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 Cooter, with 56 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
1401	Cooter	56	0.010%	26.40x
1402	Farnes	56	0.010%	25.04x
1403	Joy	56	0.010%	1.35x
1404	Mace	56	0.010%	1.29x
1405	Mitchel	56	0.010%	1.16x
1406	Port	56	0.010%	4.04x
1407	Rook	56	0.010%	1.66x
1408	Strange	56	0.010%	1.06x
1409	Bath	55	0.010%	1.49x
1410	Bowden	55	0.010%	0.39x
1411	Burley	55	0.010%	1.18x
1412	Castle	55	0.010%	0.56x
1413	Combs	55	0.010%	5.71x
1414	Coombs	55	0.010%	0.66x
1415	Eastland	55	0.010%	8.69x
1416	Fairbrother	55	0.010%	1.96x
1417	Golden	55	0.010%	2.65x
1418	Goodchild	55	0.010%	1.15x
1419	Hood	55	0.010%	0.40x
1420	Leney	55	0.010%	17.24x
1421	Morrison	55	0.010%	0.14x
1422	Newbury	55	0.010%	1.84x
1423	Pierson	55	0.010%	5.26x
1424	Pledge	55	0.010%	10.10x
1425	Staker	55	0.010%	27.64x
1426	Temple	55	0.010%	0.85x
1427	Waterhouse	55	0.010%	0.73x
1428	Barlow	54	0.010%	0.20x
1429	Billinghurst	54	0.010%	8.85x
1430	Boyes	54	0.010%	1.05x
1431	Branch	54	0.010%	2.14x
1432	Cameron	54	0.010%	0.14x
1433	Coe	54	0.010%	0.67x
1434	Connor	54	0.010%	0.37x
1435	Crittenden	54	0.010%	11.77x
1436	Cruse	54	0.010%	3.79x
1437	Dendy	54	0.010%	18.14x
1438	Erridge	54	0.010%	25.26x
1439	Fillery	54	0.010%	23.97x
1440	Garton	54	0.010%	2.23x
1441	Glazebrook	54	0.010%	6.13x
1442	Harfield	54	0.010%	6.74x
1443	Harmes	54	0.010%	17.19x
1444	Haslett	54	0.010%	9.60x
1445	Hutchins	54	0.010%	1.09x
1446	Mitchener	54	0.010%	12.39x
1447	Plowman	54	0.010%	2.14x
1448	Pook	54	0.010%	3.89x
1449	Ratley	54	0.010%	14.34x
1450	Shotter	54	0.010%	8.48x
1451	Tiltman	54	0.010%	20.52x
1452	Wymark	54	0.010%	35.31x
1453	Alce	53	0.010%	46.70x
1454	Attwood	53	0.010%	1.09x
1455	Caiger	53	0.010%	18.74x
1456	Camfield	53	0.010%	10.78x
1457	Clare	53	0.010%	0.74x
1458	Driscoll	53	0.010%	0.97x
1459	Farrell	53	0.010%	0.57x
1460	Fenn	53	0.010%	1.06x
1461	Harbour	53	0.010%	4.16x
1462	Hawkes	53	0.010%	0.67x
1463	Hillyer	53	0.010%	3.73x
1464	Jeffries	53	0.010%	0.86x
1465	Lewery	53	0.010%	55.58x
1466	Pickard	53	0.010%	0.77x
1467	Rush	53	0.010%	1.00x
1468	Sellman	53	0.010%	15.42x
1469	Shippam	53	0.010%	22.54x
1470	Sparkes	53	0.010%	1.47x
1471	Stares	53	0.010%	8.80x
1472	Tee	53	0.010%	5.47x
1473	Blunt	52	0.010%	1.31x
1474	Butchers	52	0.010%	10.23x
1475	Crawford	52	0.010%	0.22x
1476	Crosskey	52	0.010%	39.53x
1477	Forrest	52	0.010%	0.41x
1478	Furminger	52	0.010%	24.51x
1479	Grist	52	0.010%	2.18x
1480	Hamper	52	0.010%	21.51x
1481	Hinkley	52	0.010%	5.79x
1482	Johns	52	0.010%	0.41x
1483	Leadbetter	52	0.010%	2.04x
1484	Moulding	52	0.010%	4.39x
1485	Mustchin	52	0.010%	53.59x
1486	Parry	52	0.010%	0.14x
1487	Partridge	52	0.010%	0.40x
1488	Pronger	52	0.010%	40.04x
1489	Quick	52	0.010%	0.94x
1490	Ridge	52	0.010%	1.51x
1491	Sellens	52	0.010%	29.56x
1492	Silsby	52	0.010%	21.22x
1493	Sumner	52	0.010%	0.65x
1494	Adames	51	0.010%	20.40x
1495	Adsett	51	0.010%	28.71x
1496	Borrer	51	0.010%	33.35x
1497	Burdfield	51	0.010%	44.31x
1498	Capon	51	0.010%	2.58x
1499	Cohen	51	0.010%	0.66x
1500	Crunden	51	0.010%	24.61x