1881 census place

East Grinstead surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in East Grinstead, 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

369 surnames are listed for East Grinstead, Sussex, covering 2,930 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Payne, with 99 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in East Grinstead

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	Payne	99	1.42%	15.78x
2	Tester	78	1.12%	250.00x
3	Heasman	74	1.06%	407.04x
4	Simmons	64	0.920%	22.49x
5	Huggett	63	0.900%	197.37x
6	Miles	63	0.900%	15.31x
7	Simmonds	55	0.790%	29.54x
8	Jenner	54	0.770%	65.23x
9	Card	44	0.630%	107.63x
10	Budgen	43	0.620%	295.53x
11	Gates	39	0.560%	36.12x
12	Head	36	0.520%	21.22x
13	Waters	35	0.500%	12.49x
14	Brooker	34	0.490%	40.42x
15	Coomber	33	0.470%	105.53x
16	Draper	33	0.470%	20.10x
17	Weller	31	0.440%	30.92x
18	Smeed	29	0.420%	389.26x
19	Backshall	27	0.390%	506.57x
20	Betchley	27	0.390%	1084.34x
21	Hartfield	27	0.390%	568.42x
22	Divall	24	0.340%	281.69x
23	Hooker	24	0.340%	40.27x
24	Post	24	0.340%	304.18x
25	Cheal	22	0.320%	188.68x
26	Gatton	22	0.320%	1182.80x
27	Pattenden	22	0.320%	134.06x
28	Steer	22	0.320%	27.02x
29	Terry	22	0.320%	12.35x
30	Todman	22	0.320%	279.54x
31	Wren	21	0.300%	27.81x
32	Diplock	20	0.290%	150.94x
33	Evershed	20	0.290%	248.45x
34	Underwood	20	0.290%	10.63x
35	Blackstone	19	0.270%	362.60x
36	Charlwood	19	0.270%	209.71x
37	Dawe	18	0.260%	29.67x
38	Jupp	18	0.260%	46.27x
39	Longley	18	0.260%	38.01x
40	Sargent	18	0.260%	16.76x
41	Elphick	17	0.240%	73.02x
42	Friend	17	0.240%	21.51x
43	Gibb	17	0.240%	13.81x
44	Goring	17	0.240%	81.85x
45	Grove	17	0.240%	20.85x
46	Kilner	17	0.240%	58.32x
47	Leppard	17	0.240%	182.60x
48	Penticost	17	0.240%	536.28x
49	Welfare	17	0.240%	159.03x
50	Whyte	17	0.240%	14.38x
51	Creasey	16	0.230%	57.04x
52	Gatland	16	0.230%	251.97x
53	Luxford	16	0.230%	109.29x
54	Wickenden	16	0.230%	101.52x
55	Buckland	15	0.220%	20.32x
56	Gribble	15	0.220%	59.76x
57	Hemsley	15	0.220%	43.02x
58	Lynn	15	0.220%	24.65x
59	Tomsett	15	0.220%	137.11x
60	Bonwick	14	0.200%	266.16x
61	Bridgland	14	0.200%	159.45x
62	Geer	14	0.200%	175.88x
63	Marden	14	0.200%	92.35x
64	Maynard	14	0.200%	13.07x
65	Billings	13	0.190%	38.62x
66	Downer	13	0.190%	48.56x
67	Bashford	12	0.170%	51.70x
68	Chatfield	12	0.170%	35.69x
69	Dadswell	12	0.170%	128.89x
70	Kenward	12	0.170%	67.19x
71	Medhurst	12	0.170%	44.78x
72	Pocock	12	0.170%	16.34x
73	Argent	11	0.160%	33.20x
74	Buckman	11	0.160%	97.86x
75	Histed	11	0.160%	191.97x
76	Sargant	11	0.160%	103.38x
77	Tingley	11	0.160%	147.26x
78	Winstone	11	0.160%	59.98x
79	Woolgar	11	0.160%	44.37x
80	Gallacher	10	0.140%	16.63x
81	Gladman	10	0.140%	78.13x
82	Gurr	10	0.140%	41.86x
83	Heaysman	10	0.140%	505.05x
84	Orrin	10	0.140%	259.07x
85	Sloman	10	0.140%	67.52x
86	Still	10	0.140%	22.77x
87	Vince	10	0.140%	23.71x
88	Agent	9	0.130%	368.85x
89	Backhurst	9	0.130%	268.66x
90	Filtness	9	0.130%	420.56x
91	Harbour	9	0.130%	49.94x
92	Henley	9	0.130%	16.88x
93	Hunnisett	9	0.130%	238.73x
94	Lindfield	9	0.130%	103.33x
95	Murrell	9	0.130%	18.11x
96	Owden	9	0.130%	466.32x
97	Wheaton	9	0.130%	62.76x
98	Botting	8	0.110%	30.65x
99	Bridgeland	8	0.110%	195.12x
100	Hazelden	8	0.110%	139.62x