1881 census place

Maidstone surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Maidstone, 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

1,571 surnames are listed for Maidstone, Kent, covering 16,645 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Baker, with 283 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Maidstone

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	Baker	283	0.950%	4.35x
2	Martin	237	0.800%	3.24x
3	Wood	184	0.620%	1.95x
4	White	152	0.510%	1.59x
5	King	151	0.510%	2.33x
6	Cooper	143	0.480%	1.98x
7	Russell	133	0.450%	3.67x
8	Simmonds	122	0.410%	15.39x
9	Cook	108	0.360%	1.83x
10	Mason	108	0.360%	2.71x
11	Stevens	106	0.360%	3.42x
12	Sharp	100	0.340%	4.04x
13	Chambers	95	0.320%	5.63x
14	Horton	95	0.320%	8.62x
15	Pearce	95	0.320%	3.48x
16	Collins	94	0.320%	2.21x
17	Ellis	92	0.310%	2.13x
18	Waters	92	0.310%	7.71x
19	Hills	89	0.300%	10.84x
20	Burgess	80	0.270%	3.88x
21	Knight	79	0.270%	2.16x
22	Hunt	77	0.260%	1.95x
23	Freeman	76	0.260%	4.01x
24	Abnett	75	0.250%	540.35x
25	French	71	0.240%	4.90x
26	Hickmott	71	0.240%	136.41x
27	Woollett	68	0.230%	133.44x
28	Chittenden	67	0.230%	89.39x
29	Parks	67	0.230%	21.69x
30	Stone	65	0.220%	3.03x
31	Bishop	64	0.220%	3.08x
32	Brooker	64	0.220%	17.87x
33	Oliver	62	0.210%	2.93x
34	Froud	61	0.210%	74.05x
35	Reynolds	61	0.210%	2.37x
36	West	59	0.200%	2.06x
37	Relf	56	0.190%	67.57x
38	Cruttenden	55	0.190%	124.41x
39	Dann	55	0.190%	29.39x
40	Payne	55	0.190%	2.06x
41	Piper	55	0.190%	9.37x
42	Potter	54	0.180%	2.80x
43	Goodwin	53	0.180%	3.39x
44	Hayward	53	0.180%	4.19x
45	Terry	53	0.180%	6.98x
46	Kirby	52	0.180%	4.62x
47	Cheeseman	50	0.170%	21.38x
48	Fuller	50	0.170%	4.16x
49	Honey	50	0.170%	27.44x
50	Jury	50	0.170%	52.37x
51	Bodkin	49	0.170%	183.04x
52	Cheesman	49	0.170%	32.30x
53	May	49	0.170%	2.59x
54	Peters	49	0.170%	4.71x
55	Bonny	48	0.160%	93.48x
56	Humphrey	47	0.160%	5.94x
57	Marchant	47	0.160%	10.21x
58	Reeves	47	0.160%	3.87x
59	Sills	47	0.160%	50.38x
60	Golding	46	0.150%	8.79x
61	Town	46	0.150%	31.25x
62	Cogger	45	0.150%	94.58x
63	Hyland	45	0.150%	38.30x
64	Ring	45	0.150%	37.33x
65	Standen	45	0.150%	26.87x
66	Page	44	0.150%	1.85x
67	Boorman	42	0.140%	38.00x
68	Carpenter	42	0.140%	4.12x
69	Hadlow	42	0.140%	78.89x
70	Hodges	42	0.140%	4.82x
71	Joy	42	0.140%	16.81x
72	Lawrence	42	0.140%	2.18x
73	Wilkins	42	0.140%	3.20x
74	Moon	41	0.140%	6.55x
75	Beeching	40	0.130%	71.42x
76	Gibbons	40	0.130%	4.19x
77	Medhurst	40	0.130%	35.05x
78	Barton	39	0.130%	2.43x
79	Butcher	39	0.130%	3.12x
80	Crowhurst	39	0.130%	28.14x
81	Giles	39	0.130%	3.45x
82	Simmons	39	0.130%	3.22x
83	Fryer	38	0.130%	6.90x
84	Springett	38	0.130%	41.98x
85	Jenner	37	0.120%	10.50x
86	Tomlin	37	0.120%	13.94x
87	Beale	36	0.120%	9.55x
88	Bunyard	36	0.120%	228.43x
89	Conway	36	0.120%	6.47x
90	Jarrett	36	0.120%	13.23x
91	Kemp	36	0.120%	2.19x
92	Tugwell	36	0.120%	60.92x
93	Buckingham	35	0.120%	8.84x
94	Mercer	35	0.120%	4.49x
95	Reader	35	0.120%	13.66x
96	Ruck	35	0.120%	45.97x
97	Burridge	34	0.110%	16.89x
98	Constable	34	0.110%	10.35x
99	Diprose	34	0.110%	104.26x
100	Tolhurst	34	0.110%	52.52x