Top surnames from the 1881 census in Street, Sussex

Street 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
NORMAN105.4645117.92
DANN105.4645869.57
FUNNELL94.9180891.09
CORNWALL84.37161,025.64
JOHNSON73.825111.38
RIDLEY73.8251197.74
HEMSLEY63.2787652.17
RICHARDSON63.278719.26
MARTIN63.278713.31
SHAW52.732214.87
LONG52.732242.12
BONIFACE52.7322757.58
FRENCH52.732255.99
FITZHUGH42.18582,105.26
LEGG31.639399.34
MITCHEL31.6393167.60
WARTON31.6393937.50
HOOK31.6393110.70
WOOD21.09293.43
GURR21.0929317.46
ELLIS21.09297.53
GOLDSMITH21.092970.42
OSBORNE21.092922.91
BAKER10.54642.49
GATES10.546435.34
LUCAS10.546411.82
ROBINSON10.54641.71
PARKER10.54642.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FITZHUGH2,105.2642.1858
CORNWALL1,025.6484.3716
WARTON937.5031.6393
FUNNELL891.0994.9180
DANN869.57105.4645
BONIFACE757.5852.7322
HEMSLEY652.1763.2787
GURR317.4621.0929
RIDLEY197.7473.8251
MITCHEL167.6031.6393
NORMAN117.92105.4645
HOOK110.7031.6393
LEGG99.3431.6393
GOLDSMITH70.4221.0929
FRENCH55.9952.7322
LONG42.1252.7322
GATES35.3410.5464
OSBORNE22.9121.0929
RICHARDSON19.2663.2787
SHAW14.8752.7322
MARTIN13.3163.2787
LUCAS11.8210.5464
JOHNSON11.3873.8251
ELLIS7.5321.0929
WOOD3.4321.0929
PARKER2.8710.5464
BAKER2.4910.5464
ROBINSON1.7110.5464

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called FITZHUGH in Street 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 2.1858 in Street means that 2.1858% of the people in Street on census day were called FITZHUGH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FITZHUGH 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 FITZHUGH 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 FITZHUGH 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 FITZHUGH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,105.26 in Street means that you are 2,105.26 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FITZHUGH in Street than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Street in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BONIFACE (5)  BUCKWELL (10)  CHERRIMAN (14)  COWDRY (1)  CORNWALL (8)  COSTICK (8)  CROCKFORD (1)  DANN (10)  ELLIS (2)  FRENCH (5)  FUNNELL (9)  GATES (1)  GLADMAN (6)  GOATCHER (3)  GOLDSMITH (2)  GRINSTED (10)  GURR (2)  HEMSLEY (6)  FITZHUGH (4)  HOOK (3)  JOHNSON (7)  KENWAY (1)  LEGG (3)  LONG (5)  LUCAS (1)  MARTIN (6)  MITCHEL (3)  NORMAN (10)  OSBORNE (2)  PARKER (1)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIDLEY (7)  ROBINSON (1)  SCRASE (1)  SHAW (5)  SLARKS (3)  STENNING (1)  WELFARE (4)  WARTON (3)  WOOD (2)