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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Sheldwich, Kent

Sheldwich 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
HARRIS335.172420.35
MOON192.9781141.16
DRURY182.8213177.69
SAMSON172.6646372.81
REYNOLDS162.507828.95
SKILTON152.3511887.57
WRIGHT142.19446.84
WILSON142.19444.78
FRYER132.0376109.80
GEORGE121.880932.05
JACKSON111.72416.17
SCOTT101.56746.19
CLARK101.56745.21
ANDREWS101.567416.36
JAMES101.56747.98
RAINES101.5674781.25
FISHER101.567413.39
BURTON91.410716.56
WOOD91.41074.43
FRIAR91.4107927.84
WISE91.410767.67
HEAD91.410757.95
HILL81.25394.92
RYE71.0972282.26
EPPS71.0972400.00
MALDEN71.09721,428.57
RUCK71.0972426.83
CLIFTON71.097277.61
HOOPER60.940422.21
CROUCHER60.9404163.93
SUTTON60.940414.77
BACK60.9404175.95
PAY60.9404283.02
MANUEL60.9404312.50
DENCE50.78372,380.95
TURNER50.78372.82
CHAMBERS50.783713.78
ELLEN50.7837364.96
RECORD50.7837561.80
LEWIS50.78372.98
HIGGINS50.783715.50
GOLDER50.7837289.02
SMITH50.78370.56
COLE50.78378.60
WATERS50.783719.51
GRIGGS40.627080.48
DALE40.627014.84
MARSH40.62708.79
AMOS40.627038.17
WYLES40.6270248.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DENCE0.646382380.9524
MALDEN0.646381428.5714
FRIAR0.64638927.8351
SKILTON0.64638887.5740
RAINES0.64638781.2500
GOAR0.64638769.2308
ADLEY0.64638612.2449
RECORD0.64638561.7978
COAST0.64638540.5405
HUCKSTEP0.64638500.0000
RAYFIELD0.64638483.8710
RUCK0.64638426.8293
EPPS0.64638400.0000
SAMSON0.64638372.8070
ELLEN0.64638364.9635
MANUEL0.64638312.5000
DIVERS0.64638307.6923
GOLDER0.64638289.0173
FRIDAY0.64638285.7143
PAY0.64638283.0189
RYE0.64638282.2581
WYLES0.64638248.4472
GAMBRILL0.64638192.3077
DRURY0.64638177.6900
BACK0.64638175.9531
FOLWELL0.64638175.4386
GOWERS0.64638172.4138
EAGLES0.64638166.6667
CROUCHER0.64638163.9344
HUMPHERY0.64638161.2903
MOON0.64638141.1590
FIGG0.64638131.5789
FRYER0.64638109.7973
MINTER0.6463886.5801
SEAGER0.6463885.2273
MUTTON0.6463884.7458
BLOGG0.6463884.7458
GRIGGS0.6463880.4829
CLIFTON0.6463877.6053
SPICE0.6463868.0272
WISE0.6463867.6692
PILCHER0.6463862.6959
HEAD0.6463857.9524
EASTMAN0.6463857.4713
ELDRIDGE0.6463857.3066
CHENEY0.6463851.0204
TONG0.6463844.4444
ROTHERY0.6463842.5532
AMOS0.6463838.1679
EASON0.6463836.6300

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 638 people called DENCE in Sheldwich 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 2380.9524 in Sheldwich means that 2380.9524% of the people in Sheldwich on census day were called DENCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DENCE 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 DENCE 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 DENCE 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 DENCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.64 in Sheldwich means that you are 0.64 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DENCE in Sheldwich than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Sheldwich in 1881

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

ADLEY (3)  AMOS (4)  ANDREWS (10)  APPS (3)  ASHBEE (4)  AUSTIN (3)  BACK (6)  BEAN (2)  BISHOP (2)  BLOGG (1)  BONNER (2)  BOTTER (1)  BRISLAND (3)  BROWNING (3)  BUESDEN (1)  BURROWS (1)  BURTON (9)  CAREY (3)  CHAMBERS (5)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHENEY (1)  CLARK (10)  CLIFTON (7)  COAST (2)  COBB (2)  COLE (5)  COOK (1)  CROUCHER (6)  CULLING (3)  CURTIS (1)  DALE (4)  DENCE (5)  DIVERS (2)  DIXON (2)  DODD (1)  DRURY (18)  DUNSTALL (5)  EAGLES (3)  EASON (1)  EASTMAN (1)  EDGE (3)  ELDRIDGE (4)  ELLEN (5)  EPPS (7)  EVANS (1)  FIGG (2)  FINN (2)  FISHER (10)  FOLWELL (1)  FOX (1)  FRIDAY (3)  FRIAR (9)  FRYER (13)  GEORGE (12)  GIBBS (1)  GOLDER (5)  GOLDFINCH (4)  GODDEN (1)  GOAR (1)  JORDAN (3)  GOWERS (3)  GRIGGS (4)  GAMBRILL (1)  HADLEY (1)  HAMBROOK (2)  HARRIS (33)  HEAD (9)  HIGGINS (5)  HILL (8)  HOGBEN (5)  HOLLAND (1)  HOOKER (1)  HOOPER (6)  HORTON (1)  HUCKSTEP (2)  HUMPHERY (1)  HURRER (1)  INCHCOOMB (3)  JACKSON (11)  JAMES (10)  JEFFORY (6)  JUDD (1)  JULL (7)  KEMSLEY (8)  KNIGHT (2)  LARRETT (7)  LAWRENCE (1)  LEWIS (5)  LUCKHURST (1)  MALDEN (7)  MANUEL (6)  MARSH (4)  KEALER (1)  MEPSTED (1)  MILGATE (3)  MILLGATE (6)  MINTER (2)  MUTTON (2)  MOON (19)  MOSS (1)  MOXTEN (1)  PAY (6)  PEPPER (1)  PILCHER (2)  POSSEE (2)  PRECIOUS (1)  RYE (7)  RAINES (10)  RAYFIELD (3)  READER (2)  RECORD (5)  REEVE (1)  REYNOLDS (16)  ROGERS (1)  RUCK (7)  ROTHERY (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SAMSON (17)  SCOTT (10)  SEAGER (3)  SKILTON (15)  SLATER (1)  SMITH (5)  SOUTH (1)  SPICE (1)  SPICKETT (3)  STAFFORD (1)  STEVENS (2)  STONE (1)  SUMMERS (2)  SUTTON (6)  THEOBALDS (4)  THURSTON (1)  TONG (1)  TURNER (5)  VIDION (2)  WATERS (5)  WELLER (2)  WYLES (4)  WILSON (14)  WISE (9)  WOOD (9)  WRIGHT (14)