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 Geary, with 12 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
1201	Geary	12	0.010%	1.54x
1202	Good	12	0.010%	0.97x
1203	Goss	12	0.010%	1.39x
1204	Guilford	12	0.010%	14.82x
1205	Harley	12	0.010%	0.94x
1206	Harling	12	0.010%	2.81x
1207	Izard	12	0.010%	13.96x
1208	Jeffries	12	0.010%	0.96x
1209	Lemmon	12	0.010%	6.66x
1210	Levy	12	0.010%	0.96x
1211	Mahoney	12	0.010%	1.13x
1212	Male	12	0.010%	2.02x
1213	Marles	12	0.010%	13.50x
1214	Millis	12	0.010%	13.50x
1215	Musgrove	12	0.010%	2.50x
1216	Netley	12	0.010%	36.91x
1217	Nobbs	12	0.010%	2.91x
1218	Oddy	12	0.010%	1.96x
1219	Pavett	12	0.010%	42.55x
1220	Pavey	12	0.010%	2.82x
1221	Pell	12	0.010%	2.15x
1222	Pellett	12	0.010%	13.50x
1223	Philpot	12	0.010%	1.80x
1224	Poore	12	0.010%	6.53x
1225	Postlethwaite	12	0.010%	3.18x
1226	Puddick	12	0.010%	23.18x
1227	Purvey	12	0.010%	31.18x
1228	Rumary	12	0.010%	53.98x
1229	Saltmarsh	12	0.010%	9.30x
1230	Slight	12	0.010%	4.70x
1231	Solly	12	0.010%	6.69x
1232	Southgate	12	0.010%	1.54x
1233	Stockley	12	0.010%	2.80x
1234	Strudwick	12	0.010%	3.83x
1235	Tullet	12	0.010%	58.34x
1236	Voice	12	0.010%	9.20x
1237	Whitley	12	0.010%	1.47x
1238	Wisdom	12	0.010%	6.48x
1239	Woodford	12	0.010%	1.74x
1240	Wynn	12	0.010%	1.39x
1241	Attrill	11	0.010%	6.05x
1242	Browitt	11	0.010%	48.03x
1243	Burch	11	0.010%	1.47x
1244	Burnes	11	0.010%	6.11x
1245	Calvo	11	0.010%	301.37x
1246	Case	11	0.010%	1.11x
1247	Cash	11	0.010%	1.67x
1248	Chipping	11	0.010%	20.85x
1249	Cluer	11	0.010%	23.68x
1250	Colby	11	0.010%	5.35x
1251	Collyer	11	0.010%	1.79x
1252	Colvin	11	0.010%	3.19x
1253	Cotterill	11	0.010%	1.26x
1254	Cottingham	11	0.010%	4.15x
1255	Delves	11	0.010%	6.21x
1256	Dench	11	0.010%	5.90x
1257	Digweed	11	0.010%	11.88x
1258	Dinnage	11	0.010%	20.34x
1259	Emmerson	11	0.010%	1.12x
1260	Eyles	11	0.010%	2.40x
1261	Felton	11	0.010%	1.61x
1262	Frampton	11	0.010%	1.40x
1263	Gilkes	11	0.010%	7.80x
1264	Girling	11	0.010%	1.74x
1265	Godbold	11	0.010%	6.23x
1266	Gold	11	0.010%	1.95x
1267	Goodyer	11	0.010%	4.83x
1268	Gosden	11	0.010%	5.46x
1269	Gravatt	11	0.010%	42.50x
1270	Graysmark	11	0.010%	67.65x
1271	Hanbury	11	0.010%	6.27x
1272	Harrey	11	0.010%	39.94x
1273	Heathfield	11	0.010%	7.25x
1274	Hedgcock	11	0.010%	15.71x
1275	Hibbs	11	0.010%	3.19x
1276	Hyder	11	0.010%	10.52x
1277	Keating	11	0.010%	2.24x
1278	Larkin	11	0.010%	1.23x
1279	Lulham	11	0.010%	30.14x
1280	Mackley	11	0.010%	7.18x
1281	Maxfield	11	0.010%	4.19x
1282	Mayers	11	0.010%	3.69x
1283	Michell	11	0.010%	2.32x
1284	Muller	11	0.010%	2.98x
1285	Newbury	11	0.010%	1.82x
1286	Niblett	11	0.010%	3.72x
1287	Ogle	11	0.010%	3.46x
1288	Ormerod	11	0.010%	1.38x
1289	Packer	11	0.010%	1.05x
1290	Parrott	11	0.010%	0.97x
1291	Pavitt	11	0.010%	4.92x
1292	Percy	11	0.010%	1.19x
1293	Pettet	11	0.010%	12.06x
1294	Pettit	11	0.010%	1.40x
1295	Quartermain	11	0.010%	18.73x
1296	Rampton	11	0.010%	9.50x
1297	Ratcliff	11	0.010%	1.72x
1298	Rook	11	0.010%	1.62x
1299	Rumbold	11	0.010%	5.05x
1300	Sainsbury	11	0.010%	2.13x