1881 census place

Horsham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Horsham, 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

466 surnames are listed for Horsham, Sussex, covering 5,020 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Knight, with 138 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Horsham

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	Knight	138	1.44%	11.70x
2	Mitchell	110	1.15%	5.67x
3	Burrage	105	1.10%	562.70x
4	Jupp	95	0.990%	177.94x
5	Charman	87	0.910%	162.59x
6	Etheridge	78	0.820%	137.08x
7	Mills	78	0.820%	6.29x
8	Weller	76	0.790%	55.24x
9	Laker	72	0.750%	176.77x
10	Greenfield	71	0.740%	66.74x
11	Potter	68	0.710%	10.96x
12	Dinnage	67	0.700%	1285.99x
13	Burstow	56	0.590%	745.67x
14	Garman	51	0.530%	415.65x
15	Luxford	50	0.520%	248.76x
16	Peters	50	0.520%	14.90x
17	Streeter	49	0.510%	122.68x
18	Hills	48	0.500%	18.14x
19	Rowland	45	0.470%	16.55x
20	Stanford	44	0.460%	55.31x
21	Nightingale	43	0.450%	26.67x
22	Booker	39	0.410%	34.01x
23	Sargant	33	0.340%	226.03x
24	Tullett	32	0.330%	160.00x
25	Aldridge	31	0.320%	16.71x
26	Kempshall	31	0.320%	698.20x
27	Lindfield	31	0.320%	259.41x
28	Redford	31	0.320%	60.11x
29	Burchell	30	0.310%	70.44x
30	Penfold	30	0.310%	36.94x
31	Agate	29	0.300%	182.28x
32	Boxall	29	0.300%	38.25x
33	Short	29	0.300%	7.76x
34	Smallwood	29	0.300%	32.85x
35	Ansell	28	0.290%	25.34x
36	Archer	28	0.290%	7.08x
37	Garner	28	0.290%	9.26x
38	Humphrey	28	0.290%	10.99x
39	Redman	28	0.290%	22.23x
40	Attwater	27	0.280%	337.92x
41	Botting	27	0.280%	75.40x
42	Buck	27	0.280%	13.17x
43	Comber	27	0.280%	84.01x
44	Pelling	27	0.280%	107.91x
45	Seagrave	26	0.270%	203.44x
46	Walder	26	0.270%	115.25x
47	Farley	25	0.260%	20.80x
48	Hollands	25	0.260%	50.16x
49	Mansell	25	0.260%	22.36x
50	Pannett	25	0.260%	242.25x
51	Stenning	25	0.260%	92.94x
52	Dewdney	24	0.250%	169.97x
53	Sayers	24	0.250%	22.70x
54	Scutt	24	0.250%	98.44x
55	Randall	23	0.240%	7.67x
56	Tugwell	22	0.230%	115.55x
57	Vinall	22	0.230%	139.68x
58	Charlwood	21	0.220%	168.95x
59	Goldsmith	21	0.220%	14.13x
60	Balchin	20	0.210%	92.89x
61	Batchelor	20	0.210%	12.33x
62	Lintott	20	0.210%	134.95x
63	Lipscombe	20	0.210%	77.85x
64	Pickett	20	0.210%	26.01x
65	Blackman	19	0.200%	16.32x
66	Cripps	19	0.200%	20.42x
67	Lewry	19	0.200%	197.51x
68	Murrell	19	0.200%	27.86x
69	Pullen	19	0.200%	15.09x
70	Stedman	19	0.200%	31.99x
71	Heasman	18	0.190%	72.14x
72	Henley	18	0.190%	24.60x
73	Lovegrove	18	0.190%	32.27x
74	Tanner	18	0.190%	8.39x
75	Boniface	17	0.180%	49.22x
76	Chantler	17	0.180%	67.51x
77	Child	17	0.180%	10.45x
78	Duke	17	0.180%	15.29x
79	Dumbrell	17	0.180%	234.48x
80	Flint	17	0.180%	9.90x
81	Manvell	17	0.180%	739.13x
82	Newbury	17	0.180%	29.20x
83	Voice	17	0.180%	135.35x
84	Bone	16	0.170%	9.02x
85	Boorer	16	0.170%	172.04x
86	Duffield	16	0.170%	19.28x
87	Fielder	16	0.170%	27.07x
88	Kensett	16	0.170%	318.73x
89	Anscombe	15	0.160%	73.82x
90	Evershed	15	0.160%	135.75x
91	Garton	15	0.160%	31.87x
92	Hillman	15	0.160%	18.20x
93	Muggeridge	15	0.160%	76.34x
94	Standing	15	0.160%	24.58x
95	Steer	15	0.160%	13.43x
96	Stoner	15	0.160%	45.24x
97	Stovell	15	0.160%	165.38x
98	Champion	14	0.150%	13.98x
99	Denman	14	0.150%	32.85x
100	Easton	14	0.150%	9.65x