Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chithurst, Sussex

Chithurst 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
BONIFACE288.35822,314.05
KNIGHT236.865755.70
WEST144.179143.41
PULLEN123.5821272.11
SAUNDERS102.985132.54
DENYER102.9851735.29
BEACH102.9851313.48
LLOYD102.985125.56
BLUNDEN82.3881714.29
STEVENS82.388122.88
TERRY82.388193.46
LUFF72.0896324.07
BROWN72.08963.17
HOLDER61.7910133.33
PUTMAN61.79101,016.95
WALLER61.791071.09
KEMP51.492526.91
COLLINS51.492510.40
JACKSON51.49255.34
CHAMBERS51.492526.25
CHALLEN51.4925833.33
MARTIN51.49256.06
LAKE41.194053.84
MITCHELL41.19405.89
RANDALL41.194038.13
MOSELEY41.1940130.72
EAMES41.1940173.91
CROOK41.194041.58
DOUGLAS30.895518.48
WILSON30.89551.95
WARD30.89554.10
ROOKE30.8955121.46
SIMMONDS30.895533.52
SWEENY20.5970256.41
CARPENTER20.597017.41
EDE20.5970109.29
MASLIN20.5970281.69
KING20.59702.74
MORLEY20.597014.94
HALL20.59702.03
ROGERS20.59704.60
ETHERINGTON10.298539.53
BAKER10.29851.36
VAUGHAN10.29858.75
PANKHURST10.298586.21
NEWMAN10.29854.01
GOSDEN10.2985147.06
PHILLIPS10.29851.67
TULL10.2985123.46
PALMER10.29852.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BONIFACE2,314.05288.3582
PUTMAN1,016.9561.7910
CHALLEN833.3351.4925
DENYER735.29102.9851
BLUNDEN714.2982.3881
LUFF324.0772.0896
BEACH313.48102.9851
MASLIN281.6920.5970
PULLEN272.11123.5821
SWEENY256.4120.5970
EAMES173.9141.1940
GOSDEN147.0610.2985
HOLDER133.3361.7910
MOSELEY130.7241.1940
TULL123.4610.2985
ROOKE121.4630.8955
EDE109.2920.5970
TERRY93.4682.3881
PANKHURST86.2110.2985
WALLER71.0961.7910
PACK63.6910.2985
KNIGHT55.70236.8657
LAKE53.8441.1940
WEST43.41144.1791
CROOK41.5841.1940
ETHERINGTON39.5310.2985
WATERMAN38.4610.2985
RANDALL38.1341.1940
SIMMONDS33.5230.8955
SAUNDERS32.54102.9851
KEMP26.9151.4925
CHAMBERS26.2551.4925
PARROTT26.2510.2985
LLOYD25.56102.9851
STEVENS22.8882.3881
DOUGLAS18.4830.8955
CARPENTER17.4120.5970
MORLEY14.9420.5970
COLLINS10.4051.4925
VAUGHAN8.7510.2985
HILTON8.6810.2985
HOWELL7.0810.2985
GIBBS6.0810.2985
MARTIN6.0651.4925
MITCHELL5.8941.1940
JACKSON5.3451.4925
ROGERS4.6020.5970
WARD4.1030.8955
NEWMAN4.0110.2985
BROWN3.1772.0896

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 28 people called BONIFACE in Chithurst 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 8.3582 in Chithurst means that 8.3582% of the people in Chithurst on census day were called BONIFACE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BONIFACE 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 BONIFACE 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 BONIFACE 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 BONIFACE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,314.05 in Chithurst means that you are 2,314.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BONIFACE in Chithurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chithurst in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BEACH (10)  BLUNDEN (8)  BONIFACE (28)  BOXALL (4)  BROWN (7)  CARPENTER (2)  CHALLEN (5)  CHAMBERS (5)  COLLINS (5)  CROOK (4)  DAWTERY (9)  DENYER (10)  DOUGLAS (3)  EAMES (4)  EDE (2)  ENTICKNAP (9)  ETHERINGTON (1)  GIBBS (1)  GLAYSHER (8)  GOSDEN (1)  HALL (2)  HILTON (1)  HOLDER (6)  HOWELL (1)  JACKSON (5)  KEMP (5)  KETCHELL (4)  KING (2)  KNIGHT (23)  LAKE (4)  LAMBKIN (4)  LINTOTT (1)  LLOYD (10)  LUCKINS (4)  LUFF (7)  MABBIT (1)  MARTIN (5)  MASLIN (2)  MESSINGHAM (11)  MITCHELL (4)  MORLEY (2)  MOSELEY (4)  NEWMAN (1)  PACK (1)  PALMER (1)  PANKHURST (1)  PARROTT (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PULLEN (12)  PUTMAN (6)  RANDALL (4)  ROGERS (2)  ROOKE (3)  SAUNDERS (10)  SAWARD (1)  SIMMONDS (3)  STEVENS (8)  SWEENY (2)  TERRY (8)  TULL (1)  TITCOMBE (5)  TRUPLER (1)  VAUGHAN (1)  WALLER (6)  WARD (3)  WATERMAN (1)  WEST (14)  WILSON (3)