1881 census place

Brighton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Brighton, 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

5,068 surnames are listed for Brighton, Sussex, covering 75,381 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,289 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Brighton

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	Smith	1,289	1.30%	0.92x
2	Taylor	575	0.580%	0.90x
3	Brown	572	0.580%	0.87x
4	Baker	531	0.530%	2.44x
5	Wood	441	0.440%	1.39x
6	Martin	439	0.440%	1.79x
7	White	435	0.440%	1.36x
8	Knight	375	0.380%	3.06x
9	Parker	350	0.350%	1.85x
10	King	348	0.350%	1.61x
11	Mitchell	334	0.340%	1.66x
12	Harris	333	0.340%	1.32x
13	Hall	321	0.320%	1.10x
14	Richardson	316	0.320%	1.87x
15	Green	309	0.310%	1.10x
16	Stevens	291	0.290%	2.81x
17	Turner	290	0.290%	1.05x
18	Johnson	289	0.290%	0.87x
19	Edwards	279	0.280%	1.01x
20	Harman	274	0.280%	18.47x
21	Wells	270	0.270%	3.27x
22	Phillips	266	0.270%	1.50x
23	Cooper	261	0.260%	1.08x
24	Wilson	256	0.260%	0.56x
25	Clark	255	0.260%	0.85x
26	Moore	251	0.250%	1.26x
27	Young	250	0.250%	1.17x
28	Hill	247	0.250%	0.98x
29	Marchant	243	0.240%	15.77x
30	Saunders	241	0.240%	2.64x
31	Page	234	0.240%	2.95x
32	Davis	233	0.230%	1.07x
33	Allen	226	0.230%	1.20x
34	Mills	224	0.230%	1.74x
35	Payne	224	0.230%	2.50x
36	West	223	0.220%	2.33x
37	Carter	221	0.220%	1.32x
38	Collins	221	0.220%	1.55x
39	Bennett	220	0.220%	1.35x
40	Wright	220	0.220%	0.69x
41	Parsons	218	0.220%	2.89x
42	Miller	215	0.220%	1.21x
43	Robinson	208	0.210%	0.66x
44	Bishop	207	0.210%	2.98x
45	Miles	204	0.210%	3.48x
46	Cook	203	0.200%	1.03x
47	Gillam	198	0.200%	51.71x
48	Stone	190	0.190%	2.65x
49	Sharp	187	0.190%	2.26x
50	Elliott	184	0.190%	2.18x
51	Packham	181	0.180%	37.70x
52	Simmons	176	0.180%	4.34x
53	Sayers	173	0.170%	15.76x
54	Davey	171	0.170%	4.19x
55	Newman	171	0.170%	2.31x
56	Funnell	170	0.170%	30.98x
57	Brooker	168	0.170%	14.01x
58	Chapman	168	0.170%	1.19x
59	Gunn	168	0.170%	6.90x
60	Hughes	167	0.170%	0.60x
61	Ellis	165	0.170%	1.14x
62	Reed	165	0.170%	2.27x
63	Kent	164	0.170%	3.92x
64	Ford	162	0.160%	1.67x
65	Morley	162	0.160%	4.08x
66	Marshall	161	0.160%	0.97x
67	Scott	161	0.160%	0.64x
68	Cox	159	0.160%	1.06x
69	Watts	159	0.160%	1.91x
70	Hart	158	0.160%	1.86x
71	Barnes	155	0.160%	1.30x
72	Goddard	152	0.150%	3.80x
73	Barnard	151	0.150%	6.12x
74	Field	150	0.150%	3.03x
75	Clarke	149	0.150%	0.74x
76	Rogers	149	0.150%	1.15x
77	Ward	149	0.150%	0.69x
78	Russell	147	0.150%	1.21x
79	Weller	147	0.150%	10.29x
80	Adams	146	0.150%	1.00x
81	Akehurst	146	0.150%	56.12x
82	Foster	146	0.150%	1.10x
83	Goldsmith	145	0.150%	9.40x
84	Mason	145	0.150%	1.09x
85	Webb	144	0.140%	1.07x
86	Pollard	143	0.140%	3.95x
87	Hunt	141	0.140%	1.07x
88	Wheeler	140	0.140%	2.33x
89	Barber	139	0.140%	2.32x
90	Holden	139	0.140%	2.55x
91	Humphrey	137	0.140%	5.18x
92	Burgess	136	0.140%	1.97x
93	Cole	136	0.140%	1.50x
94	Penfold	134	0.130%	15.89x
95	Reeves	134	0.130%	3.29x
96	Jupp	132	0.130%	23.81x
97	Simmonds	132	0.130%	4.97x
98	Patching	131	0.130%	62.87x
99	Stoner	131	0.130%	38.04x
100	Andrews	130	0.130%	1.37x