Top surnames from the 1881 census in Otham, Kent

Otham 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
HOLLANDS236.13331,179.49
FOREMAN215.6000428.57
BARROW205.3333251.57
REEVES164.2667104.17
PAWLEY154.00001,401.87
ALLARD102.6667757.58
TOLHURST102.66671,219.51
BOYCE92.4000160.43
BLACK92.400037.07
MILNER92.4000104.65
SALES92.4000393.01
NORMAN82.133346.03
STANDEN82.1333379.15
GOODWIN82.133340.49
HORTON71.866750.29
WATTS71.866722.26
BACK61.6000300.00
AUSTEN61.6000208.33
BURR51.3333166.11
ROBINSON51.33334.18
SMITH51.33330.94
ARNOLD51.333324.73
COX41.06677.04
BODKIN41.06671,176.47
BUTCHER41.066725.32
MARTIN41.06674.33
BOLTON41.066724.77
HUMPHREY41.066740.04
BETTS41.066749.88
CONSTABLE30.800072.29
KNIGHT30.80006.49
BALDEN30.80003,750.00
TOWN30.8000161.29
COOPER30.80003.29
TERRY30.800031.28
MILLARD20.533332.21
WOOD20.53331.67
SHARP20.53336.40
LEAMAN20.5333250.00
WHITE20.53331.66
TOMPSON20.5333250.00
STARTUP20.5333666.67
GURR20.5333156.25
BURDEN20.533341.67
GLOVER20.533312.51
SELL20.5333175.44
POTTER20.53338.22
HADLER10.2667666.67
SMITHERMAN10.2667344.83
GODFREY10.26678.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BALDEN0.383753750.0000
CLAGGETT0.383753333.3333
PAWLEY0.383751401.8692
TOLHURST0.383751219.5122
HOLLANDS0.383751179.4872
BODKIN0.383751176.4706
ALLARD0.38375757.5758
STARTUP0.38375666.6667
HADLER0.38375666.6667
FOREMAN0.38375428.5714
SALES0.38375393.0131
STANDEN0.38375379.1469
SMITHERMAN0.38375344.8276
SISLEY0.38375303.0303
BACK0.38375300.0000
BARROW0.38375251.5723
LEAMAN0.38375250.0000
TOMPSON0.38375250.0000
AUSTEN0.38375208.3333
MERRELL0.38375208.3333
MOUSLEY0.38375196.0784
SELL0.38375175.4386
BURR0.38375166.1130
TOWN0.38375161.2903
BOYCE0.38375160.4278
GURR0.38375156.2500
OTTAWAY0.38375128.2051
MILNER0.38375104.6512
REEVES0.38375104.1667
WILLARD0.38375103.0928
COUCHMAN0.3837581.3008
CONSTABLE0.3837572.2892
BOORMAN0.3837571.4286
HEMSLEY0.3837553.1915
HORTON0.3837550.2874
BETTS0.3837549.8753
NORMAN0.3837546.0299
BURDEN0.3837541.6667
GOODWIN0.3837540.4858
HUMPHREY0.3837540.0400
BLACK0.3837537.0675
MILLARD0.3837532.2061
HARLAND0.3837531.9489
TERRY0.3837531.2826
WILES0.3837530.7692
BUTCHER0.3837525.3165
BOLTON0.3837524.7678
ARNOLD0.3837524.7280
WATTS0.3837522.2646
BRIDGES0.3837516.7504

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 375 people called BALDEN in Otham 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 3750.0000 in Otham means that 3750.0000% of the people in Otham on census day were called BALDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BALDEN 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 BALDEN 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 BALDEN 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 BALDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Otham means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BALDEN in Otham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Otham in 1881

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

ALLARD (10)  ARNOLD (5)  AUSTEN (6)  BACK (6)  BALDEN (3)  BETTS (4)  BLACK (9)  BODKIN (4)  BOLTON (4)  BOORMAN (1)  BURDEN (2)  BOYCE (9)  BRIDGES (1)  BUGDEN (5)  BURR (5)  BARROW (20)  BUTCHER (4)  BUTLER (1)  CHAMBERS (1)  CLAGGETT (1)  COLLINGBOURNE (1)  CONSTABLE (3)  COOPER (3)  COUCHMAN (1)  COX (4)  FOREMAN (21)  FOWTSIL ? (1)  GLOVER (2)  GODFREY (1)  GOODWIN (8)  GURR (2)  HADLER (1)  HADLOW (6)  HARLAND (1)  HARRIS (1)  HEMSLEY (1)  HOLLANDS (23)  HORTON (7)  HUMPHREY (4)  KNIGHT (3)  LEAMAN (2)  LUCKHURST (1)  MANNERING (8)  MARTIN (4)  MERRELL (1)  MILLARD (2)  MILNER (9)  MORPHEN (1)  MOUSLEY (1)  NORMAN (8)  OTTAWAY (1)  PAWLEY (15)  PLEWES (1)  POTTER (2)  REEVES (16)  ROBINSON (5)  SALES (9)  SELL (2)  SHARP (2)  SHERWELL (2)  SISLEY (1)  SMITH (5)  SMITHERMAN (1)  STANDEN (8)  STARTUP (2)  TERRY (3)  TOMPSON (2)  THORNEYCROFT (6)  TOLHURST (10)  TOMKIN (11)  TOMSETT (4)  TOWN (3)  WATTS (7)  WHITE (2)  WILLARD (1)  WILES (1)  WOOD (2)  WOODCOCKS (8)  WOOLVEN (11)