Top surnames from the 1881 census in Coombes, Sussex

Coombes 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
BURTENSHAW1014.08455,882.35
WELLS912.6761152.28
HAMPTON811.2676714.29
FULLER45.6338139.37
WHITCOMB22.81692,857.14
BROOKS22.816928.82
WINTON22.8169740.74
BLUNDEN22.8169833.33
PULLEN22.8169215.05
TAYLOR11.40852.20
BISHOP11.408520.16
PHILIPS11.408576.34
LUCAS11.408530.49
STANDING11.4085222.22
MERRITT11.4085200.00
LONG11.408521.69
MASKELL11.4085200.00
HINTON11.4085105.26
WHITE11.40854.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BURTENSHAW5,882.351014.0845
WHITCOMB2,857.1422.8169
BLUNDEN833.3322.8169
WINTON740.7422.8169
HAMPTON714.29811.2676
STANDING222.2211.4085
PULLEN215.0522.8169
MERRITT200.0011.4085
MASKELL200.0011.4085
WELLS152.28912.6761
FULLER139.3745.6338
HINTON105.2611.4085
PHILIPS76.3411.4085
LUCAS30.4911.4085
BROOKS28.8222.8169
LONG21.6911.4085
BISHOP20.1611.4085
WHITE4.3811.4085
TAYLOR2.2011.4085

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called BURTENSHAW in Coombes 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 14.0845 in Coombes means that 14.0845% of the people in Coombes on census day were called BURTENSHAW.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BURTENSHAW 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 BURTENSHAW 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 BURTENSHAW 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 BURTENSHAW here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 5,882.35 in Coombes means that you are 5,882.35 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BURTENSHAW in Coombes than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Coombes in 1881

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

ANSCOMB (1)  BISHOP (1)  BLUNDEN (2)  BOXALL (3)  BROOKS (2)  BURTENSHAW (10)  CAPELIN (4)  COLEUM (1)  FULLER (4)  GREENYER (1)  HAMPTON (8)  HINTON (1)  HOLLINGDALE (6)  LONG (1)  LUCAS (1)  MERRITT (1)  MASKELL (1)  PHILIPS (1)  PULLEN (2)  WINTON (2)  STANDING (1)  TAYLOR (1)  WADEY (2)  WELLS (9)  WHITCOMB (2)  WHITE (1)  WOOLGAR (2)