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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Smeeth, Kent

Smeeth 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
LANGFORD182.8986184.43
SHORTER152.4155519.03
ANDREWS152.415525.21
ASHMAN142.2544347.39
LILLEY132.0934151.16
EPPS132.0934760.23
WINDER121.9324294.12
VILE121.93241,121.50
BARTON111.771332.79
SMITH111.77131.25
PHILPOTT111.7713231.09
AMES101.6103233.64
CLOKE101.6103826.45
WHITE101.61035.01
WOOD91.44934.55
WEBB91.449310.69
REVEL91.44931,525.42
GOODWIN81.288224.45
DOUGHTY71.127288.61
WRIGHT71.12723.51
MARTIN71.12724.58
NORRINGTON71.12721,029.41
VANT71.12721,707.32
KENDRICK71.1272117.06
GEORGE71.127219.21
VAUGHAN60.966228.32
HOBBS60.966226.51
COOK60.96624.86
KEMP60.966217.42
MADDEN60.9662111.73
SAYER60.966273.80
MARSHALL60.96625.76
GOWER60.966292.02
SIMS60.966232.22
HOWLAND60.9662283.02
BAILY50.8052127.23
FULLER50.805219.90
MARDEN50.8052370.37
FORD50.80528.27
HERRING50.805278.49
BUTCHER50.805219.11
JORDAN50.805218.22
NOBLE50.805219.39
TUTT50.8052279.33
CHITTENDEN50.8052318.47
TAYLOR40.64411.01
GREENSTREET40.6441526.32
PERRY40.64418.76
MOORE40.64413.22
FRIEND40.644156.82

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TENNY0.626216000.0000
GILLISS0.626215000.0000
VANT0.626211707.3171
REVEL0.626211525.4237
VILE0.626211121.4953
NORRINGTON0.626211029.4118
CLOKE0.62621826.4463
EPPS0.62621760.2339
KENNET0.62621714.2857
TENNEY0.62621625.0000
GREENSTREET0.62621526.3158
SHORTER0.62621519.0311
MARDEN0.62621370.3704
ASHMAN0.62621347.3945
CHITTENDEN0.62621318.4713
TRICE0.62621294.1176
WINDER0.62621294.1176
HOWLAND0.62621283.0189
TUTT0.62621279.3296
MATE0.62621263.1579
HUCKSTEP0.62621256.4103
AMES0.62621233.6449
PHILPOTT0.62621231.0924
LANGFORD0.62621184.4262
LILLEY0.62621151.1628
BRENCHLEY0.62621149.2537
BAILY0.62621127.2265
KENDRICK0.62621117.0569
GOLDEN0.62621114.9425
MADDEN0.62621111.7318
KEMPTON0.62621111.7318
WOODLAND0.6262195.2381
GOWER0.6262192.0245
DOUGHTY0.6262188.6076
HANDFORD0.6262186.5801
HERRING0.6262178.4929
TICKNER0.6262174.3494
SAYER0.6262173.8007
GODDEN0.6262169.9301
NICE0.6262168.4932
GAMMON0.6262159.8802
KENNETT0.6262157.9710
FRIEND0.6262156.8182
BRENNAN0.6262146.2250
HYLAND0.6262140.6504
FOREMAN0.6262136.9458
BARTON0.6262132.7869
SIMS0.6262132.2234
SPARKS0.6262131.9489
VAUGHAN0.6262128.3152

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 621 people called TENNY in Smeeth 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 6000.0000 in Smeeth means that 6000.0000% of the people in Smeeth on census day were called TENNY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TENNY 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 TENNY 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 TENNY 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 TENNY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Smeeth means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TENNY in Smeeth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Smeeth in 1881

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

ANDREWS (15)  ASHMAN (14)  BAILY (5)  BAKER (1)  BARTON (11)  BATES (2)  BLASKET (1)  BOND (1)  BRENCHLEY (2)  BRENNAN (3)  BROOK (1)  BROOKS (2)  BOURNE (2)  BUTCHER (5)  CALVERT (1)  CAPPLING (6)  CAPON (3)  CASTLE (3)  CHAMBERS (3)  CHITTENDEN (5)  CLOKE (10)  CLUTTON (4)  COLEGATE (8)  COOK (6)  DANIELS (2)  DENNESS (2)  DODD (3)  DOUGHTY (7)  DRYLAND (10)  AMES (10)  EPPS (13)  FINN (1)  FORD (5)  FOREMAN (3)  FULLER (5)  FRIEND (4)  FURNIS (1)  FURRIDGE (1)  GAMMON (2)  GARDENER (2)  GEORGE (7)  GIBBS (2)  GILLISS (1)  GOLDEN (3)  GOLDUP (5)  GOODWIN (8)  GODDEN (3)  JORDAN (5)  GOWER (6)  GREEN (4)  GREENSTREET (4)  HANDFORD (2)  HARRIS (3)  HAYWARD (2)  HEAD (1)  HEATHFIELD (9)  HENNESEY (1)  HERRING (5)  HILL (2)  HILLS (3)  HOBBS (6)  HOGBIN (5)  HOWLAND (6)  HUCKSTEP (1)  HUGHES (2)  HYLAND (1)  INWOOD (4)  JOHNSON (1)  JONES (1)  KEMP (6)  KENDRICK (7)  KENNET (2)  KENNETT (2)  KEMPTON (2)  KINGSMILL (1)  KINGSNORTH (1)  LANCEFIELD (5)  LANGFORD (18)  LANGTON (1)  LASLETT (5)  LILLEY (13)  MADDEN (6)  MARDEN (5)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (7)  MASON (1)  MATE (1)  MOORE (4)  MORLEY (3)  MORTON (1)  MUMMERY (8)  NICE (1)  NOBLE (5)  NORRINGTON (7)  PERRY (4)  PHILPOTT (11)  WRATKEN (7)  REEVES (1)  REVEL (9)  ROBERTS (1)  ROBERTSON (4)  ROBBINS (1)  RALPH (2)  ROPER (2)  SAMPSON (2)  SAYER (6)  SHORTER (15)  SIDNELL (1)  SIMS (6)  SMITH (11)  SPARKS (3)  STEDDY (1)  STICKELLS (7)  STOKES (3)  STONE (1)  TATT (2)  TAYLOR (4)  THORNBEE (5)  THORNBY (3)  THORPE (3)  TICKNER (2)  TENNY (3)  TENNEY (1)  TRICE (2)  TRITTON (4)  TUTT (5)  VANT (7)  VAUGHAN (6)  VILE (12)  WARD (1)  WEBB (9)  WHITE (10)  WINDER (12)  WOOD (9)  WOODLAND (3)  WRATTEN (7)  WRIGHT (7)