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 Shorten, with 11 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
8001	Shorten	11	0.000%	1.00x
8002	Skeen	11	0.000%	1.21x
8003	Slight	11	0.000%	0.43x
8004	Sloss	11	0.000%	1.41x
8005	Smeaton	11	0.000%	0.39x
8006	Snaith	11	0.000%	0.26x
8007	Sparling	11	0.000%	0.85x
8008	Spelling	11	0.000%	3.06x
8009	Spilsbury	11	0.000%	0.57x
8010	Springthorpe	11	0.000%	0.78x
8011	Spurrell	11	0.000%	1.23x
8012	Spurrier	11	0.000%	1.09x
8013	Stacy	11	0.000%	0.38x
8014	Stanier	11	0.000%	0.90x
8015	Staton	11	0.000%	0.57x
8016	Staveley	11	0.000%	0.67x
8017	Steet	11	0.000%	11.40x
8018	Stickland	11	0.000%	0.27x
8019	Stonebridge	11	0.000%	1.00x
8020	Stoyles	11	0.000%	4.18x
8021	Strawson	11	0.000%	1.16x
8022	Strike	11	0.000%	0.67x
8023	Stuckey	11	0.000%	0.49x
8024	Sugg	11	0.000%	1.15x
8025	Sulman	11	0.000%	2.25x
8026	Suton	11	0.000%	6.48x
8027	Sydney	11	0.000%	1.43x
8028	Tamkin	11	0.000%	7.35x
8029	Tatton	11	0.000%	0.42x
8030	Tebby	11	0.000%	1.99x
8031	Thorburn	11	0.000%	0.19x
8032	Threader	11	0.000%	2.47x
8033	Tile	11	0.000%	3.98x
8034	Tisdall	11	0.000%	2.20x
8035	Tizard	11	0.000%	1.01x
8036	Torey	11	0.000%	4.35x
8037	Towler	11	0.000%	0.25x
8038	Treacher	11	0.000%	0.95x
8039	Tringham	11	0.000%	2.52x
8040	Udell	11	0.000%	2.43x
8041	Urquhart	11	0.000%	0.08x
8042	Ussher	11	0.000%	6.36x
8043	Vandyke	11	0.000%	8.27x
8044	Varnham	11	0.000%	2.33x
8045	Vesey	11	0.000%	1.33x
8046	Virgin	11	0.000%	1.13x
8047	Vowles	11	0.000%	0.23x
8048	Warnock	11	0.000%	0.51x
8049	Waterfall	11	0.000%	0.67x
8050	Waye	11	0.000%	3.67x
8051	Webbe	11	0.000%	1.50x
8052	Welland	11	0.000%	0.91x
8053	Welles	11	0.000%	4.86x
8054	Wensley	11	0.000%	0.62x
8055	Whate	11	0.000%	3.34x
8056	Whiston	11	0.000%	0.42x
8057	Whitcomb	11	0.000%	1.05x
8058	Whittell	11	0.000%	1.57x
8059	Wieland	11	0.000%	5.01x
8060	Wilford	11	0.000%	0.27x
8061	Willet	11	0.000%	1.23x
8062	Willetts	11	0.000%	0.20x
8063	Willock	11	0.000%	0.82x
8064	Wilshire	11	0.000%	0.56x
8065	Wimhurst	11	0.000%	3.98x
8066	Winslow	11	0.000%	0.91x
8067	Witt	11	0.000%	0.28x
8068	Woodruffe	11	0.000%	0.97x
8069	Woollaston	11	0.000%	4.13x
8070	Youlton	11	0.000%	2.98x
8071	Abbiss	10	0.000%	1.27x
8072	Ahearn	10	0.000%	2.28x
8073	Aitkinson	10	0.000%	3.58x
8074	Allson	10	0.000%	10.36x
8075	Alton	10	0.000%	0.37x
8076	Ancliff	10	0.000%	3.76x
8077	Anderton	10	0.000%	0.08x
8078	Arber	10	0.000%	1.14x
8079	Argles	10	0.000%	5.89x
8080	Arthurs	10	0.000%	0.66x
8081	Asher	10	0.000%	0.24x
8082	Asprey	10	0.000%	1.13x
8083	Atterbury	10	0.000%	0.96x
8084	August	10	0.000%	2.33x
8085	Axcell	10	0.000%	17.69x
8086	Baber	10	0.000%	0.49x
8087	Baikie	10	0.000%	0.72x
8088	Bainton	10	0.000%	0.77x
8089	Bamber	10	0.000%	0.13x
8090	Bane	10	0.000%	0.81x
8091	Barkway	10	0.000%	1.65x
8092	Barren	10	0.000%	2.83x
8093	Barriball	10	0.000%	2.95x
8094	Barson	10	0.000%	0.54x
8095	Basley	10	0.000%	1.59x
8096	Bawden	10	0.000%	0.20x
8097	Baynham	10	0.000%	0.53x
8098	Beaufoy	10	0.000%	2.28x
8099	Beeden	10	0.000%	2.48x
8100	Belding	10	0.000%	2.66x