Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ferring, Sussex

Ferring 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
BENNETT219.051755.07
CHARLES93.8793187.89
FIELD93.879377.99
MILES73.017251.13
PENFOLD73.0172355.33
KNIGHT73.017224.48
DENYER62.5862638.30
NEAL62.586287.46
MOSS62.586241.96
MITCHELL52.155210.62
SCUTT41.7241677.97
NYE41.7241275.86
HEDGER41.7241634.92
BAKER41.72417.87
WINTON41.7241459.77
CHAMPION41.7241164.61
NEEL41.72415,714.29
MOORE41.72418.62
SPARKS41.7241113.96
HILLS31.293146.73
GATES31.293183.57
SMITH31.29310.92
BALL31.293115.66
LEGGETT31.2931164.84
CORTIS31.293110,000.00
HOOPER20.862120.35
WINSOR20.8621285.71
STILL20.8621136.99
LLOYD20.86217.38
HOLLANDS20.8621165.29
BARNS20.8621133.33
TATE20.862144.64
BARNETT20.862119.12
MARNER20.86211,000.00
AYLWARD10.4310208.33
LAMB10.43108.17
COOK10.43102.17
OSBORNE10.43109.03
BUSHBY10.4310109.89
DALE10.431010.20
POCOCK10.431040.98
LAKER10.4310101.01
WEST10.43104.48
BURT10.431018.15
STEER10.431036.90
SIMMONDS10.431016.13
HOLDEN10.43107.87
BONE10.431023.26
GILLIAM10.4310434.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CORTIS10,000.0031.2931
NEEL5,714.2941.7241
MARNER1,000.0020.8621
SCUTT677.9741.7241
DENYER638.3062.5862
HEDGER634.9241.7241
WINTON459.7741.7241
GILLIAM434.7810.4310
PENFOLD355.3373.0172
WINSOR285.7120.8621
NYE275.8641.7241
AYLWARD208.3310.4310
CHARLES187.8993.8793
HOLLANDS165.2920.8621
LEGGETT164.8431.2931
CHAMPION164.6141.7241
STILL136.9920.8621
BARNS133.3320.8621
SPARKS113.9641.7241
BUSHBY109.8910.4310
LAKER101.0110.4310
NEAL87.4662.5862
GATES83.5731.2931
FIELD77.9993.8793
BENNETT55.07219.0517
MILES51.1373.0172
HILLS46.7331.2931
TATE44.6420.8621
MOSS41.9662.5862
POCOCK40.9810.4310
STEER36.9010.4310
KNIGHT24.4873.0172
BONE23.2610.4310
HOOPER20.3520.8621
BARNETT19.1220.8621
BURT18.1510.4310
SIMMONDS16.1310.4310
BALL15.6631.2931
MITCHELL10.6252.1552
DALE10.2010.4310
OSBORNE9.0310.4310
MOORE8.6241.7241
LAMB8.1710.4310
BAKER7.8741.7241
HOLDEN7.8710.4310
LLOYD7.3820.8621
WEST4.4810.4310
COOK2.1710.4310
SMITH0.9231.2931

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 3 people called CORTIS in Ferring 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 1.2931 in Ferring means that 1.2931% of the people in Ferring on census day were called CORTIS.

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

All the surnames recorded in Ferring in 1881

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

ANSDELL (1)  AYLWARD (1)  BAKER (4)  BALL (3)  BARNS (2)  BARNETT (2)  BELCHAMBER (5)  BENNETT (21)  BONE (1)  BURT (1)  BUSHBY (1)  CHAMPION (4)  CHARLES (9)  COOK (1)  CRANSTONE (2)  CORTIS (3)  DALE (1)  DEADMAN (9)  DENYER (6)  EARITH (1)  FAIRS (1)  FIBBENS (3)  FIELD (9)  FOGDEN (3)  GATES (3)  GRENYER (16)  HEDGER (4)  HILLS (3)  HINTY (2)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLLANDS (2)  HOOPER (2)  HIDE (1)  KINGSWELL (1)  KNIGHT (7)  LAKER (1)  LAMB (1)  LEGGETT (3)  LLOYD (2)  MARNER (2)  KEALER (1)  MEETENS (5)  MILES (7)  MITCHELL (5)  MOORE (4)  MOSS (6)  NEEL (4)  NEAL (6)  NYE (4)  OSBORNE (1)  PENFOLD (7)  POCOCK (1)  WINTON (4)  RUDALL (3)  SHUT (2)  SCUTT (4)  SIMMONDS (1)  SMITH (3)  SPARKS (4)  STILL (2)  STEER (1)  TATE (2)  TOURLE (6)  WEST (1)  GILLIAM (1)  WINSOR (2)