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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aldington, Kent

Aldington 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
HYDER233.40243,239.44
HOOKER223.2544380.62
BACK172.5148470.91
EARL172.5148192.31
POST172.51482,207.79
WHITEHEAD172.514837.21
FULLER142.071051.21
FRANCIS131.923132.28
CLARKE121.77518.76
MILTON111.6272118.03
OSBORNE111.627234.10
JEFFERY111.627274.93
HARRIS111.62726.40
WILSON101.47933.22
RIDDLES101.47932,380.95
TUTT101.4793515.46
AUSTIN91.331427.24
BURCH91.3314176.47
BUTCHER91.331431.59
LONG81.183418.24
MARSHALL81.18347.06
HILLS71.035537.45
GOWER71.035598.73
SPARKS71.035568.49
BULL71.035524.49
DIMON71.03556,363.64
BRISLEY60.8876882.35
TURNER60.88763.19
TERRY60.887634.72
SHARP60.887610.65
HIGGINS60.887617.55
LANCASTER50.739629.76
ROSE50.73969.97
JARVIS50.739616.48
COMBS50.7396378.79
AUSTEN50.739696.15
MARTIN50.73963.00
STONE50.739610.23
DRURY50.739646.55
PITKIN50.7396769.23
WELLS40.59177.11
SUTTON40.59179.29
BOULDING40.5917563.38
BAILEY40.59173.93
LONDON40.5917118.69
WINDER30.443867.57
STICKLES30.44381,200.00
PRICE30.44382.54
CLEMENT30.443844.05
COLLYER30.443871.77

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AVARY0.686766666.6667
DIMON0.686766363.6364
HOTH0.686765000.0000
HYDER0.686763239.4366
RIDDLES0.686762380.9524
POST0.686762207.7922
STICKLES0.686761200.0000
STICKELS0.686761176.4706
URBAN0.686761000.0000
BRISLEY0.68676882.3529
PITKIN0.68676769.2308
HYDEN0.68676588.2353
BOULDING0.68676563.3803
TUTT0.68676515.4639
BACK0.68676470.9141
HOOKER0.68676380.6228
COMBS0.68676378.7879
BOULDEN0.68676298.5075
HUCKSTEP0.68676238.0952
BEECHING0.68676234.3750
SPINNER0.68676204.0816
EARL0.68676192.3077
BURCH0.68676176.4706
LONDON0.68676118.6944
MILTON0.68676118.0258
CHITTENDEN0.68676116.9591
BENGE0.68676111.1111
GOWER0.6867698.7306
AUSTEN0.6867696.1538
TOMPSETT0.6867687.7193
JEFFERY0.6867674.9319
COLLYER0.6867671.7703
HARLING0.6867668.7285
SPARKS0.6867668.4932
WINDER0.6867667.5676
PAISLEY0.6867666.6667
EPPS0.6867653.7634
FULLER0.6867651.2070
DIMOND0.6867650.7614
DRURY0.6867646.5549
ELSE0.6867644.6429
CLEMENT0.6867644.0529
AMES0.6867643.0108
BALES0.6867639.6825
HILLS0.6867637.4532
WHITEHEAD0.6867637.2073
TERRY0.6867634.7222
DOWDING0.6867634.6021
OSBORNE0.6867634.0980
FRANCIS0.6867632.2821

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 676 people called AVARY in Aldington 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 6666.6667 in Aldington means that 6666.6667% of the people in Aldington on census day were called AVARY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AVARY 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 AVARY 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 AVARY 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 AVARY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Aldington means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AVARY in Aldington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aldington in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ATTAWAR (1)  AUSTEN (5)  AUSTIN (9)  AVARY (2)  BACK (17)  BAILEY (4)  BALDOCK (1)  BARLING (6)  BARRSMAN (1)  BALES (1)  BEECHING (3)  BENGE (1)  BURCH (9)  BOULDING (4)  BOULDEN (2)  BOULDINGTON (2)  BRIDGES (1)  BRISLEY (6)  BULL (7)  BUTCHER (9)  CALVERT (1)  CHAPLIN (1)  CHEESEMAN (1)  CHITTENDEN (2)  CRISTMAS (1)  CLARKE (12)  CLARK (2)  CLEITH (1)  CLEMENT (3)  CLUTT (2)  COBB (1)  COLES (1)  COLE (3)  COLLYER (3)  COLLINS (1)  COMBS (5)  CREED (1)  CROUCHER (1)  CRUSH (10)  CRUST (12)  CUTHBERT (1)  DOWDING (1)  DRURY (5)  DRYLAND (23)  DIMON (7)  DIMOND (1)  AMES (2)  EARL (17)  EASTON (1)  ELLIS (3)  ELSE (1)  EMPETT (5)  EPPS (1)  EVANS (1)  FAREWELL (1)  FERRIDGE (10)  FOREMAN (1)  FORTON (2)  FOSTER (1)  FULLER (14)  FRANCIS (13)  GODFREY (1)  GOWER (7)  HARLING (2)  HARRIS (11)  HAWKER (1)  HYDEN (2)  HENLEY (1)  HYDER (23)  HIDER (1)  HIGGINS (6)  HILLS (7)  HODSKIN (7)  HONIKER (1)  HOOKER (22)  HORTON (1)  HOTH (1)  HUCKSTEP (1)  HUGHES (2)  HOOK (2)  JARVIS (5)  JEFFERY (11)  JEFFREY (1)  LANCASTER (5)  LEWIS (1)  LILLEY (1)  LONDON (4)  LONG (8)  LUCKHURST (3)  MANNERING (2)  MARCHANT (2)  MARSHALL (8)  MARTIN (5)  MASON (1)  MASTED (2)  MAXTED (2)  MILLS (2)  MILTON (11)  MONCLAWE (1)  MORGAN (2)  MUNN (1)  MEARS (1)  NEWMAN (2)  OSBORNE (11)  OWEN (1)  PAGE (2)  PAISLEY (1)  PANGLER (1)  PANTRY (4)  PEDDLESDEN (1)  PITKIN (5)  PILCHER (1)  POST (17)  PRICE (3)  RAISDOWN (2)  RIDDLES (10)  RIPRATFORD (1)  RITTENDEN (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROSE (5)  RUSSELL (3)  SCOTT (1)  SEELLY (4)  SEWELL (3)  SHARP (6)  SHEATHER (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SHRUBSOLE (1)  SHRUBSHALL (2)  SLINGSBY (25)  SMITH (3)  SPARKS (7)  SPINNER (1)  SQUIRE (2)  STICKELS (2)  STICKLES (3)  STONE (5)  SUTTON (4)  SWAIN (2)  SWAN (2)  TERRY (6)  THOMAS (2)  THOMSETT (4)  TOMPSETT (1)  TRATFORD (5)  TURNER (6)  TUTT (10)  URBAN (1)  VARRISE (1)  WANSTALL (11)  WARRIER (1)  WEATHERILE (1)  WELLS (4)  WHITEHEAD (17)  WILSON (10)  WINDER (3)