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 Ball, with 300 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
301	Ball	300	0.060%	0.74x
302	Luck	299	0.060%	7.35x
303	Slaughter	295	0.060%	12.14x
304	Towner	295	0.060%	22.39x
305	Tribe	294	0.060%	17.65x
306	Gasson	293	0.060%	24.11x
307	Mepham	293	0.060%	32.45x
308	Tullett	293	0.060%	28.46x
309	Bell	292	0.060%	0.32x
310	Dann	292	0.060%	9.40x
311	Heather	292	0.060%	11.16x
312	Willard	292	0.060%	22.85x
313	Hopkins	291	0.060%	0.98x
314	Goodsell	290	0.060%	36.51x
315	Pearson	290	0.060%	0.51x
316	Harwood	286	0.060%	2.17x
317	Ede	285	0.060%	10.61x
318	Wadey	285	0.060%	37.27x
319	Best	283	0.060%	2.13x
320	Veness	282	0.060%	41.02x
321	Barker	281	0.060%	0.44x
322	Mockford	281	0.060%	34.10x
323	Croft	280	0.060%	2.41x
324	Ballard	279	0.060%	3.78x
325	Browning	278	0.060%	2.77x
326	Cooke	273	0.060%	1.00x
327	Simpson	273	0.060%	0.32x
328	Pocock	272	0.060%	5.24x
329	Prior	271	0.060%	2.38x
330	Anscombe	270	0.050%	25.81x
331	Dawson	270	0.050%	0.50x
332	Mercer	270	0.050%	2.09x
333	Wilkins	270	0.050%	1.24x
334	Constable	266	0.050%	4.88x
335	Ridley	266	0.050%	2.79x
336	Rose	266	0.050%	0.73x
337	Coppard	265	0.050%	28.88x
338	Dawes	265	0.050%	3.95x
339	Gurr	265	0.050%	15.70x
340	Holloway	265	0.050%	1.76x
341	Wenham	265	0.050%	16.24x
342	Ansell	264	0.050%	4.64x
343	Budgen	264	0.050%	25.68x
344	Longley	264	0.050%	7.89x
345	Brett	263	0.050%	2.81x
346	Markwick	263	0.050%	36.85x
347	Dale	262	0.050%	1.26x
348	Jenkins	261	0.050%	0.45x
349	Challen	260	0.050%	29.55x
350	Stedman	260	0.050%	8.50x
351	Winchester	260	0.050%	13.86x
352	Carver	259	0.050%	5.81x
353	Denman	256	0.050%	11.67x
354	Finch	255	0.050%	1.56x
355	Bacon	254	0.050%	2.05x
356	Gillam	254	0.050%	13.38x
357	Shoesmith	254	0.050%	17.31x
358	Weeks	254	0.050%	2.41x
359	Lower	252	0.050%	26.98x
360	Sadler	252	0.050%	2.17x
361	Beck	251	0.050%	2.18x
362	Lawrence	250	0.050%	0.78x
363	Pankhurst	249	0.050%	14.54x
364	Slater	249	0.050%	0.84x
365	Stace	249	0.050%	24.90x
366	Farmer	248	0.050%	1.61x
367	Lindfield	248	0.050%	40.32x
368	Anderson	247	0.050%	0.25x
369	Medhurst	247	0.050%	13.05x
370	Grover	246	0.050%	8.02x
371	Puttock	246	0.050%	21.34x
372	Groves	244	0.050%	1.76x
373	Booth	243	0.050%	0.50x
374	Briggs	243	0.050%	0.91x
375	Deacon	243	0.050%	2.90x
376	Wilkinson	243	0.050%	0.32x
377	Wren	243	0.050%	4.56x
378	Isted	242	0.050%	30.98x
379	Levett	242	0.050%	11.18x
380	Rapley	242	0.050%	15.80x
381	Rowland	242	0.050%	1.73x
382	Dadswell	241	0.050%	36.64x
383	Fielder	241	0.050%	7.92x
384	Haffenden	240	0.050%	39.33x
385	Hayler	240	0.050%	29.78x
386	Welfare	240	0.050%	31.79x
387	Hooker	239	0.050%	5.68x
388	Woolven	239	0.050%	38.34x
389	Blunden	238	0.050%	14.47x
390	Card	238	0.050%	8.24x
391	Cramp	238	0.050%	10.97x
392	Bassett	237	0.050%	3.08x
393	Lloyd	237	0.050%	0.41x
394	Dennis	236	0.050%	1.62x
395	Nicholls	236	0.050%	0.92x
396	Willett	236	0.050%	6.08x
397	Blaker	235	0.050%	27.37x
398	Davies	235	0.050%	0.09x
399	Eade	234	0.050%	9.87x
400	Scrase	234	0.050%	42.22x