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 Hunter, with 396 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
401	Hunter	396	0.040%	0.39x
402	Beadle	395	0.040%	5.64x
403	Vaughan	395	0.040%	1.16x
404	Atkinson	391	0.040%	0.40x
405	Poole	391	0.040%	0.81x
406	Willson	391	0.040%	3.50x
407	Lock	390	0.040%	1.37x
408	Burr	389	0.040%	4.86x
409	Archer	388	0.040%	0.94x
410	Bromley	388	0.040%	2.53x
411	Burt	388	0.040%	1.64x
412	Catt	388	0.040%	9.54x
413	Sears	387	0.040%	6.17x
414	Woolley	386	0.040%	1.95x
415	Clifford	384	0.040%	1.87x
416	Joy	384	0.040%	4.58x
417	Seager	384	0.040%	6.98x
418	Lamb	383	0.040%	0.73x
419	Manning	383	0.040%	1.21x
420	Wickham	383	0.040%	5.68x
421	Langley	382	0.040%	1.75x
422	Murray	382	0.040%	0.31x
423	Groombridge	381	0.040%	15.12x
424	Groves	381	0.040%	1.36x
425	Burrows	380	0.040%	0.87x
426	Goddard	380	0.040%	0.95x
427	Hales	380	0.040%	2.66x
428	Hawkes	380	0.040%	2.36x
429	Wills	380	0.040%	1.28x
430	Love	379	0.040%	1.60x
431	Herbert	378	0.040%	1.02x
432	Monk	377	0.040%	1.80x
433	Shorter	377	0.040%	8.14x
434	Hickmott	375	0.040%	21.46x
435	Munn	375	0.040%	5.22x
436	Latter	371	0.040%	14.25x
437	Stevenson	371	0.040%	0.53x
438	Packman	370	0.040%	15.08x
439	Buss	369	0.040%	11.54x
440	Keeler	369	0.040%	12.51x
441	Hood	368	0.040%	1.33x
442	Cobb	367	0.040%	2.59x
443	Henderson	367	0.040%	0.34x
444	Mathews	367	0.040%	1.00x
445	Back	363	0.040%	6.82x
446	Shilling	363	0.040%	14.98x
447	Law	362	0.040%	0.80x
448	Welch	361	0.040%	1.03x
449	Carey	360	0.040%	1.92x
450	Gill	360	0.040%	0.51x
451	Hooper	360	0.040%	0.85x
452	Larkin	360	0.040%	4.02x
453	Booker	358	0.040%	3.00x
454	Cooke	358	0.040%	0.65x
455	Bridges	357	0.040%	2.25x
456	Hamilton	357	0.040%	0.48x
457	Wickenden	357	0.040%	15.84x
458	Wallace	356	0.040%	0.52x
459	Betts	355	0.040%	1.67x
460	Durrant	355	0.040%	2.28x
461	Dray	354	0.040%	15.80x
462	Spice	351	0.040%	15.24x
463	Goodhew	350	0.040%	21.95x
464	Belsey	349	0.040%	22.80x
465	Goldfinch	349	0.040%	19.38x
466	Setterfield	349	0.040%	26.22x
467	Winter	349	0.040%	0.99x
468	Bush	348	0.030%	1.41x
469	Earl	348	0.030%	2.67x
470	Sands	348	0.030%	3.12x
471	Longhurst	347	0.030%	5.29x
472	Gates	346	0.030%	2.24x
473	Drew	345	0.030%	1.31x
474	Kelly	344	0.030%	0.32x
475	Longley	344	0.030%	5.08x
476	Packham	344	0.030%	7.14x
477	Evenden	343	0.030%	18.67x
478	Ansell	342	0.030%	2.97x
479	Holman	342	0.030%	2.42x
480	Langridge	342	0.030%	5.84x
481	Walton	342	0.030%	0.49x
482	Robins	341	0.030%	1.61x
483	Osborn	340	0.030%	1.64x
484	Bartholomew	339	0.030%	4.20x
485	Dunk	339	0.030%	10.28x
486	Stroud	339	0.030%	3.29x
487	Pepper	338	0.030%	2.41x
488	Pollard	338	0.030%	0.93x
489	Smart	338	0.030%	0.74x
490	Attwood	336	0.030%	3.40x
491	Millen	336	0.030%	12.88x
492	Ross	336	0.030%	0.31x
493	Gammon	335	0.030%	6.24x
494	Franklin	334	0.030%	1.01x
495	Minter	334	0.030%	9.24x
496	Garrett	333	0.030%	1.47x
497	Hurst	333	0.030%	0.94x
498	Reid	332	0.030%	0.32x
499	Whiting	332	0.030%	1.73x
500	Saxby	331	0.030%	7.01x