1881 census place

Rye surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Rye, 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

295 surnames are listed for Rye, Sussex, covering 1,858 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Standen, with 49 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Rye

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	Standen	49	1.05%	185.61x
2	Pope	47	1.00%	29.13x
3	Bourne	44	0.940%	48.47x
4	Rhodes	41	0.880%	18.86x
5	Hicks	34	0.730%	17.35x
6	Hoad	32	0.680%	188.35x
7	Tiltman	30	0.640%	1200.00x
8	Paine	29	0.620%	44.99x
9	Fuller	28	0.600%	14.79x
10	Bayley	27	0.580%	35.78x
11	Igglesden	27	0.580%	1363.64x
12	Hollands	26	0.560%	106.64x
13	Dunk	24	0.510%	154.94x
14	Masters	23	0.490%	26.52x
15	Neeves	23	0.490%	912.70x
16	Gammon	22	0.470%	87.27x
17	Gasson	22	0.470%	190.48x
18	Curd	21	0.450%	191.61x
19	Noakes	21	0.450%	61.35x
20	Barham	19	0.410%	65.63x
21	Carman	19	0.410%	121.95x
22	Jarrett	18	0.380%	41.95x
23	Sherwood	18	0.380%	30.17x
24	Axell	17	0.360%	1976.74x
25	Catt	17	0.360%	89.01x
26	Riddle	17	0.360%	43.77x
27	Stocks	17	0.360%	33.37x
28	Hinds	16	0.340%	49.55x
29	Southerden	15	0.320%	1315.79x
30	Ashdown	14	0.300%	52.79x
31	Crowhurst	14	0.300%	64.07x
32	Welfare	14	0.300%	195.26x
33	Apps	13	0.280%	61.70x
34	Jempson	13	0.280%	522.09x
35	Playford	13	0.280%	133.74x
36	Barden	12	0.260%	67.04x
37	Batcheler	12	0.260%	863.31x
38	Britt	12	0.260%	144.06x
39	Goodsell	12	0.260%	158.94x
40	Larkin	12	0.260%	28.54x
41	Ames	11	0.240%	34.13x
42	Amon	11	0.240%	533.98x
43	Books	11	0.240%	1428.57x
44	Filmer	11	0.240%	105.47x
45	Hait	11	0.240%	1594.20x
46	Hearnden	11	0.240%	255.81x
47	Rubie	11	0.240%	582.01x
48	Coussens	10	0.210%	694.44x
49	Feldman	10	0.210%	1000.00x
50	Gladwish	10	0.210%	680.27x
51	Henbrey	10	0.210%	1162.79x
52	Murphey	10	0.210%	102.35x
53	Ney	10	0.210%	884.96x
54	Pankhurst	10	0.210%	61.46x
55	Sellman	10	0.210%	305.81x
56	Baldock	9	0.190%	27.48x
57	Bones	9	0.190%	65.50x
58	Boreham	9	0.190%	48.44x
59	Brooman	9	0.190%	245.23x
60	Burnham	9	0.190%	31.26x
61	Care	9	0.190%	86.62x
62	Dann	9	0.190%	30.50x
63	Fairhall	9	0.190%	334.57x
64	Furner	9	0.190%	257.14x
65	Kimpton	9	0.190%	70.81x
66	Locke	9	0.190%	21.41x
67	Swaine	9	0.190%	43.75x
68	Vincett	9	0.190%	520.23x
69	Bartholomew	8	0.170%	21.11x
70	Blackhall	8	0.170%	95.35x
71	Brackpool	8	0.170%	701.75x
72	Crosskey	8	0.170%	640.00x
73	Dunster	8	0.170%	63.49x
74	Godden	8	0.170%	24.74x
75	Hatter	8	0.170%	139.13x
76	Milgate	8	0.170%	308.88x
77	Morrow	8	0.170%	41.95x
78	Pellett	8	0.170%	190.93x
79	Sellen	8	0.170%	190.48x
80	Stonestreet	8	0.170%	240.24x
81	Taverner	8	0.170%	93.90x
82	Wait	8	0.170%	33.86x
83	Whiteman	8	0.170%	26.49x
84	Boots	7	0.150%	146.44x
85	Colville	7	0.150%	43.70x
86	Firrell	7	0.150%	813.95x
87	Harnden	7	0.150%	185.68x
88	Milsom	7	0.150%	43.72x
89	Osbourn	7	0.150%	94.34x
90	Pulford	7	0.150%	58.09x
91	Sinden	7	0.150%	68.90x
92	Uren	7	0.150%	39.48x
93	Woollett	7	0.150%	87.17x
94	Buss	6	0.130%	39.95x
95	Farby	6	0.130%	833.33x
96	Feaver	6	0.130%	153.06x
97	Foord	6	0.130%	29.40x
98	Gorham	6	0.130%	63.90x
99	Lilburn	6	0.130%	187.50x
100	Peskett	6	0.130%	97.40x