Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kennington, Kent

Kennington 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
SPICE324.31851,871.35
HEAD212.8340116.41
KNOWLES202.699150.54
PETERS192.564173.11
HILLS192.564192.73
BURTON152.024323.76
STAPLES141.8893197.46
AUSTEN141.8893245.61
GOODWIN131.754433.30
SMITH121.61941.15
COULTER111.4845295.70
BROOKS111.484515.19
KEYS91.2146243.90
VAUGHAN91.214635.60
DUNSTER91.2146452.26
EPPS91.2146441.18
SCOTT91.21464.80
KNIGHT91.21469.85
HAYWARD91.214628.49
ATTAWAY70.94473,333.33
AMOS70.944757.47
STEER70.944780.92
COLLINS70.94476.58
BULLMAN70.9447985.92
HAYES70.944715.19
GREEN70.94473.35
WATTS70.944711.27
WARD70.94474.32
MARSHALL60.80974.83
HORNSBY60.8097124.48
HIGGINS60.809716.02
MEADOWS60.809757.92
SHARP60.80979.72
BEECHING60.8097428.57
BURDEN60.809763.29
DODD60.809719.91
LUCKETT60.8097324.32
CHITTENDEN60.8097320.86
PAY50.6748203.25
MUNNS50.6748189.39
PILCHER50.6748135.14
WINDER50.6748102.88
BRIGGS50.674812.43
BISHOP50.67489.66
KENNETT50.6748121.36
BROWN50.67481.02
PAYNE50.67487.50
JOY50.674880.13
WEST40.53985.61
ARNOLD40.539810.01

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ATTAWAY0.747413333.3333
SPICE0.747411871.3450
DENNARD0.747411818.1818
HOVER0.747411304.3478
BULLMAN0.74741985.9155
STANDFORD0.74741869.5652
CULLIN0.74741754.7170
HUTCHENS0.74741526.3158
PARTIS0.74741500.0000
CATE0.74741454.5455
DUNSTER0.74741452.2613
EPPS0.74741441.1765
SHINGLETON0.74741434.7826
BEECHING0.74741428.5714
LUCKETT0.74741324.3243
CHITTENDEN0.74741320.8556
DILLINGHAM0.74741312.5000
COULTER0.74741295.6989
AUSTEN0.74741245.6140
KEYS0.74741243.9024
ELVEY0.74741222.2222
VANT0.74741204.0816
PAY0.74741203.2520
BURCHETT0.74741202.7027
STAPLES0.74741197.4612
MUNNS0.74741189.3939
CACKETT0.74741166.6667
SHILLING0.74741166.6667
PILCHER0.74741135.1351
MOY0.74741132.4503
HORNSBY0.74741124.4813
KENNETT0.74741121.3592
HEAD0.74741116.4080
VANE0.74741104.1667
WINDER0.74741102.8807
DENNETT0.7474193.7500
HILLS0.7474192.7282
CRAMP0.7474192.0245
SPENDLOVE0.7474187.7193
STEER0.7474180.9249
JOY0.7474180.1282
PETTITT0.7474175.7576
PETERS0.7474173.1050
PHILPOTT0.7474170.4225
TONGE0.7474163.5593
BURDEN0.7474163.2911
MEADOWS0.7474157.9151
AMOS0.7474157.4713
KNOWLES0.7474150.5433
BACK0.7474150.5051

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 741 people called ATTAWAY in Kennington 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 3333.3333 in Kennington means that 3333.3333% of the people in Kennington on census day were called ATTAWAY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ATTAWAY 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 ATTAWAY 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 ATTAWAY 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 ATTAWAY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Kennington means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ATTAWAY in Kennington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kennington in 1881

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

ELVEY (1)  AMOS (7)  ANDREWS (4)  ARNOLD (4)  ATTAWAY (7)  AUSTEN (14)  BACK (2)  BANFIELD (1)  BASSETT (1)  BEAUMONT (1)  BEACH (2)  BEECHING (6)  BINFIELD (1)  BERRY (3)  BILLINGTON (4)  BURCHETT (3)  BISHOP (5)  BLACKMAN (1)  BURDEN (6)  BRIGGS (5)  BROOKS (11)  BROWN (5)  BRICE (2)  BULLMAN (7)  BURTON (15)  BUTCHER (3)  BUTTON (1)  CACKETT (1)  CARTER (4)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHEESEMAN (2)  CHITTENDEN (6)  CLEMENTS (3)  CLOUDESLEY (1)  COLLINS (7)  COOK (3)  COULTER (11)  CRAMP (3)  CRIPPS (1)  CRUX (3)  CROWHURST (2)  CUCKOW (1)  CULLIN (4)  CUTRESS (3)  DAY (2)  DENNARD (2)  DENNETT (3)  DILLINGHAM (1)  DODD (6)  DRUARY (1)  DRYLAND (5)  DUNSTER (9)  EPPS (9)  FARLEY (1)  FAULKBY (2)  FIELD (3)  FOX (2)  GEERING (3)  GIBBS (1)  JEAL (1)  GOLDUP (10)  GOODWIN (13)  JORDAN (2)  GREEN (7)  HALL (1)  HARRIS (4)  HAYES (7)  HAYWARD (9)  HEAD (21)  HENNIKER (10)  HIGGINS (6)  HILL (2)  HILLS (19)  HINE (1)  HOLTUM (4)  HOOKER (1)  HOPPER (1)  HORNSBY (6)  HOVER (3)  HUTCHENS (4)  JOHNSTONE (2)  JONES (3)  JOY (5)  KENNETT (5)  KEYS (9)  CATE (1)  KINGSNORTH (3)  KNIGHT (9)  KNOWLES (20)  LAKE (1)  LUCKETT (6)  LUSTED (7)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (4)  MACEY (1)  MEADOWS (6)  MITCHELL (3)  MOORE (4)  MORGAN (1)  MORLEY (1)  MOY (2)  MUNNS (5)  OSBOURNE (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PADGHAM (2)  PAGE (2)  PALLATT (2)  PARTIS (2)  PAY (5)  PAINE (3)  PAYNE (5)  PINFOLD (2)  PETERS (19)  PETTITT (3)  PHILPOTT (4)  PILCHER (5)  PLEDGE (7)  RAYNER (1)  READ (2)  RUTTER (2)  SKEERS (4)  SCOTT (9)  SELLENS (3)  SHARP (6)  SHERWOOD (2)  SHILLING (3)  SIMMONDS (1)  SHINGLETON (2)  SKINNER (4)  SMALL (2)  SMITH (12)  SNOAD (4)  SPENDLOVE (1)  SPICE (32)  STANDFORD (2)  STAPLES (14)  STEER (7)  STONE (1)  SUTTON (2)  TABRETT (14)  TAPPENDEN (3)  TERRY (3)  THOMAS (1)  TOMKIN (2)  TONGE (3)  TOURNAY (7)  VANE (1)  VANT (1)  VAUGHAN (9)  WARD (7)  WARNER (3)  WATERS (3)  WATSON (4)  WATTS (7)  WEST (4)  WELLDON (4)  WHITE (2)  WHITWOOD (2)  WILKS (1)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (2)  WINDER (5)  WOOK (1)  WRATTEN (3)  YOUNG (2)