Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ripe, Sussex

Ripe 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
FUNNELL4411.31112,046.51
BEDWELL174.37021,125.83
DEACON143.5990211.80
PIPER112.8278143.04
DANN102.5707408.16
WESTGATE102.57071,515.15
WEBB102.570718.96
BURGESS102.570737.01
FINCH82.056661.78
HOOK82.0566138.89
RUSSELL82.056616.85
TINGLEY82.05661,904.76
TUCKNOTT71.79953,181.82
SIMMONDS61.542457.75
SHAW61.54248.40
MARCHANT61.542499.50
CANE51.2853188.68
DENNIS51.285343.44
TURNER51.28534.62
BENNETT51.28537.82
PITCHER51.2853165.56
HOLDEN51.285323.46
WOOD41.02833.23
SIMMONS41.028325.19
SALTON41.02831,052.63
WILLIAMS41.02831.43
DANIELS41.028332.73
COOPER41.02834.23
PAGE41.028312.86
KENNARD30.7712158.73
PARSONS30.771210.15
WATERS30.771219.19
HARMER30.771277.72
MOORE20.51412.57
VINCE20.514185.11
GUY20.514123.47
TOMPSETT20.5141307.69
PICKNELL20.5141740.74
MARLER20.5141444.44
PONT10.2571277.78
JAMES10.25711.31
THOMAS10.25710.62
EAGER10.2571185.19
PARRIS10.257196.15
HEALEY10.257115.75
RICHARDSON10.25711.51
BISHOP10.25713.68
KIRTLAND10.2571256.41
FIEST10.25711,111.11
POCOCK10.257124.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUCKNOTT3,181.8271.7995
FUNNELL2,046.514411.3111
TINGLEY1,904.7682.0566
WESTGATE1,515.15102.5707
BEDWELL1,125.83174.3702
FIEST1,111.1110.2571
SALTON1,052.6341.0283
PICKNELL740.7420.5141
HEADLY714.2910.2571
HYLANDS588.2410.2571
MARLER444.4420.5141
DANN408.16102.5707
TOMPSETT307.6920.5141
PONT277.7810.2571
KIRTLAND256.4110.2571
DEACON211.80143.5990
CANE188.6851.2853
EAGER185.1910.2571
PITCHER165.5651.2853
KENNARD158.7330.7712
PIPER143.04112.8278
HOOK138.8982.0566
MARCHANT99.5061.5424
PARRIS96.1510.2571
VINCE85.1120.5141
HARMER77.7230.7712
FINCH61.7882.0566
SIMMONDS57.7561.5424
DENNIS43.4451.2853
BURGESS37.01102.5707
DANIELS32.7341.0283
SIMMONS25.1941.0283
BUSBY24.3910.2571
POCOCK24.3910.2571
TASKER24.1510.2571
GUY23.4720.5141
HOLDEN23.4651.2853
WATERS19.1930.7712
WEBB18.96102.5707
RUSSELL16.8582.0566
HEALEY15.7510.2571
PAGE12.8641.0283
PARSONS10.1530.7712
HOOD9.2910.2571
SHAW8.4061.5424
BENNETT7.8251.2853
TURNER4.6251.2853
COOPER4.2341.0283
BISHOP3.6810.2571
REED3.5210.2571

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 7 people called TUCKNOTT in Ripe 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 1.7995 in Ripe means that 1.7995% of the people in Ripe on census day were called TUCKNOTT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TUCKNOTT 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 TUCKNOTT 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 TUCKNOTT 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 TUCKNOTT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 3,181.82 in Ripe means that you are 3,181.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TUCKNOTT in Ripe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ripe in 1881

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

EAGER (1)  BACKSHED (1)  BEDWELL (17)  BENNETT (5)  BISHOP (1)  BLACKPOOL (1)  BOLCOMB (1)  BURGESS (10)  BUSBY (1)  CANE (5)  CASHAM (2)  CHRESTER (2)  COOPER (4)  CROWHURST (2)  DANIELS (4)  DANN (10)  DEACON (14)  DECOURSY (4)  DENNIS (5)  ELLIS (1)  FIEST (1)  FINCH (8)  FUNNELL (44)  GEAL (22)  GLADMAN (2)  GUY (2)  HARMER (3)  HEALEY (1)  HALY (9)  HEADLY (1)  HOLDEN (5)  HUNNOSETT (9)  HOOD (1)  HUDSON (1)  HOOK (8)  HYLANDS (1)  JAMES (1)  KENNARD (3)  KIRTLAND (1)  LUXFORD (4)  MALOME (1)  MARCHANT (6)  MARLER (2)  MEDHURST (9)  MESSADGE (1)  MOCKFORD (2)  MOORE (2)  PAGE (4)  PARRIS (1)  PARKER (1)  PARSONS (3)  PITCHER (5)  PICKNELL (2)  PIPER (11)  POCOCK (1)  PONT (1)  PYECROFT (2)  REED (1)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBERTS (1)  RUSSELL (8)  SALTON (4)  SHAW (6)  SIFFLEET (7)  SIMMONDS (6)  SIMMONS (4)  SMITH (1)  SOUNERS (1)  TASKER (1)  THOMAS (1)  TINGLEY (8)  TOMPSETT (2)  TOWNSHEND (12)  TUCKNOTT (7)  TURNER (5)  URIDGE (1)  VERRALL (5)  VINO (1)  WATERS (3)  WEBB (10)  WESTGATE (10)  WHITE (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  VINCE (2)  WOOD (4)