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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 Sarjeant, with 11 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1301Sarjeant1112.90x
1302Sayer110.85x
1303Scales111.87x
1304Seaton111.31x
1305Selfe1110.87x
1306Sibley111.37x
1307Smythe115.72x
1308Steadman111.80x
1309Stiles112.00x
1310Stoddard116.72x
1311Swindells111.73x
1312Tamplin117.67x
1313Thirkettle1111.51x
1314Trash1139.94x
1315Trimmer115.61x
1316Unwin111.11x
1317Vines113.32x
1318Wares1110.43x
1319Winkworth115.40x
1320Wooldridge112.03x
1321Woolvin1136.84x
1322Wormald112.44x
1323Worsfold113.40x
1324Yarnell1118.42x
1325Acaster1014.02x
1326Alce1043.67x
1327Ambrose101.14x
1328Ashford101.02x
1329Bard1012.20x
1330Beeny1040.19x
1331Biggerstaff1013.64x
1332Bignall106.05x
1333Blount102.93x
1334Bonwick1013.34x
1335Bourchier1041.29x
1336Brotheridge1023.55x
1337Brunton101.28x
1338Bulbeck1015.86x
1339Burcher1012.35x
1340Bussey102.97x
1341Button100.85x
1342Calloway106.16x
1343Capon102.51x
1344Chase101.80x
1345Cockran1014.02x
1346Coker102.14x
1347Colven1025.77x
1348Conisbee1032.07x
1349Coombe101.86x
1350Corder105.82x
1351Costick1051.07x
1352Cracknell101.45x
1353Cuttriss1041.29x
1354Dacey108.21x
1355Denham101.14x
1356Duck101.87x
1357Dunton106.54x
1358Early102.71x
1359Everest102.94x
1360Every106.73x
1361Gard103.92x
1362Gent101.17x
1363Gifford101.16x
1364Gilder103.84x
1365Grinstead108.54x
1366Guile1013.52x
1367Hartfield1014.78x
1368Hawley101.03x
1369Hayden101.29x
1370Hellier102.58x
1371Hemming101.14x
1372Henly107.30x
1373Hennesey1011.77x
1374Heriot1013.16x
1375Herrington102.67x
1376Hinks102.47x
1377Hobday102.49x
1378Hogben102.98x
1379Huges1010.65x
1380Hylands1022.49x
1381Ingledew107.24x
1382Inskip105.68x
1383Jeater1049.43x
1384Kemble106.08x
1385Kindred1012.82x
1386Latter103.85x
1387Lisher1060.28x
1388Macfarlane101.76x
1389Magennis1091.41x
1390Mahon102.27x
1391Mant108.44x
1392Mantell1010.15x
1393Manville1029.84x
1394Meaden106.28x
1395Measures103.70x
1396Medley102.73x
1397Morey103.06x
1398Multon1060.28x
1399Olden1012.56x
1400Pascoe100.89x