1881 census place

Brightling surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brightling, Sussex in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

34 surnames are listed for Brightling, Sussex, covering 350 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Buss, with 48 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brightling

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Buss	48	7.11%	2211.98x
2	Croft	44	6.52%	276.04x
3	Crouch	40	5.93%	441.99x
4	Relf	29	4.30%	1542.55x
5	Mewett	24	3.56%	6486.49x
6	Carley	17	2.52%	1125.83x
7	Mepham	17	2.52%	1370.97x
8	Pont	11	1.63%	1774.19x
9	Farrant	10	1.48%	250.00x
10	Pankhurst	10	1.48%	425.53x
11	Hayley	9	1.33%	1304.35x
12	Stapley	9	1.33%	478.72x
13	Horsey	8	1.19%	645.16x
14	Forward	7	1.04%	370.37x
15	Stonestreet	7	1.04%	1458.33x
16	Crossingham	6	0.890%	4285.71x
17	Marner	6	0.890%	1052.63x
18	Simes	6	0.890%	769.23x
19	Vigor	6	0.890%	1333.33x
20	Honeysett	5	0.740%	666.67x
21	Winchester	5	0.740%	194.55x
22	Yeldham	5	0.740%	1250.00x
23	Coppard	3	0.440%	238.10x
24	Wheatly	3	0.440%	270.27x
25	Brotherston	2	0.300%	285.71x
26	Budgen	2	0.300%	141.84x
27	Douch	2	0.300%	312.50x
28	Newick	2	0.300%	625.00x
29	Veness	2	0.300%	212.77x
30	Fears	1	0.150%	400.00x
31	Hallaway	1	0.150%	357.14x
32	Laine	1	0.150%	181.82x
33	Lovill	1	0.150%	588.24x
34	Whibley	1	0.150%	144.93x