Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kenton, Suffolk

Kenton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Suffolk

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
WHITING187.0588366.60
COPPING176.66671,666.67
ARBON166.27456,153.85
REYNOLDS135.098058.85
SMITH135.09803.61
HAMMOND124.705982.64
COLLINS114.313730.06
SALTER103.9216171.53
PARKER103.921620.62
ABBOTT83.137371.11
CHAPPLE83.1373462.43
READ72.745142.58
FORD62.352924.15
GILLINGS51.9608833.33
PLANT51.960888.65
ALLARD51.9608555.56
MARSH51.960827.49
SYMONDS41.5686130.29
CHAPPEL41.5686357.14
WHITMORE41.5686178.57
GARNEY31.17653,333.33
REEVE31.176550.34
TAYLOR31.17651.84
HARVEY31.176511.02
KNIGHTS20.784389.69
DRIVER20.784342.37
HAILS20.7843625.00
FUTTER20.7843526.32
RODWELL20.7843144.93
MOYSE10.3922166.67
LIST10.3922232.56
TURNER10.39221.41
MARSHALL10.39222.34
LEWIS10.39221.49
CHURCH10.392217.99
ROSE10.39225.29
HILL10.39221.54
BURROWS10.39228.96
SHEPPARD10.392211.33
LAURANCE10.3922149.25
BAILEY10.39222.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ARBON6,153.85166.2745
GARNEY3,333.3331.1765
COPPING1,666.67176.6667
GILLINGS833.3351.9608
HAILS625.0020.7843
ALLARD555.5651.9608
FUTTER526.3220.7843
CHAPPLE462.4383.1373
WHITING366.60187.0588
CHAPPEL357.1441.5686
LIST232.5610.3922
WHITMORE178.5741.5686
SALTER171.53103.9216
MOYSE166.6710.3922
LAURANCE149.2510.3922
RODWELL144.9320.7843
SYMONDS130.2941.5686
KNIGHTS89.6920.7843
PLANT88.6551.9608
HAMMOND82.64124.7059
ABBOTT71.1183.1373
REYNOLDS58.85135.0980
REEVE50.3431.1765
READ42.5872.7451
DRIVER42.3720.7843
COLLINS30.06114.3137
MARSH27.4951.9608
FORD24.1562.3529
PARKER20.62103.9216
CHURCH17.9910.3922
SHEPPARD11.3310.3922
HARVEY11.0231.1765
BURROWS8.9610.3922
ROSE5.2910.3922
SMITH3.61135.0980
BAILEY2.6010.3922
MARSHALL2.3410.3922
TAYLOR1.8431.1765
HILL1.5410.3922
LEWIS1.4910.3922
TURNER1.4110.3922

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 16 people called ARBON in Kenton 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 6.2745 in Kenton means that 6.2745% of the people in Kenton on census day were called ARBON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ARBON 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 ARBON 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 ARBON 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 ARBON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 6,153.85 in Kenton means that you are 6,153.85 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ARBON in Kenton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kenton in 1881

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

ABBOTT (8)  ALLARD (5)  ARBON (16)  BAILEY (1)  BURROWS (1)  CHAPPEL (4)  CHAPPLE (8)  CHURCH (1)  COLLINS (11)  CUPPER (1)  COPPING (17)  CROTCH (1)  DRIVER (2)  AIRS (1)  FORD (6)  FUTTER (2)  GARNEY (3)  GARNT... (1)  GILLINGS (5)  GOODERHAM (2)  HAILS (2)  HAMMOND (12)  HARVEY (3)  HILL (1)  HORNEYGOLD (1)  KNIGHTS (2)  LAURANCE (1)  LEWIS (1)  LIST (1)  MARSH (5)  MARSHALL (1)  MOYSE (1)  NESLING (4)  PARKER (10)  PLANT (5)  REEVE (3)  READ (7)  REYNOLDS (13)  RODWELL (2)  ROSE (1)  SALTER (10)  SHEPPARD (1)  SYMONDS (4)  SMY (25)  SMITH (13)  STAMMERS (3)  TAYLOR (3)  THULVER (1)  TURNER (1)  WHITING (18)  WHITMORE (4)