1881 census place

Withyam surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Withyam, 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

132 surnames are listed for Withyam, Sussex, covering 991 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Fermor, with 53 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Withyam

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	Fermor	53	2.51%	2896.17x
2	Hoath	29	1.38%	1593.41x
3	Turk	29	1.38%	549.24x
4	Weller	27	1.28%	89.08x
5	Dray	26	1.23%	548.52x
6	Pilbeam	26	1.23%	555.56x
7	Avis	25	1.19%	247.04x
8	Ashdown	24	1.14%	201.01x
9	Killick	22	1.04%	204.65x
10	Neve	21	1.00%	379.06x
11	Groombridge	20	0.950%	375.23x
12	Mepham	19	0.900%	492.23x
13	Welfare	19	0.900%	588.24x
14	Divall	18	0.850%	697.67x
15	Chewter	17	0.810%	2786.89x
16	Cottenham	17	0.810%	3090.91x
17	Weeding	17	0.810%	2786.89x
18	Heasman	16	0.760%	290.91x
19	Streatfield	15	0.710%	681.82x
20	Twiner	15	0.710%	1376.15x
21	Hyder	13	0.620%	585.59x
22	Kennard	13	0.620%	126.71x
23	Roder	13	0.620%	2500.00x
24	Boarer	12	0.570%	2105.26x
25	Buick	12	0.570%	555.56x
26	Kingsbury	12	0.570%	251.57x
27	Wickens	12	0.570%	90.36x
28	Barden	11	0.520%	136.48x
29	Brooman	11	0.520%	666.67x
30	Hemsley	11	0.520%	104.36x
31	Luxford	11	0.520%	248.31x
32	Tasker	11	0.520%	49.09x
33	Buckwell	10	0.470%	384.62x
34	Crowhurst	10	0.470%	101.63x
35	Flawn	10	0.470%	1149.43x
36	Grout	10	0.470%	183.82x
37	Botten	9	0.430%	426.54x
38	Botting	9	0.430%	114.07x
39	Comper	9	0.430%	1153.85x
40	Gammon	9	0.430%	79.30x
41	Hider	9	0.430%	416.67x
42	Keeley	9	0.430%	105.02x
43	Pierson	9	0.430%	200.89x
44	Sales	9	0.430%	69.98x
45	Geer	8	0.380%	331.95x
46	Simes	8	0.380%	326.53x
47	Bovis	7	0.330%	1029.41x
48	Colgate	7	0.330%	479.45x
49	Hinkley	7	0.330%	182.29x
50	Ingrams	7	0.330%	972.22x
51	Lovekin	7	0.330%	760.87x
52	Penticost	7	0.330%	729.17x
53	Smithers	7	0.330%	61.40x
54	Akehurst	6	0.280%	108.70x
55	Blatcher	6	0.280%	952.38x
56	Bovington	6	0.280%	431.65x
57	Breden	6	0.280%	895.52x
58	Camfield	6	0.280%	285.71x
59	Hurding	6	0.280%	1395.35x
60	Izzard	6	0.280%	95.09x
61	Marden	6	0.280%	131.00x
62	Ovenden	6	0.280%	101.18x
63	Stapley	6	0.280%	102.39x
64	Boakes	5	0.240%	257.73x
65	Diplock	5	0.240%	125.00x
66	Homewood	5	0.240%	75.30x
67	Kingswood	5	0.240%	259.07x
68	Littleton	5	0.240%	132.63x
69	Pryce	5	0.240%	49.60x
70	Roylance	5	0.240%	170.07x
71	Schwarz	5	0.240%	666.67x
72	Burfoot	4	0.190%	172.41x
73	Foxley	4	0.190%	104.17x
74	Lintott	4	0.190%	122.32x
75	Piddlesden	4	0.190%	784.31x
76	Ramsbotham	4	0.190%	434.78x
77	Simcock	4	0.190%	65.36x
78	Tompsett	4	0.190%	112.68x
79	Wicken	4	0.190%	268.46x
80	Comber	3	0.140%	42.37x
81	Heat	3	0.140%	652.17x
82	Hollyer	3	0.140%	405.41x
83	Leppard	3	0.140%	106.38x
84	Muggridge	3	0.140%	247.93x
85	Obbard	3	0.140%	833.33x
86	Raikes	3	0.140%	277.78x
87	Stiller	3	0.140%	1071.43x
88	Wilmshurst	3	0.140%	99.67x
89	Bish	2	0.090%	73.53x
90	Bocking	2	0.090%	69.93x
91	Coulstock	2	0.090%	294.12x
92	Dadswell	2	0.090%	70.92x
93	Ditch	2	0.090%	212.77x
94	Gammage	2	0.090%	67.34x
95	Hayler	2	0.090%	57.97x
96	Hollamby	2	0.090%	71.68x
97	Kee	2	0.090%	357.14x
98	Muddle	2	0.090%	96.15x
99	Sammon	2	0.090%	312.50x
100	Selmes	2	0.090%	145.99x