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 Searle, with 42 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
401	Searle	42	0.040%	2.10x
402	Wiltshire	42	0.040%	3.17x
403	Winton	42	0.040%	11.27x
404	Wymark	42	0.040%	136.14x
405	Bates	41	0.040%	0.65x
406	Bignell	41	0.040%	10.25x
407	Brook	41	0.040%	1.07x
408	Duke	41	0.040%	3.55x
409	Golds	41	0.040%	38.61x
410	Harper	41	0.040%	0.64x
411	Knowles	41	0.040%	0.77x
412	Stanford	41	0.040%	4.96x
413	Welch	41	0.040%	1.17x
414	Westgate	41	0.040%	24.33x
415	Bath	40	0.040%	5.37x
416	Baxter	40	0.040%	0.68x
417	Betts	40	0.040%	1.88x
418	Booker	40	0.040%	3.36x
419	Browning	40	0.040%	1.98x
420	Budd	40	0.040%	3.17x
421	Burden	40	0.040%	3.15x
422	Childs	40	0.040%	2.19x
423	Corney	40	0.040%	12.07x
424	George	40	0.040%	0.69x
425	Gravett	40	0.040%	39.66x
426	Hillier	40	0.040%	2.99x
427	Jacobs	40	0.040%	1.68x
428	Ridge	40	0.040%	5.75x
429	Sargent	40	0.040%	2.61x
430	Snelling	40	0.040%	4.96x
431	Tidey	40	0.040%	35.78x
432	Towner	40	0.040%	15.05x
433	Woodhams	40	0.040%	16.20x
434	Brigden	39	0.040%	21.61x
435	Colwell	39	0.040%	12.08x
436	Fielder	39	0.040%	6.35x
437	Gordon	39	0.040%	0.62x
438	Gower	39	0.040%	3.74x
439	Henty	39	0.040%	32.11x
440	Hope	39	0.040%	1.15x
441	Noble	39	0.040%	0.95x
442	Oliver	39	0.040%	0.55x
443	Paris	39	0.040%	12.41x
444	Schooley	39	0.040%	163.25x
445	Thorpe	39	0.040%	0.99x
446	Trower	39	0.040%	24.18x
447	Wadey	39	0.040%	25.28x
448	Washer	39	0.040%	36.62x
449	Woods	39	0.040%	0.62x
450	Bashford	38	0.040%	11.49x
451	Hazelgrove	38	0.040%	54.28x
452	Hoare	38	0.040%	1.96x
453	Johnstone	38	0.040%	0.85x
454	Lewry	38	0.040%	38.05x
455	Lynn	38	0.040%	4.38x
456	Newnham	38	0.040%	8.94x
457	Ray	38	0.040%	1.93x
458	Sturt	38	0.040%	16.84x
459	Vinall	38	0.040%	23.23x
460	Walter	38	0.040%	2.50x
461	Bullock	37	0.040%	1.14x
462	Cramp	37	0.040%	8.45x
463	Fry	37	0.040%	1.16x
464	Hale	37	0.040%	1.04x
465	Harland	37	0.040%	4.47x
466	Longhurst	37	0.040%	5.66x
467	Measor	37	0.040%	174.20x
468	Noakes	37	0.040%	5.09x
469	Randell	37	0.040%	5.97x
470	Sweetman	37	0.040%	10.45x
471	Waters	37	0.040%	0.93x
472	Bray	36	0.040%	1.08x
473	Burt	36	0.040%	1.53x
474	Bushby	36	0.040%	9.23x
475	Child	36	0.040%	2.13x
476	Driscoll	36	0.040%	3.26x
477	Everett	36	0.040%	2.02x
478	Little	36	0.040%	0.77x
479	Moody	36	0.040%	1.39x
480	Ridley	36	0.040%	1.87x
481	Wallis	36	0.040%	1.07x
482	Welfare	36	0.040%	23.64x
483	Aldridge	35	0.040%	1.82x
484	Coomber	35	0.040%	7.85x
485	Croucher	35	0.040%	6.15x
486	Earl	35	0.040%	2.69x
487	Friend	35	0.040%	3.11x
488	Gardener	35	0.040%	1.96x
489	Hussey	35	0.040%	3.49x
490	Jarrett	35	0.040%	3.84x
491	Jewell	35	0.040%	3.35x
492	Tasker	35	0.040%	3.31x
493	Burchett	34	0.030%	17.08x
494	Dewey	34	0.030%	8.09x
495	Douglas	34	0.030%	0.71x
496	Downs	34	0.030%	1.92x
497	Dumbrell	34	0.030%	45.15x
498	Faulkner	34	0.030%	1.26x
499	Ireland	34	0.030%	1.47x
500	Lock	34	0.030%	1.20x