Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wychling, Kent

Wychling 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
NEAVES128.16335,454.55
HARLING117.48301,746.03
BUTLER106.802769.78
FULLER96.1224151.26
MERCER96.1224233.16
JARRETT85.4422592.59
WESTOVER74.76198,750.00
GIBSON74.761939.24
TERRY53.4014132.98
NORTON53.4014102.25
CROUCHER42.7211476.19
SPILLETT42.72113,076.92
HORNE32.040893.75
USHER32.0408185.19
MILLER32.040811.41
SMITH32.04081.45
WATERS21.360533.84
CHEESMAN21.3605266.67
BUSHELL21.3605140.85
DAVEY21.360533.11
CLEMENTS21.360540.98
CARRIER10.6803416.67
ALEXANDER10.680312.85
STUART10.680328.49
SILENCE10.680310,000.00
FOSTER10.68035.09
PAYNE10.68037.56
COPPER10.6803416.67
CASTLE10.680334.25
HORTON10.680318.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SILENCE0.1514710000.0000
WESTOVER0.151478750.0000
NEAVES0.151475454.5455
SPILLETT0.151473076.9231
HARLING0.151471746.0317
JARRETT0.15147592.5926
CROUCHER0.15147476.1905
CARRIER0.15147416.6667
COPPER0.15147416.6667
CHEESMAN0.15147266.6667
MERCER0.15147233.1606
USHER0.15147185.1852
FULLER0.15147151.2605
BUSHELL0.15147140.8451
TERRY0.15147132.9787
NORTON0.15147102.2495
HORNE0.1514793.7500
BUTLER0.1514769.7837
CLEMENTS0.1514740.9836
GIBSON0.1514739.2377
CASTLE0.1514734.2466
WATERS0.1514733.8409
DAVEY0.1514733.1126
STUART0.1514728.4900
HORTON0.1514718.3150
ALEXANDER0.1514712.8535
MILLER0.1514711.4068
PAYNE0.151477.5586
FOSTER0.151475.0891
SMITH0.151471.4454

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 147 people called SILENCE in Wychling 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 10000.0000 in Wychling means that 10000.0000% of the people in Wychling on census day were called SILENCE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SILENCE 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 SILENCE 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 SILENCE 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 SILENCE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.15 in Wychling means that you are 0.15 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SILENCE in Wychling than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wychling in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  BELL (FULLER) (2)  BUSHELL (2)  BUTLER (10)  CARRIER (1)  CASTLE (1)  CHEESMAN (2)  CLEMENTS (2)  COPPER (1)  CROUCHER (4)  DAVEY (2)  FOORD (4)  FORSTER (FOSTER) (4)  FOSTER (1)  FULLER (9)  FRIGHT (1)  JARRETT (8)  GIBSON (7)  HARLING (11)  HORNE (3)  HORTON (1)  MAXTED (1)  MERCER (9)  MILGATE (1)  MILLER (3)  MILLGATE (1)  NEAVES (12)  NORTON (5)  PAYNE (1)  SILENCE (1)  SMITH (3)  SPILLETT (4)  STUART (1)  TERRY (5)  USHER (3)  WAGHORN (10)  WATERS (2)  WESTOVER (7)  WHIMPETT (1)