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 Thatcher, with 112 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
1401	Thatcher	112	0.010%	1.22x
1402	Beech	111	0.010%	0.75x
1403	Boulden	111	0.010%	11.23x
1404	Drawbridge	111	0.010%	17.02x
1405	Earle	111	0.010%	1.79x
1406	Ely	111	0.010%	2.12x
1407	Farrell	111	0.010%	0.59x
1408	Farrow	111	0.010%	0.59x
1409	Fleet	111	0.010%	1.66x
1410	Hyder	111	0.010%	10.59x
1411	Pye	111	0.010%	0.74x
1412	Seath	111	0.010%	7.44x
1413	Spinner	111	0.010%	15.37x
1414	Beckett	110	0.010%	0.55x
1415	Chester	110	0.010%	0.90x
1416	Corbett	110	0.010%	0.56x
1417	Crocker	110	0.010%	0.82x
1418	Crofts	110	0.010%	1.37x
1419	Gooch	110	0.010%	1.26x
1420	Orpin	110	0.010%	12.33x
1421	Peerless	110	0.010%	11.32x
1422	Shirley	110	0.010%	1.35x
1423	Spickett	110	0.010%	16.78x
1424	Stiles	110	0.010%	1.99x
1425	Stratton	110	0.010%	1.27x
1426	Foley	109	0.010%	0.87x
1427	Gillham	109	0.010%	4.05x
1428	Hanson	109	0.010%	0.34x
1429	Harber	109	0.010%	4.77x
1430	Harling	109	0.010%	2.54x
1431	Pugh	109	0.010%	0.29x
1432	Rawlings	109	0.010%	0.75x
1433	Staines	109	0.010%	1.98x
1434	Tyrrell	109	0.010%	1.49x
1435	Warwick	109	0.010%	0.79x
1436	Wiggins	109	0.010%	1.01x
1437	Benton	108	0.010%	1.05x
1438	Buckman	108	0.010%	6.72x
1439	Carman	108	0.010%	3.25x
1440	Connell	108	0.010%	0.62x
1441	Dickinson	108	0.010%	0.25x
1442	Fish	108	0.010%	0.58x
1443	Milgate	108	0.010%	19.55x
1444	Parkes	108	0.010%	0.53x
1445	Post	108	0.010%	9.57x
1446	Roe	108	0.010%	0.56x
1447	Storey	108	0.010%	0.43x
1448	Till	108	0.010%	1.54x
1449	Vant	108	0.010%	16.47x
1450	Boughton	107	0.010%	2.60x
1451	Collis	107	0.010%	1.04x
1452	Ewell	107	0.010%	19.37x
1453	Gay	107	0.010%	0.81x
1454	Goss	107	0.010%	1.23x
1455	Kingswood	107	0.010%	11.73x
1456	Knapp	107	0.010%	1.58x
1457	Latham	107	0.010%	0.53x
1458	Pout	107	0.010%	20.35x
1459	Rickwood	107	0.010%	7.05x
1460	Rowley	107	0.010%	0.41x
1461	Sanderson	107	0.010%	0.26x
1462	Turley	107	0.010%	1.99x
1463	Venner	107	0.010%	5.45x
1464	Yeoman	107	0.010%	1.70x
1465	Akehurst	106	0.010%	4.06x
1466	Bayly	106	0.010%	7.30x
1467	Chaney	106	0.010%	5.09x
1468	Christian	106	0.010%	1.07x
1469	Ede	106	0.010%	1.95x
1470	Hider	106	0.010%	10.37x
1471	Hiscock	106	0.010%	1.45x
1472	House	106	0.010%	0.82x
1473	Kenward	106	0.010%	4.15x
1474	Kingsmill	106	0.010%	19.91x
1475	Moor	106	0.010%	0.76x
1476	Patrick	106	0.010%	0.53x
1477	Pooley	106	0.010%	1.32x
1478	Rudd	106	0.010%	0.67x
1479	Saywell	106	0.010%	7.24x
1480	Shea	106	0.010%	1.58x
1481	Squires	106	0.010%	0.75x
1482	Stonham	106	0.010%	12.44x
1483	Sudds	106	0.010%	19.78x
1484	Theobalds	106	0.010%	14.48x
1485	Toms	106	0.010%	1.37x
1486	Verrall	106	0.010%	5.44x
1487	Frampton	105	0.010%	1.34x
1488	Hillman	105	0.010%	1.22x
1489	Humphry	105	0.010%	3.40x
1490	Low	105	0.010%	0.50x
1491	Obrien	105	0.010%	0.71x
1492	Rivers	105	0.010%	1.70x
1493	Stannard	105	0.010%	1.51x
1494	Atwood	104	0.010%	5.71x
1495	Bramble	104	0.010%	5.56x
1496	Cradduck	104	0.010%	25.00x
1497	Eve	104	0.010%	2.76x
1498	Ferris	104	0.010%	1.06x
1499	Forward	104	0.010%	3.72x
1500	Peake	104	0.010%	1.08x