Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tangmere, Sussex

Tangmere 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
SHEPHERD94.864966.37
PHILLIPS94.864927.19
MARNER94.86495,625.00
BAYLEY84.3243268.46
WILLARD73.78381,458.33
HORNE73.7838173.70
EWENS63.24321,764.71
HERRINGTON63.2432857.14
GUY63.2432148.15
TRUSSLER63.24322,500.00
SANDS63.2432289.86
HAMMOND52.702747.48
HEWITT42.162244.40
BUDD42.1622170.21
JAYES42.16222,000.00
COLLINS42.162215.07
ELLIS42.162214.89
CLIFFORD42.1622105.26
DAVIS31.62167.38
COVEY31.62161,500.00
GALE31.621654.15
COOTE31.6216329.67
BAILEY21.08117.18
MEADEN21.0811666.67
GIBBINS21.0811140.85
ETHERIDGE21.0811181.82
SEARLE21.081153.76
OLIVER21.081115.15
WINGATE21.0811303.03
LEWIS21.08114.11
HOAR21.0811263.16
NORRELL21.08114,000.00
WILLIAMS21.08111.51
WEST21.081111.23
BLACKWELL21.081159.35
IDE10.5405416.67
COOPER10.54052.22
HALK10.540510,000.00
LONGMAN10.5405106.38
WAKELING10.5405140.85
BENNETT10.54053.29
WILDS10.5405400.00
BRIDGER10.540564.10
JACKSON10.54051.93
MANNINGS10.5405666.67
GILBERT10.54059.49
LEVER10.540559.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HALK10,000.0010.5405
MARNER5,625.0094.8649
NORRELL4,000.0021.0811
TRUSSLER2,500.0063.2432
JAYES2,000.0042.1622
EWENS1,764.7163.2432
COVEY1,500.0031.6216
WILLARD1,458.3373.7838
HERRINGTON857.1463.2432
MANNINGS666.6710.5405
MEADEN666.6721.0811
IDE416.6710.5405
WILDS400.0010.5405
COOTE329.6731.6216
WINGATE303.0321.0811
SANDS289.8663.2432
BAYLEY268.4684.3243
HOAR263.1621.0811
ETHERIDGE181.8221.0811
HORNE173.7073.7838
BUDD170.2142.1622
GUY148.1563.2432
GIBBINS140.8521.0811
WAKELING140.8510.5405
LONGMAN106.3810.5405
CLIFFORD105.2642.1622
SHEPHERD66.3794.8649
BRIDGER64.1010.5405
LEVER59.8810.5405
BLACKWELL59.3521.0811
GALE54.1531.6216
SEARLE53.7621.0811
HAMMOND47.4852.7027
HEWITT44.4042.1622
PHILLIPS27.1994.8649
OLIVER15.1521.0811
COLLINS15.0742.1622
ELLIS14.8942.1622
WEST11.2321.0811
GILBERT9.4910.5405
DAVIS7.3831.6216
BAILEY7.1821.0811
LEWIS4.1121.0811
BENNETT3.2910.5405
COOPER2.2210.5405
JACKSON1.9310.5405
WILLIAMS1.5121.0811

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1 people called HALK in Tangmere 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 0.5405 in Tangmere means that 0.5405% of the people in Tangmere on census day were called HALK.

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

All the surnames recorded in Tangmere in 1881

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

BAILEY (2)  BAYLEY (8)  BENNETT (1)  BINSTEAD (2)  BLACKWELL (2)  BRIDGER (1)  BUDD (4)  CLIFFORD (4)  COLLINS (4)  COOPER (1)  COOTE (3)  COVEY (3)  DAVIS (3)  ELLIS (4)  ETHERIDGE (2)  EWENS (6)  FOGDEN (2)  GALE (3)  JAYES (4)  JAYS (6)  GIBBINS (2)  GILBERT (1)  GLENNIE (6)  GUY (6)  HAMMOND (5)  HERRINGTON (6)  HALK (1)  HEDGCOCK (1)  HEWITT (4)  HOAR (2)  HORNE (7)  IDE (1)  JACKSON (1)  LEVER (1)  LEWIS (2)  LONGMAN (1)  MEADEN (2)  MANNINGS (1)  MARNER (9)  MARTLEW (1)  MITLYARD (1)  NORRELL (2)  OLIVER (2)  PESCOD (2)  PESCOTT (1)  PHILLIPS (9)  ROBEERTS (3)  SANDS (6)  SEARLE (2)  SHEPHERD (9)  TRUSSLER (6)  UPPARD (2)  WAKELING (1)  WEST (2)  WILDS (1)  WILLARD (7)  WILLIAMS (2)  WINGATE (2)