Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ovingdean, Sussex

Ovingdean 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
HOLFORD139.55882,954.55
COLLINS85.882441.00
HALL75.147117.50
PARKS64.4118422.54
SAYER64.4118337.08
POPE53.6765106.61
SHORT53.676594.16
WOODLEY53.6765413.22
COPPER53.67652,272.73
AVERY42.9412175.44
BLACKSTON42.941220,000.00
TUTT42.94121,025.64
RANDALL32.205970.42
PIGOTT32.2059576.92
COOPER21.47066.05
BEARD21.470655.87
TURNER21.47065.28
GILBERT10.735312.90
DUFFIELD10.735384.75
VINE10.735379.37
LOWER10.7353384.62
GUPPY10.7353277.78
ELSEY10.7353238.10
PARKIN10.735327.32
CRICK10.7353123.46
LOCKE10.735381.97
HARRIS10.73532.89
PRESTON10.735314.73
GODDEN10.7353106.38
PARSON10.7353163.93
DURRANT10.735346.95
MURRELL10.7353103.09
IRELAND10.735331.65
BROWN10.73531.12
SAMPSON10.735343.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLACKSTON20,000.0042.9412
HOLFORD2,954.55139.5588
COPPER2,272.7353.6765
TUTT1,025.6442.9412
PIGOTT576.9232.2059
PARKS422.5464.4118
WOODLEY413.2253.6765
LOWER384.6210.7353
SAYER337.0864.4118
GUPPY277.7810.7353
ELSEY238.1010.7353
AVERY175.4442.9412
PARSON163.9310.7353
CRICK123.4610.7353
POPE106.6153.6765
GODDEN106.3810.7353
MURRELL103.0910.7353
SHORT94.1653.6765
DUFFIELD84.7510.7353
LOCKE81.9710.7353
VINE79.3710.7353
RANDALL70.4232.2059
BEARD55.8721.4706
DURRANT46.9510.7353
SAMPSON43.1010.7353
COLLINS41.0085.8824
IRELAND31.6510.7353
PARKIN27.3210.7353
HALL17.5075.1471
PRESTON14.7310.7353
GILBERT12.9010.7353
COOPER6.0521.4706
TURNER5.2821.4706
HARRIS2.8910.7353
BROWN1.1210.7353

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called BLACKSTON in Ovingdean 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 2.9412 in Ovingdean means that 2.9412% of the people in Ovingdean on census day were called BLACKSTON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Ovingdean in 1881

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

ALSE (6)  AVERY (4)  BEARD (2)  BLACKSTON (4)  BRISTOE (5)  BROWN (1)  COLLINS (8)  COPPER (5)  COOPER (2)  CRICK (1)  DUDENEY (9)  DUFFIELD (1)  DURRANT (1)  ELSEY (1)  GILBERT (1)  GODDEN (1)  GUPPY (1)  HOLFORD (13)  HALL (7)  HARRIS (1)  HEASMAN (1)  IRELAND (1)  ITEAD (3)  LAUNDERS (1)  LOCKE (1)  LOWER (1)  MACNAGHTON (3)  MURRELL (1)  MUNELL (4)  PARKS (6)  PARKIN (1)  PARSON (1)  PIGOTT (3)  POPE (5)  PRESTON (1)  RANDALL (3)  SAMPSON (1)  SAYER (6)  SHORT (5)  TURNER (2)  TUTT (4)  VINE (1)  WILDENLY (2)  WOODLEY (5)