1881 census place

Tonbridge surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Tonbridge, 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

1,927 surnames are listed for Tonbridge, Kent, covering 21,882 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Martin, with 377 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Tonbridge

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	Martin	377	1.05%	4.26x
2	Baker	272	0.760%	3.45x
3	King	184	0.510%	2.35x
4	Card	164	0.460%	77.80x
5	Collins	163	0.450%	3.16x
6	Young	155	0.430%	2.01x
7	Skinner	153	0.430%	8.38x
8	Jenner	152	0.420%	35.61x
9	Edwards	151	0.420%	1.51x
10	Bennett	129	0.360%	2.18x
11	Knight	121	0.340%	2.73x
12	Wells	121	0.340%	4.05x
13	Ellis	118	0.330%	2.26x
14	Mercer	118	0.330%	12.51x
15	Saunders	118	0.330%	3.58x
16	Goldsmith	114	0.320%	20.42x
17	Pearson	114	0.320%	2.73x
18	Richardson	114	0.320%	1.86x
19	Russell	107	0.300%	2.44x
20	Batchelor	105	0.290%	17.22x
21	Killick	101	0.280%	55.10x
22	Jeffery	98	0.270%	12.55x
23	Chapman	97	0.270%	1.90x
24	Wickens	94	0.260%	41.52x
25	Hayward	93	0.260%	6.07x
26	Bridger	88	0.240%	29.07x
27	Maynard	87	0.240%	15.75x
28	Payne	87	0.240%	2.69x
29	Humphrey	86	0.240%	8.98x
30	May	86	0.240%	3.76x
31	Cole	83	0.230%	2.53x
32	Shoebridge	83	0.230%	165.80x
33	Woodhams	83	0.230%	92.93x
34	Gilbert	82	0.230%	4.00x
35	Harmer	82	0.230%	23.02x
36	Bowles	78	0.220%	13.26x
37	Cox	78	0.220%	1.43x
38	Hobbs	78	0.220%	5.96x
39	Latter	78	0.220%	83.09x
40	Neal	77	0.210%	7.24x
41	Field	74	0.210%	4.14x
42	Rogers	73	0.200%	1.56x
43	Waghorn	73	0.200%	51.98x
44	Fry	72	0.200%	6.25x
45	Carpenter	71	0.200%	5.76x
46	Gibbs	71	0.200%	4.02x
47	Kemp	71	0.200%	3.56x
48	Chatfield	70	0.190%	40.38x
49	Nye	70	0.190%	31.15x
50	Powell	70	0.190%	1.56x
51	Sands	70	0.190%	17.39x
52	Wallis	70	0.190%	5.75x
53	Walter	70	0.190%	12.71x
54	Corke	69	0.190%	63.23x
55	Hammond	69	0.190%	3.37x
56	Hickmott	68	0.190%	107.90x
57	Hollamby	68	0.190%	142.68x
58	Bassett	67	0.190%	11.94x
59	Fuller	67	0.190%	4.61x
60	Coomber	66	0.180%	40.94x
61	Diplock	66	0.180%	96.63x
62	Barton	65	0.180%	3.35x
63	Everest	65	0.180%	52.88x
64	Pratt	65	0.180%	3.15x
65	Read	64	0.180%	2.76x
66	Moon	63	0.180%	8.31x
67	Wickenden	63	0.180%	77.52x
68	Reed	62	0.170%	2.36x
69	Twort	62	0.170%	270.39x
70	West	60	0.170%	1.73x
71	Brooker	59	0.160%	13.60x
72	Goodwin	59	0.160%	3.11x
73	Lawrence	59	0.160%	2.53x
74	Noakes	59	0.160%	22.44x
75	Hewitt	58	0.160%	3.31x
76	Luck	58	0.160%	19.54x
77	Langridge	57	0.160%	26.98x
78	Barden	56	0.160%	40.74x
79	Quinnell	55	0.150%	106.30x
80	Ashdown	54	0.150%	26.51x
81	Cavie	54	0.150%	642.86x
82	Coleman	54	0.150%	3.01x
83	Wheeler	54	0.150%	2.49x
84	Hitchcock	52	0.140%	12.54x
85	Osborne	52	0.140%	3.03x
86	Waters	52	0.140%	3.60x
87	Botten	51	0.140%	141.63x
88	Huggett	51	0.140%	30.99x
89	Norman	51	0.140%	3.06x
90	Cheeseman	50	0.140%	17.66x
91	Day	50	0.140%	1.48x
92	Groombridge	50	0.140%	55.02x
93	Packham	50	0.140%	28.79x
94	Avis	49	0.140%	28.39x
95	Marchant	49	0.140%	8.79x
96	Ovenden	49	0.140%	48.42x
97	Sales	49	0.140%	22.34x
98	Gabriel	48	0.130%	50.43x
99	Thorpe	48	0.130%	3.38x
100	Head	47	0.130%	5.37x