Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashurst, Sussex

Ashurst 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
BRISTOW112.9650219.12
HILLMAN102.6954313.48
HAMBLETON102.6954662.25
PAYNE82.156323.96
BROWN82.15633.27
CARTER82.156312.85
JOHNSON71.88685.62
SLAUGHTER71.8868382.51
SKINNER61.617331.86
KNIGHT61.617313.12
COOPER61.61736.65
STANFORD61.6173194.81
MERRITT61.6173229.89
DAVEY51.347732.79
SIMMONS51.347733.03
WOOD51.34774.23
STRINGER51.347767.66
DUKE51.3477116.01
STEMP51.3477833.33
FREEMAN41.078216.88
ETHERIDGE41.0782181.00
NYE30.8086129.31
LAKER30.8086189.87
JEFFERY30.808637.22
HILL30.80863.17
GRANT20.53915.43
RAPLEY20.5391173.91
WORSFOLD20.5391165.29
HAMILTON20.53917.19
LUCAS20.539111.66
DALE20.539112.76
MARTIN20.53912.19
SHERLOCK20.539180.00
NICHOLSON20.53917.59
BACON10.269510.73
MARTEN10.269588.50
EVANS10.26950.62
HOOPER10.26956.37
THOMPSON10.26950.90
NICHOLS10.26958.27
MATTHEWS10.26953.09
RACKLEY10.2695256.41
COOMBER10.269560.24
FRANCES10.269542.74
PHILPOTT10.269535.21
TULLEY10.2695131.58
COURTNAGE10.26952,500.00
MERRETT10.269544.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COURTNAGE2,500.0010.2695
STEMP833.3351.3477
HAMBLETON662.25102.6954
SLAUGHTER382.5171.8868
HILLMAN313.48102.6954
RACKLEY256.4110.2695
MERRITT229.8961.6173
BRISTOW219.12112.9650
STANFORD194.8161.6173
LAKER189.8730.8086
ETHERIDGE181.0041.0782
RAPLEY173.9120.5391
WORSFOLD165.2920.5391
TULLEY131.5810.2695
NYE129.3130.8086
DUKE116.0151.3477
MARTEN88.5010.2695
SHERLOCK80.0020.5391
STRINGER67.6651.3477
COOMBER60.2410.2695
MERRETT44.0510.2695
FRANCES42.7410.2695
JEFFERY37.2230.8086
PHILPOTT35.2110.2695
SIMMONS33.0351.3477
DAVEY32.7951.3477
SKINNER31.8661.6173
PAYNE23.9682.1563
FREEMAN16.8841.0782
KNIGHT13.1261.6173
CARTER12.8582.1563
DALE12.7620.5391
LUCAS11.6620.5391
BACON10.7310.2695
NICHOLS8.2710.2695
NICHOLSON7.5920.5391
HAMILTON7.1920.5391
COOPER6.6561.6173
HOOPER6.3710.2695
JOHNSON5.6271.8868
GRANT5.4320.5391
WOOD4.2351.3477
BROWN3.2782.1563
HILL3.1730.8086
MATTHEWS3.0910.2695
MARTIN2.1920.5391
THOMPSON0.9010.2695
EVANS0.6210.2695

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called COURTNAGE in Ashurst 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 0.2695 in Ashurst means that 0.2695% of the people in Ashurst on census day were called COURTNAGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COURTNAGE 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 COURTNAGE 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 COURTNAGE 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 COURTNAGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,500.00 in Ashurst means that you are 2,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COURTNAGE in Ashurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashurst in 1881

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

AGATE (1)  BACON (1)  BRISTOW (11)  BROADBRIDGE (1)  BROWN (8)  CARTER (8)  CHARMAN (2)  CHERRIMAN (11)  COOMBER (1)  COOPER (6)  COOPER GEERE (2)  COURTNAGE (1)  DALE (2)  DAVEY (5)  DUBBINS (1)  DUKE (5)  DUMBRELL (30)  EMSLEY (11)  ETHERIDGE (4)  EVANS (1)  FAIRS (9)  FLOATE (7)  FOYCE (1)  FRANCES (1)  FREEMAN (4)  GOACHER (23)  GRANT (2)  HAMILTON (2)  HAMBLETON (10)  HAYBITTLE (2)  HILL (3)  HILLMAN (10)  HOAD (3)  HOOPER (1)  JEFFERY (3)  JOHNSON (7)  JUPP (1)  KENSETT (3)  KNIGHT (6)  LAKER (3)  LELLIOTT (10)  LUCAS (2)  MERRITT (6)  MERRETT (1)  MARTIN (2)  MARTEN (1)  MATTHEWS (1)  MOLESLEY (1)  MUNNERY (5)  MONERY (1)  NAILARD (6)  NICHOLS (1)  NICHOLDS (3)  NICHOLSON (2)  NYE (3)  PAYNE (8)  PELLING (23)  PHILPOTT (1)  RACKLEY (1)  RAPLEY (2)  SHERLOCK (2)  SIMMONS (5)  SKINNER (6)  SLAUGHTER (7)  SPARROWSHOT (1)  STANFORD (6)  STEMP (5)  STRINGER (5)  STURT (6)  THOMPSON (1)  TULLETT (8)  TULLEY (1)  WIKEHAM (2)  WILSHER (3)  WOOD (5)  WOOLGAR (1)  WOOLVEN (12)  WORSFOLD (2)