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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hever, Kent

Hever 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
SEAL344.9853691.06
NICHOLLS223.225861.76
STANFORD162.3460282.19
COLLINS152.199415.33
POCOCK142.0528194.99
LONGLEY142.0528302.38
GUNNER121.7595535.71
LEIGH121.759576.48
COOK111.61298.12
EVERETT111.612989.87
JENNER91.3196111.11
WORSELL91.31962,432.43
PALMER91.319611.20
GODFREY91.319644.51
WHITEBREAD91.31961,836.73
HOLMES91.319610.84
HARRIS81.17304.62
BINGHAM81.173079.84
DUKE81.1730101.01
CHAPMAN81.17308.26
DAWES71.026475.43
FRIEND71.026490.56
WINTER71.026428.95
WEBB71.02647.57
RICHARDS71.02646.80
OLIVER71.026414.39
BRIGGS60.879816.20
FORD60.87989.03
BOYLE60.879833.92
HYDER60.8798833.33
CARD60.8798150.00
ASHBY60.879852.45
YEO60.8798167.13
FAULKNER60.879832.47
COLEMAN60.879817.65
BENNETT60.87985.35
DAVIS50.73313.34
TURNER50.73312.63
HEARD50.733168.97
MERCHANT50.7331108.93
HUNTLEY50.7331103.95
CLIFTON50.733151.81
MORLEY50.733118.34
WITHERS50.733144.72
KENNARD40.5865120.48
MARCHANT40.586537.84
COLE40.58656.44
HALL40.58651.99
LOCK40.586520.60
NYE40.586593.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TRITTEN0.686823333.3333
WORSELL0.686822432.4324
WHITEBREAD0.686821836.7347
HYDER0.68682833.3333
SEAL0.68682691.0569
SEVIER0.68682689.6552
GUNNER0.68682535.7143
LONGLEY0.68682302.3758
STANFORD0.68682282.1869
TURK0.68682233.9181
POCOCK0.68682194.9861
EVEREST0.68682171.6738
YEO0.68682167.1309
CARD0.68682150.0000
TILLMAN0.68682142.8571
KENNARD0.68682120.4819
JENNER0.68682111.1111
MERCHANT0.68682108.9325
HUNTLEY0.68682103.9501
DUKE0.68682101.0101
NYE0.6868293.8967
FRIEND0.6868290.5563
EVERETT0.6868289.8693
ING0.6868289.2857
TOMPSETT0.6868286.9565
BINGHAM0.6868279.8403
LEIGH0.6868276.4818
DAWES0.6868275.4310
HEARD0.6868268.9655
NICHOLLS0.6868261.7631
BUTTER0.6868261.5385
MUNT0.6868261.3497
HASLER0.6868258.8235
ASHBY0.6868252.4476
BRAMWELL0.6868251.9481
CLIFTON0.6868251.8135
WITHERS0.6868244.7227
GODFREY0.6868244.5104
ALLUM0.6868238.6100
MARCHANT0.6868237.8430
MCDONALD0.6868236.1011
GOODING0.6868234.6620
BOYLE0.6868233.9175
FAULKNER0.6868232.4675
HOLMAN0.6868230.9917
WINTER0.6868228.9495
GIBBON0.6868228.9436
LANGRIDGE0.6868224.9377
HEAD0.6868224.0964
JEFFREY0.6868223.7906

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 682 people called TRITTEN in Hever 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 Hever means that 3333.3333% of the people in Hever on census day were called TRITTEN.

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

All the surnames recorded in Hever in 1881

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

ALLUM (1)  ASHBY (6)  ACON (1)  EALLYE (4)  BAKER (4)  BALDWIN (1)  BARCLAY (1)  BEETON (11)  BECKETT (1)  BENNETT (6)  BINGHAM (8)  BOOKHAM (9)  BOWRA (5)  BOYLE (6)  BRAMWELL (2)  BRIDGER (1)  BRIGGS (6)  BRYANT (3)  BOAKES (3)  BURNETT (1)  BUTTER (2)  CARD (6)  CATHEATH (1)  CHANDLER (2)  CHAPMAN (8)  CHEAL (13)  CHENNELL (1)  CLIFTON (5)  COLE (4)  COLEMAN (6)  COLLINS (15)  COOK (11)  COOLSTOCK (1)  COOPER (1)  COULSLOCK (6)  CRANE (3)  CRISP (1)  DIVALL (7)  DAVIS (5)  DAVEY (1)  DAWES (7)  DUKE (8)  EASTERFIELD (5)  EASTON (1)  ELLIS (3)  EVENDEN (1)  EVEREST (4)  EVERETT (11)  FAULKNER (6)  FLEMING (3)  FORD (6)  FOX (4)  FREEMAN (3)  FRIEND (7)  GIBBON (2)  GODFREY (9)  GODSMARK (4)  GOODING (2)  GUNNER (12)  HALL (4)  HARDING (2)  HARRIS (8)  HASLER (1)  HAYSAMAN (2)  HEAD (4)  HEARD (5)  HERBERT (2)  HYDER (6)  HILLS (2)  HOBBS (1)  HOLMAN (3)  HOLMDEN (5)  HOLMES (9)  HUGHES (1)  HUNTLEY (5)  HOOK (2)  ING (1)  INGRAMS (2)  JEFFREY (3)  JENNER (9)  JOLLY (1)  JONES (3)  KING (3)  KENNARD (4)  KLAMBOROWSKI (3)  LONGLEY (14)  LANGRIDGE (1)  LARKING (2)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEIGH (12)  LOCK (4)  LONG (1)  MALYAR (3)  MARCHANT (4)  MERCHANT (5)  MCDONALD (2)  MALYAN (2)  MEDHURST (2)  MILES (2)  MORLEY (5)  MUNT (1)  NICHOLLS (22)  NOBLE (3)  NYE (4)  OLIVER (7)  OULRAMOR (OULRAM) (2)  OULRAM (4)  PAGE (1)  PALMER (9)  PARKER (4)  PATTENDEN (1)  PEARSON (1)  PEERLESS (5)  POCOCK (14)  POTTENDEN (4)  RANDALL (1)  RICHARDS (7)  ROGERS (1)  ROFFEY (6)  RUSSELL (1)  SEAL (34)  SIMMONS (1)  SEVIER (2)  SKINNER (2)  SMITH (2)  SNASHALL (3)  STANFORD (16)  STAPLEHURST (2)  STREATFIELD (3)  STREETFIELD (3)  STUBBERSFIELD (2)  TERRY (2)  THEOBALDS (2)  THITTLE (6)  TILLMAN (1)  TOMPSETT (1)  TRITTEN (1)  TURK (4)  TURNER (5)  UPUNNER (8)  WALSH (1)  WATERS (3)  WEBB (7)  WEBZELL (1)  WHITEBREAD (9)  WHITE (1)  WICKENDEN (1)  WINIFRITH (4)  WINTER (7)  WITHERS (5)  WOOD (2)  WORSELL (9)  YEO (6)