Top surnames from the 1881 census in Canterbury Old Castle, Kent

Canterbury Old Castle 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
SUTTON913.8462217.39
DUNK913.84624,090.91
WILSON710.769223.45
CHAPMAN69.230865.01
BELL69.230849.14
MAY46.153896.62
THEOBALD34.6154731.71
BISSELL34.61541,578.95
FRASER23.076934.54
COLE23.076933.78
SCOTT11.53856.08
MORRIS11.53856.91
KINGSLAND11.53851,000.00
COSIER11.53853,333.33
CHAMPION11.5385147.06
PHILPOT11.5385227.27
WILKS11.538598.04
MOSS11.538524.94
LAURENCE11.5385108.70
UPTON11.538580.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DUNK0.07654090.9091
COSIER0.07653333.3333
BISSELL0.07651578.9474
KINGSLAND0.07651000.0000
THEOBALD0.0765731.7073
PHILPOT0.0765227.2727
SUTTON0.0765217.3913
CHAMPION0.0765147.0588
LAURENCE0.0765108.6957
WILKS0.076598.0392
MAY0.076596.6184
UPTON0.076580.6452
CHAPMAN0.076565.0054
BELL0.076549.1400
FRASER0.076534.5423
COLE0.076533.7838
MOSS0.076524.9377
WILSON0.076523.4506
MORRIS0.07656.9109
SCOTT0.07656.0790

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 65 people called DUNK in Canterbury Old Castle 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 4090.9091 in Canterbury Old Castle means that 4090.9091% of the people in Canterbury Old Castle on census day were called DUNK.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DUNK 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 DUNK 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 DUNK 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 DUNK here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Canterbury Old Castle means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DUNK in Canterbury Old Castle than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Canterbury Old Castle in 1881

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

BELL (6)  BISSELL (3)  CHAMPION (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  COLE (2)  COSIER (1)  DUNK (9)  FRASER (2)  HETTEY (1)  HOULDEN (1)  HOMERSHAM (1)  KINGSLAND (1)  LAURENCE (1)  MAY (4)  MORRIS (1)  MOSS (1)  PHILPOT (1)  QUESTED (1)  SCOTT (1)  SUTTON (9)  THEOBALD (3)  UPTON (1)  WILKS (1)  WILSON (7)