Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ashurst, Kent

Ashurst 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
SUMNER135.8296360.11
KILLICK104.4843877.19
FRY94.0359126.05
CARD83.5874610.69
MILES83.587460.79
PARSONS73.139041.32
JENNER62.6906226.42
ALLEN62.690614.24
HYDER52.24222,173.91
BOTTING52.2422602.41
FIELD52.242245.05
HOPE52.242265.88
DAVEY41.793743.62
TURK31.3453535.71
BIRD31.345317.61
YEOMAN20.8969141.84
WICKENS20.8969142.86
PARKER20.89694.72
MARCHANT20.896957.80
YOUNG20.89694.17
POLHILL20.89691,818.18
HATTON20.896945.66
BOX20.8969110.50
SALMON10.448419.65
ASHBY10.448426.74
JONES10.44840.40
CLARKE10.44842.21
ADAMS10.44843.04
WALPOLE10.4484113.64
GRAVES10.448429.59
LUCK10.448454.35
SPIERS10.448454.35
BILLINGS10.448492.59
COOK10.44842.26
ROBINSON10.44841.41
ARIS10.4484333.33
CHAMBERS10.44847.89
TYRRELL10.448460.98
BROWN10.44840.68
SUTTON10.44847.04
BOOTS10.4484434.78
LUCAS10.44849.70
DAVIES10.44840.88
SMITHER10.4484400.00
BARNS10.448469.44
KENNEDY10.44847.43
COLLINS10.44843.13
HYLAND10.4484113.64
WEST10.44844.66
CHAFFEY10.4484277.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HYDER0.222232173.9130
POLHILL0.222231818.1818
KILLICK0.22223877.1930
CARD0.22223610.6870
BOTTING0.22223602.4096
TURK0.22223535.7143
BOOTS0.22223434.7826
MORPHEW0.22223434.7826
SMITHER0.22223400.0000
SUMNER0.22223360.1108
ARIS0.22223333.3333
CHAFFEY0.22223277.7778
JENNER0.22223226.4151
FIGG0.22223188.6792
MANUEL0.22223149.2537
WICKENS0.22223142.8571
YEOMAN0.22223141.8440
FRY0.22223126.0504
HYLAND0.22223113.6364
WALPOLE0.22223113.6364
BOX0.22223110.4972
BILLINGS0.2222392.5926
BARNS0.2222369.4444
HOPE0.2222365.8762
TYRRELL0.2222360.9756
MILES0.2222360.7903
MARCHANT0.2222357.8035
LUCK0.2222354.3478
SPIERS0.2222354.3478
HATTON0.2222345.6621
FIELD0.2222345.0450
DAVEY0.2222343.6205
PARSONS0.2222341.3223
GRAVES0.2222329.5858
ASHBY0.2222326.7380
LOVELL0.2222321.4133
SALMON0.2222319.6464
BIRD0.2222317.6056
ALLEN0.2222314.2416
LUCAS0.222239.6993
CHAMBERS0.222237.8864
KENNEDY0.222237.4349
SUTTON0.222237.0423
PARKER0.222234.7159
WEST0.222234.6577
YOUNG0.222234.1745
COLLINS0.222233.1250
ADAMS0.222233.0432
COOK0.222232.2573
CLARKE0.222232.2129

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 223 people called HYDER in Ashurst 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 2173.9130 in Ashurst means that 2173.9130% of the people in Ashurst on census day were called HYDER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HYDER 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 HYDER 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 HYDER 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 HYDER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Ashurst means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HYDER in Ashurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ashurst in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (6)  ARIS (1)  ASHBY (1)  BARNS (1)  BILLINGS (1)  BIRD (3)  BONWICK (1)  BOOTS (1)  BOTTING (5)  BOX (2)  BROWN (1)  CARD (8)  CHAFFEY (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHILLENDEN (1)  CLARKE (1)  CAFFYN (5)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (1)  CROWHURST (6)  DALGHEIST (1)  DAVEY (4)  DAVIES (1)  DELLNOTT (1)  FAIRHALL (2)  FIELD (5)  FIGG (1)  FRY (9)  GRAVES (1)  HATTON (2)  HEAYSMAN (4)  HYDER (5)  OBBARD (3)  HOLLAMBY (4)  HOPE (5)  HEAT (2)  HYLAND (1)  JENNER (6)  JONES (1)  KEETING (6)  KENNEDY (1)  KILLICK (10)  LOVELL (1)  LUCAS (1)  LUCK (1)  MANUEL (1)  MARCHANT (2)  MERSER (6)  MILES (8)  MITTING (7)  MORPHEW (1)  OVENDEN (6)  PARKER (2)  PARSONS (7)  PEERLESS (4)  POLHILL (2)  PYES (1)  RAMESDEN (6)  ROBINSON (1)  SALMON (1)  SILBEY (1)  SMITHER (1)  SPIERS (1)  SPUNELL (2)  SUMNER (13)  SUTTON (1)  TUELEY (8)  TURK (3)  TURNER (1)  TYRRELL (1)  WALPOLE (1)  WEBBY (1)  WEST (1)  WICKENS (2)  YEOMAN (2)  YOUNG (2)