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 Cheesman, with 233 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
401	Cheesman	233	0.050%	9.26x
402	Hollingdale	233	0.050%	37.28x
403	Burchell	232	0.050%	10.58x
404	Ransom	232	0.050%	8.70x
405	Styles	231	0.050%	4.44x
406	Wallis	231	0.050%	1.38x
407	Wicks	231	0.050%	3.33x
408	Flint	230	0.050%	2.60x
409	Hoare	230	0.050%	2.39x
410	Tompsett	230	0.050%	27.75x
411	Geering	229	0.050%	36.45x
412	Knowles	229	0.050%	0.87x
413	Rice	228	0.050%	1.49x
414	Warren	228	0.050%	0.69x
415	Chambers	227	0.050%	0.81x
416	Heath	227	0.050%	0.93x
417	Whittington	226	0.050%	6.52x
418	Carr	225	0.050%	0.63x
419	Warner	225	0.050%	1.25x
420	Barrow	224	0.050%	2.15x
421	Clements	224	0.050%	1.37x
422	Fry	224	0.050%	1.42x
423	Nicholson	224	0.050%	0.64x
424	Murrell	223	0.050%	6.35x
425	Leggatt	222	0.050%	15.59x
426	Coomber	220	0.040%	9.96x
427	Lelliott	220	0.040%	50.29x
428	Savage	220	0.040%	1.16x
429	Cruttenden	219	0.040%	29.86x
430	Henley	219	0.040%	5.81x
431	Cheal	218	0.040%	26.46x
432	Walter	218	0.040%	2.89x
433	Gower	217	0.040%	4.20x
434	Hope	216	0.040%	1.29x
435	Breach	215	0.040%	21.97x
436	Stapley	215	0.040%	15.71x
437	Barden	213	0.040%	11.31x
438	Gorringe	212	0.040%	26.86x
439	Balcombe	211	0.040%	28.07x
440	Bartholomew	211	0.040%	5.29x
441	Spencer	210	0.040%	0.47x
442	Austen	208	0.040%	5.49x
443	Beal	208	0.040%	4.49x
444	Street	208	0.040%	1.81x
445	Gale	207	0.040%	1.40x
446	Goodwin	207	0.040%	0.80x
447	Hodges	207	0.040%	1.43x
448	Hunter	207	0.040%	0.41x
449	Divall	206	0.040%	34.22x
450	Hilder	206	0.040%	17.92x
451	Hurst	206	0.040%	1.17x
452	Bowles	205	0.040%	2.54x
453	Tutt	205	0.040%	14.48x
454	Vincent	205	0.040%	1.33x
455	Balchin	204	0.040%	18.40x
456	Osborn	204	0.040%	1.99x
457	Virgo	204	0.040%	16.19x
458	Steele	203	0.040%	1.54x
459	Swain	202	0.040%	2.13x
460	Etheridge	201	0.040%	6.86x
461	Wyatt	201	0.040%	1.39x
462	Gunn	200	0.040%	1.66x
463	Hicks	200	0.040%	0.97x
464	Homewood	200	0.040%	12.88x
465	Rhodes	200	0.040%	0.87x
466	Tomsett	200	0.040%	25.87x
467	Whiting	200	0.040%	2.11x
468	Bowley	199	0.040%	7.36x
469	Etherington	199	0.040%	5.36x
470	Friend	199	0.040%	3.56x
471	Gaston	199	0.040%	22.04x
472	Hutchinson	199	0.040%	0.71x
473	Willis	199	0.040%	0.76x
474	Backshall	198	0.040%	52.58x
475	Gearing	198	0.040%	15.76x
476	Godden	198	0.040%	5.82x
477	Lewry	197	0.040%	39.80x
478	Masters	196	0.040%	2.15x
479	Leppard	195	0.040%	29.64x
480	Parris	195	0.040%	14.84x
481	Relf	195	0.040%	14.18x
482	Vaughan	195	0.040%	1.16x
483	Vinall	195	0.040%	24.05x
484	Henty	194	0.040%	32.23x
485	Tugwell	194	0.040%	19.79x
486	Buss	193	0.040%	12.21x
487	Fenner	193	0.040%	9.23x
488	Hubbard	193	0.040%	1.61x
489	Still	193	0.040%	6.22x
490	Wilmshurst	193	0.040%	27.48x
491	Monk	191	0.040%	1.85x
492	Peirce	191	0.040%	11.50x
493	Tanner	191	0.040%	1.73x
494	Lade	190	0.040%	45.48x
495	Lane	190	0.040%	0.56x
496	Langley	190	0.040%	1.76x
497	Muggeridge	190	0.040%	18.79x
498	Strudwick	190	0.040%	12.22x
499	Bannister	189	0.040%	2.22x
500	Napper	189	0.040%	12.45x