Top surnames from the 1881 census in Longfield, Kent

Longfield 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
BLACKMAN154.5732375.94
GOODWIN144.268381.02
LYNDS133.963414,444.44
ROOTS123.65851,250.00
WHITEHEAD113.353749.62
SWAN103.0488117.65
CROUCH92.7439204.55
BOWLES92.7439167.60
BEANE82.43903,478.26
CHADBURN72.13411,590.91
RYE72.1341551.18
GREEN72.13417.58
PORTER72.134128.44
STROWBRIDGE72.134117,500.00
TOMLIN72.1341238.91
HATCH61.8293212.77
WEST61.829319.00
BISHOP61.829326.18
PARKER61.82939.62
HATFIELD61.8293256.41
LOWE61.829324.40
DRISCOLL61.8293164.38
READ51.524423.65
TREADWELL51.5244581.40
FULLER51.524437.68
BEARD51.524457.94
HOWES41.219569.81
DOHERTY41.2195149.25
SPRAGG41.2195430.11
WOOLEY41.2195190.48
LEE30.91465.60
HAMMON30.9146833.33
CARTER30.91465.45
HAINES30.914639.47
SMITH30.91460.65
INGRAM30.914629.97
DAVIS30.91464.16
MILLER20.60983.41
WILDS20.6098444.44
GUNNER20.6098185.19
GILHAM20.6098208.33
WELLS20.60987.33
TOMS20.609878.74
BATES20.60989.58
CONNOR20.609820.66
ANDERSON20.60983.09
KING20.60982.80
PERRIN20.609859.52
BARNES10.30492.53
STEPHENS10.30495.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STROWBRIDGE0.3332817500.0000
LYNDS0.3332814444.4444
OBRION0.333285000.0000
BEANE0.333283478.2609
CHADBURN0.333281590.9091
ROOTS0.333281250.0000
HAMMON0.33328833.3333
TREADWELL0.33328581.3953
RYE0.33328551.1811
WILDS0.33328444.4444
SPRAGG0.33328430.1075
BLACKMAN0.33328375.9398
BANCE0.33328277.7778
HATFIELD0.33328256.4103
TOMLIN0.33328238.9078
HATCH0.33328212.7660
GILHAM0.33328208.3333
CROUCH0.33328204.5455
WOOLEY0.33328190.4762
GUNNER0.33328185.1852
BOWLES0.33328167.5978
DRISCOLL0.33328164.3836
DOHERTY0.33328149.2537
BRENCHLEY0.33328140.8451
SWAN0.33328117.6471
HOPGOOD0.33328116.2791
DIBBLE0.33328106.3830
HIBBARD0.33328104.1667
WEARING0.33328100.0000
GOODWIN0.3332881.0185
TOMS0.3332878.7402
HOWES0.3332869.8080
ALLMAN0.3332864.9351
KENNARD0.3332862.5000
PERRIN0.3332859.5238
BEARD0.3332857.9374
WHITEHEAD0.3332849.6166
HAINES0.3332839.4737
FULLER0.3332837.6790
LARKIN0.3332833.8983
INGRAM0.3332829.9700
PORTER0.3332828.4437
BISHOP0.3332826.1780
LOWE0.3332824.4002
RICH0.3332824.3309
READ0.3332823.6518
BENNET0.3332822.0751
CONNOR0.3332820.6612
WEST0.3332818.9994
PARKER0.333289.6185

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 328 people called STROWBRIDGE in Longfield 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 17500.0000 in Longfield means that 17500.0000% of the people in Longfield on census day were called STROWBRIDGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STROWBRIDGE 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 STROWBRIDGE 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 STROWBRIDGE 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 STROWBRIDGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.33 in Longfield means that you are 0.33 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STROWBRIDGE in Longfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Longfield in 1881

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

ALLMAN (1)  ANDERSON (2)  BANCE (1)  BARNES (1)  BATES (2)  BEANE (8)  BEARD (5)  BENNET (1)  BISHOP (6)  BLACKMAN (15)  BOWLES (9)  BRENCHLEY (1)  BROWN (1)  OBRION (1)  CARTER (3)  CHADBURN (7)  CONNOR (2)  CROUCH (9)  DAVIS (3)  DIBBLE (1)  DOHERTY (4)  DOODNEY (2)  DRISCOLL (6)  EDMEADS (1)  EVENDEN (5)  FENTUM (1)  FULLER (5)  GEEAR (10)  GILHAM (2)  GLENDINNING (1)  GOODWIN (14)  GREEN (7)  GUNNER (2)  HAMMON (3)  HATCH (6)  HATFIELD (6)  HAINES (3)  HEAVER (1)  HEORROSS (1)  HIBBARD (1)  HODGSKIN (3)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLINGESON (1)  HOPGOOD (1)  HOWES (4)  INGRAM (3)  KENT (1)  KING (2)  KENNARD (1)  LARKIN (1)  LATCHPARD (5)  LEE (3)  LENCY (1)  LOWE (6)  LYNDS (13)  MILLER (2)  MISSEN (2)  NOWERS (1)  PARKER (6)  PERRIN (2)  PORTER (7)  RYE (7)  READ (5)  RICH (1)  ROOTS (12)  SMITH (3)  SPRAGG (4)  STEPHENS (1)  STROWBRIDGE (7)  STURDE (1)  SWAN (10)  TOMS (2)  THWAITS (8)  TICEHURST (1)  TOMLIN (7)  TREADWELL (5)  UNWIN (1)  WEARING (1)  WELLS (2)  WEST (6)  WHITE (1)  WHITEHEAD (11)  WILDS (2)  WOOLEY (4)