1881 census county

Kent surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Kent in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

19,933 surnames are listed for Kent, covering 889,243 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Flynn, with 133 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Kent

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1201	Flynn	133	0.010%	0.70x
1202	Frances	133	0.010%	2.12x
1203	How	133	0.010%	2.04x
1204	Petley	133	0.010%	15.92x
1205	Rook	133	0.010%	1.95x
1206	Willett	133	0.010%	1.69x
1207	Bligh	132	0.010%	7.82x
1208	Cameron	132	0.010%	0.17x
1209	Costen	132	0.010%	20.98x
1210	Craddock	132	0.010%	1.57x
1211	England	132	0.010%	0.64x
1212	Pickett	132	0.010%	1.65x
1213	Woodland	132	0.010%	2.61x
1214	Botting	131	0.010%	3.51x
1215	Dutton	131	0.010%	0.58x
1216	Forrest	131	0.010%	0.51x
1217	Gough	131	0.010%	0.45x
1218	Grover	131	0.010%	2.11x
1219	Hallett	131	0.010%	1.07x
1220	Link	131	0.010%	7.25x
1221	Needham	131	0.010%	0.62x
1222	Parnell	131	0.010%	1.36x
1223	Petty	131	0.010%	1.33x
1224	Povey	131	0.010%	2.17x
1225	Stock	131	0.010%	1.06x
1226	Trott	131	0.010%	2.00x
1227	Maxwell	130	0.010%	0.55x
1228	Rowden	130	0.010%	5.43x
1229	Allison	129	0.010%	0.46x
1230	Champ	129	0.010%	6.20x
1231	Cornford	129	0.010%	5.74x
1232	Drayson	129	0.010%	17.38x
1233	Egan	129	0.010%	1.56x
1234	Froud	129	0.010%	4.66x
1235	Goble	129	0.010%	4.47x
1236	Golder	129	0.010%	4.76x
1237	Leaney	129	0.010%	11.01x
1238	Stuart	129	0.010%	0.54x
1239	Stubbs	129	0.010%	0.49x
1240	Talbot	129	0.010%	0.52x
1241	Temple	129	0.010%	0.99x
1242	Thurston	129	0.010%	1.83x
1243	Waterhouse	129	0.010%	0.85x
1244	Wootton	129	0.010%	1.43x
1245	Ashman	128	0.010%	1.98x
1246	Dadd	128	0.010%	11.12x
1247	Diplock	128	0.010%	6.76x
1248	Fever	128	0.010%	24.65x
1249	Gaskin	128	0.010%	3.43x
1250	Meadows	128	0.010%	0.92x
1251	Rains	128	0.010%	7.56x
1252	Simons	128	0.010%	0.97x
1253	Coppin	127	0.010%	4.04x
1254	Kay	127	0.010%	0.25x
1255	Pegden	127	0.010%	24.31x
1256	Pilbeam	127	0.010%	5.74x
1257	Bashford	126	0.010%	3.80x
1258	Cackett	126	0.010%	15.64x
1259	Coast	126	0.010%	21.76x
1260	Conway	126	0.010%	0.67x
1261	Farrant	126	0.010%	2.13x
1262	Jackman	126	0.010%	1.36x
1263	Murrell	126	0.010%	1.77x
1264	Balcomb	125	0.010%	12.04x
1265	Barr	125	0.010%	0.52x
1266	Bayne	125	0.010%	3.43x
1267	Belton	125	0.010%	2.33x
1268	Copper	125	0.010%	7.71x
1269	Hurley	125	0.010%	1.08x
1270	Johnstone	125	0.010%	0.28x
1271	Mullins	125	0.010%	1.31x
1272	Newell	125	0.010%	0.79x
1273	Overy	125	0.010%	8.61x
1274	Wales	125	0.010%	1.55x
1275	Wray	125	0.010%	0.93x
1276	Beaney	124	0.010%	7.53x
1277	Cavell	124	0.010%	9.65x
1278	Cocks	124	0.010%	1.87x
1279	Griffith	124	0.010%	0.38x
1280	Grigsby	124	0.010%	18.44x
1281	Rees	124	0.010%	0.14x
1282	Self	124	0.010%	1.75x
1283	Withers	124	0.010%	0.76x
1284	Banfield	123	0.010%	2.70x
1285	Brissenden	123	0.010%	21.74x
1286	Crockford	123	0.010%	3.63x
1287	Dye	123	0.010%	1.86x
1288	Pattison	123	0.010%	0.78x
1289	Paul	123	0.010%	0.49x
1290	Adley	122	0.010%	16.08x
1291	Divers	122	0.010%	12.02x
1292	Dunmall	122	0.010%	24.44x
1293	Eade	122	0.010%	2.54x
1294	Eason	122	0.010%	2.86x
1295	Else	122	0.010%	3.70x
1296	Fitch	122	0.010%	1.56x
1297	Gann	122	0.010%	12.30x
1298	Last	122	0.010%	1.54x
1299	Mott	122	0.010%	1.62x
1300	Strange	122	0.010%	1.14x