1881 census place

Burwash surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Burwash, 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

132 surnames are listed for Burwash, Sussex, covering 1,169 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pennells, with 58 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Burwash

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
1	Pennells	58	2.54%	3295.45x
2	Kemp	53	2.32%	41.82x
3	Relf	51	2.23%	799.37x
4	Pope	40	1.75%	50.79x
5	Blackford	38	1.66%	461.73x
6	Sands	33	1.44%	128.96x
7	Harmer	32	1.40%	141.28x
8	Isted	29	1.27%	801.11x
9	Mepham	29	1.27%	692.12x
10	Cramp	26	1.14%	258.45x
11	Jenner	26	1.14%	95.83x
12	Dann	24	1.05%	166.55x
13	Pankhurst	23	1.01%	289.67x
14	Vigor	23	1.01%	1523.18x
15	Hyland	21	0.920%	232.30x
16	Waterhouse	21	0.920%	60.31x
17	Piper	20	0.880%	44.30x
18	Farley	19	0.830%	66.20x
19	Bourner	18	0.790%	833.33x
20	Copper	18	0.790%	483.87x
21	Akehurst	17	0.740%	284.28x
22	Noakes	17	0.740%	101.74x
23	Pilbeam	17	0.740%	335.31x
24	Fieldwick	14	0.610%	2413.79x
25	Honeysett	13	0.570%	509.80x
26	Langridge	12	0.530%	89.35x
27	Manwaring	12	0.530%	332.41x
28	Maskell	12	0.530%	74.67x
29	Pagden	12	0.530%	1304.35x
30	Barden	11	0.480%	125.86x
31	Coppard	11	0.480%	258.22x
32	Lusted	11	0.480%	607.73x
33	Blunden	10	0.440%	131.06x
34	Braban	10	0.440%	2040.82x
35	Buss	10	0.440%	136.43x
36	Cornford	10	0.440%	194.17x
37	Ralf	10	0.440%	1234.57x
38	Balcombe	9	0.390%	257.88x
39	Fellowes	9	0.390%	238.73x
40	Hilder	9	0.390%	168.86x
41	Packham	9	0.390%	81.52x
42	Pont	9	0.390%	430.62x
43	Sweatman	9	0.390%	350.19x
44	Fielder	8	0.350%	56.66x
45	Goodsell	8	0.350%	216.80x
46	Keeley	8	0.350%	86.11x
47	Malpass	8	0.350%	135.36x
48	Pierson	8	0.350%	164.95x
49	Potten	8	0.350%	493.83x
50	Stonestreet	8	0.350%	490.80x
51	Evenden	7	0.310%	166.27x
52	Glazier	7	0.310%	192.31x
53	Hanmer	7	0.310%	208.96x
54	Hobden	7	0.310%	130.11x
55	Honess	7	0.310%	429.45x
56	Santer	7	0.310%	411.76x
57	Tassell	7	0.310%	179.03x
58	Vidler	7	0.310%	101.89x
59	Woodgate	7	0.310%	65.18x
60	Egerton	6	0.260%	53.48x
61	Leaney	6	0.260%	223.05x
62	Littlemore	6	0.260%	312.50x
63	Osbourn	6	0.260%	165.75x
64	Dadswell	5	0.220%	163.93x
65	Dray	5	0.220%	97.47x
66	Geering	5	0.220%	171.82x
67	Gorringe	5	0.220%	136.61x
68	Hallaway	5	0.220%	526.32x
69	Hepden	5	0.220%	1041.67x
70	Kealey	5	0.220%	364.96x
71	Leeves	5	0.220%	471.70x
72	Snashall	5	0.220%	333.33x
73	Tedham	5	0.220%	1219.51x
74	Bulling	4	0.180%	388.35x
75	Hayler	4	0.180%	106.95x
76	Mewett	4	0.180%	322.58x
77	Relfe	4	0.180%	470.59x
78	Roots	4	0.180%	59.88x
79	Douch	3	0.130%	138.89x
80	Gillham	3	0.130%	48.62x
81	Leaves	3	0.130%	300.00x
82	Meaker	3	0.130%	153.85x
83	Methven	3	0.130%	57.47x
84	Neeves	3	0.130%	243.90x
85	Simes	3	0.130%	112.78x
86	Summerhayes	3	0.130%	192.31x
87	Trower	3	0.130%	80.86x
88	Waghorne	3	0.130%	146.34x
89	Woodroffe	3	0.130%	65.36x
90	Baitup	2	0.090%	526.32x
91	Beaney	2	0.090%	52.91x
92	Bournes	2	0.090%	270.27x
93	Clout	2	0.090%	75.76x
94	Diprose	2	0.090%	79.68x
95	Fairway	2	0.090%	645.16x
96	Friar	2	0.090%	57.31x
97	Fullar	2	0.090%	454.55x
98	Garman	2	0.090%	68.26x
99	Hollamby	2	0.090%	66.01x
100	Jerrard	2	0.090%	94.79x