Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fairlight, Sussex

Fairlight 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
FOSTER398.091360.52
THORPE214.3568110.18
FIELD122.489650.04
FELLOWS112.2822168.71
RUSH112.2822212.77
SADLER102.074788.03
FULLER91.867246.15
WATSON91.86728.05
SMITH91.86721.32
SINDEN91.8672857.14
KEEBLE91.8672271.90
BARDEN81.6598434.78
KNIGHT81.659813.47
SMART81.659836.45
HANNER71.45233,333.33
HARVEY71.452313.60
BALL71.452317.58
COMPTON61.2448129.31
WOODHAMS61.2448500.00
ANDREWS51.037310.83
MARTINEAU51.03732,777.78
PAINE51.037375.30
FANE51.03731,000.00
SKINNER51.037320.43
PASLEY51.03731,515.15
FREELAND51.0373390.63
KENNARD51.0373212.77
SARGEANT51.0373131.58
OLIVER51.037314.54
MORLEY51.037325.95
ELLIOTT51.037312.22
DAVEY40.829920.18
BARNES40.82996.89
HILLS40.829930.01
BLAKE40.829917.13
ELLIS40.82995.72
GALLOP40.8299259.74
BISHOP40.829911.88
GOODSELL30.6224384.62
SAXBY30.6224131.58
KILLICK30.6224121.95
STANDEN30.6224110.29
BAKER30.62242.84
COX30.62244.11
TURNER30.62242.24
SHADWELL30.6224545.45
HARDING30.62248.60
BRYANT20.41499.71
RANSOME20.4149131.58
SIMES20.4149357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOINGS20,000.0020.4149
ARGUE5,000.0010.2075
HANNER3,333.3371.4523
MARTINEAU2,777.7851.0373
PASLEY1,515.1551.0373
MATHIS1,428.5720.4149
FANE1,000.0051.0373
SINDEN857.1491.8672
MILLON666.6710.2075
SHADWELL545.4530.6224
WOODHAMS500.0061.2448
HALLAWAY500.0010.2075
BERREY454.5510.2075
BARDEN434.7881.6598
FREELAND390.6351.0373
GOODSELL384.6230.6224
SIMES357.1420.4149
MANSEL312.5010.2075
KEEBLE271.9091.8672
GALLOP259.7440.8299
LADE243.9010.2075
KENNARD212.7751.0373
RUSH212.77112.2822
FELLOWS168.71112.2822
NEVE157.4820.4149
RANSOME131.5820.4149
SARGEANT131.5851.0373
SAXBY131.5830.6224
COMPTON129.3161.2448
KILLICK121.9530.6224
STANDEN110.2930.6224
THORPE110.18214.3568
CLOKE106.3810.2075
CREASEY103.0920.4149
SADLER88.03102.0747
BOWDITCH83.3310.2075
PAINE75.3051.0373
PORTEOUS62.3120.4149
FOSTER60.52398.0913
PANKHURST59.5210.2075
LOCKYER54.2020.4149
NORWOOD51.2810.2075
FIELD50.04122.4896
CRAMP47.1710.2075
FULLER46.1591.8672
CRESSWELL39.3720.4149
COOMBE38.3110.2075
SMART36.4581.6598
HILLS30.0140.8299
WICKS29.5020.4149

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called GOINGS in Fairlight 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 0.4149 in Fairlight means that 0.4149% of the people in Fairlight on census day were called GOINGS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GOINGS 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 GOINGS 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 GOINGS 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 GOINGS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Fairlight means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GOINGS in Fairlight than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fairlight in 1881

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

ABOTT (4)  ANDREWS (5)  APPS (6)  ARGUE (1)  BAKER (3)  BALL (7)  BARDEN (8)  BARNES (4)  BEANEY (4)  BERKHILL (1)  BERREY (1)  BIGGS (1)  BISHOP (4)  BLAKE (4)  BOWDITCH (1)  BOWEN (1)  BROWN (2)  BRYANT (2)  BRYDENE (2)  BURGESS (2)  BARROW (1)  MC CADDEN (2)  CHRISTIAN (1)  CLEAVE (1)  CLOKE (1)  COLEGATE (12)  COLLINS (2)  COMPTON (6)  COOMBE (1)  COX (3)  CRAMP (1)  CRANWELL (5)  CREASEY (2)  CRESSWELL (2)  CRIFORY (6)  CRILTURN (2)  CROWHURS (5)  DAVEY (4)  DAWSON (1)  DERLEY (1)  DOYLE (2)  ECKLIN (1)  ELLIOTT (5)  ELLIS (4)  FANE (5)  FELLOWS (11)  FIELD (12)  FINCH (1)  FOSTER (39)  FULLER (9)  FREELAND (5)  FURLONGER (6)  GALLOP (4)  GOINGS (2)  GOLDWORTHY (1)  GOODSELL (3)  JORDAN (1)  GORDSELL (1)  GRANT (1)  GREEN (1)  HALL (1)  HANNER (7)  HARDING (3)  HARMAN (1)  HARMER (1)  HARVEY (7)  HEEKET (1)  HILLS (4)  HOCKHAM (2)  HALLAWAY (1)  HUBBARD (1)  HURST (1)  JAMES (2)  JARMAN (1)  JENNER (1)  JEWHURST (1)  KEEBLE (9)  KERNFE (3)  KILLICK (3)  KENNARD (5)  KNIGHT (8)  LATHANE (1)  LADE (1)  LLOYD (1)  LOCKYER (2)  MANSEL (1)  MARTINEAU (5)  MATHIS (2)  MEDHURST (1)  MEPHAUR (2)  MESSAGE (1)  MILLON (1)  MORLEY (5)  NEVE (2)  NORWOOD (1)  OLIVER (5)  OSBORNE (1)  PANKHURST (1)  PAREL (1)  PASLEY (5)  PAINE (5)  PAYNE (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PULLICK (2)  PORTEOUS (2)  PRESLOW (1)  RANSOME (2)  RENNALD (1)  RHODES (2)  ROBDAY (2)  ROGERS (1)  RUSH (11)  SADLER (10)  SAMPSON (1)  SARGEANT (5)  SAUNDERS (1)  SAXBY (3)  SHADWELL (3)  SHAW (1)  SIMES (2)  SINDEN (9)  SKINNER (5)  SLENT (4)  SMART (8)  SMITH (9)  SUTERS (1)  STANDEN (3)  THORPE (21)  TREGERMA (4)  TURNER (3)  WATSON (9)  WEBB (1)  WEEKS (1)  WICKS (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WOODHAMS (6)