Top surnames from the 1881 census in Graveney, Kent

Graveney 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
WRAIGHT124.76191,846.15
KENNETT103.9683714.29
FRY103.9683123.92
FOSTER93.571426.71
JENKINS72.777823.57
SMITH72.77781.97
BRAMBLE72.77781,489.36
JACOB72.7778357.14
MATSON72.77781,129.03
SNEATH72.77781,590.91
BUTCHER62.381056.50
MOON62.3810112.78
SANDY62.3810681.82
EVE62.3810631.58
BOORMAN51.9841531.91
DUNK51.9841602.41
RAINES51.9841980.39
MINTER51.9841549.45
REYNOLDS41.587318.32
ARNOLD41.587329.46
GOODWIN31.190522.59
FOX31.190512.82
BASS31.1905105.26
CARTER31.19057.09
TUCK31.190592.59
WILKINSON31.19057.80
HODGMAN20.79371,538.46
WARD20.79373.63
ELDRIDGE20.793772.46
LAMBERT20.793714.55
PAGE10.39684.96
COOK10.39682.00
MOORE10.39681.98
MEARS10.396842.02
READ10.39686.15
DUNCAN10.39685.80
NOBLE10.39689.56
HOARE10.396820.33
BURTON10.39684.66
BOURNE10.396820.45
JOHNSON10.39681.18
EDWARDS10.39681.42
BAILEY10.39682.63
ING10.3968243.90
DODD10.39689.76
MURTON10.3968117.65
HARRIS10.39681.56
CALVERT10.396819.46
FRIEND10.396834.97
BROOKS10.39684.06

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WRAIGHT0.252521846.1538
SNEATH0.252521590.9091
HODGMAN0.252521538.4615
BRAMBLE0.252521489.3617
MATSON0.252521129.0323
RAINES0.25252980.3922
KENNETT0.25252714.2857
SANDY0.25252681.8182
EVE0.25252631.5789
DUNK0.25252602.4096
MINTER0.25252549.4505
BOORMAN0.25252531.9149
JACOB0.25252357.1429
ING0.25252243.9024
FRY0.25252123.9157
MURTON0.25252117.6471
MOON0.25252112.7820
BASS0.25252105.2632
TUCK0.2525292.5926
ELDRIDGE0.2525272.4638
BUTCHER0.2525256.4972
MEARS0.2525242.0168
FRIEND0.2525234.9650
ARNOLD0.2525229.4551
FOSTER0.2525226.7142
JENKINS0.2525223.5690
GOODWIN0.2525222.5904
BOURNE0.2525220.4499
HOARE0.2525220.3252
CALVERT0.2525219.4553
REYNOLDS0.2525218.3234
LAMBERT0.2525214.5455
FOX0.2525212.8205
DODD0.252529.7561
NOBLE0.252529.5602
WILKINSON0.252527.8003
CARTER0.252527.0922
READ0.252526.1538
DUNCAN0.252525.8005
PAGE0.252524.9628
BURTON0.252524.6577
BROOKS0.252524.0601
WARD0.252523.6331
BAILEY0.252522.6344
COOK0.252521.9976
MOORE0.252521.9845
SMITH0.252521.9673
HARRIS0.252521.5615
EDWARDS0.252521.4239
JOHNSON0.252521.1811

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 252 people called WRAIGHT in Graveney 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 1846.1538 in Graveney means that 1846.1538% of the people in Graveney on census day were called WRAIGHT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WRAIGHT 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 WRAIGHT 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 WRAIGHT 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 WRAIGHT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Graveney means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WRAIGHT in Graveney than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Graveney in 1881

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

ARNOLD (4)  BAILEY (1)  BASS (3)  BOORMAN (5)  BRAMBLE (7)  BROOKS (1)  BOURNE (1)  BURTON (1)  BUTCHER (6)  CALVERT (1)  CARTER (3)  COOK (1)  DEATTIE (3)  DODD (1)  DUNCAN (1)  DUNK (5)  DUNING (3)  EDWARDS (1)  ELDRIDGE (2)  EVE (6)  FAX (4)  FOSTER (9)  FOX (3)  FRIEND (1)  FRY (10)  GAMBEIL (11)  GOODWIN (3)  HADLOW (18)  HARRIS (1)  HOARE (1)  HODGMAN (2)  ING (1)  JACOB (7)  JENKINS (7)  JOHNCOCK (5)  JOHNSON (1)  KENNETT (10)  KNOWLER (6)  LAMBERT (2)  MURTON (1)  MATSON (7)  MILGATE (8)  MINTER (5)  MOON (6)  MOORE (1)  MEARS (1)  NOBLE (1)  PACKMAN (1)  PAGE (1)  PHILLPOT (3)  POISDEN (2)  RAINES (5)  READ (1)  REYNOLDS (4)  SANDY (6)  SELETTREE (5)  SMITH (7)  SNEATH (7)  SNOAD (2)  TUCK (3)  WARD (2)  WILKINSON (3)  WRAIGHT (12)