1881 census place

Gillingham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Gillingham, 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

1,266 surnames are listed for Gillingham, Kent, covering 6,538 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wells, with 71 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Gillingham

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	Wells	71	0.350%	4.15x
2	French	44	0.210%	4.39x
3	Tucker	44	0.210%	3.87x
4	Osborn	42	0.200%	9.82x
5	Daniels	38	0.180%	5.89x
6	Fuller	37	0.180%	4.45x
7	Tyler	37	0.180%	6.10x
8	Stanley	34	0.170%	4.30x
9	Baldwin	31	0.150%	3.54x
10	Beard	31	0.150%	5.73x
11	Burke	31	0.150%	5.13x
12	Swan	31	0.150%	5.82x
13	Gibbs	30	0.150%	2.97x
14	Nye	28	0.140%	21.80x
15	Kent	27	0.130%	3.12x
16	Saywell	27	0.130%	89.43x
17	Knott	25	0.120%	6.14x
18	Mattocks	25	0.120%	92.46x
19	Crook	24	0.120%	4.07x
20	Fry	24	0.120%	3.65x
21	Kidney	24	0.120%	97.44x
22	Masters	24	0.120%	6.30x
23	Tanner	24	0.120%	5.21x
24	Wickham	24	0.120%	17.27x
25	Hills	23	0.110%	4.05x
26	Langley	23	0.110%	5.10x
27	Packham	23	0.110%	23.16x
28	Stockbridge	23	0.110%	69.11x
29	Cuckow	22	0.110%	212.36x
30	Daniel	22	0.110%	4.85x
31	Moody	22	0.110%	4.10x
32	Penny	22	0.110%	6.02x
33	Wellard	22	0.110%	53.44x
34	Moon	21	0.100%	4.84x
35	Flynn	20	0.100%	5.08x
36	Greenslade	20	0.100%	16.68x
37	Hore	20	0.100%	28.30x
38	Snelling	20	0.100%	11.99x
39	Crane	19	0.090%	4.38x
40	Dennison	19	0.090%	11.96x
41	Flood	19	0.090%	10.53x
42	Godden	19	0.090%	13.38x
43	Springate	19	0.090%	73.44x
44	Driver	18	0.090%	4.73x
45	Regan	18	0.090%	8.54x
46	Styles	18	0.090%	8.29x
47	Vinall	18	0.090%	53.21x
48	Weekes	18	0.090%	34.52x
49	Beck	17	0.080%	3.54x
50	Cork	17	0.080%	11.16x
51	Croucher	17	0.080%	14.44x
52	Fordham	17	0.080%	10.29x
53	Friend	17	0.080%	7.30x
54	Lines	17	0.080%	7.80x
55	Ware	17	0.080%	5.03x
56	Austen	16	0.080%	10.13x
57	Cheeseman	16	0.080%	9.88x
58	Cock	16	0.080%	7.08x
59	Good	16	0.080%	6.26x
60	Akehurst	15	0.070%	27.88x
61	Bridges	15	0.070%	4.59x
62	Champness	15	0.070%	90.36x
63	Flight	15	0.070%	42.28x
64	Garside	15	0.070%	5.06x
65	Jenner	15	0.070%	6.15x
66	Jolly	15	0.070%	5.15x
67	Lowdell	15	0.070%	168.16x
68	Mahoney	15	0.070%	6.83x
69	Pleasance	15	0.070%	55.91x
70	Whittingham	15	0.070%	9.71x
71	Willing	15	0.070%	57.83x
72	Attwood	14	0.070%	6.88x
73	Boorman	14	0.070%	18.30x
74	Durrant	14	0.070%	4.35x
75	Foreman	14	0.070%	5.21x
76	Fright	14	0.070%	101.52x
77	Goldfinch	14	0.070%	37.72x
78	Hider	14	0.070%	66.45x
79	Hopper	14	0.070%	4.77x
80	Huggins	14	0.070%	8.10x
81	Seager	14	0.070%	12.35x
82	Brindley	13	0.060%	8.28x
83	Daley	13	0.060%	5.38x
84	Dawes	13	0.060%	4.65x
85	Fowle	13	0.060%	25.57x
86	Gerrish	13	0.060%	29.55x
87	Gurney	13	0.060%	6.08x
88	Hackney	13	0.060%	14.51x
89	Hampshire	13	0.060%	11.16x
90	Landen	13	0.060%	107.62x
91	Liddle	13	0.060%	5.37x
92	Neill	13	0.060%	9.55x
93	Peart	13	0.060%	11.11x
94	Sturgeon	13	0.060%	15.66x
95	Burgoyne	12	0.060%	13.37x
96	Catt	12	0.060%	14.31x
97	Cleaves	12	0.060%	114.29x
98	Doran	12	0.060%	7.03x
99	Funnell	12	0.060%	10.57x
100	Gittings	12	0.060%	30.41x