Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wittersham, Kent

Wittersham 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
BRANN505.62438,196.72
BURT313.4871146.85
MARTIN293.262113.24
MASTERS212.3622127.50
SMITH212.36221.67
STANDEN182.0247359.28
PACKHAM161.7998372.09
KING161.79988.26
BARDEN151.6873441.18
BODY141.5748460.53
ADES131.46233,939.39
NEVE111.2373470.09
TERRY111.237348.42
KNIGHT101.12499.13
DAY91.012410.75
LARKIN91.0124112.64
PAINE91.012473.53
RUSSELL91.01248.29
AUSTEN91.0124131.77
WINTON91.0124270.27
PELLETT80.89991,000.00
SIMS80.899930.02
HODD70.78741,627.91
WEAVER70.787430.28
GLOVER70.787418.47
HINDS70.7874114.19
PARKES70.787438.44
SANDS70.787470.28
ADDY60.6749158.73
DRAY60.6749300.00
CATT60.6749165.29
FULLER60.674916.69
BAILY60.6749106.57
ELLIOTT60.67497.95
GILBERT60.674911.85
GEORGE50.56249.58
BROOKS50.56245.75
STACE50.5624277.78
WIMBLE50.5624714.29
WILLIAMS50.56240.78
GURR50.5624163.93
BAILEY50.56243.73
BOOTH50.56245.70
BARHAM40.449972.73
SAMSON40.449962.99
BAKER40.44992.05
SCOTT40.44991.78
OLIVER40.44996.31
FIELDER40.449972.86
CORTES40.44994,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRANN0.898898196.7213
CORTES0.898894000.0000
ADES0.898893939.3939
HODD0.898891627.9070
WEATHER0.898891250.0000
PELLETT0.898891000.0000
WIMBLE0.89889714.2857
NEVE0.89889470.0855
BODY0.89889460.5263
BARDEN0.89889441.1765
FREND0.89889434.7826
PACKHAM0.89889372.0930
STANDEN0.89889359.2814
STICKLES0.89889312.5000
DRAY0.89889300.0000
ROFFE0.89889288.4615
STACE0.89889277.7778
WINTON0.89889270.2703
CRITTENDEN0.89889240.9639
CATT0.89889165.2893
GURR0.89889163.9344
ADDY0.89889158.7302
BURT0.89889146.8498
TURK0.89889134.5291
AUSTEN0.89889131.7716
MASTERS0.89889127.5046
HINDS0.89889114.1925
LARKINS0.89889113.2075
UNDERDOWN0.89889112.9944
LARKIN0.89889112.6408
GORHAM0.89889112.3596
BAILY0.89889106.5719
WINSTON0.8988997.0874
PANKHURST0.8988997.0874
BUMSTEAD0.8988986.9565
CREASEY0.8988983.7989
MARTEN0.8988974.0741
PAINE0.8988973.5294
FIELDER0.8988972.8597
BARHAM0.8988972.7273
SANDS0.8988970.2811
GOODSELL0.8988969.9301
SAMSON0.8988962.9921
COLLARD0.8988955.4529
FRANCES0.8988953.5714
DAW0.8988948.7013
TERRY0.8988948.4155
CRAMPTON0.8988946.1894
WRAIGHT0.8988943.6681
REEDER0.8988941.4938

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 889 people called BRANN in Wittersham 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 8196.7213 in Wittersham means that 8196.7213% of the people in Wittersham on census day were called BRANN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRANN 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 BRANN 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 BRANN 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 BRANN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.89 in Wittersham means that you are 0.89 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRANN in Wittersham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wittersham in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  APPS (1)  ASHDOWN (1)  AUSTEN (9)  AUSTIN (2)  BAILY (6)  BAILEY (5)  BAITUP (1)  BAKER (4)  BALKAMLE (1)  BALLARD (2)  BALLORD (1)  BARDEN (15)  BARHAM (4)  BARRETT (1)  BATES (1)  BEALE (1)  BODY (14)  BOND (1)  BOOTH (5)  BRANN (50)  BRIGNALL (3)  BROOKS (5)  BULL (2)  BUMSTEAD (1)  BURT (31)  BUTLER (3)  BUTTONSHAW (6)  CALLOW (1)  CARPENTER (2)  CARR (2)  CATT (6)  CHECKFIELD (1)  CHACKSFIELD (5)  CHECKSFIELD (5)  CHRISMAS (1)  COLLARD (3)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (2)  CORK (1)  CORVELL (1)  COWEN (1)  CRAMPTON (2)  CREASEY (3)  CRITTENDEN (2)  CROUCHER (1)  KURN (8)  CORTES (4)  DALVES (1)  DAW (3)  DAY (9)  DENGATE (19)  DENISTER (3)  DENNISS (6)  DENNIS (1)  DRAY (6)  DURRANT (1)  ADDY (6)  ADES (13)  ELLIOTT (6)  FAGG (1)  FARIWAY (1)  FARMER (3)  FARSTER (9)  FAUTLY (8)  FIELDER (4)  FORWARD (1)  FULLER (6)  FRANCES (3)  FRANCIS (1)  FREND (1)  FROST (2)  FUGGLE (9)  GEORGE (5)  GILBERT (6)  GLADWISH (1)  GLOVER (7)  GOODSELL (1)  GORHAM (2)  GOSBEE (5)  GRIGGS (1)  GURR (5)  HARDIMAN (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HESELDEN (2)  HEWETT (1)  HIGHWOOD (4)  HINDS (7)  HOAD (29)  HOAD (HODD) (2)  HODD (7)  HOLDSTOCK (46)  HOLLAND (3)  HOLLANDS (1)  HOSKINS (2)  IGGLESDEN (8)  INKPEN (1)  JONES (3)  JUDGE (3)  KE...OAR (1)  KING (16)  KNIGHT (10)  LARKINS (3)  LARKIN (9)  LAURENCE (1)  MAYBOURNE (2)  MANKTLOW (5)  MARKWICH (1)  MARTEN (2)  MARTIN (29)  MASTERS (21)  MERCER (1)  MILLER (1)  MOLLERE (1)  MORGAN (1)  MORRIS (1)  NEVE (11)  NEWMAN (1)  OILIVER (3)  OLIVER (4)  PACKER (3)  PACKHAM (16)  PADGHAM (13)  PANKHURST (3)  PARKES (7)  PARSONS (1)  PAINE (9)  PELLETT (8)  POILE (1)  PROCTER (1)  WINTON (9)  RANSLEY (1)  REEDER (1)  REED (1)  ROBINS (1)  ROFFE (3)  ROLFE (1)  RUSSELL (9)  SAMITER (2)  SAMSON (4)  SAMSTER (9)  SANDS (7)  SANTER OR SAUTER (4)  SANTER (4)  SARRON (1)  SCOTT (4)  SIMS (8)  SLINGSBY (3)  SMITH (21)  SOUTHEN (2)  SPRINGALE (4)  STACE (5)  STANDEN (18)  STICKLES (1)  STONE (1)  STONHAM (2)  STRETTON (3)  STUTELY (4)  TERRY (11)  TURK (3)  UNDERDOWN (2)  VELVICK (10)  WATERS (1)  WEAVER (7)  WENHAM (6)  WHATMAN (1)  WILLIAMS (5)  WIMBLE (5)  WINDSOR (1)  WINN (1)  WINSTON (1)  WEATHER (1)  WOLLITT (6)  RATTEN (1)  WRAIGHT (1)  ZINNER (1)