Top surnames from the 1881 census in Fordwich, Kent

Fordwich 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
SMITH125.26323.73
KENNETT125.2632944.88
ELDRIDGE104.3860401.61
WOOD93.947412.39
BIGNELL83.5088869.57
WYATT83.5088119.58
POOL73.0702265.15
TWYMAN73.07022,058.82
PILCHER73.0702614.04
CASTLE62.6316132.45
MORRIS62.631611.82
HIGGENS52.19302,941.18
FRIAR52.19301,428.57
HANN52.1930480.77
EDWARDS52.19307.87
GILES41.754446.03
CLEMENTS41.754452.91
BOWMAN41.754467.11
STACY41.7544606.06
THEOBALD41.7544275.86
GAMMON41.7544325.20
DRAY31.3158588.24
MOUNTFORD31.3158147.78
MAY31.315820.68
FAIRWEATHER31.3158169.49
SPRATT31.3158236.22
MARSHALL31.31587.85
NEIL20.877266.23
MEAD20.877237.66
FARRIER20.8772555.56
JARVIS20.877219.55
BEST20.877232.57
GAUNT20.877289.29
MAPLE20.8772571.43
FRENCH20.877217.97
BENTLEY20.877220.75
GORE20.877277.82
PORT20.8772312.50
MANNERS20.8772176.99
FREEMAN20.877213.74
BROWN20.87721.33
WARNER20.877224.07
TAYLOR10.43860.69
ANSLEY10.4386454.55
SPICER10.438632.57
CROUCH10.438632.68
MARDEN10.4386200.00
KNIGHT10.43863.56
WILLIS10.43868.25
PENNY10.438624.63

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HIGGENS0.232282941.1765
TWYMAN0.232282058.8235
FRIAR0.232281428.5714
KENNETT0.23228944.8819
BIGNELL0.23228869.5652
PILCHER0.23228614.0351
STACY0.23228606.0606
BORN0.23228588.2353
DRAY0.23228588.2353
MAPLE0.23228571.4286
FARRIER0.23228555.5556
HANN0.23228480.7692
ANSLEY0.23228454.5455
ELDRIDGE0.23228401.6064
GAMMON0.23228325.2033
INGLETON0.23228322.5806
PORT0.23228312.5000
THEOBALD0.23228275.8621
POOL0.23228265.1515
SPRATT0.23228236.2205
MARDEN0.23228200.0000
MANNERS0.23228176.9912
FAIRWEATHER0.23228169.4915
EPPS0.23228158.7302
MOUNTFORD0.23228147.7833
CASTLE0.23228132.4503
WYATT0.23228119.5815
DEWHIRST0.2322892.5926
GAUNT0.2322889.2857
GORE0.2322877.8210
BOWMAN0.2322867.1141
NEIL0.2322866.2252
CLEMENTS0.2322852.9101
WILLIAM0.2322851.2821
GILES0.2322846.0299
MEAD0.2322837.6648
CROUCH0.2322832.6797
BEST0.2322832.5733
SPICER0.2322832.5733
CULLEN0.2322825.0000
PENNY0.2322824.6305
WARNER0.2322824.0674
KEEN0.2322821.8818
BENTLEY0.2322820.7469
MAY0.2322820.6754
JARVIS0.2322819.5503
COTTON0.2322818.3824
FRENCH0.2322817.9695
FREEMAN0.2322813.7363
WOOD0.2322812.3882

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 228 people called HIGGENS in Fordwich 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 2941.1765 in Fordwich means that 2941.1765% of the people in Fordwich on census day were called HIGGENS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HIGGENS 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 HIGGENS 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 HIGGENS 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 HIGGENS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Fordwich means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HIGGENS in Fordwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Fordwich in 1881

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

ANSLEY (1)  BENTLEY (2)  BEST (2)  BIGNELL (8)  BOWMAN (4)  BRENCLEY (6)  BROWN (2)  BORN (1)  CASTLE (6)  CLEMENTS (4)  COTTON (1)  COX (1)  CROUCH (1)  CULLEN (1)  CUMMIN (1)  DEWHIRST (1)  DOWNWARD (1)  DRAY (3)  EDWARDS (5)  ELDRIDGE (10)  EPPS (1)  FAIRBRASS (1)  FAIRWEATHER (3)  FARRIER (2)  FREEMAN (2)  FRENCH (2)  FRIAR (5)  GAMMON (4)  GAUNT (2)  GILES (4)  GORE (2)  HANN (5)  HIGGENS (5)  HOMERSHAM (8)  INGLETON (1)  JARVIS (2)  KEEN (1)  KENNETT (12)  KNIGHT (1)  MAPLE (2)  MARDEN (1)  MARSHALL (3)  MAY (3)  MANNERS (2)  MEAD (2)  MORRIS (6)  MOYS (7)  MOUNTFORD (3)  NEIL (2)  NORRIS (1)  PENNY (1)  PETLEY (1)  PILCHER (7)  POLLARD (1)  POOL (7)  PORT (2)  SMITH (12)  SPICER (1)  SPRATT (3)  STACY (4)  TAYLOR (1)  THEOBALD (4)  TWYMAN (7)  WARNER (2)  WILLIAM (1)  WILLIS (1)  WOOD (9)  WYATT (8)