Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sutton, Sussex

Sutton 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
FRANCIS278.3851140.77
HARWOOD237.1429266.82
TUPPER154.65842,586.21
CLARK113.416111.37
PALMER92.795023.72
SKINNER92.795055.08
EDE82.4845454.55
NEWMAN82.484533.42
RICE82.484580.00
CARVER82.4845273.97
WAKEFORD82.4845720.72
GOLDS72.17392,058.82
FRASER72.173924.42
HARLEY72.1739168.67
BURCHELL72.1739489.51
CURTIS61.863432.84
GARDNER61.863427.45
CARN51.55281,923.08
REDMAN51.5528117.92
COOMBE51.5528287.36
FOWLER51.552827.19
PULLEN41.242294.34
PENFOLD41.2422146.52
LONG41.242219.15
CLEAR41.2422597.01
BRYAN41.242250.06
FOARD30.93171,071.43
BRIDGER30.9317110.70
GARDENER30.931751.90
BENNETT20.62113.78
JAMES20.62113.16
STAFFORD20.621129.20
MOODY20.621123.78
CHANDLER20.621119.34
BLACKMAN20.621151.02
HARRIS20.62112.44
HALL10.31061.06
SMITH10.31060.22
COOK10.31061.56
LEE10.31061.90
HENDERSON10.31062.86
HACK10.310688.50
SLATTER10.310678.13
COLE10.31063.41
LAURANCE10.3106117.65
HOLDEN10.31065.67
WEST10.31063.23
PRICE10.31061.77
STEVENS10.31062.98
ELLIOTT10.31063.66

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TUPPER2,586.21154.6584
GOLDS2,058.8272.1739
CARN1,923.0851.5528
FOARD1,071.4330.9317
WAKEFORD720.7282.4845
CLEAR597.0141.2422
BURCHELL489.5172.1739
EDE454.5582.4845
COOMBE287.3651.5528
CARVER273.9782.4845
HARWOOD266.82237.1429
HARLEY168.6772.1739
PENFOLD146.5241.2422
FRANCIS140.77278.3851
PITTMAN126.5810.3106
REDMAN117.9251.5528
LAURANCE117.6510.3106
BRIDGER110.7030.9317
PULLEN94.3441.2422
HACK88.5010.3106
RICE80.0082.4845
SLATTER78.1310.3106
SKINNER55.0892.7950
GARDENER51.9030.9317
BLACKMAN51.0220.6211
BRYAN50.0641.2422
NEWMAN33.4282.4845
CURTIS32.8461.8634
STAFFORD29.2020.6211
GREENFIELD27.9310.3106
GARDNER27.4561.8634
FOWLER27.1951.5528
FRASER24.4272.1739
MOODY23.7820.6211
PALMER23.7292.7950
SPOONER21.5510.3106
CHANDLER19.3420.6211
LONG19.1541.2422
STEELE11.6010.3106
CLARK11.37113.4161
RANDALL9.9110.3106
HOBBS8.5310.3106
HOLDEN5.6710.3106
HAMMOND5.4610.3106
BENNETT3.7820.6211
ELLIOTT3.6610.3106
COLE3.4110.3106
WEST3.2310.3106
JAMES3.1620.6211
STEVENS2.9810.3106

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 15 people called TUPPER in Sutton 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 4.6584 in Sutton means that 4.6584% of the people in Sutton on census day were called TUPPER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TUPPER 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 TUPPER 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 TUPPER 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 TUPPER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 2,586.21 in Sutton means that you are 2,586.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TUPPER in Sutton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sutton in 1881

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

BENNETT (2)  BERYMAN (3)  BURCHELL (7)  BLACKMAN (2)  BRIDGER (3)  BRYAN (4)  CARN (5)  CARVER (8)  CHANDLER (2)  CHARMAN (12)  CHARMON (4)  CLEAR (4)  CLARK (11)  CLEERMAN (1)  COLE (1)  COOK (1)  COOMBE (5)  COURTLOPE (1)  CURTIS (6)  EDE (8)  ELLIOTT (1)  FLOATE (2)  FOARD (3)  FOWLER (5)  FRANCIS (27)  FRASER (7)  FULLEX (2)  GARDENER (3)  GARDNER (6)  GOLDS (7)  GREENFIELD (1)  GUMBRELL (5)  HACK (1)  HALL (1)  HAMMOND (1)  HARLEY (7)  HARRIS (2)  HARWOOD (23)  HENDERSON (1)  HOBBS (1)  HOLDEN (1)  HOLOSWORTH (9)  JAMES (2)  JOHNSON (1)  JUPP (5)  LAURANCE (1)  LEE (1)  LEGGATT (4)  LONG (4)  MOODY (2)  MOODEY (2)  NEWMAN (8)  ORSMAN (1)  PALMER (9)  PENFOLD (4)  PITTMAN (1)  PRICE (1)  PULLEN (4)  PUTTICK (6)  RANDALL (1)  REDMAN (5)  REFOY (1)  RICE (8)  SKINNER (9)  SLATTER (1)  SMITH (1)  SPOONER (1)  STAFFORD (2)  STEELE (1)  STEVENS (1)  TUPPER (15)  TREWITT (1)  UPPERTON (4)  WAKEFORD (8)  WEST (1)