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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hernhill, Kent

Hernhill 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
WRAIGHT354.65431,804.12
CURLING324.25532,711.86
TONG222.9255830.19
FOREMAN212.7926213.63
MILES192.526642.82
FOSTER182.393617.90
DUNKIN141.86171,917.81
BAKER131.72877.89
HARRIS121.59576.28
ARNOLD111.462827.13
SMITH101.32980.94
BROWNING101.329865.36
HOWLAND101.3298389.11
WOOD81.06383.34
MAYNARD81.063869.20
CARLTON81.0638207.25
BUTCHER81.063825.24
TAYLOR81.06381.66
SIMS81.063835.49
DRURY70.930958.63
WEBB70.93096.87
STEVENS70.93098.92
MARSH70.930913.05
GOODWIN70.930917.67
KAY70.930917.92
BURCH70.9309123.24
BONES70.9309316.74
WARREN60.797911.93
WILSON60.79791.74
DANIELS60.797925.40
EVEREST60.7979233.46
GAUNT60.797981.08
EDWARDS60.79792.86
BALDOCK60.7979114.07
DUCKETT60.7979125.00
RANDALL60.797925.48
EPPS60.7979289.86
CREED50.6649119.62
NIXON50.664921.82
PHILPOTT50.664986.66
CARTER50.66493.96
HILLS50.664924.04
MERCER50.664925.34
HARVEY40.53194.98
OVERY40.5319366.97
EXTON40.5319158.73
HILTON40.531915.47
COOK40.53192.68
OLIVER40.53197.46
NEWTON40.53196.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CURLING0.757522711.8644
ROCKWOOD0.757522000.0000
DUNKIN0.757521917.8082
WRAIGHT0.757521804.1237
FILL0.757521111.1111
TONG0.75752830.1887
SHED0.75752645.1613
MILSTEAD0.75752434.7826
HOWLAND0.75752389.1051
OVERY0.75752366.9725
BONES0.75752316.7421
EPPS0.75752289.8551
EVEREST0.75752233.4630
FOREMAN0.75752213.6317
CARLTON0.75752207.2539
CLEVELAND0.75752205.4795
CAGE0.75752185.1852
GABLE0.75752181.8182
EXTON0.75752158.7302
TANTON0.75752128.2051
DUCKETT0.75752125.0000
BRENCHLEY0.75752123.4568
BURCH0.75752123.2394
CREED0.75752119.6172
BALDOCK0.75752114.0684
PHILPOTT0.7575286.6551
GAUNT0.7575281.0811
WARTON0.7575276.3359
MAYNARD0.7575269.2042
LEEDS0.7575268.9655
BROWNING0.7575265.3595
STOKER0.7575258.8235
DRURY0.7575258.6265
PORT0.7575247.1698
MILES0.7575242.8217
ELDRIDGE0.7575236.4520
SIMS0.7575235.4925
BEER0.7575233.2226
ARNOLD0.7575227.1337
RANDALL0.7575225.4777
DANIELS0.7575225.4022
MERCER0.7575225.3421
BUTCHER0.7575225.2446
HILLS0.7575224.0385
STANDEN0.7575223.5849
JENNER0.7575222.3964
NIXON0.7575221.8245
COLLYER0.7575221.5054
SEARS0.7575221.1416
GODDEN0.7575219.2308

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 752 people called CURLING in Hernhill 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 2711.8644 in Hernhill means that 2711.8644% of the people in Hernhill 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 0.75 in Hernhill means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CURLING in Hernhill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hernhill in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (3)  ARNOLD (11)  ATTWOOD (1)  OVERY (4)  BAKER (13)  BALDOCK (6)  BARTLETT (1)  BEER (4)  BELL (1)  BEANEY (1)  BURCH (7)  BISHOP (2)  BONES (7)  BOODLE (4)  BRENCHLEY (2)  BROWNING (10)  BUTCHER (8)  BUTLER (1)  BOTTLE (4)  CAGE (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CARTER (5)  CHANDLER (3)  CARLTON (8)  CARLTEN (5)  CLEMENTS (2)  CLEVELAND (3)  COACHWORTH (8)  COLMAN (1)  COLLYER (1)  COOK (4)  COPPINS (7)  CREED (5)  CURLING (32)  DANIELS (6)  DROWNING (1)  DRURY (7)  DUCKETT (6)  DUNCAN (2)  DUNKIN (14)  EDWARDS (6)  ELDRIDGE (3)  EPPS (6)  EVEREST (6)  EXTON (4)  FAIRBRACE (8)  FILL (3)  FIELD (2)  FISHER (1)  FOREMAN (21)  FOSTER (18)  FOWLER (3)  FRANCIS (1)  FRIEND (1)  GABLE (1)  GAUNT (6)  GLOVER (1)  GOACHER (3)  GOLDUP (8)  GOODWIN (7)  GODDEN (1)  GOWES (8)  GRIGGS (1)  HADLOW (61)  HANCOCK (1)  HARRIS (12)  HARVEY (4)  HILLS (5)  HILTON (4)  HOGBEN (10)  HOWLAND (10)  HOWLING (2)  HUMPHREYS (2)  JARVIS (1)  JENNER (2)  JOHNCOCK (1)  KAY (7)  KNOWLER (6)  NOWMAN (4)  LEEDS (1)  LINKING (4)  LYON (3)  MANKTELOW (1)  MARSH (7)  MAYLUM (4)  MAYNARD (8)  MERCER (5)  SMITH (MERCER) (4)  MILES (19)  MILGATE (4)  MILLEN (MORLEY) (4)  MILLINGTON (2)  MILSTEAD (1)  MOON (2)  MORLEY (2)  MUNGHAM (1)  NEWTON (4)  NIXON (5)  NOBLE (2)  OLIVER (4)  PACKMAN (8)  PAGE (4)  PHILPOTT (5)  PORT (1)  POUT (5)  RANDALL (6)  REYNOLDS (2)  RHODES (1)  ROCKWOOD (1)  SACREE (8)  SEARS (1)  SEDGE (1)  SHED (2)  SHARPE (1)  SIMMONS (1)  SIMS (8)  SINCLAIR (3)  SMITH (10)  SPICKETT (8)  STANDEN (1)  STEVENS (7)  STOKER (3)  STRICKLAND (1)  SWAIN (1)  TAPPENDEN (3)  TANTON (1)  TAYLOR (8)  THORPE (2)  TOMSETT (6)  TONG (22)  TURNER (2)  WANSTALL (1)  WARREN (6)  WATERS (2)  WEBB (7)  WARTON (1)  WHENDAY (2)  WILLIS (1)  WILSON (6)  WOOD (8)  WRAIGHT (35)