Top surnames from the 1881 census in Postling, Kent

Postling 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
WEBB1812.328890.96
MARSH74.794567.24
WHITEHEAD64.109660.79
FINN53.4247375.94
BENTLY53.42471,315.79
HOOKER53.4247400.00
PHILPOTT53.4247446.43
BACK53.4247641.03
GAMMON42.7397506.33
LEWIS42.739710.42
FISHER42.739723.41
SMITH32.05481.46
MAYCOCK32.0548441.18
EPPS32.0548750.00
KENNETT32.0548370.37
HOPKINS21.369922.75
SWAN21.369952.91
WINTER21.369938.61
BROOKS10.68497.01
THEOBALD10.6849107.53
ASHMAN10.6849105.26
WRAIGHT10.6849263.16
DUFFER10.684910,000.00
HUNT10.68495.16
FOREMAN10.684952.36
FILE10.6849909.09
LADD10.6849196.08
BROWNING10.684933.67
TUTT10.6849238.10
HOWLAND10.6849200.00
STEDMAN10.6849109.89
HAMMON10.6849625.00
NASH10.684914.86
YOUNG10.68493.19
MACDONALD10.684917.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUFFER0.1514610000.0000
BENTLY0.151461315.7895
FILE0.15146909.0909
EPPS0.15146750.0000
BACK0.15146641.0256
HAMMON0.15146625.0000
GAMMON0.15146506.3291
PHILPOTT0.15146446.4286
MAYCOCK0.15146441.1765
HOOKER0.15146400.0000
FINN0.15146375.9398
KENNETT0.15146370.3704
WRAIGHT0.15146263.1579
TUTT0.15146238.0952
HOWLAND0.15146200.0000
LADD0.15146196.0784
STEDMAN0.15146109.8901
THEOBALD0.15146107.5269
ASHMAN0.15146105.2632
WEBB0.1514690.9550
MARSH0.1514667.2430
WHITEHEAD0.1514660.7903
SWAN0.1514652.9101
FOREMAN0.1514652.3560
WINTER0.1514638.6100
BROWNING0.1514633.6700
FISHER0.1514623.4055
HOPKINS0.1514622.7531
MACDONALD0.1514617.2712
NASH0.1514614.8588
LEWIS0.1514610.4194
BROOKS0.151467.0077
HUNT0.151465.1573
YOUNG0.151463.1888
SMITH0.151461.4553

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 146 people called DUFFER in Postling 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 Postling means that 10000.0000% of the people in Postling on census day were called DUFFER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUFFER 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 DUFFER 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 DUFFER 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 DUFFER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Postling means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUFFER in Postling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Postling in 1881

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

ASHMAN (1)  BACK (5)  BENTLY (5)  BRAIZIER (1)  BROADLY (8)  BROALY (BROADLY) (6)  BROOKS (1)  BROWNING (1)  CUTRASS (7)  DITCHER (5)  DUFFER (1)  EPPS (3)  FILE (1)  FINN (5)  FISHER (4)  FOREMAN (1)  GAMMON (4)  HAMMON (1)  HOGBEN (1)  HOOKER (5)  HOPKINS (2)  HOWLAND (1)  HUNT (1)  KENNETT (3)  LADD (1)  LEWIS (4)  MARSH (7)  MAYCOCK (3)  MACDONALD (1)  NASH (1)  PHILPOTT (5)  QUESTED (5)  SMITH (3)  STEDMANS (2)  STEDMAN (1)  STEDMAN (STEDMANS) (8)  SWAN (2)  THEOBALD (1)  TUTT (1)  WEBB (18)  WHITEHEAD (6)  WINTER (2)  WRAIGHT (1)  YOUNG (1)