Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pevensey, Sussex

Pevensey 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
BANKS195.2055101.50
WATSON164.383618.90
BONIFACE164.38361,212.12
WELCH143.8356109.03
SUTTON123.287751.64
DANN92.4658391.30
PIERCE82.1918149.25
MANN82.191841.60
TIPPETT71.9178542.64
COVELL71.91781,206.90
MILLER71.917810.72
DURRANT71.9178122.59
VIDLER61.6438545.45
BARHAM61.6438265.49
COUSENS61.6438666.67
BEAL61.6438174.93
AKERS51.3699282.49
PARSONS51.369918.03
BUTLER51.369914.05
WHITEMAN51.3699212.77
SHARRARD51.369912,500.00
RUSSELL51.369911.22
CHILD51.369980.52
DAW51.3699197.63
PLUMLEY41.0959769.23
BRAY41.095932.60
SIMMONDS41.095941.03
DEVINE41.0959110.19
REED41.095915.02
CORNFORD30.8219365.85
BLACKMAN30.821967.57
FOWLER30.821914.40
BALL30.82199.95
GELL30.8219312.50
SAUNDERS30.82198.96
TOWNSEND30.821919.35
WOODS20.54798.69
WILLIAMS20.54790.76
GURR20.5479160.00
MANLEY20.547948.90
BARNES20.54794.55
SMITH20.54790.39
COOPER20.54792.25
BISHOP20.54797.84
GALE20.547918.28
JOHNS20.547921.23
BREACH20.5479273.97
COLEMAN20.547911.00
FULLER20.547913.55
RICHARDSON20.54793.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHARRARD12,500.0051.3699
BONIFACE1,212.12164.3836
COVELL1,206.9071.9178
PLUMLEY769.2341.0959
COUSENS666.6761.6438
VIDLER545.4561.6438
TIPPETT542.6471.9178
POLHILL526.3210.2740
SLAVIN416.6710.2740
DANN391.3092.4658
CORNFORD365.8530.8219
STRANGER357.1410.2740
INGE344.8310.2740
GELL312.5030.8219
AKERS282.4951.3699
BREACH273.9720.5479
BARHAM265.4961.6438
WHITEMAN212.7751.3699
DAW197.6351.3699
RUTLEDGE181.8210.2740
BEAL174.9361.6438
GURR160.0020.5479
PIERCE149.2582.1918
BURCHETT136.9910.2740
DURRANT122.5971.9178
DEVINE110.1941.0959
WELCH109.03143.8356
BANKS101.50195.2055
GANDER97.0910.2740
WINTLE96.1510.2740
CHILD80.5251.3699
BLACKMAN67.5730.8219
STREETER65.7910.2740
SUTTON51.64123.2877
MANLEY48.9020.5479
MANN41.6082.1918
SIMMONDS41.0341.0959
PEAT34.3610.2740
BRAY32.6041.0959
SWALLOW27.1710.2740
JOHNS21.2320.5479
TOWNSEND19.3530.8219
WATSON18.90164.3836
HOOK18.4810.2740
GALE18.2820.5479
PARSONS18.0351.3699
BANNISTER15.8710.2740
REED15.0241.0959
BRETT14.4310.2740
FOWLER14.4030.8219

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 5 people called SHARRARD in Pevensey 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 1.3699 in Pevensey means that 1.3699% of the people in Pevensey on census day were called SHARRARD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHARRARD 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 SHARRARD 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 SHARRARD 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 SHARRARD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 12,500.00 in Pevensey means that you are 12,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHARRARD in Pevensey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pevensey in 1881

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

AKEHURST (12)  AKERS (5)  BALKHAM (3)  BALL (3)  BANKS (19)  BANNISTER (1)  BARHAM (6)  BARNES (2)  BEAL (6)  BURCHETT (1)  BISHOP (2)  BLACKMAN (3)  BONIFACE (16)  BOOTH (1)  BRAY (4)  BREACH (2)  BRETT (1)  BROOK (1)  BUTLER (5)  CAU...M (2)  CHANDLER (1)  CHILD (5)  CLAPSON (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAYDON (1)  COLEMAN (2)  COOPER (2)  COPPARD (8)  CORNFORD (3)  COSSTICK (7)  COUSENS (6)  COVELL (7)  DANN (9)  DAW (5)  DE COURCEY (5)  DEVINE (4)  DOUCH (8)  DURRANT (7)  FIRTH (1)  FOORD (1)  FULLER (2)  FOWLER (3)  FURNOLL (3)  GALE (2)  GANDER (1)  GELL (3)  GREAGSBERY (3)  GRIFFITH (1)  GURR (2)  HILDER (8)  HOLMES (1)  HOOK (1)  INGE (1)  JOHNS (2)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LEACH (1)  MANLEY (2)  MANN (8)  MERSH (1)  MESSAGE (5)  MILLER (7)  PARSONS (5)  PIERCE (8)  PEAT (1)  PILBEAM (3)  PLUMLEY (4)  POLHILL (1)  POPE (1)  PORTER (1)  REED (4)  RICHARDS (1)  RICHARDSON (2)  RUTLEDGE (1)  RUSSELL (5)  SAUNDERS (3)  SHARRARD (5)  SIMMONDS (4)  SLAVIN (1)  SMITH (2)  STEVENS (1)  STRANGER (1)  STREETER (1)  STUBBERFIELD (1)  SUTTON (12)  SWALLOW (1)  TICEHURST (1)  TIPPETT (7)  TOWNSEND (3)  VIDLER (6)  WATSON (16)  WELCH (14)  WHITEMAN (5)  WILLIAMS (2)  WINTLE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODS (2)