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 Gibbins, with 15 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
1001	Gibbins	15	0.020%	1.97x
1002	Glyde	15	0.020%	19.83x
1003	Goring	15	0.020%	5.07x
1004	Gosling	15	0.020%	0.96x
1005	Granger	15	0.020%	1.48x
1006	Keay	15	0.020%	3.54x
1007	Lewery	15	0.020%	77.96x
1008	Linfield	15	0.020%	12.02x
1009	Lowdell	15	0.020%	34.78x
1010	Luff	15	0.020%	2.34x
1011	Nell	15	0.020%	19.40x
1012	Neve	15	0.020%	5.74x
1013	Nevell	15	0.020%	25.12x
1014	Orme	15	0.020%	1.81x
1015	Peachey	15	0.020%	3.76x
1016	Pink	15	0.020%	2.29x
1017	Pitfield	15	0.020%	17.73x
1018	Plummer	15	0.020%	1.13x
1019	Pullinger	15	0.020%	8.92x
1020	Ransley	15	0.020%	14.40x
1021	Reading	15	0.020%	1.95x
1022	Shearman	15	0.020%	3.68x
1023	Shepperd	15	0.020%	3.48x
1024	Souch	15	0.020%	24.84x
1025	Stimson	15	0.020%	5.75x
1026	Stoneham	15	0.020%	6.56x
1027	Sturgess	15	0.020%	2.63x
1028	Tacey	15	0.020%	18.38x
1029	Tiller	15	0.020%	5.69x
1030	Valler	15	0.020%	21.13x
1031	Vicars	15	0.020%	8.73x
1032	Vigor	15	0.020%	22.83x
1033	Whitmore	15	0.020%	1.72x
1034	Winn	15	0.020%	1.55x
1035	Belcher	14	0.010%	1.17x
1036	Berkshire	14	0.010%	27.40x
1037	Blanch	14	0.010%	7.33x
1038	Bridle	14	0.010%	3.26x
1039	Brockhurst	14	0.010%	15.57x
1040	Buss	14	0.010%	4.39x
1041	Butt	14	0.010%	1.09x
1042	Catt	14	0.010%	3.45x
1043	Chart	14	0.010%	10.05x
1044	Clement	14	0.010%	1.40x
1045	Clifton	14	0.010%	1.00x
1046	Cobbett	14	0.010%	7.25x
1047	Cooter	14	0.010%	32.71x
1048	Cresswell	14	0.010%	1.34x
1049	Darling	14	0.010%	1.47x
1050	Dash	14	0.010%	7.36x
1051	Dine	14	0.010%	25.42x
1052	Fenner	14	0.010%	3.32x
1053	Freeland	14	0.010%	5.31x
1054	Gooding	14	0.010%	1.67x
1055	Gore	14	0.010%	1.25x
1056	Hamblin	14	0.010%	3.11x
1057	Hawker	14	0.010%	1.84x
1058	Hayles	14	0.010%	5.52x
1059	Hurrell	14	0.010%	2.37x
1060	Ide	14	0.010%	11.07x
1061	Idle	14	0.010%	8.96x
1062	Jefferies	14	0.010%	1.27x
1063	Juden	14	0.010%	45.86x
1064	Kelley	14	0.010%	1.21x
1065	Leaver	14	0.010%	2.19x
1066	Lockyer	14	0.010%	1.84x
1067	Luxford	14	0.010%	6.71x
1068	Maddocks	14	0.010%	2.31x
1069	Maidlow	14	0.010%	63.96x
1070	March	14	0.010%	1.31x
1071	Marten	14	0.010%	4.64x
1072	Menzies	14	0.010%	1.08x
1073	Millard	14	0.010%	0.85x
1074	Otway	14	0.010%	14.81x
1075	Overton	14	0.010%	1.45x
1076	Pelham	14	0.010%	9.68x
1077	Pitman	14	0.010%	1.54x
1078	Pool	14	0.010%	1.22x
1079	Quick	14	0.010%	1.26x
1080	Reason	14	0.010%	4.83x
1081	Richard	14	0.010%	1.63x
1082	Roney	14	0.010%	7.08x
1083	Rouse	14	0.010%	0.98x
1084	Ruff	14	0.010%	4.36x
1085	Sallis	14	0.010%	9.50x
1086	Scholey	14	0.010%	4.10x
1087	Shelly	14	0.010%	6.04x
1088	Speck	14	0.010%	7.93x
1089	Stanbridge	14	0.010%	4.93x
1090	Steers	14	0.010%	7.71x
1091	Stubberfield	14	0.010%	16.04x
1092	Teague	14	0.010%	2.49x
1093	Triggs	14	0.010%	4.14x
1094	Tudor	14	0.010%	2.10x
1095	Twigg	14	0.010%	2.01x
1096	Wiggins	14	0.010%	1.31x
1097	Adey	13	0.010%	4.06x
1098	Balfour	13	0.010%	1.88x
1099	Banham	13	0.010%	2.57x
1100	Beney	13	0.010%	23.05x