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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Barming, Kent

Barming 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
PEARCE487.017576.40
HARRIS284.093616.11
HYLAND253.6550922.51
CARR182.631636.47
STARTUP142.04682,592.59
EXCELL131.90061,529.41
COX121.754411.58
WHITEHEAD111.608223.79
FAIRMAN111.6082743.24
HOBBS101.462040.13
TYLER101.462049.53
WINTER91.315837.10
BELLINGHAM91.3158357.14
HARMAN81.169678.35
SMART81.169625.69
MARSHALL81.16966.97
EDWARDS81.16964.20
BAKER81.16965.34
ROBERTS71.02342.72
BURGESS71.023414.74
SAMSON71.0234143.15
WOOLLEY71.023451.58
KING71.02344.70
GILBERT71.023417.97
FOWLER71.023417.92
WYNN71.0234118.04
BOURNE60.877245.21
REEVES60.877221.41
HUMPHREY60.877232.93
CURTIS60.877215.46
ALLISON60.877230.86
HAYWARD60.877220.58
FEATHERSTONE60.877297.56
HUGHES60.87723.13
ASHBY50.731043.59
NOAKES50.7310100.00
JONES50.73100.65
HUGGETT50.7310159.74
ROSE50.73109.86
JENNER50.731061.58
CHANEY50.7310349.65
TAYLOR50.73101.14
RUSSELL50.73105.99
WHITTAKER50.731015.44
PHILPOTT50.731095.42
STONE40.58488.09
CROCKER40.584843.53
SMITHERMAN40.5848769.23
ATKISSON40.584840,000.00
FINCH40.584817.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ATKISSON0.6868440000.0000
GARRETTE0.6868410000.0000
BOOZER0.686843333.3333
STARTUP0.686842592.5926
EXCELL0.686841529.4118
BLACKBIRD0.686841428.5714
HYLAND0.68684922.5092
SMITHERMAN0.68684769.2308
FAIRMAN0.68684743.2432
BELLINGHAM0.68684357.1429
CHANEY0.68684349.6503
FREED0.68684344.8276
DONAVAN0.68684317.4603
BONNY0.68684254.2373
HUGGETT0.68684159.7444
SAMSON0.68684143.1493
HERNE0.68684121.9512
WYNN0.68684118.0438
RUCK0.68684114.2857
NOAKES0.68684100.0000
FEATHERSTONE0.6868497.5610
KNELL0.6868496.1538
PHILPOTT0.6868495.4198
GOODSELL0.6868490.9091
GUNNER0.6868488.8889
HARMAN0.6868478.3546
PEARCE0.6868476.3966
KERSEY0.6868476.3359
LUFF0.6868468.0272
JENNER0.6868461.5764
CHILTON0.6868454.5455
CONSTABLE0.6868452.8402
WOOLLEY0.6868451.5844
READER0.6868450.8475
TYLER0.6868449.5295
BROOKER0.6868448.4848
BOURNE0.6868445.2148
ASHBY0.6868443.5920
CROCKER0.6868443.5256
PANKHURST0.6868442.0168
FLACK0.6868441.4938
WELLER0.6868440.6918
HOBBS0.6868440.1284
HOMER0.6868438.3877
WINTER0.6868437.0981
CARR0.6868436.4668
HUMPHREY0.6868432.9308
SHORTER0.6868431.4465
ALLISON0.6868430.8642
WINN0.6868430.1205

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 684 people called ATKISSON in Barming 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 40000.0000 in Barming means that 40000.0000% of the people in Barming on census day were called ATKISSON.

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

All the surnames recorded in Barming in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ALLISON (6)  ARTHUR (1)  ASHBY (5)  ATKINS (1)  ATKISSON (4)  BAKER (8)  BARNES (3)  BARTHOLOMEW (1)  BATCHELOR (2)  BETTS (2)  BELLINGHAM (9)  BLAKE (1)  BLACKBIRD (2)  BOOZER (2)  BOWLES (3)  BROOKER (4)  BOAKES (4)  BONNY (3)  BURGESS (7)  BOURNE (6)  CARR (18)  CHANEY (5)  CHILTON (3)  COGGER (10)  CONSTABLE (4)  COPPARD (29)  COOPER (2)  COX (12)  CRADDOCK (1)  CRAWLEY (2)  CROCKER (4)  CRUTTENDEN (1)  CURTIS (6)  DANIELS (1)  DAWL (1)  DAY (2)  DONAVAN (2)  DOWN (2)  EDWARDS (8)  EVERHURST (7)  EXCELL (13)  FAIRMAN (11)  FEATHERSTONE (6)  FINCH (4)  FLACK (2)  FOWLER (7)  FREED (1)  GARRETTE (1)  GILBERT (7)  GOLDING (1)  GOODSELL (1)  GRAVES (1)  GREEN (2)  GUNNER (2)  HARMAN (8)  HARRIS (28)  HARTNUP (1)  HAYWARD (6)  HERNE (1)  HENHAM (4)  HICKMOTT (5)  HOBBS (10)  HOLLINGSBEE (1)  HOLMAN (2)  HOMER (2)  HONISS (5)  HORSNELL (7)  HORTON (1)  HOUGHTON (1)  HUGGETT (5)  HUGHES (6)  HUMPHREY (6)  HURSELL (9)  HYLAND (25)  JAQUES (1)  JENNER (5)  JONES (5)  KERSEY (1)  KING (7)  KNELL (1)  KNOTT (1)  LACEY (3)  LADELLE (9)  LATHAM (1)  LENEY (1)  LINDSAY (1)  LUFF (3)  MARSHALL (8)  MARTIN (1)  MAYNARD (1)  MEYLER (1)  MOON (1)  MORGAN (1)  NOAKES (5)  PANKHURST (1)  PARKER (1)  PAINE (1)  PEARCE (48)  PEARSON (2)  PHILPOTT (5)  PRATT (1)  RAY (3)  READER (3)  REEVES (6)  ROBERTS (7)  ROGERS (4)  RUCK (2)  ROSE (5)  RUSSELL (5)  SAMSON (7)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOONES (1)  SELVES (5)  SHARMAN (2)  SHORTER (1)  SIMMONDS (1)  SIMMONS (1)  SKINNER (1)  SMART (8)  SMITH (2)  SMITHERMAN (4)  SPRINGETT (2)  STARTUP (14)  STEVENS (3)  STICKELLS (1)  STONE (4)  TAYLOR (5)  TAYTON (7)  TREE (2)  TRURAM (4)  TYLER (10)  UPTON (2)  VINCENT (1)  WAGHORNE (2)  WEEKS (2)  WEST (1)  WELLER (4)  WHIBLEY (4)  WHITTAKER (5)  WHITEHEAD (11)  WINLERWERBER (1)  WINN (2)  WYNN (7)  WINTER (9)  WOOD (1)  WOOLLEY (7)  YOUNG (1)