Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poynings, Sussex

Poynings 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
HILLS144.4444160.73
SMART144.444497.63
WINTER134.1270116.38
AYLING113.4921482.46
STEER103.1746271.74
BROWN92.85714.33
BARBER82.539742.19
SAYERS72.2222201.15
WILLETT72.2222282.26
DOWNER72.2222578.51
MITCHELL61.90489.39
BOWLES61.9048116.50
PARSONS51.587320.89
RIDLEY51.587382.10
TYLER51.587353.76
GILBERT51.587327.87
SHAW51.58738.64
HOLLAND51.587322.29
GARDNER41.269818.71
COUSINS41.269870.55
WELLER41.269888.30
BARNETT30.952421.11
TULLEY30.9524461.54
MARCHANT30.952461.48
JACKSON20.63492.27
WALDER20.6349270.27
RENNER20.63491,538.46
HUMPREY20.63492,222.22
MURRELL20.634988.89
SMITH20.63490.45
MARNER20.6349740.74
FOWLER20.634911.12
HAZELGROVE20.6349909.09
THACKER20.634987.72
FLINT10.317517.70
HOLDEN10.31755.80
TODMAN10.3175277.78
HARLAND10.317538.02
GREEN10.31751.13
SHEPHERD10.31754.33
KING10.31751.46
FREEMAN10.31754.97
FISH10.317517.04
PORT10.3175112.36
THORPE10.31758.03
COLLINS10.31752.21
HARDS10.3175138.89
BRITT10.3175178.57
JENNINGS10.31756.26
RICHARDS10.31752.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PEREGO10,000.0010.3175
HUMPREY2,222.2220.6349
RENNER1,538.4620.6349
HAZELGROVE909.0920.6349
MARNER740.7420.6349
DOWNER578.5172.2222
AYLING482.46113.4921
TULLEY461.5430.9524
WILLETT282.2672.2222
TODMAN277.7810.3175
STEER271.74103.1746
WALDER270.2720.6349
SAYERS201.1572.2222
BRITT178.5710.3175
HILLS160.73144.4444
HARDS138.8910.3175
BOWLES116.5061.9048
WINTER116.38134.1270
PORT112.3610.3175
SMART97.63144.4444
MURRELL88.8920.6349
WELLER88.3041.2698
THACKER87.7220.6349
RIDLEY82.1051.5873
COUSINS70.5541.2698
MARCHANT61.4830.9524
TYLER53.7651.5873
BARBER42.1982.5397
HARLAND38.0210.3175
GILBERT27.8751.5873
HOLLAND22.2951.5873
BARNETT21.1130.9524
PARSONS20.8951.5873
GARDNER18.7141.2698
FLINT17.7010.3175
FISH17.0410.3175
FOWLER11.1220.6349
MITCHELL9.3961.9048
SHAW8.6451.5873
THORPE8.0310.3175
BRUCE6.7810.3175
JENNINGS6.2610.3175
HOLDEN5.8010.3175
FREEMAN4.9710.3175
HARDING4.3910.3175
BROWN4.3392.8571
SHEPHERD4.3310.3175
JACKSON2.2720.6349
COLLINS2.2110.3175
RICHARDS2.1010.3175

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called PEREGO in Poynings 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 0.3175 in Poynings means that 0.3175% of the people in Poynings on census day were called PEREGO.

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

All the surnames recorded in Poynings in 1881

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

AYLING (11)  BARBER (8)  BARNETT (3)  BOWLES (6)  BRITT (1)  BROWN (9)  BRUCE (1)  COCKERTON (2)  COLLINS (1)  COPPARD (8)  COUSINS (4)  COZENS (1)  CROWHURST (1)  CUTTRESS (7)  DOWNER (7)  FISH (1)  FLINT (1)  FOWLER (2)  FREEMAN (1)  GARDNER (4)  GILBERT (5)  GRAIMES (4)  GREEN (1)  GUMBRELL (10)  HARDING (1)  HARDS (1)  HARLAND (1)  HAZELGROVE (2)  HEAVER (11)  HILLS (14)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLLAND (5)  HOLLINGDALE (57)  HUMPREY (2)  JACKSON (2)  JENNINGS (1)  KING (1)  MARCHANT (3)  MARNER (2)  MITCHELL (6)  MOBSBY (7)  MURRELL (2)  MORRIS (1)  PARSONS (5)  PEREGO (1)  PORT (1)  RENNER (2)  RICHARDS (1)  RIDLEY (5)  SAYERS (7)  SHAW (5)  SHEPHERD (1)  SMART (14)  SMITH (2)  STEER (10)  STONHAM (2)  THACKER (2)  THORPE (1)  TODMAN (1)  TULLEY (3)  TUTTE (2)  TYLER (5)  WALDER (2)  WELLER (4)  WILLETT (7)  WINTER (13)