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 Major, with 34 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
501	Major	34	0.030%	2.54x
502	Perrin	34	0.030%	3.34x
503	Shoesmith	34	0.030%	11.49x
504	Willard	34	0.030%	13.19x
505	Bannister	33	0.030%	1.92x
506	Barry	33	0.030%	1.84x
507	Dale	33	0.030%	0.79x
508	Evershed	33	0.030%	28.75x
509	Hards	33	0.030%	14.58x
510	Kimber	33	0.030%	3.49x
511	Lintott	33	0.030%	21.43x
512	Neal	33	0.030%	1.12x
513	Newington	33	0.030%	22.10x
514	Ricketts	33	0.030%	3.42x
515	Rolfe	33	0.030%	2.56x
516	Starkey	33	0.030%	3.35x
517	Webber	33	0.030%	1.09x
518	Woolley	33	0.030%	1.67x
519	Biggs	32	0.030%	1.71x
520	Boon	32	0.030%	3.44x
521	Burnett	32	0.030%	1.16x
522	Coe	32	0.030%	1.98x
523	Eade	32	0.030%	6.69x
524	Giles	32	0.030%	0.85x
525	Goodman	32	0.030%	1.10x
526	Holford	32	0.030%	10.05x
527	Latham	32	0.030%	1.58x
528	Mathews	32	0.030%	0.87x
529	Milton	32	0.030%	2.34x
530	Ockenden	32	0.030%	24.60x
531	Stacey	32	0.030%	1.43x
532	Tourle	32	0.030%	66.51x
533	Andrew	31	0.030%	0.98x
534	Christmas	31	0.030%	5.78x
535	Hook	31	0.030%	2.11x
536	Lelliott	31	0.030%	35.12x
537	Mansfield	31	0.030%	1.66x
538	Munnery	31	0.030%	124.60x
539	Pattenden	31	0.030%	13.25x
540	Peckham	31	0.030%	8.36x
541	Proctor	31	0.030%	1.27x
542	Smithers	31	0.030%	5.77x
543	Tucknott	31	0.030%	55.95x
544	Tulley	31	0.030%	15.14x
545	Waite	31	0.030%	1.50x
546	Welsh	31	0.030%	0.79x
547	Woodward	31	0.030%	0.63x
548	Awcock	30	0.030%	52.88x
549	Beaumont	30	0.030%	1.02x
550	Bedford	30	0.030%	1.27x
551	Broadbridge	30	0.030%	18.49x
552	English	30	0.030%	1.61x
553	Farley	30	0.030%	2.40x
554	Franklin	30	0.030%	0.91x
555	Godfree	30	0.030%	41.10x
556	Godfrey	30	0.030%	1.02x
557	Hawkes	30	0.030%	1.87x
558	Inkpin	30	0.030%	125.58x
559	Newell	30	0.030%	1.91x
560	Nunn	30	0.030%	1.72x
561	Oakes	30	0.030%	2.08x
562	Peirce	30	0.030%	8.95x
563	Seal	30	0.030%	4.19x
564	Trigwell	30	0.030%	81.46x
565	Barratt	29	0.030%	1.44x
566	Cane	29	0.030%	4.28x
567	Cheal	29	0.030%	17.44x
568	Denyer	29	0.030%	7.17x
569	Dodd	29	0.030%	0.72x
570	Fairhall	29	0.030%	50.81x
571	Fleet	29	0.030%	4.35x
572	Geere	29	0.030%	47.50x
573	Gillett	29	0.030%	2.76x
574	Gould	29	0.030%	0.81x
575	Harrington	29	0.030%	1.54x
576	Hollamby	29	0.030%	22.01x
577	Pike	29	0.030%	1.00x
578	Priest	29	0.030%	2.23x
579	Ranger	29	0.030%	8.96x
580	Scutt	29	0.030%	11.45x
581	Wall	29	0.030%	0.83x
582	Willmer	29	0.030%	27.06x
583	Worger	29	0.030%	67.24x
584	Wyatt	29	0.030%	0.99x
585	Bullen	28	0.030%	2.66x
586	Deadman	28	0.030%	7.21x
587	Dear	28	0.030%	3.81x
588	Dudeney	28	0.030%	84.39x
589	Franks	28	0.030%	2.26x
590	Goad	28	0.030%	13.81x
591	Greenyer	28	0.030%	51.15x
592	Hayler	28	0.030%	17.22x
593	Henley	28	0.030%	3.68x
594	Hollman	28	0.030%	47.41x
595	Parris	28	0.030%	10.56x
596	Stallard	28	0.030%	6.39x
597	Wilton	28	0.030%	2.93x
598	Austen	27	0.030%	3.53x
599	Balcombe	27	0.030%	17.81x
600	Box	27	0.030%	3.35x