1881 census place

West Dean surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in West Dean, 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

43 surnames are listed for West Dean, Sussex, covering 249 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Treagus, with 46 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in West Dean

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	Treagus	46	6.28%	11500.00x
2	Humphrey	23	3.14%	117.83x
3	Boxall	16	2.18%	275.39x
4	Denyer	10	1.36%	335.57x
5	Strudwick	9	1.23%	389.61x
6	Albery	8	1.09%	1355.93x
7	Rampton	8	1.09%	941.18x
8	Bowley	7	0.960%	174.13x
9	Charman	7	0.960%	170.73x
10	Glue	7	0.960%	1206.90x
11	Musselwhite	7	0.960%	598.29x
12	Adames	6	0.820%	1621.62x
13	Botting	6	0.820%	218.98x
14	Inwood	6	0.820%	344.83x
15	Pannell	6	0.820%	273.97x
16	Poor	6	0.820%	1034.48x
17	Rassell	6	0.820%	7500.00x
18	Basford	5	0.680%	227.27x
19	Haken	5	0.680%	1785.71x
20	Liney	5	0.680%	1086.96x
21	Izzard	4	0.550%	182.65x
22	Lamming	4	0.550%	571.43x
23	Parlett	4	0.550%	579.71x
24	Trimmer	4	0.550%	275.86x
25	Goldring	3	0.410%	312.50x
26	Greentree	3	0.410%	967.74x
27	Parvin	3	0.410%	384.62x
28	Pennicott	3	0.410%	638.30x
29	Putman	3	0.410%	232.56x
30	Stubbins	3	0.410%	247.93x
31	Bulbeck	2	0.270%	425.53x
32	Hedgecock	2	0.270%	194.17x
33	Tizzard	2	0.270%	208.33x
34	Bile	1	0.140%	1111.11x
35	Bodington	1	0.140%	476.19x
36	Boyling	1	0.140%	212.77x
37	Cam	1	0.140%	169.49x
38	Cobden	1	0.140%	144.93x
39	Eeles	1	0.140%	125.00x
40	Fatcher	1	0.140%	5000.00x
41	Michel	1	0.140%	158.73x
42	Standford	1	0.140%	434.78x
43	Windebank	1	0.140%	89.29x