Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chalk, Kent

Chalk is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Kent

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
RUSSELL113.207026.27
WILLIAMS113.20704.46
RICHENS92.62391,343.28
READER82.3324270.27
RELF82.3324833.33
AGER72.0408522.39
MURRELL72.0408285.71
TILLMAN72.04082,000.00
HILLS72.040873.76
GODDEN72.0408295.36
SMITH61.74931.24
MILLIS61.74931,935.48
BAKER61.74937.98
STONE61.749324.19
WICKENS61.7493277.78
BROWN61.74932.65
JEFFERY51.457767.11
TOLHURST51.4577666.67
JOYNES51.4577833.33
ASHDOWN51.4577257.73
HURDLE51.45771,136.36
AMBROSE51.4577165.56
ABLE51.4577781.25
FINNEY51.4577168.35
HARTUP51.45774,545.45
JOYCE41.166247.51
STARTUP41.16621,481.48
MORRIS41.16625.24
KNOTT41.166258.82
AUSTIN41.166223.85
HARNETT30.8746468.75
PALMER30.87467.42
SKINNER30.874617.23
FISH30.874646.95
MABB30.87461,666.67
WILKINSON30.87465.73
JONES20.58310.51
ALLEN20.58313.09
ABBOTT20.583113.22
HOLLANDS20.5831111.73
TERRY20.583122.81
COLEMAN20.583111.70
WICKHAM20.583186.21
GOODWIN20.583111.07
WHEELER20.58319.66
BRAN20.5831909.09
GOULDEN20.5831165.29
PRINCE20.583125.77
NICKELL20.58313,333.33
HUGHES20.58312.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAVINE0.3434310000.0000
TRUNK0.3434310000.0000
HARTUP0.343434545.4545
NICKELL0.343433333.3333
TILLMAN0.343432000.0000
MILLIS0.343431935.4839
MABB0.343431666.6667
STARTUP0.343431481.4815
RICHENS0.343431343.2836
HURDLE0.343431136.3636
BRAN0.34343909.0909
RELF0.34343833.3333
JOYNES0.34343833.3333
REEK0.34343833.3333
ABLE0.34343781.2500
TOLHURST0.34343666.6667
AGER0.34343522.3881
HARNETT0.34343468.7500
RUMLEY0.34343416.6667
RUTLEY0.34343370.3704
CADY0.34343333.3333
GODDEN0.34343295.3586
MURRELL0.34343285.7143
WICKENS0.34343277.7778
READER0.34343270.2703
ASHDOWN0.34343257.7320
TUFF0.34343238.0952
FINNEY0.34343168.3502
AMBROSE0.34343165.5629
GOULDEN0.34343165.2893
LILL0.34343149.2537
GORHAM0.34343144.9275
TICKNER0.34343135.1351
STONEHAM0.34343126.5823
LOFT0.34343113.6364
HOLLANDS0.34343111.7318
BUSWELL0.3434399.0099
WICKHAM0.3434386.2069
FALKNER0.3434385.4701
BOTTING0.3434378.1250
HILLS0.3434373.7619
JEFFERY0.3434367.1141
KNOTT0.3434358.8235
JOYCE0.3434347.5059
FISH0.3434346.9484
TOMKINS0.3434328.0899
RUSSELL0.3434326.2718
PRINCE0.3434325.7732
COLLINSON0.3434324.8139
JENNER0.3434324.5700

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 343 people called SAVINE in Chalk at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 10000.0000 in Chalk means that 10000.0000% of the people in Chalk on census day were called SAVINE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAVINE in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called SAVINE as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called SAVINE here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called SAVINE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Chalk means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAVINE in Chalk than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chalk in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ABBOTT (2)  ABLE (5)  AGER (7)  AYCOTT (4)  ALLEN (2)  ELVY (2)  AMBROSE (5)  ASHDOWN (5)  AUSTIN (4)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (6)  BENSTED (1)  BOTTING (1)  BRAN (2)  BRETT (1)  BROWN (6)  BUSWELL (1)  BUTCHER (1)  CADY (1)  CARTER (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CLARK (1)  COGGER (2)  COLEGATE (2)  COLEMAN (2)  COLLIER (2)  COLLINS (1)  COLLINSON (1)  CROWHURST (5)  DALTON (1)  DARTNAIL (1)  DEAVES (3)  FALKNER (1)  FIELD (1)  FINNEY (5)  FISH (3)  FRY (1)  GOULDEN (2)  GOODWIN (2)  GODDEN (7)  GORHAM (1)  GURGEVEN (2)  HARNETT (3)  HARTUP (5)  HILLS (7)  HOLLANDS (2)  HOOKEY (5)  HUGHES (2)  HURDLE (5)  HURELLE (1)  JEFFERY (5)  JEFFREY (1)  JENNER (1)  JONES (2)  JOYCE (4)  JOYNES (5)  JUR... (1)  KEMSLEY (1)  KNOTT (4)  LILL (1)  LOFT (1)  MABB (3)  MARTIN (1)  MILLIS (6)  MURRELL (7)  MORRIS (4)  MULLENDEN (8)  NASH (1)  NICKELL (2)  OXLADE (1)  PALMER (3)  PITT OR RITT (4)  PITT (1)  PRINCE (2)  PRINTER (1)  RASPISON (1)  READER (8)  REEK (1)  REDSELL (20)  RICHENS (9)  RELF (8)  RUMLEY (1)  RUSSELL (11)  RUTLEY (1)  SAVINE (1)  SKINNER (3)  SMITH (6)  STARTUP (4)  STEFFER (1)  STONE (6)  STONEHAM (1)  SUNNUCKS (4)  SUTHERLAND (1)  TERRY (2)  TICKNER (2)  TILLMAN (7)  TOLHURST (5)  TOMKINS (1)  TRITTON (1)  TRUNK (1)  TUFF (1)  VITTER (4)  WELSH (1)  WHEELER (2)  WHITFIELD (1)  WITTINGTON (1)  WICKHAM (2)  WICKENS (6)  WILKINSON (3)  WILLIAMS (11)