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 BASDEN 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 BASDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 4,444.44 in Pett means that you are 4,444.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BASDEN in Pett than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pett in 1881

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

AKEHURST (2)  BARDEN (1)  BARNES (4)  BARTHOLOMEW (1)  BASDEN (4)  BRYANT (1)  CALLAGHAN (7)  CARTER (1)  CATT (7)  CLARKE (5)  COGGER (2)  COLE (4)  COLLBERY (1)  COLLREAY (6)  COOMBER (1)  COOKE (10)  DAVIS (11)  EGERTON (2)  ELDRIDGE (4)  ELLIS (3)  FELLOWS (22)  FOSTER (11)  FOULDS (1)  GIBBS (8)  GIDLEY (5)  GRIFFEN (7)  GUNN (3)  HAMMOND (5)  HARMAN (12)  HILLS (12)  HOLMWOOD (4)  HOOD (3)  HOWARD (4)  HUDSON (7)  HUNT (1)  JUDGE (9)  KERRIDGE (5)  KNIGHT (4)  LEADBEATER (1)  MEASAR (1)  MEDHURST (1)  MOYSES (1)  NOAKES (5)  PANKHURST (1)  PHILP (5)  SIMPSON (1)  SINDEN (6)  SKINNER (4)  SMITH (8)  SPILLETT (3)  STANDEN (7)  STAR (1)  STICKLES (1)  THOMPSON (2)  THORPE (2)  THURSTON (2)  TOLHURST (1)  TREDICE (3)  TURNER (5)  WARE (4)  WATFORD (1)  WATSON (3)  WICKENS (3)  WICKS (2)  WOOLLEY (6)  YOUNG (1)