Top surnames from the 1881 census in Isfield, Sussex

Isfield 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
TURNER367.982328.68
FORD265.765059.19
GURR153.3259967.74
PARSONS143.104240.86
BEAN132.8825222.60
COX122.660817.56
ALLEN112.439012.91
SAWYERS112.43901,803.28
STEVENS102.217321.24
MARTIN91.99568.10
CHALKLEY91.9956647.48
BURTON81.773820.82
FUNNELL81.7738321.29
SHAW71.55218.45
JEFFERY71.552171.50
WHEATLY71.5521945.95
GILLMORE61.33041,395.35
BOOTH61.330413.49
HOBDEN61.3304566.04
WALDER61.3304566.04
HEMSLEY61.3304265.49
HENLY51.1086806.45
PIERPOINT51.1086515.46
CLARK51.10863.69
BUDD51.108687.26
SMITH51.10860.79
GOLDSMITH40.886957.14
WITHERS40.886954.05
BARNS40.8869137.46
BANKS40.886917.29
RAWLINS40.8869152.67
PECKHAM40.8869238.10
STANDEN30.6652118.11
RUSSELL30.66525.45
FARRANT30.6652112.36
KING30.66523.05
MILES30.665211.27
ALLCORN30.6652697.67
GARRET30.6652517.24
WOOD30.66522.09
MONK30.665231.68
LANGRIDGE20.443575.47
ALCORN20.4435571.43
PAGE20.44355.55
BROOKER20.443536.76
YATES20.44356.45
WINDER20.443567.57
BAKER20.44352.02
JACKSON10.22170.79
HOLDEN10.22174.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAWYERS1,803.28112.4390
GILLMORE1,395.3561.3304
SATTER1,111.1110.2217
GURR967.74153.3259
WHEATLY945.9571.5521
HENLY806.4551.1086
ALLCORN697.6730.6652
CHALKLEY647.4891.9956
ALCORN571.4320.4435
HOBDEN566.0461.3304
WALDER566.0461.3304
GARRET517.2430.6652
PIERPOINT515.4651.1086
DYMENT500.0010.2217
FUNNELL321.2981.7738
HEMSLEY265.4961.3304
PECKHAM238.1040.8869
BEAN222.60132.8825
ROOM166.6710.2217
RAWLINS152.6740.8869
BARNS137.4640.8869
STANDEN118.1130.6652
FARRANT112.3630.6652
BUDD87.2651.1086
LANGRIDGE75.4720.4435
JEFFERY71.5071.5521
PARIS69.9310.2217
WINDER67.5720.4435
PAY66.6710.2217
OLIVE61.7310.2217
FORD59.19265.7650
GOLDSMITH57.1440.8869
WITHERS54.0540.8869
PARSONS40.86143.1042
BROOKER36.7620.4435
MONK31.6830.6652
TURNER28.68367.9823
PENFOLD26.1110.2217
HEMMINGS26.0410.2217
SNOWDEN24.8810.2217
MITCHEL22.6810.2217
STEVENS21.24102.2173
BURTON20.8281.7738
GRIMES19.1910.2217
COX17.56122.6608
BANKS17.2940.8869
HOOK14.9710.2217
MARCHANT14.3110.2217
BOOTH13.4961.3304
ALLEN12.91112.4390

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 11 people called SAWYERS in Isfield 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 2.4390 in Isfield means that 2.4390% of the people in Isfield on census day were called SAWYERS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAWYERS 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 SAWYERS 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 SAWYERS 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 SAWYERS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1,803.28 in Isfield means that you are 1,803.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAWYERS in Isfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Isfield in 1881

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

AGATE (1)  ALLCORN (3)  ALCORN (2)  ALLEN (11)  BAKER (2)  BALCOMBE (8)  BANKS (4)  BARNS (4)  BEAN (13)  BOOTH (6)  BRIGDEN (2)  BROOKER (2)  BROWN (1)  BUDD (5)  BURTON (8)  CHALKLEY (9)  CHEALE (5)  CLARK (5)  COX (12)  CROWHURST (3)  DADSWELL (7)  DYMENT (1)  FARRANT (3)  FORD (26)  FOX (1)  FRANKLIN (1)  FRENCH (1)  FROST (1)  FUNNELL (8)  GARRET (3)  GASSTON (5)  GILLMORE (6)  GOLDSMITH (4)  GRIMES (1)  GURR (15)  HAFFENDEN (9)  HEALE (1)  HEASMAN (10)  HEAVER (3)  HEMMINGS (1)  HEMSLEY (6)  HENLY (5)  HILLS (1)  HOBDEN (6)  HOLDEN (1)  HORSCROFT (2)  HUNTER (1)  HUNTLY (7)  HOOK (1)  ISTED (1)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFERY (7)  JEWHURST (1)  KENWARD (4)  KING (3)  LANGRIDGE (2)  MANNINGTON (2)  MARCHANT (1)  MARTIN (9)  MAY (1)  MESSAGE (1)  MILES (3)  MITCHEL (1)  MOLINEUX (1)  MONK (3)  NEWENHAM (2)  NYER (2)  OLIVE (1)  PAGE (2)  PARIS (1)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (14)  PAY (1)  PEARCE (1)  PECKHAM (4)  PENFOLD (1)  PIERPOINT (5)  POSTE (11)  PUMPHRAY (1)  ROOM (1)  RAWLINS (4)  RUSSELL (3)  SANDALLS (2)  SAWYERS (11)  SHAW (7)  SLINGETTS (1)  SMITH (5)  SNOWDEN (1)  SATTER (1)  STANDEN (3)  STEVENS (10)  TAYLOR (1)  TULLET (3)  TURNER (36)  URATTEN (4)  WALDER (6)  WALKER (1)  WELLAN (1)  WELMSHURST (1)  WHEATLY (7)  WINDER (2)  WITHERS (4)  WOOD (3)  YATES (2)