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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 Shrimpton, with 15 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
301Shrimpton1511.79x
302Towner1518.89x
303Usher154.58x
304Vane1539.09x
305Woollven15172.02x
306Bootes14160.55x
307Carrick146.56x
308Chainey1468.56x
309Comfort1441.18x
310Coppen1437.55x
311Cradduck14112.99x
312Eason1411.01x
313Eastman1417.24x
314Eversfield14116.76x
315Filmer1421.17x
316Hillyer1416.36x
317Hitch1417.79x
318How147.22x
319Misson1499.43x
320Moseley145.17x
321Pryer1423.34x
322Rubie14116.76x
323Sedgwick146.50x
324Solly1426.10x
325Streeter1411.30x
326Thorp143.48x
327Tye148.19x
328Wilding144.01x
329Woolven1437.26x
330Baily136.92x
331Brain134.08x
332Brotherwood13103.26x
333Budd133.45x
334Chantler1316.64x
335Cleaver135.16x
336Cooker1384.64x
337Coomber139.76x
338Cornford1319.43x
339Davall13174.97x
340Dawes133.22x
341Dear135.92x
342Follett1319.09x
343Gifford135.04x
344Hooker135.12x
345Kettle135.00x
346Merrall1358.53x
347Ottewill13222.22x
348Parrett1321.57x
349Perriman1361.55x
350Saker1354.64x
351Sands133.91x
352Searles1326.82x
353Selby133.67x
354Semark13182.07x
355Spice1318.95x
356Stoneham1319.03x
357Stonestreet1361.55x
358Verrall1322.41x
359Wagon13201.86x
360Woodrow137.07x
361Allard1211.50x
362Barham126.54x
363Boyce122.70x
364Broomfield126.01x
365Creasey1210.05x
366Dorman1212.57x
367Dray1217.99x
368Dunster1215.02x
369Eldridge123.69x
370Fagg1210.28x
371Fancett12216.22x
372Finn124.43x
373Frond12117.53x
374Gascoine1250.44x
375Goble1213.95x
376Goodsell1225.06x
377Hawks1215.46x
378Holman122.85x
379Hounslow1230.19x
380Judges1260.24x
381Jupe1241.45x
382Killick127.93x
383Larkin124.50x
384Loder1221.77x
385Ovenden1214.36x
386Pilgrim127.18x
387Roots1213.83x
388Whybrow1220.76x
389Wilmshurst1228.35x
390Allwork1166.83x
391Ambrose114.21x
392Ashbee1140.06x
393Avis117.72x
394Baldock115.30x
395Beadle115.28x
396Berney1194.83x
397Bridger114.40x
398Case113.71x
399Clement113.68x
400Coppin1111.74x