Top surnames from the 1881 census in Madehurst, Sussex

Madehurst 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
COLLINS147.291750.82
WHITE84.166712.96
SAYERS73.6458330.19
PAYNE73.645840.51
HOLCOMB73.64588,750.00
LEE63.125019.12
GREEN52.60429.25
SHAW52.604214.18
SANDFORD52.6042364.96
CHAPMAN52.604218.34
GOBLE42.0833714.29
DOWNER42.0833540.54
FLETCHER42.083318.25
VIVYAN42.083320,000.00
STEEL42.083351.09
PIGGOTT42.0833285.71
HORNSBY31.5625240.00
WALTER31.5625102.04
PARLETT31.56251,666.67
GOLDS31.56251,428.57
POWELL21.04178.35
OSMAN21.0417285.71
SIMMONS21.041725.51
DEAN21.041715.00
PRATT21.041718.13
SHEPHERD21.041714.21
BLUNDEN10.5208156.25
MORRIS10.52082.34
RANDALL10.520816.64
LOVELL10.520824.88
TARRANT10.520874.07
DAVIS10.52082.37
SKINNER10.520810.26
CLARKE10.52082.57
BURGESS10.52087.50
MOORE10.52082.60
DIBLEY10.5208384.62
PROSSER10.520833.22
SUMMERS10.520818.59
COOKE10.52089.43
PLUMMER10.520838.91
SEARLES10.5208322.58
BURDEN10.520840.65
NORTH10.520815.72
FARR10.520835.09
RATLEY10.5208666.67
MITCHELL10.52082.57
ING10.5208312.50
HARMAN10.520834.84
BURNS10.52087.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VIVYAN20,000.0042.0833
HOLCOMB8,750.0073.6458
PARLETT1,666.6731.5625
GOLDS1,428.5731.5625
GOBLE714.2942.0833
RATLEY666.6710.5208
DOWNER540.5442.0833
DIBLEY384.6210.5208
SANDFORD364.9652.6042
SAYERS330.1973.6458
SEARLES322.5810.5208
ING312.5010.5208
OSMAN285.7121.0417
PIGGOTT285.7142.0833
HORNSBY240.0031.5625
BLUNDEN156.2510.5208
WALTER102.0431.5625
TARRANT74.0710.5208
STEEL51.0942.0833
COLLINS50.82147.2917
BURDEN40.6510.5208
PAYNE40.5173.6458
PLUMMER38.9110.5208
FARR35.0910.5208
HARMAN34.8410.5208
PROSSER33.2210.5208
SIMMONS25.5121.0417
LOVELL24.8810.5208
LEE19.1263.1250
SUMMERS18.5910.5208
CHAPMAN18.3452.6042
FLETCHER18.2542.0833
PRATT18.1321.0417
RANDALL16.6410.5208
NORTH15.7210.5208
DEAN15.0021.0417
SHEPHERD14.2121.0417
SHAW14.1852.6042
WHITE12.9684.1667
SKINNER10.2610.5208
COOKE9.4310.5208
GREEN9.2552.6042
POWELL8.3521.0417
BURNS7.7610.5208
BURGESS7.5010.5208
PARKER2.7410.5208
MOORE2.6010.5208
CLARKE2.5710.5208
MITCHELL2.5710.5208
DAVIS2.3710.5208

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called VIVYAN in Madehurst 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 2.0833 in Madehurst means that 2.0833% of the people in Madehurst on census day were called VIVYAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VIVYAN 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 VIVYAN 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 VIVYAN 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 VIVYAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 20,000.00 in Madehurst means that you are 20,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VIVYAN in Madehurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Madehurst in 1881

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

BATHS (9)  BLUNDEN (1)  BURDEN (1)  BROADBRIDGE (11)  BURGESS (1)  BURNS (1)  BUSH (PIGGOTT) (4)  CHAPMAN (5)  CHILLY (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLLINS (14)  COOKE (1)  DANELLS (1)  DAVIS (1)  DEAN (2)  DIBLEY (1)  DINNAGE (1)  DOWNER (4)  DURRENT (1)  FARR (1)  FLETCHER (4)  GOBLE (4)  GOLDS (3)  GREEN (5)  GROYMAR (1)  GROUNDSELL (1)  HARMAN (1)  HOAD (7)  HOLCOMB (7)  HORNSBY (3)  HOTSTON (5)  ING (1)  JUPP (4)  KEATES (2)  LEE (6)  LOVELL (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (1)  MORRIS (1)  NORTH (1)  OSMAN (2)  LE PAGE (1)  PARKER (1)  PARLETT (3)  PAYNE (7)  PIGGOTT (4)  PLUMMER (1)  POWELL (2)  PRATT (2)  PROSSER (1)  RANDALL (1)  RATLEY (1)  SANDFORD (5)  SAYERS (7)  SEARLES (1)  SHAW (5)  SHEPHERD (2)  SIMMONS (2)  SKINNER (1)  STEEL (4)  SUMMERS (1)  TARRANT (1)  TREE (1)  VIVYAN (4)  WALTER (3)  WHITE (8)