Top surnames from the 1881 census in West Langdon, Kent

West Langdon 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
HOPPER1413.3333933.33
CHANDLER1413.3333415.43
CASTLE98.5714430.62
HOLMES76.666754.73
BROCKMAN65.71434,285.71
DREW65.7143216.61
PILCHER54.7619961.54
WELLARD54.76192,380.95
CORNWALL43.8095888.89
DIXSON32.85713,000.00
CARLTON32.8571555.56
TAYLOR32.85714.47
HARRIS21.90487.50
CHAPMAN21.904813.41
BASTER10.95242,000.00
WEBB10.95247.03
CARSON10.952486.21
BIRD10.952412.47
GREAVES10.952432.47
TOMLIN10.9524106.38
MARSH10.952413.35
BEER10.952459.52
FRIEND10.952484.03
LEMON10.9524131.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BROCKMAN0.111054285.7143
DIXSON0.111053000.0000
WELLARD0.111052380.9524
BASTER0.111052000.0000
PILCHER0.11105961.5385
HOPPER0.11105933.3333
CORNWALL0.11105888.8889
CARLTON0.11105555.5556
CASTLE0.11105430.6220
CHANDLER0.11105415.4303
DREW0.11105216.6065
LEMON0.11105131.5789
TOMLIN0.11105106.3830
CARSON0.1110586.2069
FRIEND0.1110584.0336
BEER0.1110559.5238
HOLMES0.1110554.7303
GREAVES0.1110532.4675
CHAPMAN0.1110513.4138
MARSH0.1110513.3511
BIRD0.1110512.4688
HARRIS0.111057.4963
WEBB0.111057.0274
TAYLOR0.111054.4676

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 105 people called BROCKMAN in West Langdon 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 4285.7143 in West Langdon means that 4285.7143% of the people in West Langdon on census day were called BROCKMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BROCKMAN 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 BROCKMAN 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 BROCKMAN 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 BROCKMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.11 in West Langdon means that you are 0.11 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BROCKMAN in West Langdon than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in West Langdon in 1881

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

BEER (1)  BASTER (1)  BIRD (1)  BROCKMAN (6)  CARSON (1)  CASTLE (9)  CHANDLER (14)  CHAPMAN (2)  CARLTON (3)  CORNWALL (4)  DIXSON (3)  DREW (6)  FRIEND (1)  GOLDSACK (1)  GREAVES (1)  HARRIS (2)  HOLMES (7)  HOPPER (14)  LEMON (1)  MARSH (1)  PILCHER (5)  PILCHAR (2)  TAYLOR (3)  TOMLIN (1)  TRITTON (7)  TRITON (1)  WEBB (1)  WELLARD (5)  WELLERD (1)