Top surnames from the 1881 census in Plumpton, Sussex

Plumpton 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
LIPSCOMBE163.43351,280.00
HOBDEN112.36051,000.00
WELLS112.360528.37
KNIGHT102.145917.41
CASE102.1459214.59
BAKER102.14599.79
WEAVER91.931374.26
STEVENS91.931318.50
BROWN91.93132.93
WHITE91.93136.01
WALLS81.7167142.86
FARLEY81.7167136.75
POCOCK81.7167162.93
WOODWARD81.716734.80
STUBBS81.716764.99
AVERY71.502189.51
SIMMONDS71.502156.22
WILLETT71.5021190.74
LUCAS71.502132.48
ROACH71.5021102.04
MORLEY71.502137.57
BEARD71.502157.05
HEMSLEY71.5021300.43
COTTINGHAM61.2876483.87
WESTGATE61.2876759.49
BRADLEY61.287616.04
RIDLEY61.287666.59
BANKS61.287625.10
WEST61.287613.37
SHEPPARD61.287637.17
FREEMAN61.287620.16
NORMAN61.287627.78
UPTON61.287667.57
STANDEN61.2876228.14
WALLER61.287651.11
PHILPOTT51.0730140.06
MARCHANT40.858455.40
HARRIS40.85843.38
ELSE40.8584259.74
MANSBRIDGE40.8584380.95
GRAINGER30.643841.90
BATCHELOR30.643837.97
THWAITES30.6438107.91
JACKSON30.64382.30
BRISTOW30.643847.54
FORD30.64386.61
BANNISTER30.643837.27
PARSONS20.42925.65
HURST20.429212.02
GARNER20.429213.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LIPSCOMBE1,280.00163.4335
HOBDEN1,000.00112.3605
WESTGATE759.4961.2876
COTTINGHAM483.8761.2876
MANSBRIDGE380.9540.8584
GEER377.3620.4292
HEMSLEY300.4371.5021
ELSE259.7440.8584
TUPPEN243.9010.2146
BASSET232.5610.2146
STANDEN228.1461.2876
CASE214.59102.1459
WILLETT190.7471.5021
POCOCK162.9381.7167
PATES153.8510.2146
WALLS142.8681.7167
PHILPOTT140.0651.0730
FARLEY136.7581.7167
GORRINGE133.3310.2146
THWAITES107.9130.6438
PLAYFORD103.0910.2146
ROACH102.0471.5021
AVERY89.5171.5021
WEAVER74.2691.9313
UPTON67.5761.2876
RIDLEY66.5961.2876
STUBBS64.9981.7167
DUNK64.9410.2146
CANE63.0920.4292
WAKEFORD62.1110.2146
ROLPH58.1410.2146
BOTTING57.4710.2146
BEARD57.0571.5021
SIMMONDS56.2271.5021
MARCHANT55.4040.8584
WALLER51.1161.2876
BRISTOW47.5430.6438
PACKHAM44.4410.2146
GRAINGER41.9030.6438
HERRING41.8420.4292
HEAL40.3210.2146
BATCHELOR37.9730.6438
MORLEY37.5771.5021
BANNISTER37.2730.6438
SHEPPARD37.1761.2876
WOODWARD34.8081.7167
LUCAS32.4871.5021
FLEET31.9510.2146
WELLS28.37112.3605
NORMAN27.7861.2876

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 16 people called LIPSCOMBE in Plumpton 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 3.4335 in Plumpton means that 3.4335% of the people in Plumpton on census day were called LIPSCOMBE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LIPSCOMBE 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 LIPSCOMBE 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 LIPSCOMBE 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 LIPSCOMBE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,280.00 in Plumpton means that you are 1,280.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LIPSCOMBE in Plumpton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Plumpton in 1881

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

ANSCOMBE (6)  AVERY (7)  BAKER (10)  BALDEY (5)  BANKS (6)  BANNISTER (3)  BASSET (1)  BATCHELOR (3)  BEARD (7)  BOTTING (1)  BRADLEY (6)  BRAYSHER (4)  BRISTOW (3)  BROWN (9)  BUCKWELL (21)  BURGESS (1)  CANE (2)  COTTINGHAM (6)  DIPLOCK (1)  DUNK (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELSE (4)  AYLWIN (4)  FARLEY (8)  FERMOR (15)  FLEET (1)  FORD (3)  FREEMAN (6)  GARNER (2)  GEER (2)  JILLETT (4)  GORRINGE (1)  GRAINGER (3)  HARRIS (4)  HEAL (1)  HEMSLEY (7)  HERRING (2)  HICKS (1)  HILL (1)  HOBDEN (11)  HOLDEN (1)  HOUNSOM (8)  HOLE (1)  HUBBARD (1)  HURST (2)  JACKMAN (1)  JACKSON (3)  CASE (10)  KNIGHT (10)  LEANEY (4)  LIPSCOMBE (16)  LUCAS (7)  MANSBRIDGE (4)  MARCHANT (4)  MARGETTS (2)  MARTIN (1)  MEDHURST (11)  MORLEY (7)  NORMAN (6)  PACKHAM (1)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (2)  PATES (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PHILPOTT (5)  PIPER (1)  PLAYFORD (1)  POCOCK (8)  READ (1)  RIDLEY (6)  ROACH (7)  ROBERTS (1)  ROLPH (1)  REWELL (2)  SCRASE (17)  SHEPHERD (2)  SHEPPARD (6)  SIMMONDS (7)  STANDEN (6)  STEVENS (9)  STUBBS (8)  THOMAS (1)  THWAITES (3)  TUPPEN (1)  UPTON (6)  VERRALL (2)  WAKEFORD (1)  WALLS (8)  WALLER (6)  WEAVER (9)  WELFARE (3)  WELLS (11)  WEST (6)  WESTGATE (6)  WHITE (9)  WILLETT (7)  WOODWARD (8)