1881 census county

Sussex surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Sussex in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

14,040 surnames are listed for Sussex, covering 442,758 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Beaumont, with 69 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Sussex

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1201	Beaumont	69	0.010%	0.47x
1202	Blackmore	69	0.010%	0.97x
1203	Breeds	69	0.010%	36.17x
1204	Bullen	69	0.010%	1.32x
1205	Caffyn	69	0.010%	23.70x
1206	Chaplin	69	0.010%	0.98x
1207	Clout	69	0.010%	12.13x
1208	Dewey	69	0.010%	3.31x
1209	Goff	69	0.010%	2.17x
1210	Greenway	69	0.010%	1.88x
1211	Hard	69	0.010%	7.71x
1212	Lulham	69	0.010%	38.14x
1213	Pellett	69	0.010%	15.66x
1214	Remnant	69	0.010%	15.37x
1215	Spears	69	0.010%	5.88x
1216	Thorns	69	0.010%	14.52x
1217	Towse	69	0.010%	10.70x
1218	Butt	68	0.010%	1.07x
1219	Daughtry	68	0.010%	31.09x
1220	Dibley	68	0.010%	10.18x
1221	Dummer	68	0.010%	13.42x
1222	Forward	68	0.010%	4.93x
1223	Laycock	68	0.010%	1.00x
1224	Marks	68	0.010%	0.67x
1225	Munnery	68	0.010%	55.14x
1226	Neeves	68	0.010%	25.68x
1227	Northeast	68	0.010%	22.35x
1228	Oxley	68	0.010%	0.99x
1229	Salmon	68	0.010%	0.61x
1230	Spice	68	0.010%	5.98x
1231	Stent	68	0.010%	6.15x
1232	Ades	67	0.010%	37.04x
1233	Barry	67	0.010%	0.75x
1234	Bartley	67	0.010%	2.83x
1235	Boots	67	0.010%	13.31x
1236	Chantler	67	0.010%	5.17x
1237	Collis	67	0.010%	1.32x
1238	Gumbrill	67	0.010%	38.44x
1239	Holter	67	0.010%	41.16x
1240	Howe	67	0.010%	0.35x
1241	Hyder	67	0.010%	12.93x
1242	Kewell	67	0.010%	28.29x
1243	Leonard	67	0.010%	0.63x
1244	Over	67	0.010%	5.79x
1245	Overington	67	0.010%	19.78x
1246	Pollington	67	0.010%	17.56x
1247	Rapson	67	0.010%	6.52x
1248	Rodgers	67	0.010%	0.50x
1249	Shoosmith	67	0.010%	24.84x
1250	Stroud	67	0.010%	1.32x
1251	Stuart	67	0.010%	0.57x
1252	Sweatman	67	0.010%	12.09x
1253	Thorne	67	0.010%	0.65x
1254	Benham	66	0.010%	2.51x
1255	Cotton	66	0.010%	0.56x
1256	Driver	66	0.010%	0.72x
1257	Dudeney	66	0.010%	40.13x
1258	Geere	66	0.010%	21.81x
1259	Hartley	66	0.010%	0.21x
1260	Hatch	66	0.010%	1.56x
1261	Hayllar	66	0.010%	38.96x
1262	Meads	66	0.010%	4.11x
1263	Sargant	66	0.010%	8.78x
1264	Sewell	66	0.010%	0.63x
1265	Willshire	66	0.010%	9.40x
1266	Barfoot	65	0.010%	4.27x
1267	Church	65	0.010%	0.60x
1268	Foreman	65	0.010%	1.01x
1269	Gosling	65	0.010%	0.84x
1270	Harrington	65	0.010%	0.70x
1271	Juniper	65	0.010%	6.96x
1272	Moseley	65	0.010%	1.45x
1273	Sheather	65	0.010%	26.17x
1274	Welsh	65	0.010%	0.33x
1275	Wratten	65	0.010%	9.71x
1276	Wrenn	65	0.010%	13.13x
1277	Belton	64	0.010%	2.42x
1278	Benford	64	0.010%	9.66x
1279	Blackwell	64	0.010%	0.71x
1280	Bush	64	0.010%	0.53x
1281	Cutler	64	0.010%	1.04x
1282	Everett	64	0.010%	0.72x
1283	Hellyer	64	0.010%	7.50x
1284	Jay	64	0.010%	1.49x
1285	Lovegrove	64	0.010%	2.23x
1286	Lowe	64	0.010%	0.17x
1287	Naldrett	64	0.010%	33.84x
1288	Ripley	64	0.010%	1.97x
1289	Thatcher	64	0.010%	1.41x
1290	Banister	63	0.010%	3.07x
1291	Drake	63	0.010%	0.44x
1292	Edney	63	0.010%	3.50x
1293	Knott	63	0.010%	0.65x
1294	Lambourne	63	0.010%	4.82x
1295	Lindup	63	0.010%	29.24x
1296	Major	63	0.010%	0.95x
1297	Mead	63	0.010%	0.55x
1298	Penticost	63	0.010%	28.17x
1299	Unsted	63	0.010%	45.07x
1300	Alexander	62	0.010%	0.24x