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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 Anstead, with 31 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.

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3901Anstead315.68x
3902Bainbridge310.22x
3903Bampton312.11x
3904Beeken316.95x
3905Bish312.41x
3906Branch310.61x
3907Bumstead312.39x
3908Bundock313.20x
3909Bury310.42x
3910Caswell310.64x
3911Chatwin311.37x
3912Cleverly311.42x
3913Colbran315.06x
3914Colebrooke3115.79x
3915Creasey310.77x
3916Crickett3113.12x
3917Datson316.51x
3918Denniss313.14x
3919Devonshire311.75x
3920Dunmore311.66x
3921Eddy310.52x
3922Firminger317.76x
3923Flanagan310.40x
3924Frederick313.31x
3925Gain312.38x
3926Gillow314.16x
3927Glazier311.95x
3928Gravett313.06x
3929Hanbury311.76x
3930Hargreaves310.07x
3931Hawthorn310.54x
3932Hazel310.97x
3933Hendley311.87x
3934Herne312.61x
3935Heyburn3110.02x
3936Hixson3110.35x
3937Holbourn319.61x
3938Homden3125.18x
3939Hookway311.61x
3940Hover3110.24x
3941Jefford312.06x
3942Jervis310.40x
3943Justice311.23x
3944Leman312.03x
3945Liley312.29x
3946Livermore310.92x
3947Lowder314.59x
3948Luker311.22x
3949Middlemiss311.31x
3950Nagle312.58x
3951Oldridge312.28x
3952Parfitt310.43x
3953Peat310.39x
3954Penton311.90x
3955Petrie310.26x
3956Putman311.76x
3957Pyne310.82x
3958Quarrington319.41x
3959Rackstraw313.85x
3960Rockliffe314.23x
3961Scarlett310.92x
3962Shapland311.73x
3963Skudder3111.36x
3964Solman318.24x
3965Stolton3130.05x
3966Teasdale310.37x
3967Tidmarsh311.56x
3968Towns310.97x
3969Triggs310.91x
3970Tuffnell313.64x
3971Tullett311.49x
3972Tunstall310.59x
3973Warder312.10x
3974Wastall3112.94x
3975Wiley311.27x
3976Willcock310.86x
3977Woolf310.93x
3978Wordsworth311.28x
3979Worthington310.16x
3980Able301.60x
3981Ambler300.34x
3982Aveling305.37x
3983Badcock300.53x
3984Beaven301.04x
3985Beazley301.50x
3986Bilton300.71x
3987Breen301.07x
3988Brindley300.39x
3989Broome300.61x
3990Call302.41x
3991Carwardine303.80x
3992Casselden3018.40x
3993Cattermole301.13x
3994Cavey304.10x
3995Cayley303.79x
3996Chance300.65x
3997Chopping302.79x
3998Coldwell300.69x
3999Copsey301.41x
4000Cordell301.38x