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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 Wildish, with 1 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.

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1101Wildish15.65x
1102Willox14.64x
1103Wingham16.25x
1104Winkle15.29x
1105Winslet141.84x
1106Winslow14.24x
1107Wisden125.38x
1108Wogan118.45x
1109Woodnutt112.90x
1110Woore119.88x
1111Wyat159.52x
1112Wyndham18.06x
1113Younge19.06x