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 Wisden, with 35 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
2001	Wisden	35	0.010%	34.90x
2002	Appleby	34	0.010%	0.42x
2003	Attrill	34	0.010%	3.77x
2004	Barnet	34	0.010%	1.44x
2005	Bollen	34	0.010%	6.01x
2006	Bovis	34	0.010%	21.54x
2007	Bowell	34	0.010%	3.33x
2008	Bravery	34	0.010%	12.68x
2009	Briant	34	0.010%	2.53x
2010	Brice	34	0.010%	0.84x
2011	Calloway	34	0.010%	4.23x
2012	Chipper	34	0.010%	16.03x
2013	Cockburn	34	0.010%	0.54x
2014	Deane	34	0.010%	0.83x
2015	Feast	34	0.010%	4.34x
2016	Geary	34	0.010%	0.88x
2017	Hardham	34	0.010%	27.57x
2018	Hendy	34	0.010%	1.37x
2019	Hinds	34	0.010%	1.00x
2020	Hoar	34	0.010%	1.68x
2021	Hoather	34	0.010%	31.33x
2022	Houghton	34	0.010%	0.20x
2023	Jackman	34	0.010%	0.74x
2024	Jaques	34	0.010%	0.93x
2025	Keeping	34	0.010%	3.36x
2026	Moase	34	0.010%	28.33x
2027	Newick	34	0.010%	14.56x
2028	Pitts	34	0.010%	0.67x
2029	Pound	34	0.010%	1.45x
2030	Privett	34	0.010%	4.47x
2031	Rhoades	34	0.010%	4.27x
2032	Rousell	34	0.010%	9.31x
2033	Rumsey	34	0.010%	2.07x
2034	Seager	34	0.010%	1.25x
2035	Snewin	34	0.010%	24.32x
2036	Stockwell	34	0.010%	1.17x
2037	Whitaker	34	0.010%	0.24x
2038	Wicker	34	0.010%	5.60x
2039	Willey	34	0.010%	0.77x
2040	Adamson	33	0.010%	0.25x
2041	Barter	33	0.010%	1.22x
2042	Batty	33	0.010%	0.44x
2043	Boorer	33	0.010%	6.90x
2044	Cowell	33	0.010%	0.47x
2045	Cummings	33	0.010%	0.44x
2046	Currie	33	0.010%	0.24x
2047	Emsley	33	0.010%	2.31x
2048	Fitch	33	0.010%	0.86x
2049	Furlonger	33	0.010%	9.29x
2050	Gear	33	0.010%	1.79x
2051	Gough	33	0.010%	0.23x
2052	Greenaway	33	0.010%	1.07x
2053	Harrod	33	0.010%	2.00x
2054	Hodson	33	0.010%	0.32x
2055	Kilham	33	0.010%	12.95x
2056	Lashmar	33	0.010%	20.48x
2057	Loveland	33	0.010%	3.40x
2058	Maxwell	33	0.010%	0.28x
2059	Mundy	33	0.010%	0.90x
2060	Osbourn	33	0.010%	4.22x
2061	Parlett	33	0.010%	7.09x
2062	Philps	33	0.010%	5.42x
2063	Pilfold	33	0.010%	27.49x
2064	Pointing	33	0.010%	7.69x
2065	Pomfret	33	0.010%	1.95x
2066	Pugh	33	0.010%	0.18x
2067	Rann	33	0.010%	6.27x
2068	Smyth	33	0.010%	0.72x
2069	Smythe	33	0.010%	3.46x
2070	Soloman	33	0.010%	3.07x
2071	Spiller	33	0.010%	1.18x
2072	Stacy	33	0.010%	2.30x
2073	Todd	33	0.010%	0.13x
2074	Trangmar	33	0.010%	36.49x
2075	Travers	33	0.010%	1.34x
2076	Warrington	33	0.010%	0.82x
2077	Whale	33	0.010%	1.19x
2078	Wooler	33	0.010%	3.80x
2079	Ames	32	0.010%	0.94x
2080	Baigent	32	0.010%	4.73x
2081	Bax	32	0.010%	5.20x
2082	Bowman	32	0.010%	0.25x
2083	Bowyer	32	0.010%	0.60x
2084	Burfoot	32	0.010%	5.91x
2085	Cann	32	0.010%	0.70x
2086	Chate	32	0.010%	25.95x
2087	Cozens	32	0.010%	1.48x
2088	Dicks	32	0.010%	1.33x
2089	Foley	32	0.010%	0.52x
2090	Halls	32	0.010%	0.82x
2091	Halsey	32	0.010%	1.51x
2092	Henry	32	0.010%	0.26x
2093	Hockham	32	0.010%	14.31x
2094	Humphries	32	0.010%	0.29x
2095	Isard	32	0.010%	16.22x
2096	Kay	32	0.010%	0.13x
2097	Keys	32	0.010%	1.31x
2098	Lanaway	32	0.010%	12.32x
2099	Ledger	32	0.010%	0.95x
2100	Madden	32	0.010%	0.75x