Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stowting, Kent

Stowting 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
BEER198.9202557.18
LAKER146.57281,538.46
FAGG104.69481,190.48
FILE83.75595,000.00
WRAIGHT83.75591,454.55
CHEESMAN83.7559733.95
JONES73.28642.90
GREEN73.286411.67
UPTON73.2864172.41
ANDREWS62.816929.40
MILLER62.816915.74
GAMMON62.8169521.74
BIRCH52.347457.27
FARTHING41.8779357.14
DUNN41.877922.59
PHILPOTT41.8779245.40
PENFOLD41.8779220.99
BATES31.408522.14
PAGE31.408517.62
WEBB20.93906.93
TAYLOR20.93901.47
RICHARDS20.93906.22
COBB20.939066.01
SUTTON20.939014.75
WHITAKER20.939033.22
LORD20.939020.37
FORMAN20.9390181.82
KEELER20.9390317.46
SHARP20.939011.27
COOK20.93904.73
HART20.939011.01
YOUNG20.93904.37
LEEDS10.4695243.90
EARL10.469535.84
HOLMES10.46953.86
MAJOR10.469534.84
FULLER10.469511.60
WATERS10.469511.68
BAILEY10.46953.12
JENKINS10.46953.98
HAWKES10.469529.07
NORRINGTON10.4695434.78
GIBBONS10.469514.60
ATTWOOD10.469547.39
HORTON10.469512.64
BOWES10.469551.02

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FILE0.212135000.0000
LAKER0.212131538.4615
WRAIGHT0.212131454.5455
FAGG0.212131190.4762
CHEESMAN0.21213733.9450
BEER0.21213557.1848
GAMMON0.21213521.7391
NORRINGTON0.21213434.7826
FARTHING0.21213357.1429
KEELER0.21213317.4603
PHILPOTT0.21213245.3988
LEEDS0.21213243.9024
PENFOLD0.21213220.9945
FORMAN0.21213181.8182
UPTON0.21213172.4138
COBB0.2121366.0066
BIRCH0.2121357.2738
BOWES0.2121351.0204
ATTWOOD0.2121347.3934
EARL0.2121335.8423
MAJOR0.2121334.8432
WHITAKER0.2121333.2226
ANDREWS0.2121329.3974
HAWKES0.2121329.0698
DUNN0.2121322.5861
BATES0.2121322.1402
LORD0.2121320.3666
PAGE0.2121317.6160
MILLER0.2121315.7439
SUTTON0.2121314.7493
GIBBONS0.2121314.5985
HORTON0.2121312.6422
WATERS0.2121311.6822
GREEN0.2121311.6706
FULLER0.2121311.6009
SHARP0.2121311.2676
HART0.2121311.0072
WEBB0.212136.9276
RICHARDS0.212136.2170
COOK0.212134.7270
YOUNG0.212134.3706
JENKINS0.212133.9841
HOLMES0.212133.8551
BAILEY0.212133.1172
JONES0.212132.9018
TAYLOR0.212131.4683

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 213 people called FILE in Stowting 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 5000.0000 in Stowting means that 5000.0000% of the people in Stowting on census day were called FILE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FILE 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 FILE 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 FILE 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 FILE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Stowting means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FILE in Stowting than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Stowting in 1881

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

ANDREWS (6)  ATTWOOD (1)  BAILEY (1)  BARLING (2)  BATES (3)  BEER (19)  BIRCH (5)  BOWES (1)  BRIZLEY (2)  CHEESMAN (8)  COBB (2)  COOK (2)  COVENAY (10)  DEVENSON (1)  DUNN (4)  EARL (1)  FAGG (10)  FARTHING (4)  FILE (8)  FITTALL (1)  FITTEL (1)  FORMAN (2)  FULLER (1)  GAMMON (6)  GIBBONS (1)  GREEN (7)  WOOD (GREEN) (2)  HART (2)  HAWKES (1)  HOGBEN (7)  HOLMES (1)  HORTON (1)  IGGLESDEN (2)  JENKINS (1)  JONES (7)  LAKER (14)  LEEDS (1)  LORD (2)  MAJOR (1)  KEELER (2)  MILLER (6)  NEWINGTON (2)  NORRINGTON (1)  PAGE (3)  PENFOLD (4)  PHILPOTT (4)  RICHARDS (2)  SEUTH (5)  SHARP (2)  SUTTON (2)  SWINNARD (4)  TAYLOR (2)  UPTON (7)  VINCET (1)  WATERS (1)  WEBB (2)  WHITAKER (2)  WRAIGHT (8)  YOUNG (2)