Top surnames from the 1881 census in Canterbury Archbishops, Kent

Canterbury Archbishops 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
HARTLEY105.586689.13
HITCHCOCK84.4693386.47
GRAHAM84.469338.93
GIBBS73.910679.64
RAYFIELD73.91064,117.65
GRACE73.9106291.67
CROUCHER73.9106679.61
MUIRHEAD63.3520434.78
HUDSON63.352040.93
STOCKBRIDGE63.35202,068.97
CALDWELL52.7933178.57
ESCOTT52.79331,000.00
HAYES42.234635.94
JARRETT42.2346243.90
COLLINS42.234615.58
ANDREWS31.676017.49
HOBDAY31.6760416.67
PAGE31.676020.96
WILLIAMS21.11731.56
CASTLE21.117356.18
LLOYD21.11739.57
HODGSON21.117316.13
PAYN21.1173606.06
WEST21.117311.61
ROYCE21.1173645.16
EYLES21.1173240.96
WATTSON21.11733,333.33
PHIPPS10.558737.74
BARNES10.55874.64
COWELL10.558739.06
WATSON10.55872.41
SPENCER10.55876.12
BROWNING10.558727.47
BERRY10.55877.04
ELDRIDGE10.558751.02
BACKE10.55875,000.00
HAYWOOD10.558726.60
MISKIN10.55871,000.00
HAWES10.558745.25
WATERS10.558713.91
CAMPBELL10.55873.30
KING10.55872.56
BROADHURST10.558755.25
POTTS10.558716.75
BEAUMONT10.558718.83
APPLETON10.558735.59
HAYWARD10.558713.11
CHAMBERS10.55879.82
LOTT10.5587144.93
JORDAN10.558712.64

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BACKE0.181795000.0000
RAYFIELD0.181794117.6471
WATTSON0.181793333.3333
STOCKBRIDGE0.181792068.9655
ESCOTT0.181791000.0000
MISKIN0.181791000.0000
CROUCHER0.18179679.6117
ROYCE0.18179645.1613
PAYN0.18179606.0606
MUIRHEAD0.18179434.7826
HOBDAY0.18179416.6667
HITCHCOCK0.18179386.4734
GRACE0.18179291.6667
JARRETT0.18179243.9024
EYLES0.18179240.9639
CALDWELL0.18179178.5714
LOTT0.18179144.9275
HARTLEY0.1817989.1266
GIBBS0.1817979.6359
CASTLE0.1817956.1798
BROADHURST0.1817955.2486
ELDRIDGE0.1817951.0204
BLACKMAN0.1817945.8716
HAWES0.1817945.2489
HUDSON0.1817940.9277
COWELL0.1817939.0625
GRAHAM0.1817938.9294
PHIPPS0.1817937.7358
HAYES0.1817935.9389
APPLETON0.1817935.5872
BROWNING0.1817927.4725
HAYWOOD0.1817926.5957
PAGE0.1817920.9644
BEAUMONT0.1817918.8324
ANDREWS0.1817917.4927
POTTS0.1817916.7504
HODGSON0.1817916.1290
COLLINS0.1817915.5763
GILES0.1817914.6628
WATERS0.1817913.9082
HAYWARD0.1817913.1062
JORDAN0.1817912.6422
WEST0.1817911.6077
CHAMBERS0.181799.8232
LLOYD0.181799.5694
BERRY0.181797.0423
SPENCER0.181796.1200
HOWARD0.181795.6915
BARNES0.181794.6404
CAMPBELL0.181793.3014

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 179 people called BACKE in Canterbury Archbishops 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 5000.0000 in Canterbury Archbishops means that 5000.0000% of the people in Canterbury Archbishops on census day were called BACKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BACKE 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 BACKE 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 BACKE 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 BACKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Canterbury Archbishops means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BACKE in Canterbury Archbishops than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Canterbury Archbishops in 1881

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

ANDREWS (3)  APPLETON (1)  ASHBEE (2)  BACKE (1)  BARNES (1)  BEAUMONT (1)  BERRY (1)  BLACKMAN (1)  BROADHURST (1)  BROWNING (1)  CALDWELL (5)  CAMPBELL (1)  CASTLE (2)  CHAMBERS (1)  COLLINS (4)  COLSHAM (1)  COWELL (1)  CROUCHER (7)  DENNISS (2)  EYLES (2)  ELDRIDGE (1)  ESCOTT (5)  FETHERSTONE (4)  JARRETT (4)  GIBBS (7)  GILES (1)  GLENNIE (1)  GOLDSACK (5)  JORDAN (1)  GRACE (7)  GRAHAM (8)  GRIDLESTONE (1)  HARTLEY (10)  HAWES (1)  HAYES (4)  HAYWARD (1)  HAYWOOD (1)  HITCHCOCK (8)  HOBDAY (3)  HODGSON (2)  HOWARD (1)  HUDSON (6)  HYDE-SMITH (2)  KING (1)  LATTER (1)  LLOYD (2)  LOTT (1)  MARPILLER (1)  MILSOME (1)  MISKIN (1)  MUIRHEAD (6)  PAGE (3)  PAYN (2)  PETTMAN (5)  PHIPPS (1)  POTTS (1)  RAVENHILL (1)  RAYFIELD (7)  ROBERTS (1)  ROYCE (2)  SHOVELER (3)  SPENCER (1)  STOCKBRIDGE (6)  WATERS (1)  WATTSON (2)  WATSON (1)  WEST (2)  WILLIAMS (2)  WYVER (1)