Top surnames from the 1881 census in Iden, Sussex

Iden 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
WOOD244.308813.52
PHIPPS234.1293279.13
LANCASTER162.8725115.61
DUNSTER152.69301,000.00
SMITH142.51351.78
TURK122.1544863.31
BARNES101.795314.91
FIELD91.615832.48
CATT91.6158396.48
SKINNER91.615831.84
COLEMAN91.615832.42
MARTIN91.61586.56
BULL91.615838.22
ASHDOWN91.6158284.81
MILLS81.436311.07
PETTITT81.4363268.46
CAREY81.436376.19
TAYLOR81.43632.25
CLOKE81.4363733.95
PHILPOTT71.2567163.93
UPTON71.256765.98
MOOR61.077276.82
AVERY61.077264.24
CANAWAY61.07725,454.55
BARTHOLOMEW61.0772133.04
LARKINS61.0772361.45
NASH61.077223.36
REYNOLDS50.897710.36
ADDY50.8977210.97
CLARKE50.89774.43
JAMES50.89774.57
SIVYER50.89771,315.79
CORNFORD40.7181317.46
SMALL40.718128.31
PAINE40.718152.15
BATES40.718111.29
DIVER40.7181388.35
CORKE40.7181236.69
LAW40.718115.87
ADES40.71812,000.00
HOWELL40.718117.04
GOBLE40.7181248.45
BLANCHE30.5386789.47
BAKER30.53862.46
WATSON30.53862.32
FRANCIS30.53869.04
ALLEN30.53862.85
RANGER30.5386165.75
BAILEY30.53863.58
EDMONDS30.538628.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLMSTROM10,000.0020.3591
CANAWAY5,454.5561.0772
ADES2,000.0040.7181
SIVYER1,315.7950.8977
DUNSTER1,000.00152.6930
TURK863.31122.1544
BLANCHE789.4730.5386
CLOKE733.9581.4363
LENORD476.1910.1795
CATT396.4891.6158
DIVER388.3540.7181
LARKINS361.4561.0772
CORNFORD317.4640.7181
ASHDOWN284.8191.6158
PHIPPS279.13234.1293
BUMSTEAD277.7820.3591
PETTITT268.4681.4363
GOBLE248.4540.7181
CORKE236.6940.7181
ADDY210.9750.8977
RANGER165.7530.5386
TOLHURST165.2920.3591
PHILPOTT163.9371.2567
CARE161.2920.3591
FILMER161.2920.3591
MANSER158.7320.3591
SPEARS150.3820.3591
BARTHOLOMEW133.0461.0772
CONOLLY118.3420.3591
LANCASTER115.61162.8725
HOMEWOOD113.6420.3591
BANISTER86.2120.3591
MOOR76.8261.0772
CAREY76.1981.4363
CHITTENDEN70.9210.1795
GILLHAM66.6710.1795
UPTON65.9871.2567
AVERY64.2461.0772
ROOTS61.3510.1795
PAINE52.1540.7181
BULL38.2291.6158
FIELD32.4891.6158
COLEMAN32.4291.6158
STANDEN31.8510.1795
SKINNER31.8491.6158
SMALL28.3140.7181
EDMONDS28.2030.5386
BROOMFIELD26.7410.1795
BALDOCK25.6410.1795
NOAKES24.5710.1795

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 2 people called HOLMSTROM in Iden 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 0.3591 in Iden means that 0.3591% of the people in Iden on census day were called HOLMSTROM.

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

All the surnames recorded in Iden in 1881

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

ALLEN (3)  ASHDOWN (9)  AUSTIN (2)  AVERY (6)  BACON (1)  BAILEY (3)  BAKER (3)  BALDOCK (1)  BANISTER (2)  BARNES (10)  BARTHOLOMEW (6)  BATES (4)  BLANCHE (3)  BOOTH (2)  BROOMAN (3)  BROOMFIELD (1)  BULL (9)  BUMSTEAD (2)  BURGESS (2)  BURT (3)  BUSHEL (3)  CANAWAY (6)  CARE (2)  CAREY (8)  CAISTER (7)  CATT (9)  CHICKSFIELD (5)  CHECKSFIELD (1)  CHITTENDEN (1)  CLARKE (5)  CLARK (1)  CLOAK (1)  CLOKE (8)  COLEMAN (9)  CONOLLY (2)  COOKE (1)  CORKE (4)  CORNFORD (4)  CROWHURST (4)  DENNIS (3)  DIVE (21)  DIVER (4)  DIVES OR DIVER (12)  DUNSTER (15)  ADES (4)  ADDY (5)  EDMONDS (3)  EDWARDS (2)  FIELD (9)  FILMER (2)  FULLER (3)  FRANCIS (3)  FREEMANS (1)  GILBERT (1)  GILLHAM (1)  GOBLE (4)  HALL (2)  HARMAN (1)  HENBREY (7)  HOCKHAM (2)  HOLMSTROM (2)  HOMEWOOD (2)  HOPE (2)  HOWELL (4)  HULL (2)  HUNT (1)  JAMES (5)  LANCASTER (16)  LARKINS (6)  LAW (4)  LAWRENCE (1)  LENORD (1)  MANN (1)  MANSER (2)  MARKWICK (6)  MARQUICK (1)  MARTIN (9)  MESSAGE (2)  MILLS (8)  MOORE (2)  MOOR (6)  MUMFORD (1)  MORFEY (6)  NASH (6)  NEEVES (5)  NOAKES (1)  OFFENS (5)  PANNELS (1)  PAINE (4)  PETTITT (8)  PETTIT (1)  PHILPOTT (7)  PHIPPS (23)  POPE (1)  RAMSDEN (1)  RANGER (3)  REYNOLDS (5)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBUS (6)  RELFE (4)  RALPH (1)  ROOTS (1)  SANDALS (3)  SAUNTER (3)  SAUTLEY (2)  SIVITH ? (1)  SIVYER (5)  SKINNER (9)  SMALL (4)  SMITH (14)  SPEARS (2)  STANDEN (1)  STONHAM (9)  SOUDEN (6)  TAYLOR (8)  TOLHURST (2)  TURK (12)  UPTON (7)  WALLACE (1)  WARNER (1)  WATERS (2)  WATSON (3)  WELLS (1)  WENHAM (1)  WOOD (24)