Sussex Family History
Sussex Name Meaning
English: regional name for someone from the county of Sussex, named
‘(territory of) the South Saxons’, from Old English suth +
Seaxe.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Sussex
Name Distribution of Sussex Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sussex families
 50 - 97  17 - 49 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Sussex last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Sussex census records
You can see how Sussex families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Sussex Family Origin
Sussex Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Sussex emigration records
You can find out when most of the Sussex families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Sussex Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Sussex census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Sussex ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Sussex
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