1881 census place

Chatham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Chatham, 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

1,595 surnames are listed for Chatham, Kent, covering 11,313 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Martin, with 144 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Chatham

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	Martin	144	0.530%	2.13x
2	King	128	0.470%	2.14x
3	Wells	112	0.410%	4.91x
4	Webb	100	0.360%	2.69x
5	West	98	0.360%	3.71x
6	Rogers	92	0.340%	2.58x
7	Knight	87	0.320%	2.57x
8	Payne	86	0.310%	3.49x
9	Butler	77	0.280%	2.88x
10	Reed	65	0.240%	3.25x
11	Bishop	57	0.210%	2.97x
12	Field	56	0.200%	4.10x
13	Willmott	54	0.200%	31.42x
14	Swan	53	0.190%	7.46x
15	Willson	51	0.190%	16.58x
16	Crouch	50	0.180%	13.60x
17	Lowdell	50	0.180%	420.17x
18	Hawkins	49	0.180%	2.47x
19	May	47	0.170%	2.69x
20	Norris	47	0.170%	3.99x
21	Skinner	47	0.170%	3.38x
22	Bryant	45	0.160%	3.84x
23	Read	45	0.160%	2.55x
24	Best	44	0.160%	5.95x
25	Higgins	44	0.160%	3.17x
26	Hook	44	0.160%	10.84x
27	Newman	44	0.160%	2.16x
28	Terry	44	0.160%	6.28x
29	Woollett	43	0.160%	91.37x
30	Flood	42	0.150%	17.45x
31	Holder	42	0.150%	11.39x
32	Norman	42	0.150%	3.31x
33	Clift	40	0.150%	26.67x
34	Jordan	40	0.150%	3.30x
35	Nye	40	0.150%	23.34x
36	Wallis	40	0.150%	4.31x
37	Wilkins	40	0.150%	3.30x
38	Medhurst	39	0.140%	37.01x
39	Garrett	38	0.140%	6.10x
40	Bear	37	0.130%	50.89x
41	Jarrett	37	0.130%	14.72x
42	Barton	36	0.130%	2.43x
43	Ryan	36	0.130%	4.23x
44	Hills	35	0.130%	4.62x
45	Bacon	34	0.120%	4.93x
46	Daniels	34	0.120%	3.95x
47	Pankhurst	34	0.120%	35.67x
48	Vincent	34	0.120%	3.98x
49	Wren	34	0.120%	11.45x
50	Newnham	33	0.120%	28.14x
51	Randall	33	0.120%	3.84x
52	Bryan	32	0.120%	4.70x
53	Tapsell	31	0.110%	130.25x
54	Darling	30	0.110%	11.42x
55	Ledger	30	0.110%	16.00x
56	Morley	30	0.110%	2.74x
57	Simmonds	30	0.110%	4.10x
58	Simmons	30	0.110%	2.68x
59	Church	29	0.110%	4.85x
60	Smitherman	29	0.110%	138.89x
61	Waghorn	29	0.110%	27.07x
62	Weeks	29	0.110%	4.94x
63	Brenchley	28	0.100%	47.34x
64	Godden	28	0.100%	14.78x
65	Drury	27	0.100%	6.20x
66	Pocock	27	0.100%	9.35x
67	Tyler	27	0.100%	3.34x
68	Winch	27	0.100%	21.84x
69	Blackman	26	0.090%	7.79x
70	Broad	26	0.090%	7.46x
71	Drew	26	0.090%	3.59x
72	Fowle	26	0.090%	38.32x
73	Hodges	26	0.090%	3.23x
74	Jolley	26	0.090%	18.00x
75	Wickham	26	0.090%	14.02x
76	Woolley	26	0.090%	4.78x
77	Balderston	25	0.090%	100.04x
78	Butter	25	0.090%	19.16x
79	Gould	25	0.090%	2.52x
80	Parnell	25	0.090%	9.43x
81	Welch	25	0.090%	2.59x
82	Clout	24	0.090%	75.76x
83	Hales	24	0.090%	6.10x
84	Head	24	0.090%	3.60x
85	Rockliffe	24	0.090%	119.17x
86	Austen	23	0.080%	10.91x
87	Catt	23	0.080%	20.56x
88	Christopher	23	0.080%	14.26x
89	Eldridge	23	0.080%	7.67x
90	Fooks	23	0.080%	52.23x
91	Harden	23	0.080%	21.34x
92	Jasper	23	0.080%	25.74x
93	Larkin	23	0.080%	9.34x
94	Springate	23	0.080%	66.63x
95	Walter	23	0.080%	5.48x
96	Bland	22	0.080%	3.87x
97	Godfrey	22	0.080%	2.71x
98	Lock	22	0.080%	2.82x
99	Bromley	21	0.080%	4.97x
100	Buck	21	0.080%	3.57x