Top surnames from the 1881 census in Southease, Sussex

Southease 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
THOMAS99.000021.81
WHITE99.000028.00
NORMAN88.0000172.79
PENFOLD77.0000823.53
THORPE77.0000177.22
KENT66.0000142.52
WILLSON66.0000535.71
BAKER55.000022.82
INGERSOLL44.000040,000.00
CROUCH44.0000298.51
MARTIN33.000012.18
WICKS33.0000212.77
EARL33.0000229.01
BOURNE33.0000154.64
WALKER22.00005.97
EARLE22.0000322.58
RICH11.000080.00
MILLER11.00005.59
WILKINSON11.00006.55
COX11.00006.60
TUPPEN11.00001,111.11
SAUNDERS11.000010.91
KNIGHT11.00008.11
HAMMOND11.000017.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
INGERSOLL40,000.0044.0000
TUPPEN1,111.1111.0000
PENFOLD823.5377.0000
WILLSON535.7166.0000
EARLE322.5822.0000
CROUCH298.5144.0000
EARL229.0133.0000
WICKS212.7733.0000
THORPE177.2277.0000
NORMAN172.7988.0000
BOURNE154.6433.0000
KENT142.5266.0000
RICH80.0011.0000
WHITE28.0099.0000
BAKER22.8255.0000
THOMAS21.8199.0000
HAMMOND17.5711.0000
MARTIN12.1833.0000
SAUNDERS10.9111.0000
KNIGHT8.1111.0000
COX6.6011.0000
WILKINSON6.5511.0000
WALKER5.9722.0000
MILLER5.5911.0000

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 4 people called INGERSOLL in Southease 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 4.0000 in Southease means that 4.0000% of the people in Southease on census day were called INGERSOLL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called INGERSOLL 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 INGERSOLL 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 INGERSOLL 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 INGERSOLL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 40,000.00 in Southease means that you are 40,000.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of INGERSOLL in Southease than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Southease in 1881

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

BAKER (5)  BLUNDING (1)  BOURNE (3)  COX (1)  CROUCH (4)  DURTNELL (1)  EARL (3)  EARLE (2)  GODDINGS (8)  HAMMOND (1)  INGERSOLL (4)  KENT (6)  KIMBERY (1)  KNIGHT (1)  MARTIN (3)  MILLER (1)  NORMAN (8)  PENFOLD (7)  RICH (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  THOMAS (9)  THORPE (7)  TUPPEN (1)  WALKER (2)  WHITE (9)  WICKS (3)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLSON (6)