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 Wigg, with 23 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
2601	Wigg	23	0.000%	1.70x
2602	Woodham	23	0.000%	1.39x
2603	Alford	22	0.000%	0.52x
2604	Almond	22	0.000%	0.36x
2605	Anker	22	0.000%	5.11x
2606	Atwood	22	0.000%	2.45x
2607	Bartholemew	22	0.000%	4.34x
2608	Bayfield	22	0.000%	3.29x
2609	Blanche	22	0.000%	6.59x
2610	Blencowe	22	0.000%	3.52x
2611	Boughton	22	0.000%	1.08x
2612	Breden	22	0.000%	14.08x
2613	Bromham	22	0.000%	7.47x
2614	Buckle	22	0.000%	0.41x
2615	Callow	22	0.000%	0.72x
2616	Close	22	0.000%	0.51x
2617	Collett	22	0.000%	0.35x
2618	Coom	22	0.000%	12.99x
2619	Corder	22	0.000%	2.58x
2620	Couch	22	0.000%	0.75x
2621	Cowper	22	0.000%	1.02x
2622	Craven	22	0.000%	0.23x
2623	Cribb	22	0.000%	2.93x
2624	Crowe	22	0.000%	0.45x
2625	Dark	22	0.000%	1.24x
2626	Diprose	22	0.000%	4.07x
2627	Drewett	22	0.000%	1.65x
2628	Dubbin	22	0.000%	9.69x
2629	Dunstone	22	0.000%	3.71x
2630	Faithfull	22	0.000%	3.30x
2631	Fay	22	0.000%	1.07x
2632	Fillary	22	0.000%	20.58x
2633	Forster	22	0.000%	0.14x
2634	Foyster	22	0.000%	6.08x
2635	Garbutt	22	0.000%	0.62x
2636	Glaysher	22	0.000%	9.62x
2637	Goss	22	0.000%	0.51x
2638	Hargraves	22	0.000%	1.28x
2639	Hilman	22	0.000%	12.50x
2640	Hogsflesh	22	0.000%	13.51x
2641	Holcomb	22	0.000%	11.15x
2642	Howlett	22	0.000%	0.33x
2643	Isaac	22	0.000%	0.36x
2644	Kettle	22	0.000%	0.51x
2645	Kinsey	22	0.000%	0.68x
2646	Kite	22	0.000%	0.79x
2647	Lees	22	0.000%	0.10x
2648	Lenton	22	0.000%	0.89x
2649	Line	22	0.000%	0.94x
2650	Lodge	22	0.000%	0.25x
2651	Lyne	22	0.000%	1.02x
2652	Macfarlane	22	0.000%	0.78x
2653	Maclean	22	0.000%	0.40x
2654	Maddocks	22	0.000%	0.73x
2655	Mathis	22	0.000%	15.93x
2656	Meachen	22	0.000%	8.57x
2657	Meeds	22	0.000%	7.82x
2658	Messingham	22	0.000%	23.47x
2659	Oldham	22	0.000%	0.25x
2660	Olding	22	0.000%	2.32x
2661	Otway	22	0.000%	4.69x
2662	Packett	22	0.000%	21.94x
2663	Parkinson	22	0.000%	0.09x
2664	Parnell	22	0.000%	0.46x
2665	Pell	22	0.000%	0.80x
2666	Phillimore	22	0.000%	3.61x
2667	Pickering	22	0.000%	0.12x
2668	Prickett	22	0.000%	1.64x
2669	Ramsden	22	0.000%	0.24x
2670	Rawlings	22	0.000%	0.31x
2671	Redfern	22	0.000%	0.32x
2672	Ritchie	22	0.000%	0.13x
2673	Scammell	22	0.000%	1.65x
2674	Scrivens	22	0.000%	1.49x
2675	Sherman	22	0.000%	0.79x
2676	Singleton	22	0.000%	0.23x
2677	Southern	22	0.000%	0.48x
2678	Strachan	22	0.000%	0.26x
2679	Stunell	22	0.000%	37.16x
2680	Sturgess	22	0.000%	0.78x
2681	Talman	22	0.000%	13.94x
2682	Tansley	22	0.000%	1.21x
2683	Venes	22	0.000%	21.58x
2684	Warde	22	0.000%	5.50x
2685	Warne	22	0.000%	0.61x
2686	Wenban	22	0.000%	25.73x
2687	Wilkes	22	0.000%	0.26x
2688	Willmot	22	0.000%	3.02x
2689	Witten	22	0.000%	9.69x
2690	Woodall	22	0.000%	0.56x
2691	Allison	21	0.000%	0.15x
2692	Ambrose	21	0.000%	0.48x
2693	Ashcroft	21	0.000%	0.32x
2694	Balls	21	0.000%	0.33x
2695	Beadle	21	0.000%	0.61x
2696	Beaty	21	0.000%	1.87x
2697	Bellchamber	21	0.000%	7.56x
2698	Beves	21	0.000%	14.85x
2699	Bland	21	0.000%	0.21x
2700	Bolt	21	0.000%	0.59x