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 Silk, 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
3801	Silk	13	0.000%	0.54x
3802	Sloane	13	0.000%	1.14x
3803	Snook	13	0.000%	0.37x
3804	Sone	13	0.000%	11.80x
3805	Spinney	13	0.000%	5.23x
3806	Sterry	13	0.000%	1.62x
3807	Stratten	13	0.000%	7.25x
3808	Straw	13	0.000%	0.76x
3809	Sturdy	13	0.000%	0.83x
3810	Tagg	13	0.000%	0.69x
3811	Tamplin	13	0.000%	1.83x
3812	Tett	13	0.000%	5.17x
3813	Tindell	13	0.000%	4.27x
3814	Topp	13	0.000%	1.16x
3815	Townley	13	0.000%	0.42x
3816	Trent	13	0.000%	1.83x
3817	Trigger	13	0.000%	3.50x
3818	Tunbridge	13	0.000%	1.60x
3819	Tuxford	13	0.000%	3.21x
3820	Tweed	13	0.000%	1.14x
3821	Tyson	13	0.000%	0.20x
3822	Vinnicombe	13	0.000%	2.65x
3823	Wake	13	0.000%	0.33x
3824	Wakefield	13	0.000%	0.15x
3825	Walpole	13	0.000%	0.67x
3826	Waygood	13	0.000%	3.27x
3827	Weber	13	0.000%	2.07x
3828	Whales	13	0.000%	4.68x
3829	Whelan	13	0.000%	0.39x
3830	Whitcombe	13	0.000%	1.46x
3831	Whitlock	13	0.000%	0.44x
3832	Willing	13	0.000%	2.09x
3833	Windham	13	0.000%	7.67x
3834	Winstone	13	0.000%	1.00x
3835	Woolcott	13	0.000%	1.91x
3836	Wormald	13	0.000%	0.58x
3837	Yarnell	13	0.000%	4.39x
3838	Ainger	12	0.000%	2.12x
3839	Amer	12	0.000%	2.48x
3840	Ancell	12	0.000%	3.04x
3841	Angus	12	0.000%	0.17x
3842	Atherden	12	0.000%	13.27x
3843	Atkin	12	0.000%	0.18x
3844	Baber	12	0.000%	1.19x
3845	Barnham	12	0.000%	3.03x
3846	Batchlor	12	0.000%	4.22x
3847	Batstone	12	0.000%	2.86x
3848	Baylis	12	0.000%	0.23x
3849	Beattie	12	0.000%	0.11x
3850	Berkeley	12	0.000%	3.33x
3851	Bernard	12	0.000%	0.59x
3852	Bew	12	0.000%	1.76x
3853	Bills	12	0.000%	0.91x
3854	Bingley	12	0.000%	0.90x
3855	Blakely	12	0.000%	1.42x
3856	Bligh	12	0.000%	1.44x
3857	Blount	12	0.000%	0.71x
3858	Bonus	12	0.000%	7.45x
3859	Books	12	0.000%	14.89x
3860	Bowmer	12	0.000%	2.12x
3861	Boyles	12	0.000%	1.25x
3862	Brennan	12	0.000%	0.23x
3863	Broughton	12	0.000%	0.13x
3864	Brownlow	12	0.000%	0.81x
3865	Bucknall	12	0.000%	0.93x
3866	Buick	12	0.000%	2.38x
3867	Burbridge	12	0.000%	0.71x
3868	Burnell	12	0.000%	0.41x
3869	Burwood	12	0.000%	1.83x
3870	Butland	12	0.000%	2.18x
3871	Byass	12	0.000%	6.69x
3872	Canfield	12	0.000%	2.12x
3873	Carmichael	12	0.000%	0.17x
3874	Caton	12	0.000%	0.51x
3875	Cawley	12	0.000%	0.46x
3876	Chalker	12	0.000%	1.72x
3877	Charlish	12	0.000%	4.86x
3878	Chetwynd	12	0.000%	2.42x
3879	Cheverton	12	0.000%	2.53x
3880	Chubb	12	0.000%	0.44x
3881	Clue	12	0.000%	14.03x
3882	Colling	12	0.000%	0.96x
3883	Conquer	12	0.000%	8.29x
3884	Courteney	12	0.000%	9.73x
3885	Cowen	12	0.000%	0.44x
3886	Crockwell	12	0.000%	8.11x
3887	Crosse	12	0.000%	2.26x
3888	Cunliffe	12	0.000%	0.20x
3889	Cutbush	12	0.000%	3.58x
3890	Dane	12	0.000%	1.11x
3891	Dare	12	0.000%	0.56x
3892	Daughty	12	0.000%	5.88x
3893	Deards	12	0.000%	3.70x
3894	Deason	12	0.000%	3.76x
3895	Dixie	12	0.000%	4.59x
3896	Dodge	12	0.000%	0.62x
3897	Dooley	12	0.000%	0.40x
3898	Douglass	12	0.000%	0.38x
3899	Dover	12	0.000%	0.54x
3900	Dridge	12	0.000%	23.54x