1881 census place

Folkestone surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Folkestone, 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

1,113 surnames are listed for Folkestone, Kent, covering 8,945 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Hall, with 223 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Folkestone

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	Hall	223	1.15%	3.92x
2	Baker	214	1.11%	5.05x
3	Hogben	150	0.780%	229.81x
4	Marsh	138	0.710%	10.01x
5	Hart	124	0.640%	7.52x
6	Saunders	122	0.630%	6.88x
7	May	102	0.530%	8.29x
8	Warman	95	0.490%	104.81x
9	Fagg	92	0.480%	121.08x
10	Pilcher	88	0.460%	91.12x
11	Andrews	87	0.450%	4.70x
12	Newman	86	0.440%	5.98x
13	Godden	80	0.410%	59.89x
14	Philpott	78	0.400%	52.62x
15	Pope	76	0.390%	11.40x
16	Page	68	0.350%	4.40x
17	Spicer	67	0.350%	25.77x
18	Mercer	66	0.340%	13.01x
19	Kennett	60	0.310%	55.78x
20	Rye	60	0.310%	79.91x
21	Burvill	58	0.300%	544.60x
22	Hammond	53	0.270%	4.82x
23	Sharp	53	0.270%	3.29x
24	Spearpoint	53	0.270%	608.50x
25	Castle	52	0.270%	13.54x
26	Swain	52	0.270%	13.95x
27	Amos	51	0.260%	16.05x
28	Major	51	0.260%	19.55x
29	Jordan	50	0.260%	5.85x
30	Austin	48	0.250%	5.08x
31	Finn	47	0.240%	26.64x
32	Down	46	0.240%	19.81x
33	Horton	46	0.240%	6.41x
34	Hills	45	0.230%	8.42x
35	Willis	44	0.230%	4.28x
36	Court	42	0.220%	17.08x
37	Milton	42	0.220%	15.76x
38	Banks	41	0.210%	4.13x
39	Keeler	41	0.210%	71.68x
40	Standing	40	0.210%	32.44x
41	Croucher	39	0.200%	35.20x
42	Barton	38	0.200%	3.64x
43	Ellen	37	0.190%	88.86x
44	Hayward	37	0.190%	4.49x
45	Cobb	36	0.190%	13.10x
46	Jeffery	36	0.190%	8.57x
47	Prebble	36	0.190%	130.58x
48	Huntley	33	0.170%	24.21x
49	Morford	32	0.170%	557.49x
50	Poole	32	0.170%	3.44x
51	Mockridge	31	0.160%	184.74x
52	Terry	31	0.160%	6.27x
53	Ovenden	30	0.160%	55.13x
54	Pain	30	0.160%	17.27x
55	Butcher	29	0.150%	3.56x
56	Laws	29	0.150%	13.49x
57	Rumsey	29	0.150%	44.92x
58	Tutt	29	0.150%	52.17x
59	Bean	28	0.140%	11.19x
60	Boxer	28	0.140%	278.05x
61	Lepper	28	0.140%	187.79x
62	Hoile	27	0.140%	146.26x
63	Punnett	27	0.140%	340.05x
64	Shrubsole	27	0.140%	150.42x
65	Petts	26	0.130%	52.72x
66	Tolputt	26	0.130%	695.19x
67	Wills	26	0.130%	4.50x
68	Brice	25	0.130%	15.67x
69	Farley	25	0.130%	10.29x
70	Hood	25	0.130%	4.67x
71	Upton	25	0.130%	6.79x
72	Cheeseman	24	0.120%	15.76x
73	Dray	24	0.120%	55.24x
74	Golder	24	0.120%	45.67x
75	Mullett	24	0.120%	39.68x
76	Drury	23	0.120%	7.49x
77	Iverson	23	0.120%	228.40x
78	Marks	23	0.120%	5.81x
79	Care	22	0.110%	51.25x
80	Cullen	22	0.110%	6.49x
81	Hobday	22	0.110%	28.19x
82	Jenner	22	0.110%	9.58x
83	Rolfe	22	0.110%	8.77x
84	Wellard	22	0.110%	56.80x
85	Franks	21	0.110%	8.71x
86	Winton	21	0.110%	28.97x
87	Wratten	21	0.110%	79.94x
88	Back	20	0.100%	19.36x
89	Brett	20	0.100%	5.45x
90	Tribe	20	0.100%	30.58x
91	Weller	20	0.100%	7.19x
92	Wraight	20	0.100%	40.13x
93	Anslow	19	0.100%	38.12x
94	Belsey	19	0.100%	63.97x
95	Chidwick	19	0.100%	198.95x
96	Golden	19	0.100%	23.34x
97	Holliday	19	0.100%	7.49x
98	Minter	19	0.100%	27.10x
99	Pegden	19	0.100%	187.56x
100	Salter	19	0.100%	4.30x