1881 census place

Eastbourne surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Eastbourne, 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

1,320 surnames are listed for Eastbourne, Sussex, covering 10,221 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Vine, with 132 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Eastbourne

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	Vine	132	0.580%	62.65x
2	Bradford	130	0.570%	29.42x
3	Stevens	123	0.540%	5.20x
4	Knight	112	0.490%	4.01x
5	Carter	101	0.450%	2.65x
6	Reed	101	0.450%	6.10x
7	Miller	100	0.440%	2.47x
8	Gausden	98	0.430%	952.38x
9	Huggett	98	0.430%	94.45x
10	Verrall	93	0.410%	210.07x
11	Collins	89	0.390%	2.74x
12	Newman	89	0.390%	5.28x
13	Chapman	86	0.380%	2.67x
14	French	86	0.380%	7.77x
15	Potter	83	0.370%	5.65x
16	Boniface	77	0.340%	94.12x
17	Prodger	73	0.320%	385.84x
18	Page	69	0.300%	3.81x
19	Piper	64	0.280%	14.29x
20	Ford	63	0.280%	2.85x
21	Godden	59	0.260%	37.68x
22	Goldsmith	59	0.260%	16.76x
23	Head	58	0.260%	10.51x
24	Hide	58	0.260%	66.41x
25	Dyer	56	0.250%	6.38x
26	Hart	54	0.240%	2.79x
27	Banks	53	0.230%	4.56x
28	Pocock	51	0.230%	21.36x
29	Harmer	50	0.220%	22.26x
30	Terry	50	0.220%	8.63x
31	Standing	49	0.220%	33.90x
32	Parsons	45	0.200%	2.61x
33	Bartholomew	44	0.190%	23.98x
34	Fuller	44	0.190%	4.80x
35	Marchant	44	0.190%	12.52x
36	Weller	44	0.190%	13.50x
37	Erridge	43	0.190%	436.99x
38	Gurr	42	0.190%	54.09x
39	Hurst	41	0.180%	5.07x
40	Arnold	40	0.180%	3.27x
41	Elphick	40	0.180%	52.85x
42	Hookham	40	0.180%	158.23x
43	Noakes	40	0.180%	24.13x
44	Peirce	40	0.180%	52.33x
45	Thorpe	40	0.180%	4.46x
46	Ticehurst	39	0.170%	118.76x
47	Mann	38	0.170%	3.18x
48	Simmons	38	0.170%	4.11x
49	Coleman	37	0.160%	3.28x
50	Mewett	37	0.160%	300.08x
51	Carver	36	0.160%	17.54x
52	Hearsey	36	0.160%	264.32x
53	Funnell	34	0.150%	27.16x
54	Upton	34	0.150%	7.87x
55	Finch	33	0.150%	4.37x
56	Luck	33	0.150%	17.63x
57	Parris	33	0.150%	54.57x
58	Pope	33	0.150%	4.22x
59	Sayers	33	0.150%	13.18x
60	Towner	33	0.150%	54.44x
61	Waymark	33	0.150%	427.46x
62	Austin	32	0.140%	2.89x
63	Chatfield	32	0.140%	29.28x
64	Wickens	32	0.140%	22.42x
65	Wise	32	0.140%	6.77x
66	Goble	31	0.140%	47.19x
67	Manser	31	0.140%	60.24x
68	Pierce	31	0.140%	9.31x
69	Maynard	30	0.130%	8.61x
70	Putland	30	0.130%	153.61x
71	Barnard	29	0.130%	5.15x
72	Bignell	29	0.130%	31.80x
73	Dummer	29	0.130%	124.41x
74	Pain	29	0.130%	14.24x
75	Teague	29	0.130%	22.62x
76	Tutt	29	0.130%	44.51x
77	Kenyon	28	0.120%	5.92x
78	Pitcher	28	0.120%	15.93x
79	Rich	28	0.120%	9.86x
80	Tompsett	28	0.120%	73.41x
81	Weston	28	0.120%	3.03x
82	Carey	27	0.120%	6.32x
83	Coster	27	0.120%	40.45x
84	Diplock	27	0.120%	62.70x
85	Gosden	27	0.120%	58.77x
86	Hilton	27	0.120%	3.47x
87	Jenner	27	0.120%	10.03x
88	Sinden	27	0.120%	54.89x
89	Aldridge	26	0.110%	5.92x
90	Balcombe	26	0.110%	75.19x
91	Breach	26	0.110%	57.74x
92	Climpson	25	0.110%	118.43x
93	Cornwell	25	0.110%	19.14x
94	Dennis	25	0.110%	3.73x
95	Gearing	25	0.110%	43.24x
96	Guy	25	0.110%	5.04x
97	Hurd	25	0.110%	24.60x
98	Kennett	25	0.110%	19.83x
99	Lovell	25	0.110%	5.27x
100	Simmonds	25	0.110%	4.13x