Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Wittering, Sussex

West Wittering 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
ROBINSON568.484826.61
CATE192.87889,500.00
MOORE172.575812.88
TERRY131.969777.06
BACON121.818272.33
BARNES111.666713.85
ROUSELL91.36361,836.73
HOARE91.363669.88
SPARKES91.3636185.95
HARRIS91.36365.37
KING81.21215.56
ETHERINGTON81.2121160.64
LOCKE81.2121134.91
WEAVER81.212146.59
VENUS81.21211,081.08
JORDAN81.212127.43
CLARKE81.21215.98
PINK81.2121183.91
WELLS81.212114.57
CREESE71.0606630.63
REDMAN71.060680.55
CARPENTER71.060630.92
TILBURY71.0606275.59
BARDWELL71.06061,000.00
DYER71.060627.38
CAPLE71.0606921.05
DAWES71.060677.86
ROWE71.060618.68
GOODGER71.0606534.35
HAWKINS71.060614.65
MATTHEWS71.060612.16
KNOTT60.909145.84
FORWARD60.9091324.32
POWELL60.90917.29
SHERLOCK60.9091134.83
BUCHANAN60.909135.17
HOLDEN60.909116.60
NAPPER50.7576246.31
HOPKINS50.757612.58
PETERS50.757621.61
HAINES50.757632.72
SCOTT50.75762.99
PARSONS50.75769.97
AHERN40.6061571.43
HART40.60617.10
HANDLEY40.606135.91
MATTHEW40.606180.32
ANSELL40.606152.49
MILLER40.60613.39
GRIFFIN40.606112.88

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CATE9,500.00192.8788
BIBLE3,333.3330.4545
ROUSELL1,836.7391.3636
VENUS1,081.0881.2121
BARDWELL1,000.0071.0606
CAPLE921.0571.0606
CREESE630.6371.0606
SNUGGS625.0020.3030
AHERN571.4340.6061
GOODGER534.3571.0606
SOPP461.5430.4545
STAKER370.3710.1515
BARD370.3720.3030
IDE357.1430.4545
FORWARD324.3260.9091
TILBURY275.5971.0606
NAPPER246.3150.7576
TROWBRIDGE227.2740.6061
SPARKES185.9591.3636
PINK183.9181.2121
ETHERINGTON160.6481.2121
COMBES143.8820.3030
TODMAN135.1410.1515
LOCKE134.9181.2121
SHERLOCK134.8360.9091
SUTER101.5220.3030
EADE94.3430.4545
CHALLEN84.7510.1515
TUPPER84.0310.1515
REDMAN80.5571.0606
MATTHEW80.3240.6061
HAMPSHIRE80.2130.4545
LOCKYER79.2140.6061
DAWES77.8671.0606
TERRY77.06131.9697
GORHAM75.7610.1515
BACON72.33121.8182
HOARE69.8891.3636
STANHOPE63.2910.1515
MONDAY62.8910.1515
HEWSON55.6630.4545
ANSELL52.4940.6061
WILTON47.2430.4545
WEAVER46.5981.2121
KNOTT45.8460.9091
KNAPP44.4420.3030
AYRES43.6740.6061
AYLING41.8420.3030
HANDLEY35.9140.6061
BUCHANAN35.1760.9091

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 19 people called CATE in West Wittering 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 2.8788 in West Wittering means that 2.8788% of the people in West Wittering on census day were called CATE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CATE 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 CATE 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 CATE 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 CATE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 9,500.00 in West Wittering means that you are 9,500.00 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CATE in West Wittering than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Wittering in 1881

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

ACOTT (1)  AYLING (2)  ANDREWS (2)  ANSELL (4)  AYLMORE (3)  BACON (12)  BARD (2)  BARDWELL (7)  BARNES (11)  BIBLE (3)  BOWERS (4)  BOXALL (1)  BROOKS (3)  BROWNING (3)  BUCHANAN (6)  BUDGEN (1)  BUNDAY (1)  BOURNE (1)  BARROW (4)  BUSBY (1)  BUTTLE (3)  CAMERON (3)  CARPENTER (7)  CHALLEN (1)  CHANDLER (2)  CAPLE (7)  CLARKE (8)  CLIFFORD (2)  COOK (1)  COMBES (2)  COPIS (1)  CREESE (7)  CREES (1)  CRAGG (1)  DAWES (7)  DREW (3)  DUKE (1)  DYER (7)  EADE (3)  ELLIOTT (1)  EMERY (3)  ETHERINGTON (8)  EVANS (1)  EWESON (1)  AYRES (4)  FARNE (5)  FELLICK (3)  FERGISSON (1)  FIELD (1)  FORWARD (6)  GOODGER (7)  JORDAN (8)  GORHAM (1)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (4)  GROVES (1)  HAMPSHIRE (3)  HANDLEY (4)  HARDING (3)  HARRIS (9)  HART (4)  HAWKINS (7)  HAY (1)  HAINES (5)  AHERN (4)  HEWSON (3)  HILTON (1)  HOARE (9)  HOCKIN (MATTHEWS) (8)  HOLDEN (6)  HOPKINS (5)  HORN (2)  HORNE (1)  IDE (3)  IDE (CATE) (2)  JOHNSON (2)  JUPP (2)  JUTTON (5)  KENT (1)  KEWELL (11)  CATE (19)  KING (8)  KNIGHT (1)  KNOTT (6)  LANE (2)  LANSLEY (4)  LOCKE (8)  LOCKYER (4)  MARSHALL (1)  MATTHEW (4)  MATTHEWS (7)  MAYHEAD (9)  MILLER (4)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (17)  MOUNTFIELD (7)  MONDAY (1)  NAPPER (5)  KNAPP (2)  NORTH (1)  NORTON (1)  PARSONS (5)  PENNICOTT (12)  PETERS (5)  PHILLIPS (2)  PINK (8)  PORTER (1)  POWELL (6)  PRATT (1)  PRING (1)  PUTTICK (1)  QUINNELL (1)  REDMAN (7)  RICHARDS (1)  ROBINSON (56)  ROWE (7)  ROUSELL (9)  RUSSELL (2)  SAINSBURY (3)  SCOTT (5)  SHARPE (1)  SHERLOCK (6)  SILVESTER (1)  SYMES (1)  SMITH (2)  SNUGGS (2)  SOPP (3)  SUTER (2)  SPARKES (9)  STACEY (1)  STAKER (1)  STANHOPE (1)  STEER (1)  STEVENS (2)  STONE (2)  TUPPER (1)  TERRY (13)  THOMPSON (1)  TILBURY (7)  TODMAN (1)  TROWBRIDGE (4)  UNDERWOOD (3)  VENUS (8)  WEAVER (8)  WELLS (8)  WELLSTEAD (12)  WHITE (1)  WILLIS (1)  WILTON (3)  WILLSHIRE (5)  WYATT (2)  YOULDEN (5)  YOUNG (1)