Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bilsington, Kent

Bilsington 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
WOOD225.759218.07
FRANCIS194.973883.48
CHRISTMAS112.8796533.98
WADDELL102.6178294.99
PLAYFORD92.35601,139.24
HORTON92.356063.47
GODDEN92.3560340.91
FLEET82.0942312.50
HOOK82.0942141.34
PORT82.0942740.74
LAW71.832540.51
SUTTON71.832528.78
MINTER71.8325503.60
SIMPSON71.832510.48
CHITTENDEN71.8325729.17
KENNETT61.5707281.69
HART61.570718.42
HARRIS51.30895.15
CLARK51.30894.35
GORHAM51.3089649.35
ROLFE51.3089101.01
KNOCK51.3089684.93
JARVIS51.308929.17
BURT51.308955.13
BROOKS51.308913.39
BURCH41.0471138.89
BATES41.047116.45
BOURN41.0471476.19
COURT41.047182.30
NOAKES41.0471143.37
HOWLAND41.0471307.69
FARRAR41.047178.59
PAIN30.785387.46
LUCAS30.785316.99
GARDNER30.785311.57
TARRAS30.78537,500.00
HARMER30.785379.16
SMITH30.78530.56
LAWS30.785370.59
BAKER20.52362.39
POTTER20.52368.07
BRISLEY20.5236526.32
STONE20.52367.24
BARMAN20.52361,176.47
BAILEY20.52363.48
WEBB20.52363.86
PENFOLD20.523661.73
BASHFORD20.5236157.48
BALDOCK20.523674.91
WATERS20.523613.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TARRAS0.383827500.0000
BARMAN0.383821176.4706
PLAYFORD0.383821139.2405
COLLICK0.383821000.0000
BOLDING0.38382769.2308
PORT0.38382740.7407
CHITTENDEN0.38382729.1667
KNOCK0.38382684.9315
GORHAM0.38382649.3506
CHRISTMAS0.38382533.9806
BRISLEY0.38382526.3158
MINTER0.38382503.5971
BOURN0.38382476.1905
GODDEN0.38382340.9091
FLEET0.38382312.5000
HOWLAND0.38382307.6923
WADDELL0.38382294.9853
KENNETT0.38382281.6901
DIVERS0.38382256.4103
POST0.38382232.5581
BASHFORD0.38382157.4803
GURR0.38382152.6718
NOAKES0.38382143.3692
ATWOOD0.38382142.8571
HOOK0.38382141.3428
BURCH0.38382138.8889
ROLFE0.38382101.0101
PAIN0.3838287.4636
FRANCIS0.3838283.4798
COURT0.3838282.3045
HARMER0.3838279.1557
FARRAR0.3838278.5855
BALDOCK0.3838274.9064
LAWS0.3838270.5882
HORTON0.3838263.4697
PENFOLD0.3838261.7284
WOODGATE0.3838255.8659
BURT0.3838255.1268
LAW0.3838240.5093
JARVIS0.3838229.1715
SUTTON0.3838228.7829
BUTTON0.3838222.0751
PAINE0.3838219.0114
HART0.3838218.4162
WOOD0.3838218.0743
LUCAS0.3838216.9875
BATES0.3838216.4541
BROOKS0.3838213.3905
WATERS0.3838213.0293
GARDNER0.3838211.5696

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 382 people called TARRAS in Bilsington 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 7500.0000 in Bilsington means that 7500.0000% of the people in Bilsington on census day were called TARRAS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TARRAS 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 TARRAS 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 TARRAS 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 TARRAS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.38 in Bilsington means that you are 0.38 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TARRAS in Bilsington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bilsington in 1881

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

ALLEN (1)  ATWOOD (1)  BAILEY (2)  BAKER (2)  BALDOCK (2)  BARLING (6)  BARMAN (2)  BARTON (2)  BASHFORD (2)  BATES (4)  BURCH (4)  BIVAS (1)  BLECHYNDEN (8)  BOLDING (2)  BRISLEY (2)  BROOKS (5)  BULL (1)  BOURN (4)  BURT (5)  BUTTON (1)  CHITTENDEN (7)  CHRISTMAS (11)  CLARK (5)  COLLICK (2)  COURT (4)  CRUNDEN (9)  DIVERS (1)  DAPSON (2)  EADEY (3)  ELARIDGE (5)  FARRAS (6)  FARRAR (4)  FLEET (8)  FOORD (10)  FRANCIS (19)  FROST (1)  GARDNER (3)  GILES (1)  GODDEN (9)  GORHAM (5)  GURR (2)  HARMER (3)  HARRIS (5)  HART (6)  HOLYER (6)  HORTON (9)  HOWLAND (4)  HOOK (8)  JARVIS (5)  JONES (1)  KENNETT (6)  KNOCK (5)  LAWS (3)  LAW (7)  LUCAS (3)  MAPLESEN (1)  MINTER (7)  NOAKES (4)  PACKMAN (2)  PANTRY (1)  PAINE (1)  PAIN (3)  PENFOLD (2)  PLAYFORD (9)  PORT (8)  POTTER (2)  POST (1)  PUNYER (5)  QUESTED (1)  RAUSLEY (2)  RAYNER (1)  ROLFE (5)  SELLEBOURN (3)  SIMPSON (7)  SMITH (3)  SOUTHEN (7)  SPINAUR (1)  STONE (2)  SUTTON (7)  SWAFFER (6)  TARRAS (3)  THORNBY (3)  WADDELL (10)  WASHFORD (1)  WATERS (2)  WEBB (2)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WOOD (22)  WOODGATE (1)