Top surnames from the 1881 census in Selmeston, Sussex

Selmeston 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
TURNER115.820120.91
PAGE105.291066.18
BURGESS84.232860.93
BROOK84.2328109.74
FUNNELL73.7037673.08
POTTER73.703757.10
HUDSON63.174638.78
LEVETT63.1746722.89
GUY52.6455120.77
WESTGATE52.64551,562.50
LOVELY52.64555,555.56
MOOR42.1164150.94
AVIS42.1164439.56
ELLIOTT42.116424.94
HYLANDS42.11645,000.00
FOWLER31.587327.80
HOLTER31.58735,000.00
PIPER31.587380.43
BARNS31.5873245.90
HARBER21.0582465.12
RICHARDSON21.05826.22
HOBBS21.058229.03
WILLIAMS10.52910.74
ADAMS10.52913.59
WALES10.529165.36
LEE10.52913.24
EAST10.529134.01
SUMMERLIN10.52912,500.00
BILLITER10.529110,000.00
HILTON10.529115.38
BAKER10.52912.41
GORDEN10.5291303.03
KNIGHT10.52914.29
ROBERTS10.52911.41
BEDWELL10.5291135.14
MOORE10.52912.65
GALLOP10.5291166.67
WATSON10.52912.28
TAYLOR10.52910.83
PARISH10.529134.25

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BILLITER10,000.0010.5291
LOVELY5,555.5652.6455
HOLTER5,000.0031.5873
HYLANDS5,000.0042.1164
SUMMERLIN2,500.0010.5291
WESTGATE1,562.5052.6455
LEVETT722.8963.1746
FUNNELL673.0873.7037
HARBER465.1221.0582
AVIS439.5642.1164
GORDEN303.0310.5291
BARNS245.9031.5873
GALLOP166.6710.5291
MOOR150.9442.1164
BEDWELL135.1410.5291
GUY120.7752.6455
BROOK109.7484.2328
PIPER80.4331.5873
PAGE66.18105.2910
WALES65.3610.5291
BURGESS60.9384.2328
POTTER57.1073.7037
HUDSON38.7863.1746
PARISH34.2510.5291
EAST34.0110.5291
HOBBS29.0321.0582
FOWLER27.8031.5873
ELLIOTT24.9442.1164
TURNER20.91115.8201
HILTON15.3810.5291
RICHARDSON6.2221.0582
KNIGHT4.2910.5291
ADAMS3.5910.5291
LEE3.2410.5291
MOORE2.6510.5291
BAKER2.4110.5291
WATSON2.2810.5291
ROBERTS1.4110.5291
TAYLOR0.8310.5291
WILLIAMS0.7410.5291

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called BILLITER in Selmeston 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 0.5291 in Selmeston means that 0.5291% of the people in Selmeston on census day were called BILLITER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Selmeston in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AVIS (4)  BAKER (1)  BARNS (3)  BEDWELL (1)  BILLITER (1)  BROOK (8)  BURGESS (8)  CHEAL (2)  CROWHURST (8)  DENNES (1)  EAST (1)  ELLIOTT (4)  ELPHICK (5)  ESKERELL (1)  FOWLER (3)  FUNNELL (7)  GALLOP (1)  GEERING (1)  GEERE (1)  GORDEN (1)  GUY (5)  HAYLOR (1)  HARBER (2)  HILTON (1)  HOBBS (2)  HOCKHAM (7)  HOLTER (3)  HORSCROFT (1)  HUDSON (6)  HYLANDS (4)  KNIGHT (1)  LEE (1)  LEVETT (6)  LOVELY (5)  MANKTELOW (1)  MOCHELLY (4)  MOCKETTY (1)  MOORE (1)  MOOR (4)  PAGE (10)  PARFITTY (6)  PARISH (1)  PATTENDERE (1)  PIPER (3)  POTTER (7)  RICHARDSON (2)  ROBERTS (1)  RUMSLEY (8)  SHOOSMITH (2)  STARD (4)  SUMMERLIN (1)  TAYLOR (1)  TURNER (11)  UNSTED (1)  WALES (1)  WATSON (1)  WENHAM (2)  WESTGATE (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WORSFORD (1)