Top surnames from the 1881 census in Badlesmere, Kent

Badlesmere 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
BRAMBLE95.73253,103.45
ASHBY74.4586266.16
FROST63.821767.95
BARTLETT63.821787.21
HILTON63.8217111.11
COURT63.8217300.00
CARLEY63.82171,714.29
GILHAM63.82171,304.35
GODFREY63.8217128.76
BUTLER53.184732.66
AUSTEN53.1847413.22
SHILLING53.18471,315.79
PILCHER42.5478512.82
MANUEL42.5478851.06
WOODWARD42.547851.68
WOOD42.54788.00
COOPER42.547810.47
GEORGE42.547843.43
JARMAN31.9108200.00
HARRIS31.91087.52
HALLIDAY31.910892.59
FISHER31.910816.32
BONWELL21.273910,000.00
MARTELL21.27391,250.00
WILSON21.27392.77
SAUNDERS21.273913.89
FRIDAY21.2739769.23
FREEMAN10.63699.97
DEAN10.63699.17
COOK10.63693.21
GODDEN10.636992.59
FOSTER10.63694.76
WILLIAMS10.63690.89
RALPH10.636941.84
MURTON10.6369188.68
JORDAN10.636914.41
HEARN10.636948.08
CARE10.6369285.71
PURDY10.6369111.11

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BONWELL0.1615710000.0000
BRAMBLE0.161573103.4483
CARLEY0.161571714.2857
SHILLING0.161571315.7895
GILHAM0.161571304.3478
MARTELL0.161571250.0000
MANUEL0.16157851.0638
FRIDAY0.16157769.2308
PILCHER0.16157512.8205
AUSTEN0.16157413.2231
COURT0.16157300.0000
CARE0.16157285.7143
ASHBY0.16157266.1597
JARMAN0.16157200.0000
MURTON0.16157188.6792
GODFREY0.16157128.7554
HILTON0.16157111.1111
PURDY0.16157111.1111
GODDEN0.1615792.5926
HALLIDAY0.1615792.5926
BARTLETT0.1615787.2093
FROST0.1615767.9502
WOODWARD0.1615751.6796
HEARN0.1615748.0769
GEORGE0.1615743.4311
RALPH0.1615741.8410
BUTLER0.1615732.6584
FISHER0.1615716.3221
JORDAN0.1615714.4092
SAUNDERS0.1615713.8889
COOPER0.1615710.4739
FREEMAN0.161579.9701
DEAN0.161579.1743
WOOD0.161577.9968
HARRIS0.161577.5188
FOSTER0.161574.7642
COOK0.161573.2062
WILSON0.161572.7735
WILLIAMS0.161570.8867

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 157 people called BONWELL in Badlesmere 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 10000.0000 in Badlesmere means that 10000.0000% of the people in Badlesmere on census day were called BONWELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BONWELL 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 BONWELL 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 BONWELL 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 BONWELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Badlesmere means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BONWELL in Badlesmere than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Badlesmere in 1881

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

ASHBY (7)  AUSTEN (5)  BARTLETT (6)  BONWELL (2)  BRAMBLE (9)  BUTLER (5)  CARE (1)  CARLEY (6)  COOK (1)  COOPER (4)  COURT (6)  CULPIN (1)  DEAN (1)  FISHER (3)  FOSTER (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FRIDAY (2)  FROST (6)  GAMBIL (5)  GEORGE (4)  GILHAM (6)  GODFREY (6)  GODDEN (1)  JORDAN (1)  HALLIDAY (3)  HALTERN (1)  HAMILTEN (1)  HARRIS (3)  HEARN (1)  HILTON (6)  JARMAN (3)  MANKTELANE (1)  MANUEL (4)  MARTELL (2)  MURTON (1)  PILCHER (4)  PURDY (1)  RALPH (1)  SAUNDERS (2)  SHILLING (5)  TAMSITT (9)  TOEVEY (1)  TURNBER (5)  VIDEAN (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (4)  WOODWARD (4)