1881 census place

Sompting surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sompting, Sussex in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

48 surnames are listed for Sompting, Sussex, covering 281 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kennard, with 25 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sompting

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Kennard	25	3.67%	753.01x
2	Riddles	19	2.79%	4523.81x
3	Lidbetter	18	2.64%	4615.38x
4	Grover	17	2.49%	400.94x
5	Lisher	17	2.49%	15454.55x
6	Nye	17	2.49%	399.06x
7	Bushby	15	2.20%	559.70x
8	Duke	12	1.76%	151.52x
9	Bashford	11	1.61%	484.58x
10	Blaker	9	1.32%	756.30x
11	Burtenshaw	8	1.17%	503.14x
12	Cobden	8	1.17%	1250.00x
13	Downer	8	1.17%	305.34x
14	Lindup	7	1.03%	2333.33x
15	Goldring	6	0.880%	674.16x
16	Lelliott	6	0.880%	983.61x
17	Saunder	6	0.880%	1071.43x
18	Venus	6	0.880%	779.22x
19	Worsfold	6	0.880%	270.27x
20	Burry	5	0.730%	641.03x
21	Gravett	5	0.730%	724.64x
22	Quinnell	5	0.730%	510.20x
23	Stripp	5	0.730%	1250.00x
24	Novell	4	0.590%	869.57x
25	Dunsmore	3	0.440%	171.43x
26	Grinyer	3	0.440%	1000.00x
27	Kiddle	3	0.440%	202.70x
28	Stear	3	0.440%	625.00x
29	Cheal	2	0.290%	175.44x
30	Dudney	2	0.290%	1000.00x
31	Maybank	2	0.290%	512.82x
32	Munnery	2	0.290%	1176.47x
33	Benford	1	0.150%	108.70x
34	Brockhurst	1	0.150%	161.29x
35	Capelin	1	0.150%	833.33x
36	Cheale	1	0.150%	303.03x
37	Chipper	1	0.150%	344.83x
38	Cooker	1	0.150%	285.71x
39	Gravatt	1	0.150%	555.56x
40	Henty	1	0.150%	120.48x
41	Kensett	1	0.150%	277.78x
42	Martens	1	0.150%	2500.00x
43	Martine	1	0.150%	500.00x
44	Norriss	1	0.150%	129.87x
45	Petter	1	0.150%	175.44x
46	Staplehurst	1	0.150%	303.03x
47	Stripe	1	0.150%	454.55x
48	Treagus	1	0.150%	270.27x