Top surnames from the 1881 census in Crawley, Hampshire

Crawley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Hampshire

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
BROWN204.39566.67
PIPER153.2967166.85
BARTER132.8571522.09
BRAMBLE122.63741,411.76
KIRBY112.417663.73
WITTS102.1978724.64
HOCKEY91.9780647.48
JEWELL91.9780188.28
COX91.978013.05
PENTON91.97801,200.00
BARRINGTON81.7582540.54
EWENS81.7582963.86
WILLIAMS81.75822.45
GODWIN71.5385118.85
SEARLE71.538576.59
HILL71.53856.04
STICKLEY71.53851,029.41
FREEMANTLE71.5385660.38
KENNARD71.5385315.32
WESTON61.318732.33
BURROUGHS61.3187410.96
PIKE61.318745.35
HAWKINS61.318718.21
STEELE51.098941.05
LONGS51.098916,666.67
BROWNING51.098954.00
CARDEN51.0989495.05
SPILLER51.0989193.05
SADLER51.098946.64
HOME40.8791350.88
NORRIS40.879120.47
BELDON40.87911,600.00
RICKETTS40.879190.70
DAVIS40.87914.00
OWEN30.65935.56
LANCE30.6593468.75
POPE30.659319.13
WILLIS30.659312.40
BURT30.659327.75
MORTIMER30.659331.55
JACOB30.659384.75
WOODWARD30.659313.37
BALLARD30.659343.92
HOUSE30.659350.68
FRANCIS20.43967.38
CHANDLER20.439613.68
HERN20.4396240.96
MAY20.43966.90
HOOPER20.439610.38
ALLEN20.43962.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LONGS0.4645516666.6667
BELDON0.464551600.0000
BRAMBLE0.464551411.7647
PENTON0.464551200.0000
STICKLEY0.464551029.4118
EWENS0.46455963.8554
WITTS0.46455724.6377
FREEMANTLE0.46455660.3774
HOCKEY0.46455647.4820
BARRINGTON0.46455540.5405
BARTER0.46455522.0884
CARDEN0.46455495.0495
LANCE0.46455468.7500
BURROUGHS0.46455410.9589
TAUNTON0.46455392.1569
HOME0.46455350.8772
KENNARD0.46455315.3153
SPENDER0.46455285.7143
DOWDELL0.46455270.2703
PAIGE0.46455246.9136
HERN0.46455240.9639
SPILLER0.46455193.0502
JEWELL0.46455188.2845
CAINS0.46455175.4386
PIPER0.46455166.8521
PLANK0.46455126.5823
ROLF0.46455125.0000
GODWIN0.46455118.8455
PATIENCE0.46455117.6471
TOPP0.4645596.1538
RICKETTS0.4645590.7029
JACOB0.4645584.7458
GUPPY0.4645583.3333
LAMBOURNE0.4645582.6446
DREWETT0.4645580.6452
CALLAWAY0.4645580.6452
SEARLE0.4645576.5864
KIRBY0.4645563.7312
CANDY0.4645561.7284
HOLLEY0.4645559.5238
HENLEY0.4645557.4713
ALDERMAN0.4645555.8659
BROWNING0.4645553.9957
PATE0.4645553.1915
PAVEY0.4645551.2821
HOUSE0.4645550.6757
HUXTABLE0.4645550.5051
SADLER0.4645546.6418
PIKE0.4645545.3515
BALLARD0.4645543.9239

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 455 people called LONGS in Crawley 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 16666.6667 in Crawley means that 16666.6667% of the people in Crawley on census day were called LONGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LONGS 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 LONGS 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 LONGS 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 LONGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.46 in Crawley means that you are 0.46 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LONGS in Crawley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Crawley in 1881

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

ALDERMAN (1)  ALDRIDGE (1)  ALLEN (2)  AYLING (1)  ATKINS (1)  BAILEY (1)  BALLARD (3)  BARRINGTON (8)  BARTER (13)  BATH (1)  BAVERSTOCK (2)  BELDON (4)  BRAMBLE (12)  BROWN (20)  BROWNING (5)  BURNETT (1)  BURNS (1)  BURROUGHS (6)  BURROWS (1)  BURT (3)  BUTLER (1)  BUTT (1)  CAINS (1)  CALLAWAY (1)  CANDY (1)  CARDEN (5)  CHANDLER (2)  COLE (1)  COLLINS (1)  CUELL (17)  COOMBES (1)  COOPER (1)  COX (9)  DAVIS (4)  DAWSON (1)  DODD (1)  DOWDELL (1)  DREWETT (1)  DROVER (7)  DUMPER (1)  DYER (1)  EWENS (8)  FOSTER (1)  FOYLE (6)  FRANCIS (2)  FREEMANTLE (7)  GILBERT (1)  GLASSPOOL (2)  GODWIN (7)  GRACE (2)  GRINSALL (2)  GUPPY (1)  HAWKINS (6)  HERN (2)  HENLEY (2)  HERRING (1)  HILL (7)  HOCKEY (9)  HOLLEY (1)  HOLTON (1)  HOOKER (1)  HOOPER (2)  HOUSE (3)  HUBBARD (1)  HOME (4)  HUXTABLE (1)  JACOB (3)  JANES (1)  JELLETT (6)  JEWELL (9)  MC KAY (1)  KING (1)  KENNARD (7)  KIRBY (11)  LAMBOURNE (1)  LANCE (3)  LEMON (1)  LILLS (1)  LOCKE (1)  LONGS (5)  MERRITT (1)  MARSH (1)  MASON (1)  MAY (2)  MILES (1)  MISSELDINE (1)  MORTIMER (3)  MEARS (1)  NORGATE (2)  NORRIS (4)  OWEN (3)  PAIGE (2)  PATE (1)  PATIENCE (1)  PAVEY (1)  PAIN (1)  PENTON (9)  PERKINS (1)  PERN (2)  PHILIPS (1)  PIKE (6)  PIPER (15)  PLANK (1)  POLLOCK (1)  POPE (3)  PORTER (1)  POWELL (1)  REED (1)  RICHARDS (1)  RICKETTS (4)  RIDODALE (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROLF (1)  ROWE (2)  ROWLEY (1)  SADLER (5)  SANDOM (12)  SEARLE (7)  SHERWOOD (1)  SMITH (1)  SOPER (1)  SPENDER (1)  SPILLER (5)  STEELE (5)  STEPHENS (1)  STICKLEY (7)  STONE (1)  SWYER (1)  TAUNTON (2)  THORNHILL (1)  TONGS (5)  TOPP (1)  TURTON (1)  VENTTRAM (1)  VERIOD (4)  VINCENT (2)  WARREN (1)  WEBB (1)  WESTON (6)  WITTS (10)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILLIS (3)  WINKWORTH (1)  WOODWARD (3)  YOUNG (1)