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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bredgar, Kent

Bredgar 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
EARLL193.079412,666.67
MILLINGTON182.9173192.72
RAYFIELD152.43112,500.00
THOMAS142.26905.50
CORNWELL132.1070365.17
WHITEHEAD121.944928.78
ASHBY111.7828106.28
WOOD111.78285.60
MORGAN101.62078.15
HUNT101.620712.20
SIMMONDS91.458754.61
GEORGE91.458724.86
CHING91.4587900.00
BOYLES81.2966666.67
INGRAM81.296642.46
LLEWELLYN81.296688.79
WHITE71.13453.53
SAGE71.1345127.74
ASHDOWN71.1345200.00
ANSLEY71.13451,166.67
HALES60.972467.80
ANDERSON60.97244.92
FRID60.97242,400.00
CHAPMAN60.97246.85
EPPS60.9724352.94
CHAMPION60.972492.88
WILSON50.81041.76
STANDEN50.8104143.68
BUTLER50.81048.31
TIPPETT50.8104230.41
GILLHAM50.8104299.40
MURRELL50.8104113.64
WRAIGHT50.8104314.47
OSMER40.64836,666.67
FEATHERSTONE40.648372.07
BROAD40.648351.02
CLARK40.64832.16
NORRIS40.648315.09
HUDSON40.64837.92
SMITH40.64830.46
BEAUMONT40.648321.87
BOLTON30.486211.29
MOSS30.48627.89
HODGES30.486216.57
WESTON30.486211.92
BARNARD30.486219.58
SCOTT30.48621.92
EDWARDS30.48621.74
PIGGOTT20.324144.64
KNIGHT20.32412.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
EARLL0.6261712666.6667
OSMER0.626176666.6667
RAYFIELD0.626172500.0000
FRID0.626172400.0000
ANSLEY0.626171166.6667
CHING0.62617900.0000
BOYLES0.62617666.6667
CORNWELL0.62617365.1685
EPPS0.62617352.9412
WRAIGHT0.62617314.4654
BALDREY0.62617303.0303
GILLHAM0.62617299.4012
BEERS0.62617285.7143
WATCHMAN0.62617285.7143
TIPPETT0.62617230.4147
ASHDOWN0.62617200.0000
MILLINGTON0.62617192.7195
PERRING0.62617157.4803
FILMER0.62617145.9854
STANDEN0.62617143.6782
SAGE0.62617127.7372
MURRELL0.62617113.6364
ASHBY0.62617106.2802
RAINS0.6261795.2381
CHAMPION0.6261792.8793
GANT0.6261790.0901
LLEWELLYN0.6261788.7902
BRAMBLE0.6261786.2069
FEATHERSTONE0.6261772.0721
HALES0.6261767.7966
WYLES0.6261764.1026
CHEESMAN0.6261763.4921
SEAGER0.6261758.8235
POMEROY0.6261758.4795
CLINCH0.6261756.1798
SIMMONDS0.6261754.6117
BROAD0.6261751.0204
PIGGOTT0.6261744.6429
INGRAM0.6261742.4628
COPPING0.6261740.6504
PACK0.6261734.4828
ATTWOOD0.6261732.7332
WHITEHEAD0.6261728.7770
DUNFORD0.6261726.8097
GEORGE0.6261724.8619
BEAUMONT0.6261721.8699
BARNARD0.6261719.5822
HARLAND0.6261719.4553
HOOKER0.6261718.9753
BONE0.6261717.4825

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 617 people called EARLL in Bredgar 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 12666.6667 in Bredgar means that 12666.6667% of the people in Bredgar on census day were called EARLL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called EARLL 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 EARLL 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 EARLL 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 EARLL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Bredgar means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of EARLL in Bredgar than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bredgar in 1881

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

AYLETT (11)  ANDERSON (6)  ANSLEY (7)  APPS (3)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHBY (11)  ASHBEE (1)  ASHDOWN (7)  ATTWOOD (2)  BALDREY (1)  BARLING (1)  BARNARD (3)  BARTON (2)  BEAUMONT (4)  BEERS (1)  BODIAM (6)  BOLTON (3)  BONE (2)  BOSELEY (2)  BOYLES (8)  BRAMBLE (1)  BRANCHETT (7)  BROAD (4)  BROOKS (1)  BOURNE (2)  BUTLER (5)  CARTER (2)  CHAMPION (6)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHEESMAN (2)  CHING (9)  CLARK (4)  CLINCH (1)  COPPING (1)  CORNWELL (13)  COUNTY (2)  CRAYDEN (1)  DAVIS (1)  DENNESS (8)  DUNFORD (1)  EARLL (19)  EDWARDS (3)  EPPS (6)  FEATHERSTONE (4)  FIELD (1)  FILMER (2)  FRID (6)  FRIDD (1)  GANT (2)  GEORGE (9)  GIBSON (2)  GILLHAM (5)  GOATHAM (25)  GOODHEW (36)  GRANSDEN (10)  GREEN (1)  GRIGGSBY (2)  HADLOW (MILLINGTON) (2)  HALES (6)  HARLAND (1)  HODGES (3)  HOLDSTOCK (6)  HOLMWOOD (1)  HOOKER (1)  HUDSON (4)  HUGHES (1)  HUNT (10)  INGHAM (1)  INGRAM (8)  KEMSLEY (24)  KENDALL (1)  KITNEY (5)  KING (1)  KNIGHT (2)  KNOWLES (1)  LAMBKIN (23)  LLEWELLYN (8)  LURCOCK (6)  MAXTED (2)  MEDHURST (10)  MILLINGTON (18)  MORGAN (10)  MURRELL (5)  MOSS (3)  NORRIS (4)  OSMER (4)  PACK (1)  PAGE (1)  PAYNE (1)  PEARSON (1)  PERRING (2)  PHILLPOTT (1)  PIGGOTT (2)  POMEROY (1)  RAINS (1)  RAYFIELD (15)  ROSE (1)  SAGE (7)  SAYWELL (5)  SCOTT (3)  SEAGER (2)  SHOESMITH (1)  SIMMONDS (9)  SMITH (4)  SNASHALL (1)  STANDEN (5)  STEVENS (2)  SWAN (2)  THOMAS (14)  THOMPSON (2)  TIPPETT (5)  TROTTER (1)  TUCKER (1)  TUMBER (1)  VALLANS (4)  WALTERS (1)  WATCHMAN (1)  WEDGWOOD (3)  WESTON (3)  WELLER (1)  WHIBLEY (3)  WHITE (7)  WHITEHEAD (12)  WILKINS (1)  WYLES (1)  WILSON (5)  WOOD (11)  WOODS (2)  WRAIGHT (5)  WYATT (1)