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 Chandler, with 54 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
301	Chandler	54	0.050%	1.69x
302	Finch	54	0.050%	1.63x
303	Freeman	54	0.050%	0.85x
304	Heath	54	0.050%	1.09x
305	Hyde	54	0.050%	1.77x
306	Standen	54	0.050%	9.64x
307	Washington	54	0.050%	10.78x
308	Woolven	54	0.050%	42.94x
309	Boxell	53	0.050%	137.70x
310	Head	53	0.050%	2.19x
311	Hodges	53	0.050%	1.82x
312	Levett	53	0.050%	12.14x
313	Pocock	53	0.050%	5.06x
314	Tester	53	0.050%	11.92x
315	Tucker	53	0.050%	0.96x
316	Tully	53	0.050%	9.96x
317	Bird	52	0.050%	0.68x
318	Clements	52	0.050%	1.58x
319	Grinyer	52	0.050%	120.57x
320	Hemsley	52	0.050%	10.46x
321	Lane	52	0.050%	0.76x
322	Mercer	52	0.050%	1.99x
323	Poole	52	0.050%	1.09x
324	Constable	51	0.050%	4.64x
325	Divall	51	0.050%	42.00x
326	Eager	51	0.050%	36.77x
327	Elphick	51	0.050%	15.37x
328	Stapleton	51	0.050%	5.11x
329	Blaker	50	0.050%	28.87x
330	Heather	50	0.050%	9.47x
331	Rowland	50	0.050%	1.77x
332	Balchin	49	0.050%	21.91x
333	Farncombe	49	0.050%	101.16x
334	Haines	49	0.050%	2.13x
335	Hayllar	49	0.050%	143.40x
336	Herbert	49	0.050%	1.32x
337	Lawrence	49	0.050%	0.76x
338	Oram	49	0.050%	6.32x
339	Sinden	49	0.050%	22.72x
340	Stedman	49	0.050%	7.94x
341	Vincent	49	0.050%	1.58x
342	Attree	48	0.050%	43.44x
343	Bleach	48	0.050%	73.81x
344	Garrett	48	0.050%	2.13x
345	Gilbert	48	0.050%	0.85x
346	Hayes	48	0.050%	0.78x
347	Holland	48	0.050%	0.68x
348	Kemp	48	0.050%	0.87x
349	Laker	48	0.050%	11.35x
350	Maskell	48	0.050%	6.87x
351	Murrell	48	0.050%	6.78x
352	Paul	48	0.050%	1.93x
353	Pitt	48	0.050%	2.26x
354	South	48	0.050%	5.12x
355	Walder	48	0.050%	20.49x
356	Walls	48	0.050%	4.02x
357	Warner	48	0.050%	1.32x
358	Charman	47	0.050%	8.46x
359	Cohen	47	0.050%	3.00x
360	Legg	47	0.050%	2.87x
361	North	47	0.050%	1.43x
362	Sims	47	0.050%	1.58x
363	Willett	47	0.050%	6.00x
364	Bassett	46	0.050%	2.97x
365	Flint	46	0.050%	2.58x
366	Wicks	46	0.050%	3.29x
367	Body	45	0.050%	13.23x
368	Bowles	45	0.050%	2.77x
369	Bryant	45	0.050%	1.06x
370	Guildford	45	0.050%	48.96x
371	Hooper	45	0.050%	1.07x
372	Hopkins	45	0.050%	0.75x
373	Jasper	45	0.050%	13.90x
374	Slaughter	45	0.050%	9.18x
375	Starley	45	0.050%	122.18x
376	Stepney	45	0.050%	31.91x
377	Street	45	0.050%	1.94x
378	Wickham	45	0.050%	6.70x
379	Wren	45	0.050%	4.18x
380	Atkins	44	0.040%	1.18x
381	Avis	44	0.040%	9.22x
382	Bodle	44	0.040%	40.18x
383	Fellingham	44	0.040%	55.72x
384	Hobbs	44	0.040%	1.22x
385	Pilbeam	44	0.040%	19.94x
386	Tree	44	0.040%	18.97x
387	Trill	44	0.040%	50.23x
388	Avery	43	0.040%	2.58x
389	Cripps	43	0.040%	4.45x
390	Eldridge	43	0.040%	3.96x
391	Gladman	43	0.040%	23.56x
392	Nutley	43	0.040%	29.79x
393	Bristow	42	0.040%	3.12x
394	Deacon	42	0.040%	2.49x
395	Donovan	42	0.040%	2.66x
396	Geering	42	0.040%	33.14x
397	Groves	42	0.040%	1.50x
398	Hooker	42	0.040%	4.94x
399	Parks	42	0.040%	4.06x
400	Rooke	42	0.040%	5.73x