Top surnames from the 1881 census in Linchmere, Sussex

Linchmere 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
LUFF288.09251,255.61
WHEELER144.046267.02
DAVIS123.468215.78
STACEY123.4682154.44
BURT113.1792133.82
COBB113.1792223.58
BOOKER102.8902240.96
VOLLER92.60121,343.28
STILLWELL92.60121,666.67
ETHERINGTON92.6012344.83
OLIVER82.312132.41
LEE82.312114.15
NEILD82.3121909.09
MORLEY72.023150.61
PURSLEY72.023111,666.67
WHITE72.02316.29
HARDING61.734123.96
MARSHALL51.44518.62
WEST41.156112.01
BUTLER41.156111.86
JAMES41.15615.89
CHITTY41.1561303.03
RAPLEY30.8671277.78
KINGSHOTT30.8671967.74
STILWELL30.8671600.00
HART30.867110.17
PARSON20.5780129.03
CARTER20.57803.44
EDWARDS20.57802.07
WILDS20.5780425.53
MOORE20.57802.89
BARNETT10.28906.41
HOLMES10.28902.37
COLES10.28908.30
TUCKER10.28905.22
FORD10.28902.97
LEES10.28906.52
BRICE10.289035.09
COOMBES10.289027.03
HEATHER10.289054.35
HACK10.289082.64
MANSELL10.289024.75
FIDDLER10.2890133.33
SOUTER10.289053.19
BURRELL10.289022.17
EAMES10.289042.02
COLLYER10.289046.73
METCALF10.289014.27
GLOVER10.28906.78
BURTT10.2890357.14

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PURSLEY11,666.6772.0231
STILLWELL1,666.6792.6012
VOLLER1,343.2892.6012
LUFF1,255.61288.0925
KINGSHOTT967.7430.8671
NEILD909.0982.3121
STILWELL600.0030.8671
WILDS425.5320.5780
BURTT357.1410.2890
ETHERINGTON344.8392.6012
CHITTY303.0341.1561
RAPLEY277.7830.8671
BOOKER240.96102.8902
COBB223.58113.1792
STACEY154.44123.4682
BURT133.82113.1792
FIDDLER133.3310.2890
PARSON129.0320.5780
HACK82.6410.2890
WHEELER67.02144.0462
HEATHER54.3510.2890
SOUTER53.1910.2890
MORLEY50.6172.0231
COLLYER46.7310.2890
EAMES42.0210.2890
BRICE35.0910.2890
BRIDGER34.3610.2890
OLIVER32.4182.3121
COOMBES27.0310.2890
MANSELL24.7510.2890
HARDING23.9661.7341
BURRELL22.1710.2890
DAVIS15.78123.4682
METCALF14.2710.2890
LEE14.1582.3121
WEST12.0141.1561
BUTLER11.8641.1561
HART10.1730.8671
MARSHALL8.6251.4451
COLES8.3010.2890
GLOVER6.7810.2890
LEES6.5210.2890
BARNETT6.4110.2890
WHITE6.2972.0231
JAMES5.8941.1561
LAMBERT5.3010.2890
TUCKER5.2210.2890
CARTER3.4420.5780
FORD2.9710.2890
MOORE2.8920.5780

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called PURSLEY in Linchmere 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 2.0231 in Linchmere means that 2.0231% of the people in Linchmere on census day were called PURSLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PURSLEY 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 PURSLEY 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 PURSLEY 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 PURSLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 11,666.67 in Linchmere means that you are 11,666.67 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PURSLEY in Linchmere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Linchmere in 1881

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

ASTLETT (6)  BARNETT (1)  BOOKER (10)  BOXALL (3)  BRIDGER (1)  BRICE (1)  BURRELL (1)  BURT (11)  BURTT (1)  BUTLER (4)  CARTER (2)  CHITTY (4)  CHURCHER (1)  CLAPSHAW (9)  COBB (11)  COLES (1)  COLLYER (1)  COOMBES (1)  DAVIS (12)  DUNCE (8)  EAMES (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ETHERINGTON (9)  FARMINER (20)  FIDDLER (1)  FLENN (4)  FORD (1)  FROGLEY (1)  GLOVER (1)  GRAYSMARK (1)  HACK (1)  HARDING (6)  HART (3)  HEATHER (1)  HOLMES (1)  JAMES (4)  KINGSHOTT (3)  LAMBERT (1)  LARBY (1)  LEE (8)  LEES (1)  LUFF (28)  MADGEWICK (20)  MADGWICK (9)  MANSELL (1)  MARSHALL (5)  METCALF (1)  MOORE (2)  MOOREY (7)  MORLEY (7)  NEILD (8)  OLIVER (8)  ONSLOW (1)  PARSON (2)  PURSLEY (7)  RAPLEY (3)  SHOTTER (10)  SMITH (1)  SOUTER (1)  STACEY (12)  STILWELL (3)  STILLWELL (9)  TUCKER (1)  VARNS (3)  VOLLER (9)  WEST (4)  WHEELER (14)  WHITE (7)  WILDS (2)  WYETH (1)