Top surnames from the 1881 census in Canterbury Christchurch, Kent

Canterbury Christchurch 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
BLORE73.07022,500.00
SMITH73.07022.17
JAMES73.070215.63
AUSTIN62.631653.86
LONGHURST52.1930333.33
RAWLINSON52.1930183.82
HAYWARD41.754441.15
COBB31.315892.59
LORD31.315828.54
MOORE31.31586.58
QUIN20.877281.97
STONE20.877212.14
KEMP20.877215.81
HARKE20.877210,000.00
BISHOP20.877212.55
GREEN20.87723.12
VICKERS20.877234.19
ATKINSON20.87729.01
PLANT20.877239.68
STARR20.8772178.57
JORDAN20.877219.86
HARRISON20.87723.95
SANDFORD20.8772123.46
HALL20.87722.98
MOORHOUSE20.877270.92
GORDON20.877213.92
HUGHES20.87723.13
ROBERTSON20.87725.23
GIBSON10.43863.61
TARVER10.4386588.24
KITE10.438676.92
DAWSON10.43863.98
HEBB10.4386454.55
WRIGHT10.43861.37
CAMP10.438676.34
MEARS10.438646.51
GARDENER10.438624.45
ALCOCK10.438630.40
CROWTHER10.438614.68
PERRY10.43865.96
HARVEY10.43864.11
WILCOX10.438623.26
BORTON10.4386454.55
MALDEN10.4386555.56
FREEMAN10.43866.87
SHARMAN10.438631.85
IRVINE10.438619.92
CRABTREE10.438621.79
NICHOLSON10.43866.17
WATERS10.438610.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARKE0.2322810000.0000
BLORE0.232282500.0000
ROUCH0.232281111.1111
MISKIN0.23228769.2308
TARVER0.23228588.2353
MALDEN0.23228555.5556
HEBB0.23228454.5455
BORTON0.23228454.5455
GANN0.23228434.7826
LONGHURST0.23228333.3333
TWISS0.23228322.5806
HOLNESS0.23228256.4103
RAWLINSON0.23228183.8235
LONGMORE0.23228178.5714
FOWLE0.23228178.5714
STARR0.23228178.5714
RUCK0.23228172.4138
RYLEY0.23228169.4915
BLACKLEY0.23228161.2903
DORMAN0.23228136.9863
SANDFORD0.23228123.4568
MAHER0.23228119.0476
FAGG0.23228111.1111
WARDELL0.23228109.8901
EYLES0.2322895.2381
COBB0.2322892.5926
FULCHER0.2322886.9565
QUIN0.2322881.9672
HARLOW0.2322880.0000
COWEN0.2322880.0000
CHUBB0.2322878.7402
CREED0.2322878.7402
KITE0.2322876.9231
CAMP0.2322876.3359
MONEY0.2322873.5294
COLLARD0.2322871.9424
MOORHOUSE0.2322870.9220
SWALES0.2322862.8931
BERESFORD0.2322859.5238
AUSTIN0.2322853.8600
KIRKLAND0.2322849.2611
LIVINGSTONE0.2322846.9484
MEARS0.2322846.5116
HAYWARD0.2322841.1523
PLANT0.2322839.6825
VICKERS0.2322834.1880
HADLEY0.2322832.2581
SHARMAN0.2322831.8471
HOPPER0.2322830.6748
ALCOCK0.2322830.3951

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 228 people called HARKE in Canterbury Christchurch 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 Canterbury Christchurch means that 10000.0000% of the people in Canterbury Christchurch on census day were called HARKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARKE 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 HARKE 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 HARKE 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 HARKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Canterbury Christchurch means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARKE in Canterbury Christchurch than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Canterbury Christchurch in 1881

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

ALCOCK (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ATKINSON (2)  AUSTIN (6)  BEAKE (1)  BEER (1)  BENDYOKE (1)  BENDYSHE (1)  BENNETT (1)  BERESFORD (1)  BEST (1)  BISHOP (2)  BLACKLEY (1)  BLORE (7)  BOODLE (1)  BROWN (1)  BROWNING (1)  BORTON (1)  CAMP (1)  CAMPBELL (1)  CASTLE (1)  CHUBB (1)  COBB (3)  COLE (1)  COLLARD (1)  CORBOULD (2)  COSTAR (1)  COWEN (1)  CRABTREE (1)  CREED (1)  CROSS (1)  CROWTHER (1)  DALE (1)  DAVIDSON (1)  DAWSON (1)  DEWDNEY (1)  DINER (1)  DODD (1)  DORMAN (1)  DAIRS (1)  EYLES (1)  ELLAM (1)  EVANS (1)  FAGG (1)  FAIRBRASS (1)  FORSTER (1)  FOWLE (1)  FREEMAN (1)  FRESTON (1)  FULCHER (1)  GANN (1)  GARDNER (1)  GARDENER (1)  GIBB (1)  GIBSON (1)  GLENNIE (1)  GOCHER (2)  GOLDSACK (1)  GORDON (2)  JORDAN (2)  GREEN (2)  HADLEY (1)  HALL (2)  HARKE (2)  HARLOW (1)  HARRISON (2)  HARVEY (1)  HAY (1)  HAYWARD (4)  HEBB (1)  HELMORE (4)  HERBERT (1)  HODGSON (1)  HOLNESS (1)  HOPPER (1)  HOPKINS (1)  HUGHES (2)  HULKE (1)  HURST (1)  IRVINE (1)  JAMES (7)  KEMP (2)  KING (1)  KIRKLAND (1)  KITE (1)  KLINCK (1)  LASROBE (1)  LATTER (1)  LESLIE (1)  LIVINGSTONE (1)  LONGHURST (5)  LONGMORE (1)  LORD (3)  MALDEN (1)  MANKLOW (1)  MASON (1)  MAY (1)  MC LEAN (1)  MISKIN (1)  MONEY (1)  MOORE (3)  MOORHOUSE (2)  MEARS (1)  MAHER (1)  NASH (1)  NEAL (1)  NICHOLS (1)  NICHOLSON (1)  PARSONS (1)  PAYNE-SMITH (10)  PEACOCKE (1)  PERKINS (1)  PERRY (1)  PETERS (1)  PLANT (2)  PLOURNOSE (1)  QUIN (2)  RAVINE (1)  RAWLINSON (5)  RICHARDS (1)  RIGDEN (1)  RYLEY (1)  ROUCH (1)  ROBERTSON (2)  RUCK (1)  SANDFORD (2)  SANDILANDS (1)  SHARMAN (1)  SHELVERDINE (1)  SMITH (7)  SPILSBURY (1)  STARR (2)  STONE (2)  STURT (1)  SWALES (1)  SYKES (1)  TARVER (1)  TUPP (1)  TURMAINE (1)  TWISS (1)  VICKERS (2)  WALLIS (1)  WARDELL (1)  WATERS (1)  WATTS (1)  WHITE (1)  WIGRAM (2)  WILCOX (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (1)  WINTOUR (1)  WRIGHT (1)  WROTH (2)  YOUNG (1)