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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dymchurch, Kent

Dymchurch 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
SMITH264.70163.33
SIMPSON193.435819.64
TOLHURST183.25501,487.60
KITTLE111.98921,833.33
AUSTEN101.8083235.29
BREWER101.808368.17
FILE101.80832,380.95
WOODLAND91.6275320.28
HOLT81.446721.61
ATKINS81.446738.57
PRYER81.4467714.29
ASHDOWN81.4467255.59
GLAZIER71.2658795.45
COLLYER71.2658204.68
MASEY71.26581,750.00
ELDRIDGE71.2658115.70
WRAIGHT71.2658489.51
KEELER71.2658426.83
DOWN61.085090.36
HORE61.0850315.79
POPE61.085031.48
COY61.0850346.82
COURT50.904271.12
SIMS50.904230.16
ROGERS50.90426.96
SWIFT50.904229.27
WADDELL50.9042101.83
GUNN50.904236.93
HUNT50.90426.81
COX50.90425.97
SIMMONS50.904222.15
CAMBRIDGE40.7233236.69
RALPH40.723347.51
GILHAM40.7233248.45
PLATER40.7233476.19
GARDNER40.723310.66
CORNES40.7233330.58
KENNETT40.7233129.87
JEFFERS40.7233833.33
MCGILL40.7233727.27
SWAIN40.723337.52
TREVETT40.7233449.44
EDWARDS40.72332.60
RAMSDEN40.723339.68
MCCREADY30.54252,727.27
SULLIVAN30.542512.91
LEISHMAN30.5425159.57
BEAZLEY30.5425270.27
JONES30.54250.48
WILLING30.5425428.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MCCREADY0.555532727.2727
FILE0.555532380.9524
KITTLE0.555531833.3333
MASEY0.555531750.0000
TOLHURST0.555531487.6033
ELIZABETH0.555531428.5714
JEFFERS0.55553833.3333
GLAZIER0.55553795.4545
MCGILL0.55553727.2727
PRYER0.55553714.2857
WRAIGHT0.55553489.5105
PLATER0.55553476.1905
TREVETT0.55553449.4382
WILLING0.55553428.5714
KEELER0.55553426.8293
MURROW0.55553416.6667
COY0.55553346.8208
BOULDING0.55553344.8276
CORNES0.55553330.5785
WOODLAND0.55553320.2847
HORE0.55553315.7895
BEAZLEY0.55553270.2703
GOAD0.55553265.4867
ASHDOWN0.55553255.5911
GILHAM0.55553248.4472
CAMBRIDGE0.55553236.6864
AUSTEN0.55553235.2941
COLLYER0.55553204.6784
SINDEN0.55553166.6667
DRAY0.55553161.2903
LEISHMAN0.55553159.5745
GROOMBRIDGE0.55553142.8571
KENNETT0.55553129.8701
ELDRIDGE0.55553115.7025
STARBUCK0.55553112.3596
WAKELY0.55553109.8901
BASHFORD0.55553108.6957
TIBBLES0.55553107.5269
WADDELL0.55553101.8330
BOORMAN0.5555397.0874
DOWN0.5555390.3614
CLEAR0.5555386.9565
WINDER0.5555382.6446
COURT0.5555371.1238
COLYER0.5555369.4444
BREWER0.5555368.1663
FIELDER0.5555358.4795
CARSON0.5555349.2611
RALPH0.5555347.5059
IRWIN0.5555343.0108

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 553 people called MCCREADY in Dymchurch 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 2727.2727 in Dymchurch means that 2727.2727% of the people in Dymchurch on census day were called MCCREADY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MCCREADY 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 MCCREADY 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 MCCREADY 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 MCCREADY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Dymchurch means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MCCREADY in Dymchurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dymchurch in 1881

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

AINSWORTH (2)  ASHDOWN (8)  ATKINS (8)  AUSTEN (10)  BAKER (2)  BALDOCK (1)  BALLARD (1)  BASHFORD (2)  BEAZLEY (3)  BLAKE (3)  BOORMAN (2)  BOULDING (2)  BRAY (1)  BREWER (10)  BRISLY (2)  BUTCHER (1)  BUTLER (1)  CAMBRIDGE (4)  CARPENTER (2)  CARSON (3)  CHAPPEL (1)  CLEAR (1)  COHER (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COLLYER (7)  COLYER (1)  COPPINS (1)  CORNES (4)  COURT (5)  COX (5)  MC CREADY (1)  CRUST (19)  CRUTT (2)  DOWN (6)  DRURY (2)  DRAY (2)  EDWARDS (4)  ELDRIDGE (7)  ELIZABETH (1)  ELLIOTT (2)  ELLIS (3)  FIELDER (2)  FILE (10)  FLISHER (13)  GARDNER (4)  GATES (2)  GIBBS (1)  JELL (6)  MCGILL (4)  MC GILL (1)  GILHAM (4)  GLAZIER (7)  GOAD (3)  GOODWIN (1)  GOSBEE (8)  GROOMBRIDGE (2)  GUNN (5)  HARRIS (2)  HARVEY (1)  HOAD (2)  HORE (6)  HOLMES (2)  HOLT (8)  HONEYSETT (3)  HOOKER (1)  HOOPER (1)  HUNT (5)  HURST (1)  IRWIN (2)  JEFFERS (4)  JONES (3)  COY (6)  KENNETT (4)  KING (1)  KINGSMILE (1)  KITTLE (11)  LANE (2)  LEISHMAN (3)  LORDING (1)  LUCKHURST (2)  MANN (1)  MASEY (7)  MACKETT (4)  MCCREADY (3)  KEELER (7)  MILLER (1)  MILLS (1)  MOORE (2)  MORRIS (2)  MURROW (1)  NEWBLE (28)  PACKMAN (4)  PIDDOCK (4)  PANTNEY (5)  PARTERDGE (1)  PAIN (2)  PAINE (2)  PEPPER (2)  PLATER (4)  POPE (6)  PRYER (8)  RAMSDEN (4)  RANSBY (4)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROGERS (5)  RALPH (4)  SERLE (1)  SHRUBSOLE (7)  SIMMONS (5)  SIMPSON (19)  SIMS (5)  SINCLAIR (2)  SINDEN (2)  SMITH (26)  SPICER (1)  STARBUCK (1)  SULLIVAN (3)  SWAIN (4)  SWIFT (5)  TERRY (2)  TIBBLES (1)  TOLHURST (18)  TREVETT (4)  TUNBRIDGE (2)  WAKELY (1)  WALKER (1)  WADDELL (5)  WARREN (3)  WATERS (1)  WEBB (2)  WEEKS (1)  WEBSTER (1)  WHITEHEAD (3)  WILLING (3)  WINDER (3)  WOOD (1)  WOODLAND (9)  WRAIGHT (7)  YOUNG (1)