Traditional Sussex Surnames

[Captain Haddock]

What are they and do you have one?! (I don't )

Watching that Youtube clip of Noel Dumbrell singing Sussex By The Sea today prompted the question above....is Dumbrell very 'Sussex' for example?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

This is a pretty cool website

World Family Names

You can search by area or name, searching by area just brings up the usuals though, Smith, etc.

 

[Marc1901]

That website say's my surname is common like all over the world and it really isn't ?

 

[Spicy]

That is a good website, deletebeep. I seem to have lots of Aussie relatives.

 

[Bob!]

What are they and do you have one?! (I don't )

Watching that Youtube clip of Noel Dumbrell singing Sussex By The Sea today prompted the question above....is Dumbrell very 'Sussex' for example?

Try this one, http://www.uk-surnames.com/list.php?sl=D&county=Sussex&pageID=2
Dumbrell looks very Sussex, My Mother is a Newell

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Dumbrell is certainly a Sussex surname ... I even know some of them.

Top ten locations for Dumbrell in the UK:-

BRIGHTON , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
REDHILL , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
UNKNOWN , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
ROCHESTER , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
HOVE , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
EASTBOURNE , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
HORSHAM , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
CRAWLEY , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
WORTHING , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM

 

[severnside gull]

I have a number of Sherwoods, Parsons, Cottons and Doves in my family tree and all seem to have a rich Sussex heritage going back 300 years and more

 

[dougdeep]

Lots of Deeps in India, oh and Luton.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The Bracknells are mainly concentrated in Alabama.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

May have to claim one of the most Sussex of names, Langridge, very Sussex, back to 14th century and two of thegreatest Sussex cricketers were John and James Langridge.

 

[mr cgull]

Try this website, it's fascinating. Type in your surname and it shows where in 1881 and 1998 that surname was common in the UK:

Great Britain Family Names

 

[highway61]

May have to claim one of the most Sussex of names, Langridge, very Sussex, back to 14th century and two of thegreatest Sussex cricketers were John and James Langridge.

and a Bike shop in HAYWARDS hEATH IN THE 60-70'S LOL...

 

[mr cgull]

Just looked into it in a bit more detail and it also gives you a rank of your surname in 1998 and whether it's getting more or less common.

 

[severnside gull]

and a Bike shop in HAYWARDS hEATH IN THE 60-70'S LOL...

oh how I long to reply "and a bike I rode in the 60's" but her name was Landridge

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Thank god for that, thought she was a sister I didnt know about

 

[malcolmposkettspockets]

I am a 'Knight'. A very Sussex name as a certain 'Dick' would testify.

 

[Marty McFly]

Try this website, it's fascinating. Type in your surname and it shows where in 1881 and 1998 that surname was common in the UK:

Great Britain Family Names

That's really interesting. My surname is Funnell and it's still very Sussex/South based.

 

[Captain Haddock]

Cheers guys! Looks like my name is spreading in it's traditional area (South East: Essex and also including Enfield where by coincidence I moved to in 2002 - am Sussex born and bred).

Regards Langridge, I've come across that name a few times before.

 

[Captain Haddock]

Yes Funnell is very Sussex!!

 

[Don Quixote]

Italiano.