Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stanford, Kent

Stanford 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
BIRCH155.1020124.48
HILLS134.4218159.90
WRIGHT103.401410.60
CRESWELL103.40141,063.83
GILBERT93.061253.73
TUTT82.7211941.18
TICKNER82.7211629.92
AMES72.3810346.53
SEARLE72.3810118.44
WALKER72.38107.11
PHILPOTT72.3810311.11
DIVERS62.04082,000.00
WOOD62.04086.40
BALDOCK51.7007242.72
STANDFORD51.70075,555.56
ASHMAN51.7007261.78
BREEZE51.7007274.73
FAGG51.7007431.03
NUTLEY41.3605930.23
HAYWARD41.360531.90
STAPLES41.3605142.35
BARTON41.360525.19
COVENEY41.3605869.57
PURDY41.3605238.10
DUNSTER41.3605506.33
MILLS41.360510.49
ROADES41.36058,000.00
GAMMON31.0204189.87
HOLMES31.02048.38
ROLFE31.020478.74
WEBB31.02047.53
CROFT31.020443.23
LADD31.0204288.46
MAY20.680310.68
WILLIAMSON20.68037.59
WEEKES20.6803266.67
WOODLAND20.6803134.23
TRICE20.6803625.00
WEST20.68037.06
FORSTER20.680320.75
HORTON20.680318.33
CASEY10.340123.09
KENNETT10.340160.98
FINN10.340137.31
RICHARDS10.34012.25
BOWELS10.34011,428.57
HUSBANDS10.3401333.33
EAST10.340121.88
PETTS10.3401133.33
SWAN10.340113.12

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ROADES0.292948000.0000
STANDFORD0.292945555.5556
DIVERS0.292942000.0000
BOWELS0.292941428.5714
CRESWELL0.292941063.8298
TUTT0.29294941.1765
NUTLEY0.29294930.2326
COVENEY0.29294869.5652
TICKNER0.29294629.9213
TRICE0.29294625.0000
DUNSTER0.29294506.3291
FAGG0.29294431.0345
AMES0.29294346.5347
HUSBANDS0.29294333.3333
PHILPOTT0.29294311.1111
LADD0.29294288.4615
BREEZE0.29294274.7253
WEEKES0.29294266.6667
ASHMAN0.29294261.7801
BALDOCK0.29294242.7184
PURDY0.29294238.0952
GAMMON0.29294189.8734
COMBES0.29294161.2903
HILLS0.29294159.9016
STAPLES0.29294142.3488
WOODLAND0.29294134.2282
PETTS0.29294133.3333
BIRCH0.29294124.4813
SEARLE0.29294118.4433
KEELER0.29294114.9425
DORMAN0.29294105.2632
HOWLAND0.29294100.0000
ROLFE0.2929478.7402
KENNETT0.2929460.9756
STEADMAN0.2929455.2486
GILBERT0.2929453.7313
GODDEN0.2929449.2611
CROFT0.2929443.2277
FINN0.2929437.3134
HAYWARD0.2929431.8979
FRIEND0.2929430.0300
SHERWOOD0.2929426.6667
BEAN0.2929426.2467
BARTON0.2929425.1889
CASEY0.2929423.0947
EAST0.2929421.8818
FORSTER0.2929420.7469
HORTON0.2929418.3318
SWAN0.2929413.1234
MAY0.2929410.6838

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 294 people called ROADES in Stanford 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 8000.0000 in Stanford means that 8000.0000% of the people in Stanford on census day were called ROADES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ROADES 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 ROADES 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 ROADES 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 ROADES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.29 in Stanford means that you are 0.29 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ROADES in Stanford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stanford in 1881

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

ASHANAN (2)  ASHMAN (5)  BAKER (1)  BALDOCK (5)  BARTLETT (1)  BARTON (4)  BEAN (1)  BIRCH (15)  BOWELS (1)  BREEZE (5)  BULL (1)  CASEY (1)  CHEAL (9)  COMBES (1)  COVENEY (4)  CRESWELL (10)  CROFT (3)  DIVERS (6)  DORMAN (1)  DUNSTER (4)  AMES (7)  EAST (1)  FAGG (5)  FARHALL (3)  FIELD (1)  FINN (1)  FORSTER (2)  FRIEND (1)  GAMMON (3)  GILBERT (9)  GODDEN (1)  HARRISSON (1)  HAYWARD (4)  HILLS (13)  HOGBEN (4)  HOLMES (3)  HORTON (2)  HOWLAND (1)  HUSBANDS (1)  INWOOD (2)  JONES (1)  KENNETT (1)  LADD (3)  MARSHALL (1)  MAY (2)  KEELER (1)  MEDGETT (1)  MILGATE (1)  MILLS (4)  NEWMAN (1)  NUTLEY (4)  OLIVER (1)  PETTS (1)  PHILPOTT (7)  PREBBLE (8)  PURDY (4)  ROADES (4)  RICHARDS (1)  ROLFE (3)  RUMMINS (5)  SEARLE (7)  SHANLY (1)  SHERWOOD (1)  SHRUBSOLE (5)  STANDFORD (5)  STAPLES (4)  STEDMANS (6)  STEADMAN (1)  STOAKES (3)  SWAN (1)  SWINARD (3)  TICKNER (8)  TRICE (2)  TUTT (8)  WALKER (7)  WEBB (3)  WEEKES (2)  WEST (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WOOD (6)  WOODLAND (2)  WRATTEN (5)  WRIGHT (10)