Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broomfield, Kent

Broomfield 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
KNELL159.37506,250.00
GIBSON138.125066.94
WICKENS106.2500990.10
HATCHER95.6250957.45
SKINNER95.6250110.84
COX74.375028.87
WYATT63.7500127.93
JENNER63.7500315.79
MUNCEY53.12503,333.33
CLIFFORD53.1250151.98
COVENEY53.12502,000.00
DINES42.5000930.23
BUTLER42.500025.64
SMITH42.50001.77
HARRIS31.87507.38
WEST31.875019.48
FINCH31.875056.29
SCARBOROUGH31.8750666.67
BARRINGTON21.2500384.62
RICHARDS21.25008.28
BURGESS10.62509.00
ROLFE10.625048.08
ATKINS10.625016.67
PARKER10.62503.29
GIBBON10.625061.73
WANT10.6250303.03
KNIGHT10.62505.07
SAVAGE10.625016.26
PAGE10.62507.82
FRENCH10.625012.80
TAYLOR10.62500.98
MORRISON10.62507.95
SIMMONS10.625015.31
RUSSELL10.62505.12
HOLLANDS10.6250120.48
BAKER10.62502.85
RANSOM10.6250114.94
NORMAN10.625013.48
MANDERS10.6250312.50
JOHNSON10.62501.86

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KNELL0.161606250.0000
MUNCEY0.161603333.3333
COVENEY0.161602000.0000
WICKENS0.16160990.0990
HATCHER0.16160957.4468
DINES0.16160930.2326
SCARBOROUGH0.16160666.6667
BARRINGTON0.16160384.6154
JENNER0.16160315.7895
MANDERS0.16160312.5000
WANT0.16160303.0303
CLIFFORD0.16160151.9757
WYATT0.16160127.9318
HOLLANDS0.16160120.4819
RANSOM0.16160114.9425
SKINNER0.16160110.8374
GIBSON0.1616066.9413
GIBBON0.1616061.7284
FINCH0.1616056.2852
ROLFE0.1616048.0769
COX0.1616028.8660
BUTLER0.1616025.6410
WEST0.1616019.4805
ATKINS0.1616016.6667
SAVAGE0.1616016.2602
SIMMONS0.1616015.3139
NORMAN0.1616013.4771
FRENCH0.1616012.8041
BURGESS0.161609.0009
RICHARDS0.161608.2781
MORRISON0.161607.9491
PAGE0.161607.8186
HARRIS0.161607.3783
RUSSELL0.161605.1203
KNIGHT0.161605.0710
PARKER0.161603.2862
BAKER0.161602.8523
JOHNSON0.161601.8601
SMITH0.161601.7706
TAYLOR0.161600.9773

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 160 people called KNELL in Broomfield 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 6250.0000 in Broomfield means that 6250.0000% of the people in Broomfield on census day were called KNELL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Broomfield in 1881

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

ATKINS (1)  BAKER (1)  BARRINGTON (2)  BURGESS (1)  BUTLER (4)  CLIFFORD (5)  COVENEY (5)  COX (7)  CUCKOO (1)  DINES (4)  FINCH (3)  FRENCH (1)  GIBBON (1)  GIBSON (13)  HARRIS (3)  HATCHER (9)  HOLLANDS (1)  JENNER (6)  JOHNSON (1)  KNELL (15)  KNIGHT (1)  MASTED (7)  MANDERS (1)  MAYTUMS (2)  MORRISON (1)  MUNCEY (5)  NORMAN (1)  PAGE (1)  PARKER (1)  RANSOM (1)  RICHARDS (2)  ROLFE (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SCARBOROUGH (3)  SIMMONS (1)  SKINNER (9)  SMITH (4)  TAYLOR (1)  THORNCYCRAFT (11)  VELNICK (1)  WANT (1)  WEST (3)  WICKENS (10)  WYATT (6)