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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harrietsham, Kent

Harrietsham 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
YOUNG365.301924.68
SMITH355.15463.65
WILLIAMS284.12375.74
HARRIS172.50379.85
BOORMAN152.2091592.89
REEVES142.061950.34
AMBROSE131.9146217.39
SKINNER131.914637.71
BOLTON121.767341.04
TONG121.7673500.00
KITE121.7673310.88
MATTHEWS121.767320.26
MOON111.620076.82
RANDALL101.472847.01
BACK91.3255247.93
SELLEN91.32551,475.41
OTTAWAY91.3255638.30
VINSON91.32551,343.28
BETTS81.178255.10
WISDOM81.1782629.92
CRUMP81.1782109.14
PARRIS81.1782441.99
HARRISON81.17825.31
CLARK81.17823.92
ROBINSON81.17823.70
GREEN81.17824.18
BOND81.178222.26
BUTLER81.178212.08
HOLMES71.03098.47
BIGG71.0309327.10
SEARS71.0309163.93
HERITAGE71.0309275.59
ANDERSON60.88374.47
OXLEY60.883763.09
BURGESS60.883712.72
FILMER50.7364331.13
STEARS50.73641,190.48
POPE50.736421.37
MURTON50.7364217.39
TROWELL50.7364490.20
FULLER50.736418.20
OXFORD50.7364212.77
WOOLLEY50.736437.12
EARL40.589145.05
HILLS40.589121.30
HATCHER40.5891100.25
OVERTON40.589160.70
SUTTON40.58919.25
NUTT40.589181.47
TIPPETT30.4418125.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MONS0.686793333.3333
MCLEAD0.686792500.0000
SELLEN0.686791475.4098
VINSON0.686791343.2836
STEARS0.686791190.4762
MCBEAN0.68679714.2857
OTTAWAY0.68679638.2979
WISDOM0.68679629.9213
BOORMAN0.68679592.8854
TONG0.68679500.0000
TROWELL0.68679490.1961
PARRIS0.68679441.9890
FILL0.68679400.0000
FILMER0.68679331.1258
BIGG0.68679327.1028
KITE0.68679310.8808
HERITAGE0.68679275.5906
BACK0.68679247.9339
AMBROSE0.68679217.3913
MURTON0.68679217.3913
OXFORD0.68679212.7660
BRENCHLEY0.68679205.4795
SEARS0.68679163.9344
ORPIN0.68679163.9344
CLANCY0.68679151.5152
CORDELL0.68679135.1351
HINCH0.68679126.5823
TIPPETT0.68679125.5230
ORFORD0.68679118.3432
CRUMP0.68679109.1405
HATCHER0.68679100.2506
NUTT0.6867981.4664
SEAGER0.6867980.0000
MOON0.6867976.8156
PLAYFORD0.6867970.9220
OXLEY0.6867963.0915
OVERTON0.6867960.6980
SHILLING0.6867960.6061
BETTS0.6867955.0964
GOBLE0.6867950.7614
REEVES0.6867950.3416
RANDALL0.6867947.0146
JURY0.6867945.8716
COUCHMAN0.6867945.0450
EARL0.6867945.0450
PAY0.6867944.4444
BOLTON0.6867941.0397
SAYERS0.6867940.0000
BELLINGHAM0.6867940.0000
WINCHESTER0.6867938.6100

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 679 people called MONS in Harrietsham 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 3333.3333 in Harrietsham means that 3333.3333% of the people in Harrietsham on census day were called MONS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MONS 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 MONS 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 MONS 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 MONS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Harrietsham means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MONS in Harrietsham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harrietsham in 1881

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

ADKINS (1)  ORFORD (2)  ALLEN (1)  AMBROSE (13)  ANDERSON (6)  ANURYL (1)  ASHLEY (1)  BACK (9)  BALDWIN (2)  BARHAM (1)  BARNES (1)  MCBEAN (1)  BENTLEY (3)  BETTS (8)  BIGG (7)  BELLINGHAM (1)  BISHOP (1)  BODIAM (6)  BOLTON (12)  BOND (8)  BOORMAN (15)  BRADLEY (1)  BRENCHLEY (3)  BROWN (2)  BRYANT (2)  BURGESS (6)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (8)  BOTTLE (11)  CARRINGTON (1)  CHAMPION (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLANCY (3)  CLARK (8)  CLIFFORD (1)  COBB (1)  COLBOURNE (1)  COLLINS (1)  CORDELL (2)  CORVELL (1)  COUCHMAN (1)  CRUMP (8)  CUCKOW (5)  CUSBUSH (3)  CUTBUSH (1)  DAVIS (1)  DAWES (2)  DAY (1)  EARL (4)  EASON (1)  FERMOR (19)  FEAKINS (1)  FILL (1)  FILMER (5)  FINCH (1)  FOLKETT (5)  FULLER (5)  FRANKLING (1)  FROST (2)  FULLAGER (3)  GARDEN (1)  GIBSON (3)  GLOVER (1)  GOBLE (1)  GODFREY (1)  GODSALL (2)  GOLDING (1)  GODWIN (1)  GREEN (8)  HADLOW (11)  HARMAN (1)  HARRIS (17)  HARRISON (8)  HATCHER (4)  HEELSON (8)  HENNEKER (6)  HERITAGE (7)  HEARSEY (1)  HICKS (1)  HILLS (4)  HINCH (1)  HOLMES (7)  HUGHES (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (1)  JURY (1)  KITE (12)  KNIGHT (2)  NUTT (4)  KNOWLDEN (3)  LIDDINGTON (2)  MANNERING (1)  MURTON (5)  MATTHEWS (12)  MCLEAD (1)  MCMUCKING (1)  MOON (11)  MONS (1)  ORPIN (1)  OTTAWAY (9)  OVERTON (4)  OWEN (1)  OXFORD (5)  OXLEY (6)  PALMER (3)  PARRIS (8)  PASKINS (1)  PASSEE (3)  FITZPATRICK (1)  PAY (1)  PEARSON (1)  PEPPERDY (1)  PIPPETT (2)  PLAYFORD (1)  POPE (5)  RANDALL (10)  REEVES (14)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBINSON (8)  ROLLICK (1)  SAGE (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SEARS (7)  SAYERS (3)  SEAGER (3)  SELLEN (9)  SHILLING (1)  SINGET (1)  SITFORD (2)  SKINNER (13)  SMITH (35)  STEARS (5)  STYANCE (5)  SUTTON (4)  SWAFFER (3)  TAYLOR (1)  TIPPETT (3)  TONG (12)  TROWELL (5)  VINSON (9)  WAKEFIELD (2)  WARD (1)  WARE (1)  WATERS (1)  WILDASH (1)  WILLIAMS (28)  WINCHESTER (1)  WISDOM (8)  WOOD (2)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOODWARD (1)  WOOLLEY (5)  YOUNG (36)