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 Grinsted, with 24 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
4701	Grinsted	24	0.000%	5.04x
4702	Gumbrill	24	0.000%	6.80x
4703	Hayworth	24	0.000%	3.66x
4704	Hazlewood	24	0.000%	1.07x
4705	Hedgcock	24	0.000%	3.42x
4706	Hefferman	24	0.000%	3.42x
4707	Hennessy	24	0.000%	1.22x
4708	Hewes	24	0.000%	2.00x
4709	Hockey	24	0.000%	0.79x
4710	Hollett	24	0.000%	3.96x
4711	Holme	24	0.000%	0.52x
4712	Homer	24	0.000%	0.32x
4713	Hornsey	24	0.000%	1.10x
4714	Horsley	24	0.000%	0.26x
4715	Hugo	24	0.000%	1.83x
4716	Hulford	24	0.000%	4.24x
4717	Irvin	24	0.000%	0.82x
4718	Isles	24	0.000%	0.89x
4719	Janson	24	0.000%	1.48x
4720	Jempson	24	0.000%	4.54x
4721	Joynson	24	0.000%	1.04x
4722	Kerridge	24	0.000%	0.66x
4723	Kerslake	24	0.000%	0.72x
4724	Keyes	24	0.000%	2.26x
4725	Kington	24	0.000%	2.21x
4726	Lauder	24	0.000%	0.46x
4727	Leahy	24	0.000%	1.55x
4728	Leckie	24	0.000%	0.77x
4729	Leeks	24	0.000%	1.82x
4730	Lepine	24	0.000%	7.93x
4731	Leppard	24	0.000%	1.80x
4732	Linton	24	0.000%	0.29x
4733	Lukey	24	0.000%	4.19x
4734	Mair	24	0.000%	0.26x
4735	Master	24	0.000%	1.91x
4736	Maston	24	0.000%	3.00x
4737	Mate	24	0.000%	3.92x
4738	Mellor	24	0.000%	0.07x
4739	Meloy	24	0.000%	6.16x
4740	Molyneux	24	0.000%	0.32x
4741	Moorcraft	24	0.000%	11.10x
4742	Motley	24	0.000%	1.90x
4743	Mousley	24	0.000%	1.78x
4744	Mulley	24	0.000%	1.16x
4745	Nichol	24	0.000%	0.22x
4746	Obrian	24	0.000%	0.73x
4747	Ockenden	24	0.000%	1.84x
4748	Oneill	24	0.000%	0.38x
4749	Pert	24	0.000%	1.13x
4750	Petch	24	0.000%	0.54x
4751	Pomfret	24	0.000%	0.70x
4752	Powel	24	0.000%	0.94x
4753	Poynton	24	0.000%	1.45x
4754	Probert	24	0.000%	0.31x
4755	Pulley	24	0.000%	1.43x
4756	Purday	24	0.000%	5.34x
4757	Quinlan	24	0.000%	1.09x
4758	Reaves	24	0.000%	2.92x
4759	Redfern	24	0.000%	0.17x
4760	Redford	24	0.000%	0.45x
4761	Rhoades	24	0.000%	1.49x
4762	Richens	24	0.000%	1.24x
4763	Rickman	24	0.000%	1.22x
4764	Ridden	24	0.000%	8.90x
4765	Ridgwell	24	0.000%	1.82x
4766	Rosher	24	0.000%	4.03x
4767	Rough	24	0.000%	1.07x
4768	Scanlan	24	0.000%	1.07x
4769	Scovell	24	0.000%	1.62x
4770	Scutts	24	0.000%	5.50x
4771	Seaward	24	0.000%	1.38x
4772	Sessions	24	0.000%	1.68x
4773	Shepard	24	0.000%	0.85x
4774	Shepheard	24	0.000%	1.39x
4775	Sherrard	24	0.000%	3.88x
4776	Shipton	24	0.000%	0.58x
4777	Showell	24	0.000%	2.36x
4778	Spearing	24	0.000%	1.25x
4779	Spratley	24	0.000%	2.24x
4780	Stepney	24	0.000%	1.70x
4781	Swanson	24	0.000%	0.33x
4782	Syms	24	0.000%	1.52x
4783	Taffs	24	0.000%	5.01x
4784	Tedman	24	0.000%	5.63x
4785	Titcombe	24	0.000%	2.11x
4786	Toogood	24	0.000%	0.52x
4787	Trew	24	0.000%	1.07x
4788	Trim	24	0.000%	0.80x
4789	Tulley	24	0.000%	1.17x
4790	Wady	24	0.000%	6.16x
4791	Walles	24	0.000%	7.75x
4792	Warrell	24	0.000%	2.19x
4793	Whitby	24	0.000%	0.40x
4794	Whitcombe	24	0.000%	1.34x
4795	Winkworth	24	0.000%	1.17x
4796	Wolley	24	0.000%	1.94x
4797	Woolton	24	0.000%	5.04x
4798	Yeo	24	0.000%	0.46x
4799	Yorke	24	0.000%	0.75x
4800	Ades	23	0.000%	6.28x