Top surnames from the 1881 census in Davington, Kent

Davington 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
ANDREWS188.035783.88
HARRIS125.357121.08
WELLER125.3571372.67
CURLING114.91073,142.86
FRIEND104.4643393.70
BARHAM94.0179647.48
HALES94.0179280.37
SMITH83.57142.53
RALPH83.5714234.60
STEVENS73.125029.94
JORDAN62.678660.61
STEED52.2321462.96
YOUNG52.232110.39
MOORE52.232111.16
COBB52.2321157.23
MURTON41.7857526.32
EASTMAN41.7857655.74
CHEESEMAN41.7857227.27
BAKER41.78578.15
CURRY41.7857124.61
ROGERS41.785713.76
SHERWOOD41.7857140.35
WALLER31.339353.19
HOPKINS31.339322.24
POOL31.3393115.38
BEAN31.3393103.45
WRIGHT31.33934.17
PILCHER31.3393267.86
HOUGHTON31.339338.31
PHILPOT31.3393200.00
AMOS20.892954.35
COTTER20.8929235.29
WOOD20.89292.80
BUCK20.892941.67
HAMPSHIRE20.8929157.48
SHERRELL10.44641,000.00
HARRISON10.44642.01
NEWTON10.44645.82
WALL10.446412.77
JONES10.44640.39
HOOK10.446430.12
BARKER10.44643.41
NASH10.44649.68
JORDON10.446499.01
CLOKE10.4464227.27
HOLLAND10.44646.27
WOOLEY10.446469.93
BISHOP10.44646.39

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CURLING0.222243142.8571
SHERRELL0.222241000.0000
EASTMAN0.22224655.7377
BARHAM0.22224647.4820
MURTON0.22224526.3158
STEED0.22224462.9630
FRIEND0.22224393.7008
WELLER0.22224372.6708
HALES0.22224280.3738
PILCHER0.22224267.8571
COTTER0.22224235.2941
RALPH0.22224234.6041
CHEESEMAN0.22224227.2727
CLOKE0.22224227.2727
PHILPOT0.22224200.0000
HAMPSHIRE0.22224157.4803
COBB0.22224157.2327
SHERWOOD0.22224140.3509
CURRY0.22224124.6106
POOL0.22224115.3846
BEAN0.22224103.4483
JORDON0.2222499.0099
ANDREWS0.2222483.8770
WOOLEY0.2222469.9301
JORDAN0.2222460.6061
AMOS0.2222454.3478
WALLER0.2222453.1915
BUCK0.2222441.6667
HOUGHTON0.2222438.3142
HOOK0.2222430.1205
STEVENS0.2222429.9401
HOPKINS0.2222422.2387
HARRIS0.2222421.0785
ROGERS0.2222413.7552
WALL0.2222412.7714
MOORE0.2222411.1632
YOUNG0.2222410.3907
NASH0.222249.6805
BAKER0.222248.1500
BISHOP0.222246.3898
HOLLAND0.222246.2696
NEWTON0.222245.8241
WRIGHT0.222244.1748
BARKER0.222243.4118
WOOD0.222242.8023
SMITH0.222242.5294
HARRISON0.222242.0113
JONES0.222240.3942

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 224 people called CURLING in Davington 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 3142.8571 in Davington means that 3142.8571% of the people in Davington on census day were called CURLING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CURLING 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 CURLING 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 CURLING 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 CURLING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Davington means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CURLING in Davington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Davington in 1881

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

AKEHURST (2)  AMOS (2)  ANDREWS (18)  BAKER (4)  BARHAM (9)  BARKER (1)  BEAN (3)  BISHOP (1)  BRAMAH (2)  BUCK (2)  CHAMPS (1)  CHEESEMAN (4)  SHERRELL (1)  CLOKE (1)  COBB (5)  COTTER (2)  CURLING (11)  CURRY (4)  EASTMAN (4)  FRIEND (10)  JORDON (1)  JORDAN (6)  HALES (9)  HAMPSHIRE (2)  HARRIS (12)  HARRISON (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOPKINS (3)  HOUGHTON (3)  HOOK (1)  JONES (1)  MURTON (4)  MOORE (5)  NASH (1)  NEWTON (1)  PHILPOT (3)  PILCHER (3)  POOL (3)  POUT (5)  ROGERS (4)  RALPH (8)  SHEEPWASH (1)  SHERWOOD (4)  SMITH (8)  SPICKETT (1)  STEED (5)  STEVENS (7)  WALL (1)  WALLER (3)  WELLER (12)  WILDASH (7)  WOOD (2)  WOOLEY (1)  WRIGHT (3)  YOUNG (5)