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 Webster, with 491 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
301	Webster	491	0.050%	0.57x
302	Hoare	490	0.050%	2.52x
303	Beer	489	0.050%	3.07x
304	Frost	487	0.050%	0.87x
305	Parks	487	0.050%	4.70x
306	Drury	485	0.050%	3.06x
307	Moss	485	0.050%	0.79x
308	Waller	485	0.050%	1.93x
309	Savage	483	0.050%	1.26x
310	Graham	480	0.050%	0.42x
311	Brenchley	479	0.050%	22.28x
312	Everest	478	0.050%	14.02x
313	Rolfe	478	0.050%	3.70x
314	Campbell	477	0.050%	0.28x
315	Batchelor	474	0.050%	2.80x
316	Bassett	473	0.050%	3.04x
317	Dale	472	0.050%	1.12x
318	Griggs	472	0.050%	6.08x
319	Harlow	472	0.050%	8.65x
320	Godfrey	469	0.050%	1.59x
321	Norton	469	0.050%	1.42x
322	Mann	468	0.050%	0.89x
323	Perkins	468	0.050%	1.04x
324	Homewood	467	0.050%	14.86x
325	Hewitt	466	0.050%	0.96x
326	Luckhurst	466	0.050%	20.71x
327	Barnard	465	0.050%	1.88x
328	Thorpe	462	0.050%	1.17x
329	Spencer	461	0.050%	0.51x
330	Lloyd	459	0.050%	0.39x
331	Upton	459	0.050%	2.42x
332	Woodward	458	0.050%	0.93x
333	Rye	457	0.050%	11.81x
334	Cheesman	454	0.050%	8.92x
335	Nye	454	0.050%	7.29x
336	Rigden	454	0.050%	24.36x
337	Farmer	453	0.050%	1.45x
338	Standen	452	0.050%	8.04x
339	Penfold	451	0.050%	5.33x
340	Pay	449	0.050%	13.57x
341	Card	447	0.040%	7.65x
342	Ball	445	0.040%	0.54x
343	Ware	445	0.040%	2.72x
344	Wellard	441	0.040%	22.08x
345	Pankhurst	439	0.040%	12.67x
346	Birch	438	0.040%	1.07x
347	Hope	438	0.040%	1.29x
348	Styles	437	0.040%	4.15x
349	Bristow	436	0.040%	3.23x
350	Dalton	436	0.040%	1.91x
351	Abbott	435	0.040%	0.99x
352	Collard	434	0.040%	7.16x
353	Pain	434	0.040%	4.85x
354	Spain	433	0.040%	17.19x
355	Cullen	429	0.040%	2.46x
356	Griffin	429	0.040%	0.91x
357	Rayner	429	0.040%	1.73x
358	Avery	428	0.040%	2.56x
359	Foord	428	0.040%	9.85x
360	Broad	427	0.040%	3.37x
361	Black	426	0.040%	0.66x
362	Killick	425	0.040%	8.36x
363	Woods	425	0.040%	0.68x
364	Bridger	423	0.040%	5.04x
365	Wiles	421	0.040%	4.87x
366	Barden	419	0.040%	10.99x
367	Mount	419	0.040%	10.83x
368	Prior	419	0.040%	1.82x
369	Relf	419	0.040%	15.06x
370	Davey	417	0.040%	1.02x
371	Howland	417	0.040%	12.25x
372	Pritchard	417	0.040%	0.78x
373	Cork	414	0.040%	5.60x
374	Laurence	412	0.040%	2.91x
375	Roots	412	0.040%	14.15x
376	Sheppard	412	0.040%	1.19x
377	Holloway	410	0.040%	1.34x
378	Morley	410	0.040%	1.03x
379	Filmer	408	0.040%	18.38x
380	Holness	408	0.040%	23.80x
381	Howe	408	0.040%	1.04x
382	Seal	408	0.040%	5.68x
383	Williamson	407	0.040%	0.46x
384	Hadlow	406	0.040%	22.72x
385	Newton	406	0.040%	0.53x
386	Swain	406	0.040%	2.11x
387	Tolhurst	406	0.040%	18.68x
388	Waterman	405	0.040%	5.23x
389	Gibbons	404	0.040%	1.26x
390	Ingram	404	0.040%	1.33x
391	Briggs	403	0.040%	0.74x
392	Wickens	403	0.040%	6.42x
393	Down	400	0.040%	3.34x
394	Barham	399	0.040%	6.47x
395	Dennis	398	0.040%	1.35x
396	Harman	398	0.040%	2.67x
397	Wall	398	0.040%	1.14x
398	Kent	397	0.040%	0.95x
399	Medhurst	397	0.040%	10.36x
400	Summers	397	0.040%	1.42x