Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ifield, Kent

Ifield 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
WICKHAM68.69571,276.60
RICHARDSON68.695751.06
BLISS45.7971952.38
STRIKE45.79713,636.36
GASKIN34.34781,153.85
RANDELL34.3478697.67
SOLOMON34.3478638.30
FERGUSON22.898640.90
PARSONS22.898638.17
LEE22.898617.73
HOOK22.8986196.08
WILLIAMS11.44932.02
WHITEHEAD11.449321.46
HUBBLE11.4493625.00
SMITH11.44931.03
CHAPMAN11.449310.20
WIGGINS11.4493135.14
MILNER11.449363.29
TREADWELL11.4493555.56
LAURENS11.44932,000.00
STEEL11.449335.59
SIMMONS11.449335.46
FORBES11.449343.29
WRIGHT11.44934.52
PITT11.449368.03
BRISTOW11.4493107.53
MEYERS11.44931,666.67
TANTON11.44931,428.57
JARVIS11.449332.26
HEDGER11.4493526.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STRIKE0.07693636.3636
LAURENS0.07692000.0000
MEYERS0.07691666.6667
TANTON0.07691428.5714
WICKHAM0.07691276.5957
GASKIN0.07691153.8462
BLISS0.0769952.3810
RANDELL0.0769697.6744
SOLOMON0.0769638.2979
HUBBLE0.0769625.0000
TREADWELL0.0769555.5556
HEDGER0.0769526.3158
HOOK0.0769196.0784
WIGGINS0.0769135.1351
BRISTOW0.0769107.5269
PITT0.076968.0272
MILNER0.076963.2911
RICHARDSON0.076951.0638
FORBES0.076943.2900
FERGUSON0.076940.8998
PARSONS0.076938.1679
STEEL0.076935.5872
SIMMONS0.076935.4610
JARVIS0.076932.2581
WHITEHEAD0.076921.4592
LEE0.076917.7305
CHAPMAN0.076910.2041
WRIGHT0.07694.5167
WILLIAMS0.07692.0173
SMITH0.07691.0265

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 69 people called STRIKE in Ifield 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 3636.3636 in Ifield means that 3636.3636% of the people in Ifield on census day were called STRIKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STRIKE 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 STRIKE 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 STRIKE 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 STRIKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Ifield means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STRIKE in Ifield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ifield in 1881

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

BEACON (1)  BLISS (4)  BRISTOW (1)  CHAPMAN (1)  DEADMAN (2)  EVENDEN (6)  FERGUSON (2)  FORBES (1)  GASKIN (3)  HEDGER (1)  HIBBIN (1)  HUBBLE (1)  HOOK (2)  JARVIS (1)  LAURENS (1)  LEE (2)  MILNER (1)  MURCHIN (1)  MEYERS (1)  PARSONS (2)  PITT (1)  RANDELL (3)  RICHARDSON (6)  SIMMONS (1)  SMITH (1)  SOLOMON (3)  STEEL (1)  STRIKE (4)  TAPSELL (1)  TANTON (1)  TREADWELL (1)  TWERDIE (1)  WHITEHEAD (1)  WICKHAM (6)  WIGGINS (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WRIGHT (1)