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 Weeks, with 692 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
201	Weeks	692	0.070%	3.24x
202	Croucher	688	0.070%	12.05x
203	Bryant	687	0.070%	1.61x
204	Hopper	683	0.070%	4.80x
205	Ralph	681	0.070%	4.49x
206	Boorman	678	0.070%	18.27x
207	Browning	677	0.070%	3.34x
208	Fletcher	675	0.070%	0.59x
209	Bowles	674	0.070%	4.13x
210	Lambert	672	0.070%	1.24x
211	Heath	670	0.070%	1.35x
212	Ashby	666	0.070%	3.98x
213	Curtis	666	0.070%	1.18x
214	Hobbs	666	0.070%	1.83x
215	Court	663	0.070%	5.23x
216	Dunn	661	0.070%	0.80x
217	Fry	660	0.070%	2.07x
218	Murphy	659	0.070%	0.83x
219	Paine	657	0.070%	4.79x
220	Walter	657	0.070%	4.30x
221	Porter	654	0.070%	0.87x
222	Simmonds	653	0.070%	2.45x
223	Dean	649	0.070%	0.94x
224	Wilkins	645	0.060%	1.46x
225	Barber	643	0.060%	1.07x
226	Crouch	643	0.060%	4.81x
227	Waghorn	637	0.060%	16.36x
228	Bushell	636	0.060%	6.59x
229	Piper	634	0.060%	3.22x
230	Finch	633	0.060%	1.91x
231	Hook	630	0.060%	4.27x
232	Baldock	629	0.060%	9.02x
233	Tyler	626	0.060%	2.13x
234	Bird	622	0.060%	0.82x
235	Randall	622	0.060%	1.99x
236	Bartlett	621	0.060%	1.42x
237	Holland	621	0.060%	0.88x
238	Clements	619	0.060%	1.87x
239	Knott	610	0.060%	3.09x
240	Couchman	609	0.060%	18.69x
241	Finn	608	0.060%	6.68x
242	Shaw	606	0.060%	0.33x
243	Wraight	604	0.060%	23.51x
244	Sayer	603	0.060%	4.62x
245	Berry	600	0.060%	0.76x
246	Norman	594	0.060%	1.29x
247	Shepherd	593	0.060%	0.81x
248	Moon	590	0.060%	2.81x
249	Brett	585	0.060%	3.09x
250	Stokes	582	0.060%	1.38x
251	Peters	577	0.060%	1.65x
252	Wise	574	0.060%	2.76x
253	Stanley	573	0.060%	1.50x
254	Hooker	569	0.060%	6.68x
255	Bradley	567	0.060%	0.71x
256	Bolton	566	0.060%	1.32x
257	Swan	565	0.060%	2.19x
258	Hicks	564	0.060%	1.35x
259	Warner	564	0.060%	1.55x
260	Masters	563	0.060%	3.05x
261	Maynard	563	0.060%	3.68x
262	Jennings	560	0.060%	1.11x
263	Sims	557	0.060%	1.86x
264	Church	553	0.060%	2.54x
265	Golding	552	0.060%	3.14x
266	Gower	551	0.060%	5.27x
267	Weston	547	0.050%	1.35x
268	Hubbard	545	0.050%	2.25x
269	Spicer	545	0.050%	4.07x
270	Barnett	536	0.050%	1.19x
271	Best	536	0.050%	2.00x
272	Epps	533	0.050%	19.46x
273	Ovenden	533	0.050%	19.00x
274	Pratt	531	0.050%	0.93x
275	Reader	530	0.050%	6.16x
276	Hodge	529	0.050%	2.11x
277	Bond	528	0.050%	1.00x
278	Crowhurst	528	0.050%	11.35x
279	Glover	528	0.050%	1.24x
280	Griffiths	528	0.050%	0.32x
281	Bean	525	0.050%	4.07x
282	Dawson	525	0.050%	0.48x
283	Sales	522	0.050%	8.58x
284	Ballard	520	0.050%	3.48x
285	Knowles	520	0.050%	0.98x
286	Owen	520	0.050%	0.44x
287	Stephens	519	0.050%	0.94x
288	Chittenden	510	0.050%	20.27x
289	Kirby	510	0.050%	1.35x
290	Daniels	506	0.050%	1.62x
291	Luck	504	0.050%	6.12x
292	Carr	500	0.050%	0.70x
293	Dodd	500	0.050%	1.23x
294	Watkins	500	0.050%	0.83x
295	Apps	498	0.050%	11.10x
296	Gurr	496	0.050%	14.52x
297	Eldridge	495	0.050%	4.54x
298	Maxted	494	0.050%	21.42x
299	Stewart	494	0.050%	0.32x
300	Coomber	492	0.050%	11.01x