Top surnames from the 1881 census in Leysdown, Kent

Leysdown 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
GRIGGS94.5685588.24
WATTS84.060948.43
DEVINE73.5533357.14
HAYWARD73.553383.33
SIMMONS73.553387.06
PORTER73.553347.36
SIMS63.0457101.52
MAY63.045747.85
LUCKETT63.04571,224.49
FOREMAN63.0457232.56
BATTY52.5381166.11
WOODCOCK52.538188.97
PAYNE52.538128.20
WILLIAMS42.03052.83
LIDDLE42.0305172.41
HORN42.030589.29
COOMBES42.0305189.57
FRENCH42.030541.58
DINES31.5228566.04
GATES31.522898.36
SANDERCOCK31.5228857.14
KING31.52286.99
BEER31.522895.24
DOLTON31.5228937.50
PARRIS31.5228566.04
CHESSON31.52282,500.00
FAGG21.0152259.74
BACHELOR21.0152714.29
PEPPER21.015272.20
PANKHURST21.0152294.12
FORD21.015210.42
DRIVER21.015254.79
STERLING21.0152487.80
NEWALL21.0152176.99
YOUNG21.01524.73
MATTHEWS21.015211.64
FARRIER21.0152645.16
RUSSELL21.01528.32
MCDOWALL21.01522,222.22
SHEPHERD10.50766.93
MANN10.50769.63
PULLEN10.507638.61
WATSON10.50762.19
STOCKBRIDGE10.5076312.50
CULVER10.5076227.27
BOURNE10.507626.18
BARNES10.50764.22
WEST10.50765.27
POTT10.5076222.22
WARREN10.50767.59

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CHESSON0.201972500.0000
MCDOWALL0.201972222.2222
LUCKETT0.201971224.4898
DOLTON0.20197937.5000
SANDERCOCK0.20197857.1429
BACHELOR0.20197714.2857
FARRIER0.20197645.1613
GRIGGS0.20197588.2353
DINES0.20197566.0377
PARRIS0.20197566.0377
STERLING0.20197487.8049
DEERING0.20197476.1905
DEVINE0.20197357.1429
STOCKBRIDGE0.20197312.5000
PANKHURST0.20197294.1176
FAGG0.20197259.7403
FOREMAN0.20197232.5581
CULVER0.20197227.2727
POTT0.20197222.2222
COOMBES0.20197189.5735
NEWALL0.20197176.9912
LIDDLE0.20197172.4138
BATTY0.20197166.1130
SIMS0.20197101.5228
GATES0.2019798.3607
BEER0.2019795.2381
HORN0.2019789.2857
WOODCOCK0.2019788.9680
SIMMONS0.2019787.0647
HAYWARD0.2019783.3333
PEPPER0.2019772.2022
LOCKYER0.2019766.2252
DRIVER0.2019754.7945
WATTS0.2019748.4262
MAY0.2019747.8469
PORTER0.2019747.3613
FRENCH0.2019741.5800
PULLEN0.2019738.6100
SPICER0.2019737.7358
PAYNE0.2019728.2008
BOURNE0.2019726.1780
MATTHEWS0.2019711.6414
FORD0.2019710.4221
MANN0.201979.6339
RUSSELL0.201978.3160
WARREN0.201977.5930
KING0.201976.9881
SHEPHERD0.201976.9252
WEST0.201975.2715
YOUNG0.201974.7259

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 197 people called CHESSON in Leysdown 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 2500.0000 in Leysdown means that 2500.0000% of the people in Leysdown on census day were called CHESSON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CHESSON 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 CHESSON 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 CHESSON 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 CHESSON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.20 in Leysdown means that you are 0.20 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CHESSON in Leysdown than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Leysdown in 1881

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

BAKER (1)  BARNES (1)  BACHELOR (2)  BATTY (5)  BEER (3)  BRANCHET (1)  BOURNE (1)  CHESSON (3)  CULVER (1)  COOMBES (4)  DOLTON (3)  DINES (3)  DEERING (1)  DEVINE (7)  DRIVER (2)  FAGG (2)  FARRIER (2)  FORD (2)  FOREMAN (6)  FRENCH (4)  GATES (3)  GRIGGS (9)  HARCUP (1)  HAYWARD (7)  AHERNE (1)  HOLDSTOCK (2)  HORN (4)  JOHNSON (1)  KING (3)  LIDDLE (4)  LOCKYER (1)  LUCKETT (6)  MANN (1)  MATTHEWS (2)  MAY (6)  MCDOWALL (2)  MOORCRAFT (1)  MUSCROFT (5)  NEWALL (2)  PANKHURST (2)  PARRIS (3)  PAYNE (5)  PEPPER (2)  PORTER (7)  POTT (1)  PULLEN (1)  RUSSELL (2)  SANDERCOCK (3)  SHEPHERD (1)  SILLCOCK (4)  SIMMONS (7)  SIMS (6)  SPICER (1)  STERLING (2)  STOCKBRIDGE (1)  STOOM (1)  TURNER (1)  VINCER (8)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (8)  WEST (1)  WILLIAMS (4)  WILSON (1)  WOODCOCK (5)  WORLOW (1)  YOUNG (2)