Top surnames from the 1881 census in Selling, Kent

Selling 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
SMITH323.91202.77
PILCHER232.8117562.35
BACK212.5672480.55
CAREY182.2005116.73
BUTCHER172.078249.32
BROWNING151.833790.09
WISE151.833787.98
JORDAN131.589235.97
REYNOLDS131.589218.35
GEORGE131.589227.08
HARVEY131.589214.89
STEVENS121.467014.05
WATERS121.467036.51
FOX121.467015.80
HICKSON121.4670212.39
EPPS121.4670533.33
EDWARDS111.34474.83
CARE111.3447604.40
TAYLOR101.22251.91
GARLAND101.222592.25
TONG101.2225346.02
SCOTT91.10024.35
GODDEN91.1002159.29
HAWKINS91.100215.20
COOK91.10025.54
GOLD80.9780172.04
BONES80.9780333.33
HILTON80.978028.45
TURNER80.97803.51
VAUGHAN80.978028.66
DIXON80.97808.93
ADLEY80.97801,290.32
POTTS80.978029.30
WILES70.855798.73
OWEN70.85577.21
BEAN60.733556.66
HEAD60.733530.14
HARRIS60.73352.89
PALMER60.73356.22
ELDRIDGE60.733567.04
SAMSON50.611285.62
BAKER50.61122.79
RANSOM50.6112112.87
MEARS50.611264.85
BRETT50.611232.20
JORDON50.6112136.24
STACEY50.611227.23
MAY50.61129.60
SHILLING50.6112251.26
HORTON40.489013.18

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PLUE0.828183333.3333
BUDDINGTON0.828181666.6667
BRIENT0.828181333.3333
ADLEY0.828181290.3226
CARE0.82818604.3956
PILCHER0.82818562.3472
EPPS0.82818533.3333
BACK0.82818480.5492
TONG0.82818346.0208
BONES0.82818333.3333
GAMBELL0.82818263.1579
SHILLING0.82818251.2563
TROWELL0.82818243.9024
RAINS0.82818215.8273
HICKSON0.82818212.3894
GOLD0.82818172.0430
GODDEN0.82818159.2920
JORDON0.82818136.2398
TUTT0.82818127.6596
STRAND0.82818119.0476
CAREY0.82818116.7315
BRENCHLEY0.82818113.6364
RANSOM0.82818112.8668
NOKES0.82818109.8901
WILES0.8281898.7306
GARLAND0.8281892.2509
GAMMON0.8281890.7029
BROWNING0.8281890.0901
WISE0.8281887.9765
SAMSON0.8281885.6164
ELSE0.8281873.8007
MINTER0.8281867.3401
ELDRIDGE0.8281867.0391
MEARS0.8281864.8508
QUEEN0.8281859.7015
BEAN0.8281856.6572
COOMBER0.8281854.4959
BUTCHER0.8281849.3182
GRIGGS0.8281847.0958
REDWOOD0.8281845.2489
HURRELL0.8281841.1523
TOMLIN0.8281841.0397
ADEY0.8281838.0228
WATERS0.8281836.5075
JORDAN0.8281835.9712
EVEREST0.8281835.7143
SANDY0.8281835.2113
GASKIN0.8281832.6797
BRETT0.8281832.1958
MORE0.8281831.4465

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 818 people called PLUE in Selling 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 Selling means that 3333.3333% of the people in Selling on census day were called PLUE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PLUE 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 PLUE 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 PLUE 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 PLUE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Selling means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PLUE in Selling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Selling in 1881

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

ACLAND (2)  ADLEY (8)  ATKINS (3)  AUSTIN (1)  AVANN (4)  BACK (21)  BAKER (5)  BALDOCK (1)  BARHAM (1)  BARNES (1)  BARTHORP (1)  BATCHELOR (2)  BEAN (6)  BEARDSWORTH (5)  BEDO (3)  BISHOP (2)  BOLTON (1)  BONES (8)  BOWEN (1)  BRENCHLEY (2)  BRETT (5)  BRIDLE (2)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BROWNING (15)  BRIENT (2)  BUDDINGTON (1)  BOURNE (1)  BARROW (2)  BURTON (4)  BUTCHER (17)  CARE (11)  CAREY (18)  CHOOMBS (5)  CLAPSON (1)  CLARK (2)  COOMBER (2)  COOK (9)  COULTER (1)  CROCKFORD (1)  DIXON (8)  DODD (3)  DOWNS (1)  EASON (1)  ADEY (1)  EDWARDS (11)  ELDRIDGE (6)  ELLIS (1)  ELSE (2)  EPPS (12)  EVANS (1)  EVEREST (1)  FIELD (1)  FULLER (3)  FOX (12)  FRANCIS (1)  GAMBELL (1)  GAMMON (4)  GARLAND (10)  GASKIN (1)  GEORGE (13)  GODDEN (9)  JORDAN (13)  JORDON (5)  GOLD (8)  GOULD (1)  GRIGGS (3)  GAMBRIEL (1)  HADLOW (5)  HAMMOND (3)  HAMOND (HAMMOND) (2)  HARLOW (1)  HARRIS (6)  HARVEY (13)  HAWKINS (9)  HEAD (6)  HERRING (1)  HICKSON (12)  HILTON (8)  HOGBEN (16)  HOLLAND (2)  HOLTUM (5)  HOPKINS (2)  HORTON (4)  HOWARD (1)  HUDSON (4)  HUNT (2)  HURRELL (2)  INGLEY (2)  JENKINGS (1)  JENNER (3)  JENNINGS (2)  JOHNCOCK (7)  JONES (1)  JUDGE (2)  JULL (5)  NEAINE (6)  KEMSLEY (1)  KINGSMILL (2)  KNOWLES (1)  LAMPRELL (3)  LAMPRILL (8)  LARRETT (3)  LEWIS (1)  LINKINS (1)  LOVE (2)  LUCAS (3)  MANSFIELD (1)  MARSH (2)  MAY (5)  DOWLE (2)  QUEEN (2)  MILLER (2)  MILSTED (9)  MINTER (2)  MORE (2)  MEARS (5)  NEAME (12)  NOKES (2)  OWEN (7)  PACKMAN (4)  PALMER (6)  PILCHER (23)  PIPER (1)  PLUE (1)  POTTS (8)  POYSDEN (3)  PRICE (1)  RAINS (3)  RANSOM (5)  RAYNER (2)  REDWOOD (1)  REYNOLDS (13)  RICHARDS (3)  ROWE (4)  SAMSON (5)  SAMPSON (1)  SANDY (1)  SCOTT (9)  SEAMART (1)  SHILLING (5)  SIDDERS (3)  SMITH (32)  SNOW (1)  SPICKETT (7)  STACEY (5)  STANFORD (1)  STEVENS (12)  STRAND (1)  SWAN (4)  SWAINSON (6)  TAYLOR (10)  TERRY (1)  THURSTEN (8)  TOMLIN (3)  TONG (10)  TROWELL (3)  TUMBER (10)  TANTER (1)  TURNER (8)  TUTT (3)  VAUGHAN (8)  WATERS (12)  WETHERALL (1)  WHITE (2)  WILDASH (1)  WILKINS (1)  WILES (7)  WISE (15)  WOOD (3)  WOODS (1)  WOODCOCK (2)  WRIGHT (3)  ROATHE (9)