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 Mahoney, with 24 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
2501	Mahoney	24	0.000%	0.46x
2502	Mallion	24	0.000%	7.60x
2503	Mechen	24	0.000%	24.33x
2504	Minall	24	0.000%	12.80x
2505	Murdock	24	0.000%	1.35x
2506	Paice	24	0.000%	1.56x
2507	Percival	24	0.000%	0.31x
2508	Player	24	0.000%	1.27x
2509	Potts	24	0.000%	0.15x
2510	Purdy	24	0.000%	0.85x
2511	Randle	24	0.000%	0.58x
2512	Rewell	24	0.000%	41.72x
2513	Ridgway	24	0.000%	0.53x
2514	Roche	24	0.000%	1.15x
2515	Rowell	24	0.000%	0.56x
2516	Rumens	24	0.000%	11.86x
2517	Shoulders	24	0.000%	32.44x
2518	Stretton	24	0.000%	1.08x
2519	Sykes	24	0.000%	0.10x
2520	Symes	24	0.000%	0.66x
2521	Teesdale	24	0.000%	3.05x
2522	Tubb	24	0.000%	1.17x
2523	Wooley	24	0.000%	0.76x
2524	Worcester	24	0.000%	10.42x
2525	Amon	23	0.000%	10.60x
2526	Bard	23	0.000%	5.66x
2527	Bent	23	0.000%	0.64x
2528	Bigg	23	0.000%	1.48x
2529	Bignall	23	0.000%	2.81x
2530	Blackburn	23	0.000%	0.12x
2531	Blogg	23	0.000%	2.53x
2532	Brockway	23	0.000%	3.24x
2533	Buckell	23	0.000%	4.48x
2534	Burroughs	23	0.000%	1.46x
2535	Buttler	23	0.000%	1.54x
2536	Cash	23	0.000%	0.70x
2537	Charlton	23	0.000%	0.16x
2538	Chipperfield	23	0.000%	1.81x
2539	Denton	23	0.000%	0.25x
2540	Doughty	23	0.000%	0.37x
2541	Duck	23	0.000%	0.87x
2542	Durham	23	0.000%	0.54x
2543	Farminer	23	0.000%	24.12x
2544	Featherstone	23	0.000%	0.52x
2545	Fenwick	23	0.000%	0.36x
2546	Firrell	23	0.000%	25.43x
2547	Foat	23	0.000%	11.75x
2548	Forrester	23	0.000%	0.35x
2549	Godman	23	0.000%	4.25x
2550	Greenland	23	0.000%	1.48x
2551	Grossmith	23	0.000%	6.39x
2552	Grove	23	0.000%	0.40x
2553	Guilford	23	0.000%	5.73x
2554	Hack	23	0.000%	1.34x
2555	Hadley	23	0.000%	0.34x
2556	Hannington	23	0.000%	5.03x
2557	Hatfield	23	0.000%	0.65x
2558	Hayter	23	0.000%	0.63x
2559	Heward	23	0.000%	2.43x
2560	Hines	23	0.000%	0.55x
2561	Hollebone	23	0.000%	22.56x
2562	Hotson	23	0.000%	4.94x
2563	Howells	23	0.000%	0.18x
2564	Howse	23	0.000%	1.21x
2565	Keating	23	0.000%	0.94x
2566	Leighton	23	0.000%	0.43x
2567	Lennard	23	0.000%	2.07x
2568	Lilley	23	0.000%	0.34x
2569	Linton	23	0.000%	0.57x
2570	Mardon	23	0.000%	3.65x
2571	Maxfield	23	0.000%	1.77x
2572	Mayne	23	0.000%	0.79x
2573	Mose	23	0.000%	11.47x
2574	Moulton	23	0.000%	0.94x
2575	Myers	23	0.000%	0.18x
2576	Nix	23	0.000%	1.81x
2577	Noyce	23	0.000%	2.08x
2578	Owens	23	0.000%	0.09x
2579	Peacham	23	0.000%	31.09x
2580	Peachy	23	0.000%	6.30x
2581	Penney	23	0.000%	0.85x
2582	Roots	23	0.000%	1.60x
2583	Rugman	23	0.000%	6.54x
2584	Saltmarsh	23	0.000%	3.60x
2585	Samways	23	0.000%	1.61x
2586	Saxton	23	0.000%	0.79x
2587	Seaton	23	0.000%	0.55x
2588	Sheen	23	0.000%	0.70x
2589	Simmins	23	0.000%	8.91x
2590	Slaney	23	0.000%	1.50x
2591	Southey	23	0.000%	2.46x
2592	Speck	23	0.000%	2.63x
2593	Tomkins	23	0.000%	0.45x
2594	Toms	23	0.000%	0.60x
2595	Toynbee	23	0.000%	10.13x
2596	Waight	23	0.000%	2.98x
2597	Wassell	23	0.000%	2.98x
2598	Wellsted	23	0.000%	13.45x
2599	Whittaker	23	0.000%	0.10x
2600	Wicken	23	0.000%	6.60x