1881 census place

Bromley surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bromley, Kent in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

953 surnames are listed for Bromley, Kent, covering 5,274 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Whitehead, with 70 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bromley

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Whitehead	70	0.460%	6.82x
2	Wells	57	0.380%	4.51x
3	Ford	55	0.360%	3.72x
4	Bryant	44	0.290%	6.78x
5	Barrett	43	0.280%	4.21x
6	Craker	43	0.280%	540.20x
7	Humphrey	41	0.270%	10.13x
8	Hills	39	0.260%	9.28x
9	Giles	38	0.250%	6.56x
10	Waters	36	0.240%	5.90x
11	Milstead	35	0.230%	741.53x
12	Atkins	33	0.220%	5.79x
13	Burbridge	33	0.220%	62.92x
14	Gurr	32	0.210%	61.48x
15	Fuller	31	0.200%	5.04x
16	Podger	31	0.200%	206.53x
17	Wickenden	30	0.200%	87.36x
18	Bateman	29	0.190%	7.39x
19	Greenaway	28	0.180%	29.37x
20	Hodges	28	0.180%	6.28x
21	Simmons	28	0.180%	4.52x
22	Stringer	28	0.180%	9.25x
23	Nye	27	0.180%	28.43x
24	Dowling	26	0.170%	15.45x
25	Boxall	25	0.160%	20.77x
26	Browning	24	0.160%	7.76x
27	Crowhurst	24	0.160%	33.84x
28	Osborn	24	0.160%	7.59x
29	Church	23	0.150%	6.94x
30	Hickmott	23	0.150%	86.37x
31	Ridley	23	0.150%	7.83x
32	Muffett	22	0.140%	270.94x
33	Ayling	21	0.140%	19.09x
34	Hoare	21	0.140%	7.08x
35	Jenner	21	0.140%	11.64x
36	Marchant	21	0.140%	8.92x
37	Wiles	21	0.140%	15.95x
38	Gammon	20	0.130%	24.44x
39	Hodgkin	20	0.130%	100.05x
40	Hoskins	20	0.130%	13.50x
41	Killick	20	0.130%	25.82x
42	Maynard	20	0.130%	8.57x
43	Mumford	20	0.130%	13.63x
44	Ranson	20	0.130%	26.62x
45	Wale	20	0.130%	27.45x
46	Blundell	19	0.130%	10.62x
47	Draper	19	0.130%	5.31x
48	Slade	19	0.130%	6.27x
49	Withers	19	0.130%	7.63x
50	Aveling	18	0.120%	211.27x
51	Heaysman	18	0.120%	417.63x
52	Hudd	18	0.120%	53.92x
53	Amos	17	0.110%	6.81x
54	Brazier	17	0.110%	11.94x
55	Poynter	17	0.110%	52.04x
56	Trower	17	0.110%	68.97x
57	Baddeley	16	0.110%	47.58x
58	Batchelor	16	0.110%	6.21x
59	Ilott	16	0.110%	115.52x
60	Isard	16	0.110%	262.73x
61	Palin	16	0.110%	24.57x
62	Tasker	16	0.110%	9.91x
63	Ashdown	15	0.100%	17.42x
64	Balchin	15	0.100%	43.87x
65	Boorman	15	0.100%	26.52x
66	Burch	15	0.100%	13.08x
67	Chitty	15	0.100%	25.83x
68	English	15	0.100%	5.25x
69	Harman	15	0.100%	6.61x
70	Lettington	15	0.100%	383.63x
71	Pearse	15	0.100%	9.28x
72	Satchell	15	0.100%	43.68x
73	Towell	15	0.100%	34.71x
74	Blanks	14	0.090%	73.80x
75	Crockford	14	0.090%	27.14x
76	Ely	14	0.090%	17.52x
77	Filby	14	0.090%	42.40x
78	Goad	14	0.090%	45.18x
79	Hastings	14	0.090%	7.24x
80	Hewett	14	0.090%	7.92x
81	Hopgood	14	0.090%	35.20x
82	Pocock	14	0.090%	8.75x
83	Staples	14	0.090%	9.63x
84	Steers	14	0.090%	50.45x
85	Whittington	14	0.090%	13.09x
86	Woodgate	14	0.090%	19.62x
87	Barham	13	0.090%	13.84x
88	Lansbury	13	0.090%	140.85x
89	Oswald	13	0.090%	18.62x
90	Pink	13	0.090%	12.99x
91	Self	13	0.090%	12.05x
92	Vallins	13	0.090%	241.64x
93	Wingfield	13	0.090%	18.52x
94	Aylen	12	0.080%	118.23x
95	Balls	12	0.080%	6.16x
96	Carrick	12	0.080%	10.98x
97	Churcher	12	0.080%	22.62x
98	Cripps	12	0.080%	8.12x
99	Dunmall	12	0.080%	157.69x
100	Dunstall	12	0.080%	130.01x