Top surnames from the 1881 census in Arlington, Sussex

Arlington 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
LEVETT325.45141,240.31
LAMBERT183.066456.18
COLEMAN172.896158.12
WESTGATE172.89611,700.00
PAGE172.896136.22
CLARK172.89619.64
WHEATLEY172.8961142.14
BARNES162.725722.64
FRENCH162.725755.83
SMITH152.55541.81
FOX132.214723.85
GOWER101.7036162.34
FUNNELL91.5332277.78
FEARS91.53324,090.91
MARTIN91.53326.22
GREEN71.19254.23
KEMP71.192521.50
GANDER71.1925424.24
BONIFACE71.1925330.19
PETTITT71.1925222.93
DODSON71.1925154.19
WOODHAMS71.1925479.45
GEER71.19251,044.78
ASHDOWN71.1925210.21
BROWN61.02211.55
STEPHENS61.022118.42
GOSDEN50.8518420.17
BUTLER50.85188.74
TOWNSEND50.851820.06
SAUNDERS50.85189.29
BALL50.851810.31
DUNK50.8518257.73
KNIGHT50.85186.91
BRADFORD40.681434.97
ADE40.68141,666.67
PACKHAM40.6814140.85
MARSHALL40.68144.06
WELLER40.681447.39
PEARCE40.68147.42
COUSINS40.681437.88
BARBER40.681411.32
SAGE40.681476.63
MOORE40.68143.41
PARRIS30.5111191.08
BARNS30.511179.16
RUSSELL30.51114.19
HOLMAN30.511136.01
GOOD30.511141.10
BUTCHER30.511112.13
GURR30.5111149.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STEPHANY5,000.0010.1704
FEARS4,090.9191.5332
WESTGATE1,700.00172.8961
ADE1,666.6740.6814
LEVETT1,240.31325.4514
GEER1,044.7871.1925
HYLANDS769.2320.3407
WOODHAMS479.4571.1925
GANDER424.2471.1925
GOSDEN420.1750.8518
MEASON357.1410.1704
BONIFACE330.1971.1925
FUNNELL277.7891.5332
DUNK257.7350.8518
PETTITT222.9371.1925
ASHDOWN210.2171.1925
PARRIS191.0830.5111
JINKINS181.8210.1704
HUMPHRY164.8430.5111
GOWER162.34101.7036
DODSON154.1971.1925
BODLE153.8510.1704
BODY149.2530.5111
GURR149.2530.5111
WHEATLEY142.14172.8961
PACKHAM140.8540.6814
BREACH85.4710.1704
MEECH82.6410.1704
BARNS79.1630.5111
SAGE76.6340.6814
COLEMAN58.12172.8961
LAMBERT56.18183.0664
FRENCH55.83162.7257
PARIS53.7610.1704
WELLER47.3940.6814
PITCHER43.9620.3407
GOOD41.1030.5111
COUSINS37.8840.6814
PAGE36.22172.8961
HOLMAN36.0130.5111
BRADFORD34.9740.6814
LAVENDER27.1010.1704
FOX23.85132.2147
BALLARD22.7020.3407
BARNES22.64162.7257
KEMP21.5071.1925
TOWNSEND20.0650.8518
THATCHER18.5510.1704
STEPHENS18.4261.0221
EDMONDS17.8320.3407

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called STEPHANY in Arlington 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 0.1704 in Arlington means that 0.1704% of the people in Arlington on census day were called STEPHANY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STEPHANY 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 STEPHANY 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 STEPHANY 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 STEPHANY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,000.00 in Arlington means that you are 5,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STEPHANY in Arlington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Arlington in 1881

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

AKEHURST (1)  ALLEN (1)  ANSELL (1)  ASHDOWN (7)  AWCOCK (6)  BALL (5)  BALLARD (2)  BARBER (4)  BARNS (3)  BARNES (16)  BIRD (3)  BLABER (2)  BLACKWELL (1)  BODY (3)  BONNYFACE (1)  BONIFACE (7)  BRADFORD (4)  BRAZER (1)  BREACH (1)  BROTHERHOOD (5)  BROWN (6)  BODLE (1)  BURGESS (2)  BERGESS (6)  BUTCHER (3)  BUTLER (5)  CLARKE (2)  CLARK (17)  COLBRAN (2)  COLEMAN (17)  COTTINGTON (10)  COUSINS (4)  COSHAM (1)  CROWHURST (6)  DELVES (6)  DODSON (7)  DOWNS (1)  DUNK (5)  ADE (4)  EDMONDS (2)  ELLIS (1)  EVENDEN (1)  FAIRS (1)  FAREBROTHER (1)  FEARS (9)  FOORD (8)  FOX (13)  FRENCH (16)  FUNNELL (9)  GANDER (7)  GEER (7)  GOOD (3)  GOODERHAM (2)  GOSDEN (5)  GOULD (1)  GOWER (10)  GRAYLING (6)  GREEN (7)  GURR (3)  GUTSELL (11)  HAFFENDEN (5)  HAMPEN (1)  HILANDS (HYLANDS) (4)  HILDER (4)  HOLMAN (3)  HUNNISETT (1)  HUMPHRY (3)  HYLANDS (2)  JINKINS (1)  JENNER (1)  JONES (1)  KEMP (7)  KNIGHT (5)  LAMBERT (18)  LAVENDER (1)  LEGGATE (1)  LEVETT (32)  LULHAM (4)  LUSTED (1)  LUTT (1)  MARSHALL (4)  MARTIN (9)  MEASON (1)  MEECH (1)  MOCKETT (12)  MOORE (4)  MOPPETT (1)  NORMAN (2)  ORPHAN (1)  PACKHAM (4)  PAGE (17)  PARRIS (3)  PARIS (1)  PEARCE (4)  PETTITT (7)  PITCHER (2)  PILBEAM (4)  PIPER (2)  REED (2)  ROBERTS (1)  ROSE (1)  RUSSELL (3)  SAGE (4)  SAUNDERS (5)  SEMPSETT (2)  SHAW (1)  SHOOSMITH (3)  SMITH (15)  STEER (1)  STEPHANY (1)  STEPHENS (6)  THATCHER (1)  THOMPSON (1)  THORPE (1)  TOWNSEND (5)  TURNER (1)  VINCALL (1)  WESTGATE (17)  WHEATLEY (17)  WELLER (4)  WHITE (1)  WINSTANLEY (1)  WOOD (1)  WOODHAMS (7)  WOOLER (7)