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 Waller, with 25 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
101	Waller	25	0.110%	4.38x
102	Duly	24	0.110%	123.39x
103	Hollebon	24	0.110%	933.85x
104	Holloway	24	0.110%	3.46x
105	Jeffery	24	0.110%	4.88x
106	Winchester	24	0.110%	27.79x
107	Holman	23	0.100%	7.15x
108	Hounsom	23	0.100%	217.19x
109	Peerless	23	0.100%	104.07x
110	Vernon	23	0.100%	6.16x
111	Clapson	22	0.100%	81.88x
112	Cousins	22	0.100%	5.40x
113	Duke	22	0.100%	8.36x
114	Honeysett	22	0.100%	87.03x
115	Wickham	22	0.100%	14.35x
116	Bodle	21	0.090%	84.10x
117	Mockett	21	0.090%	92.19x
118	Wenham	21	0.090%	27.97x
119	Boxall	20	0.090%	11.14x
120	Coomber	20	0.090%	19.68x
121	Durrant	20	0.090%	5.64x
122	Lewes	20	0.090%	37.38x
123	Merritt	20	0.090%	12.56x
124	Novis	20	0.090%	134.14x
125	Stace	20	0.090%	43.47x
126	Aucock	19	0.080%	317.73x
127	Cruse	19	0.080%	28.95x
128	Eade	19	0.080%	17.41x
129	Laker	19	0.080%	19.69x
130	Sandifer	19	0.080%	456.73x
131	Shoosmith	19	0.080%	153.10x
132	Soane	19	0.080%	166.23x
133	Talbot	19	0.080%	3.37x
134	Boswell	18	0.080%	8.46x
135	Button	18	0.080%	6.69x
136	Crowhurst	18	0.080%	17.01x
137	Crunden	18	0.080%	188.68x
138	Hardwick	18	0.080%	5.19x
139	Hatton	18	0.080%	4.05x
140	Holter	18	0.080%	240.32x
141	Jasper	18	0.080%	24.37x
142	Kennard	18	0.080%	16.31x
143	Osborn	18	0.080%	3.82x
144	Woodgate	18	0.080%	16.90x
145	Wren	18	0.080%	7.33x
146	Backhurst	17	0.080%	155.96x
147	Cheal	17	0.080%	44.83x
148	Earl	17	0.080%	5.74x
149	Gander	17	0.080%	26.68x
150	Murrell	17	0.080%	10.52x
151	Pelling	17	0.080%	28.69x
152	Roser	17	0.080%	73.18x
153	Seymour	17	0.080%	3.67x
154	Shadwell	17	0.080%	65.87x
155	Willard	17	0.080%	28.91x
156	Woolgar	17	0.080%	21.09x
157	Avery	16	0.070%	4.21x
158	Bridger	16	0.070%	8.38x
159	Bristow	16	0.070%	5.22x
160	Chitty	16	0.070%	18.46x
161	Clement	16	0.070%	7.01x
162	Douch	16	0.070%	74.70x
163	Eldridge	16	0.070%	6.45x
164	Hook	16	0.070%	4.77x
165	Howick	16	0.070%	53.53x
166	Newnham	16	0.070%	16.50x
167	Rollison	16	0.070%	127.39x
168	Ashdown	15	0.070%	11.68x
169	Burtenshaw	15	0.070%	28.44x
170	Catt	15	0.070%	16.22x
171	Constable	15	0.070%	5.98x
172	Cramp	15	0.070%	15.03x
173	Dumbrill	15	0.070%	145.77x
174	Gutsell	15	0.070%	102.18x
175	Hoad	15	0.070%	18.23x
176	Larkin	15	0.070%	7.37x
177	Worsfold	15	0.070%	20.35x
178	Christian	14	0.060%	6.23x
179	Geering	14	0.060%	48.43x
180	Keeping	14	0.060%	30.08x
181	Laurence	14	0.060%	4.34x
182	Lower	14	0.060%	32.57x
183	Parks	14	0.060%	5.94x
184	Rolls	14	0.060%	13.86x
185	Rumble	14	0.060%	16.56x
186	Tarrant	14	0.060%	8.75x
187	Willoughby	14	0.060%	7.10x
188	Wilmshurst	14	0.060%	43.32x
189	Ancock	13	0.060%	128.21x
190	Dartnell	13	0.060%	65.07x
191	Gates	13	0.060%	3.70x
192	Heathfield	13	0.060%	37.59x
193	Hillman	13	0.060%	6.66x
194	Hollebone	13	0.060%	277.19x
195	Mockford	13	0.060%	34.28x
196	Vinall	13	0.060%	34.84x
197	Baigent	12	0.050%	38.59x
198	Bowdidge	12	0.050%	154.04x
199	Cable	12	0.050%	10.54x
200	Crampton	12	0.050%	10.86x