Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eastergate, Sussex

Eastergate 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
SUTER116.83232,291.67
DOREY84.96891,428.57
WHEATLEY84.9689243.90
HARTLEY74.347869.38
COLLINS74.347830.30
DENMAN63.7267833.33
WALDER63.72671,578.95
BAILEY63.726724.74
CHAPMAN53.105621.86
ROGERS53.105623.92
SQUIRES42.4845175.44
ASHDOWN42.4845439.56
SMITH42.48451.76
FIELD42.484549.94
BARTLETT42.484556.74
BRIDGER42.4845294.12
HORN42.4845109.29
BARTON42.484545.98
ROBERTS31.86344.95
REED31.863425.53
OSBORNE31.863439.06
JONES31.86341.65
DASH21.2422645.16
JOHNSON21.24223.70
HALSTED21.24221,666.67
STRICKLAND21.2422156.25
DAVIS21.24225.65
PARSONS21.242216.35
OLIVER10.62118.70
COOK10.62113.13
POLLARD10.621117.04
PAINE10.621145.05
SPICER10.621146.08
MUNN10.621186.21
COURT10.621148.78
ROWSELL10.6211294.12
JESSE10.62111,000.00
PHILIPS10.621133.56
FERRIER10.6211106.38
SPECK10.6211344.83
COOPER10.62112.55
WHITE10.62111.93
COLLIN10.6211119.05
REDMAN10.621147.17
FROST10.621111.05
VINEY10.6211163.93

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SUTER2,291.67116.8323
HALSTED1,666.6721.2422
WALDER1,578.9563.7267
DOREY1,428.5784.9689
JESSE1,000.0010.6211
DENMAN833.3363.7267
DASH645.1621.2422
ASHDOWN439.5642.4845
SPECK344.8310.6211
ROWSELL294.1210.6211
BRIDGER294.1242.4845
WHEATLEY243.9084.9689
SQUIRES175.4442.4845
VINEY163.9310.6211
STRICKLAND156.2521.2422
COLLIN119.0510.6211
HORN109.2942.4845
FERRIER106.3810.6211
MUNN86.2110.6211
HARTLEY69.3874.3478
BARTLETT56.7442.4845
FIELD49.9442.4845
COURT48.7810.6211
REDMAN47.1710.6211
SPICER46.0810.6211
BARTON45.9842.4845
PAINE45.0510.6211
OSBORNE39.0631.8634
PHILIPS33.5610.6211
COLLINS30.3074.3478
REED25.5331.8634
BAILEY24.7463.7267
ROGERS23.9253.1056
CHAPMAN21.8653.1056
POLLARD17.0410.6211
PARSONS16.3521.2422
FROST11.0510.6211
OLIVER8.7010.6211
DAVIS5.6521.2422
ROBERTS4.9531.8634
JOHNSON3.7021.2422
COOK3.1310.6211
COOPER2.5510.6211
WHITE1.9310.6211
SMITH1.7642.4845
JONES1.6531.8634

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called SUTER in Eastergate 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 6.8323 in Eastergate means that 6.8323% of the people in Eastergate on census day were called SUTER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SUTER 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 SUTER 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 SUTER 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 SUTER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,291.67 in Eastergate means that you are 2,291.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SUTER in Eastergate than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eastergate in 1881

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

ASHDOWN (4)  BAILEY (6)  BARTLETT (4)  BARTON (4)  BRIDGER (4)  CHAPMAN (5)  COLLINS (7)  COLLIN (1)  COOK (1)  COOPER (1)  COURT (1)  DASH (2)  DAVIS (2)  DENMAN (6)  DIGANCE (1)  DOREY (8)  FARENDEN (2)  FERRIER (1)  FIELD (4)  FROST (1)  HALSTED (2)  HARTLEY (7)  HORN (4)  HUTSTON (2)  JESSE (1)  JOHNSON (2)  JONES (3)  MEASEY (1)  MUNN (1)  NORTHEAST (7)  OLIVER (1)  OSBORNE (3)  PARSONS (2)  PAINE (1)  PENNICOTT (1)  PHILIPS (1)  POLLARD (1)  REDMAN (1)  REED (3)  ROBERTS (3)  ROGERS (5)  ROWSELL (1)  SIMMINS (1)  SMITH (4)  SUTER (11)  SPARSHOTT (2)  SPECK (1)  SPICER (1)  SQUIRES (4)  STRICKLAND (2)  TOOGOOD (1)  VINEY (1)  WALDER (6)  WHEATLEY (8)  WHITE (1)