Top surnames from the 1881 census in Graffham, Sussex

Graffham 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
LAKER276.53751,534.09
COOPER245.811123.89
MONEY204.8426809.72
SAUNDERS194.600550.16
HOWICK153.63202,777.78
WEST133.147732.70
LONG133.147748.53
ALBERY102.42133,030.30
CARVER92.1792240.64
CHALLEN81.93701,081.08
HILLS81.937070.05
TAYLOR81.93703.03
SMITH81.93701.37
BRIDGER71.6949201.15
RANDALL71.694954.10
HARWOOD71.694963.29
HARDING61.452820.07
SHERWOOD61.4528114.07
OLDERSHAW61.45281,052.63
DAVIS61.45286.61
CHRISTOPHER51.2107205.76
PRATT51.210721.07
SCUTT51.2107476.19
HOLDEN51.210722.10
AKERS40.9685199.01
MERRETT40.9685158.73
WALKER40.96852.89
HUNT30.72645.47
GOBLE30.7264250.00
CULLUM30.7264185.19
GALE30.726424.25
HORTON30.726419.57
SAYERS20.484343.86
EVANS20.48431.11
MILES20.48438.21
WORSFOLD20.4843149.25
ARNOLD20.48438.98
COOMBS20.484328.65
LINTON20.484359.00
ETHERINGTON20.484364.10
HEDGER20.4843178.57
COOMBES20.484345.25
LEARY20.484353.62
MALOY20.4843312.50
WHITE20.48431.51
POAT20.48432,000.00
LITTLE10.24215.12
TILL10.242134.48
HAWTHORNE10.2421104.17
PARSONS10.24213.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ALBERY3,030.30102.4213
HOWICK2,777.78153.6320
POAT2,000.0020.4843
LAKER1,534.09276.5375
LASSITER1,428.5710.2421
CHALLEN1,081.0881.9370
OLDERSHAW1,052.6361.4528
MONEY809.72204.8426
SCUTT476.1951.2107
MALOY312.5020.4843
GOBLE250.0030.7264
WILMER250.0010.2421
CARVER240.6492.1792
CHRISTOPHER205.7651.2107
BRIDGER201.1571.6949
AKERS199.0140.9685
CULLUM185.1930.7264
HEDGER178.5720.4843
MERRETT158.7340.9685
WORSFOLD149.2520.4843
SHERWOOD114.0761.4528
HAWTHORNE104.1710.2421
HILLS70.0581.9370
ETHERINGTON64.1020.4843
HARWOOD63.2971.6949
LINTON59.0020.4843
RANDALL54.1071.6949
LEARY53.6220.4843
CHATFIELD50.2510.2421
SAUNDERS50.16194.6005
LONG48.53133.1477
COOMBES45.2520.4843
SAYERS43.8620.4843
COLLYER39.0610.2421
TILL34.4810.2421
AYLING33.4410.2421
WEST32.70133.1477
COOMBS28.6520.4843
HARMER24.4510.2421
PETTY24.4510.2421
GALE24.2530.7264
COOPER23.89245.8111
HOLDEN22.1051.2107
PRATT21.0751.2107
HARDING20.0761.4528
HORTON19.5730.7264
SAYER18.4810.2421
PENNY13.6110.2421
DALTON10.5510.2421
ARNOLD8.9820.4843

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 10 people called ALBERY in Graffham 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 2.4213 in Graffham means that 2.4213% of the people in Graffham on census day were called ALBERY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ALBERY 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 ALBERY 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 ALBERY 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 ALBERY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,030.30 in Graffham means that you are 3,030.30 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ALBERY in Graffham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Graffham in 1881

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

AKERS (4)  ALBERY (10)  AYLING (1)  ARNOLD (2)  BENNETT (1)  BLUNDON (1)  BOXALL (11)  BRENCHLY (1)  BRIDGER (7)  CARPENTER (1)  CARVER (9)  CHALLIN (15)  CHALLEN (8)  CHATFIELD (1)  CHRISTOPHER (5)  COLLYER (1)  COOMBES (2)  COOMBS (2)  COOPER (24)  DALTON (1)  DAVIS (6)  ELCOME (1)  ELLCOME (5)  ETHERINGTON (2)  EVANS (2)  GALE (3)  GOATCHER (5)  GOBLE (3)  HARDING (6)  HARMER (1)  HARWOOD (7)  HAWTHORNE (1)  HEDGER (2)  HIGGON (1)  HILLS (8)  HOLDEN (5)  HOLLAND (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HORTON (3)  HOWICK (15)  HUNT (3)  HYDE (1)  LAKER (27)  LASSITER (1)  LASCELLES (6)  LEARY (2)  LINTON (2)  LITTLE (1)  LONG (13)  MARDMENT (2)  MERRETT (4)  CULLUM (3)  MC CORGREADALE (2)  MACKAY (1)  MILES (2)  MILLS (1)  MALOY (2)  MONEY (20)  MURROUGH (1)  NEVALL (2)  NEWMAN (1)  NORKETT (5)  NUDD (8)  OLDERSHAW (6)  PALMER (1)  PARSONS (1)  PENNY (1)  PESCOD (8)  PETTY (1)  POAT (2)  PRATT (5)  RANDALL (7)  RAPLY (1)  SAUNDERS (19)  SAYER (1)  SAYERS (2)  SCUTT (5)  SHERWOOD (6)  SHOESMITH (5)  SMART (1)  SMITH (8)  STUBINGTON (5)  TAYLOR (8)  TILL (1)  TURING (1)  WALKER (4)  WEST (13)  WHITE (2)  WILMER (1)  WORSFOLD (2)  YALLOP (1)