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 Meats, with 6 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
2101	Meats	6	0.010%	13.91x
2102	Mimms	6	0.010%	23.80x
2103	Mitten	6	0.010%	8.18x
2104	Molden	6	0.010%	23.18x
2105	Monteith	6	0.010%	2.27x
2106	Morfee	6	0.010%	35.48x
2107	Mort	6	0.010%	1.25x
2108	Moulton	6	0.010%	1.22x
2109	Mowbray	6	0.010%	1.45x
2110	Mullens	6	0.010%	4.70x
2111	Munroe	6	0.010%	2.23x
2112	Murrey	6	0.010%	2.23x
2113	Neall	6	0.010%	9.52x
2114	Newis	6	0.010%	18.27x
2115	Noyce	6	0.010%	2.69x
2116	Oatley	6	0.010%	4.86x
2117	Oconnell	6	0.010%	2.55x
2118	Ottaway	6	0.010%	2.91x
2119	Palgrave	6	0.010%	16.15x
2120	Patton	6	0.010%	1.70x
2121	Pattrick	6	0.010%	8.07x
2122	Plater	6	0.010%	3.99x
2123	Polhill	6	0.010%	11.82x
2124	Pollen	6	0.010%	20.55x
2125	Pollington	6	0.010%	7.80x
2126	Prewett	6	0.010%	6.88x
2127	Quelch	6	0.010%	3.58x
2128	Quinlan	6	0.010%	2.74x
2129	Quirk	6	0.010%	1.27x
2130	Rains	6	0.010%	3.55x
2131	Rapson	6	0.010%	2.89x
2132	Rawley	6	0.010%	7.53x
2133	Rous	6	0.010%	8.65x
2134	Rumney	6	0.010%	3.86x
2135	Rydon	6	0.010%	32.89x
2136	Sach	6	0.010%	4.75x
2137	Sait	6	0.010%	11.30x
2138	Scandrett	6	0.010%	9.99x
2139	Scrine	6	0.010%	20.55x
2140	Seamer	6	0.010%	9.67x
2141	Shooter	6	0.010%	4.08x
2142	Shorter	6	0.010%	1.30x
2143	Shoulders	6	0.010%	40.19x
2144	Skeats	6	0.010%	5.35x
2145	Sleight	6	0.010%	2.92x
2146	Smee	6	0.010%	2.90x
2147	Snoad	6	0.010%	14.02x
2148	Somers	6	0.010%	1.78x
2149	Sopp	6	0.010%	6.15x
2150	Souther	6	0.010%	26.20x
2151	Spreadborough	6	0.010%	14.35x
2152	Springett	6	0.010%	1.98x
2153	Starks	6	0.010%	7.04x
2154	Stebbing	6	0.010%	2.83x
2155	Stening	6	0.010%	26.20x
2156	Stern	6	0.010%	6.35x
2157	Stillwell	6	0.010%	3.86x
2158	Stonham	6	0.010%	7.06x
2159	Strutt	6	0.010%	1.94x
2160	Swinfield	6	0.010%	13.81x
2161	Tabor	6	0.010%	2.75x
2162	Tarry	6	0.010%	1.81x
2163	Teevan	6	0.010%	34.78x
2164	Tennent	6	0.010%	3.71x
2165	Thew	6	0.010%	4.54x
2166	Thyer	6	0.010%	7.50x
2167	Tidmarsh	6	0.010%	3.03x
2168	Tootell	6	0.010%	4.78x
2169	Tumber	6	0.010%	9.18x
2170	Tupper	6	0.010%	3.34x
2171	Tyzack	6	0.010%	7.86x
2172	Veness	6	0.010%	4.33x
2173	Vennell	6	0.010%	10.16x
2174	Voysey	6	0.010%	4.23x
2175	Waldock	6	0.010%	3.62x
2176	Welby	6	0.010%	6.07x
2177	Westbrook	6	0.010%	1.30x
2178	Whincup	6	0.010%	4.78x
2179	Whipp	6	0.010%	1.87x
2180	Wickerson	6	0.010%	26.60x
2181	Wickes	6	0.010%	4.76x
2182	Wiley	6	0.010%	2.47x
2183	Wilford	6	0.010%	1.50x
2184	Willock	6	0.010%	4.51x
2185	Willshire	6	0.010%	4.23x
2186	Windebank	6	0.010%	3.94x
2187	Woolard	6	0.010%	4.21x
2188	Wooller	6	0.010%	5.70x
2189	Woolmore	6	0.010%	14.02x
2190	Yard	6	0.010%	5.05x
2191	Youldon	6	0.010%	23.80x
2192	Adshead	5	0.010%	1.16x
2193	Ainslie	5	0.010%	1.91x
2194	Allcorn	5	0.010%	5.23x
2195	Amer	5	0.010%	5.13x
2196	Armes	5	0.010%	3.33x
2197	Asborne	5	0.010%	30.14x
2198	Aylwin	5	0.010%	7.81x
2199	Baber	5	0.010%	2.45x
2200	Barkshire	5	0.010%	22.16x