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 German, with 13 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
3701	German	13	0.000%	0.57x
3702	Gerrard	13	0.000%	0.21x
3703	Gibbon	13	0.000%	0.26x
3704	Gilkes	13	0.000%	1.86x
3705	Gilson	13	0.000%	0.85x
3706	Gingell	13	0.000%	0.90x
3707	Glennie	13	0.000%	1.08x
3708	Gorham	13	0.000%	1.32x
3709	Gorsuch	13	0.000%	8.98x
3710	Greig	13	0.000%	0.17x
3711	Grigsby	13	0.000%	3.91x
3712	Gripper	13	0.000%	10.98x
3713	Gunnell	13	0.000%	1.62x
3714	Hannay	13	0.000%	1.07x
3715	Harms	13	0.000%	4.25x
3716	Harnden	13	0.000%	3.28x
3717	Heater	13	0.000%	20.27x
3718	Hensley	13	0.000%	2.12x
3719	Henwood	13	0.000%	0.63x
3720	Hodder	13	0.000%	0.54x
3721	Hogan	13	0.000%	0.26x
3722	Hogarth	13	0.000%	0.40x
3723	Horrell	13	0.000%	1.69x
3724	Horsman	13	0.000%	0.75x
3725	Hoyle	13	0.000%	0.11x
3726	Huges	13	0.000%	2.79x
3727	Ingledew	13	0.000%	1.90x
3728	Inwood	13	0.000%	1.11x
3729	Jacques	13	0.000%	0.31x
3730	Jayes	13	0.000%	2.44x
3731	Jerrard	13	0.000%	2.86x
3732	John	13	0.000%	0.07x
3733	Keeble	13	0.000%	0.38x
3734	Keeling	13	0.000%	0.30x
3735	Kempsell	13	0.000%	9.41x
3736	Ladd	13	0.000%	0.75x
3737	Launder	13	0.000%	3.61x
3738	Lawless	13	0.000%	0.73x
3739	Lawman	13	0.000%	2.69x
3740	Letts	13	0.000%	0.77x
3741	Levick	13	0.000%	1.92x
3742	Luke	13	0.000%	0.27x
3743	Lye	13	0.000%	0.98x
3744	Lynch	13	0.000%	0.10x
3745	Mack	13	0.000%	0.26x
3746	Main	13	0.000%	0.16x
3747	Malpass	13	0.000%	1.02x
3748	Mancer	13	0.000%	9.76x
3749	Mellersh	13	0.000%	8.50x
3750	Middleditch	13	0.000%	1.44x
3751	Misselbrook	13	0.000%	3.99x
3752	Monckton	13	0.000%	2.74x
3753	Moores	13	0.000%	0.32x
3754	Moorhouse	13	0.000%	0.21x
3755	Morriss	13	0.000%	0.43x
3756	Mortimore	13	0.000%	0.70x
3757	Mostyn	13	0.000%	3.50x
3758	Murphey	13	0.000%	1.26x
3759	Naish	13	0.000%	0.74x
3760	Newby	13	0.000%	0.26x
3761	Niblett	13	0.000%	0.89x
3762	Nobbs	13	0.000%	0.64x
3763	Nugent	13	0.000%	0.50x
3764	Ogburn	13	0.000%	7.19x
3765	Osgood	13	0.000%	2.07x
3766	Ottaway	13	0.000%	1.27x
3767	Pace	13	0.000%	0.59x
3768	Pant	13	0.000%	19.77x
3769	Pardoe	13	0.000%	0.54x
3770	Parsonage	13	0.000%	1.04x
3771	Pascoe	13	0.000%	0.23x
3772	Pasley	13	0.000%	3.89x
3773	Pavitt	13	0.000%	1.17x
3774	Penton	13	0.000%	1.61x
3775	Perren	13	0.000%	1.90x
3776	Piller	13	0.000%	4.79x
3777	Plumer	13	0.000%	3.61x
3778	Polley	13	0.000%	1.00x
3779	Pond	13	0.000%	0.54x
3780	Pontin	13	0.000%	2.23x
3781	Pott	13	0.000%	1.16x
3782	Procter	13	0.000%	0.20x
3783	Prosser	13	0.000%	0.17x
3784	Rance	13	0.000%	0.71x
3785	Rankin	13	0.000%	0.18x
3786	Reeks	13	0.000%	1.72x
3787	Reynold	13	0.000%	1.91x
3788	Rickman	13	0.000%	1.34x
3789	Rideout	13	0.000%	1.86x
3790	Robert	13	0.000%	0.54x
3791	Rowlands	13	0.000%	0.11x
3792	Ryde	13	0.000%	2.97x
3793	Sams	13	0.000%	1.21x
3794	Schroder	13	0.000%	3.24x
3795	Sellen	13	0.000%	2.94x
3796	Sellers	13	0.000%	0.34x
3797	Shand	13	0.000%	0.38x
3798	Share	13	0.000%	3.09x
3799	Sheeter	13	0.000%	26.37x
3800	Shields	13	0.000%	0.17x