Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Chart, Kent

Great Chart 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
NORTON202.688280.84
DAY202.688228.56
SHORTER182.4194520.23
RUSSELL172.284918.72
GOULD162.150559.50
LAW162.150547.53
SINDEN152.0161931.68
WARD141.88178.61
MILLEN131.7473666.67
BINGHAM121.6129109.79
GILES111.478538.80
FINN111.4785162.00
KING101.34416.17
GRIST101.3441277.78
SKINNER101.344126.48
CHANTLER101.3441510.20
CROSS101.344119.53
BRIGGS101.344124.75
POTTS91.209736.25
BUTCHER91.209728.71
TUTT81.0753373.83
GODDEN81.0753155.64
HOMEWOOD81.0753340.43
BATES70.940914.79
DAVIS70.94094.28
CRAMP70.9409213.41
TAYLOR70.94091.47
LINK70.9409518.52
AUSTIN60.806516.50
WELLER60.806556.07
MARTIN60.80653.27
MARSH60.806511.31
WINDER60.8065122.95
PILLEY60.8065625.00
MATHIS60.80652,857.14
AUSTEN60.8065104.90
MARSHALL60.80654.81
TANTON60.8065779.22
BURDEN60.806563.03
BARNES60.80656.70
ROULSTON50.67201,470.59
MURRAY50.67205.42
BOURNE50.672034.65
PRYER50.6720333.33
MAPLE50.6720434.78
REID50.67206.40
VANT50.67201,020.41
PRIOR50.672029.04
MOORE50.67203.36
POST50.6720595.24

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HAMDEN0.747442857.1429
MATHIS0.747442857.1429
ROULSTON0.747441470.5882
VANT0.747441020.4082
SINDEN0.74744931.6770
TANTON0.74744779.2208
MILLEN0.74744666.6667
PILLEY0.74744625.0000
POST0.74744595.2381
SHORTER0.74744520.2312
LINK0.74744518.5185
CHANTLER0.74744510.2041
MAPLE0.74744434.7826
TUTT0.74744373.8318
HOMEWOOD0.74744340.4255
PRYER0.74744333.3333
TAFF0.74744294.1176
GRIST0.74744277.7778
CRAMP0.74744213.4146
BISHOPP0.74744208.3333
OLLIVER0.74744194.8052
FINN0.74744162.0029
GODDEN0.74744155.6420
BOUND0.74744148.1481
MILLHOUSE0.74744142.8571
WINDER0.74744122.9508
MINTER0.74744111.1111
BINGHAM0.74744109.7896
TURK0.74744107.5269
AUSTEN0.74744104.8951
GOODSELL0.7474483.3333
NORTON0.7474480.8407
STACE0.7474466.2252
BURDEN0.7474463.0252
GREENHILL0.7474462.3053
GOULD0.7474459.5017
WELLER0.7474456.0748
SHILLING0.7474455.2486
RICKARDS0.7474452.3560
DUNSTER0.7474450.0000
LAW0.7474447.5342
TOWELL0.7474447.1698
MARTEN0.7474444.2478
BUSS0.7474441.8410
BEAN0.7474441.5369
ELSE0.7474440.6504
GILES0.7474438.8007
POTTS0.7474436.2465
BOURNE0.7474434.6500
LOYD0.7474434.2466

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 744 people called HAMDEN in Great Chart 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 2857.1429 in Great Chart means that 2857.1429% of the people in Great Chart on census day were called HAMDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HAMDEN 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 HAMDEN 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 HAMDEN 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 HAMDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.74 in Great Chart means that you are 0.74 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HAMDEN in Great Chart than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Chart in 1881

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

AIRLING (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ARCHER (3)  MC CARTHEY (1)  AUSTIN (6)  AUSTEN (6)  BABERSTOW (1)  BAILEY (1)  BANKS (1)  BARNES (6)  BARTON (2)  BATES (7)  BEALE (3)  BEAN (4)  BENOW (6)  BENNETT (1)  BEANEY (3)  BINGHAM (12)  BISHOPP (1)  BLUNT (1)  BURDEN (6)  BOUND (2)  BRIGGS (10)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (2)  BURLEY (1)  BOURNE (5)  BUSS (1)  BUTCHER (9)  CANVIN (1)  CAPELING (23)  CARPENTER (2)  CURR (4)  CHAMBERS (1)  CHANTLER (10)  CHECKSFIELD (3)  CHERUB (1)  CLAPSON (3)  CLARKE (4)  CLIFTON (1)  COWELL (2)  CRAMP (7)  CROSS (10)  CRUST (2)  D'EATH (1)  DABORN (2)  DAVIS (7)  DAY (20)  D'OYLEY (6)  DREW (1)  DUNSTER (1)  DURRANT (1)  EDMED (4)  ELSE (1)  FARR (1)  FINN (11)  FOLEY (1)  FOSTER (1)  FRIF (6)  GARDNER (1)  GIBSON (3)  GILBERT (5)  GILES (11)  GOLDUP (1)  GOODSELL (1)  GODDEN (8)  GOULD (16)  GOWER (1)  GREENHILL (2)  GRIST (10)  HAMDEN (2)  HARRIS (1)  HART (1)  HAWKETT (2)  HAYWARD (4)  HICKS (1)  HILLS (4)  HODGES (4)  HOLDSTOCK (9)  HOLLINGSBE (8)  HOLLINGSBEE (11)  HOMEWOOD (8)  HUMPHREY (1)  HOOK (1)  JARVIS (3)  JOHNSON (1)  KEMP (1)  KING (10)  KINGSMILL (1)  KINGSNORTH (4)  KNOWLES (3)  LAW (16)  LEIGH (2)  LILLEY (1)  LOYD (1)  LLOYD (1)  LUCKHURST (5)  LINK (7)  MAPLE (5)  MARKWICK (1)  MARSH (6)  MARSHALL (6)  MARTIN (6)  MARTEN (1)  MATHEWS (1)  MATHIS (6)  CULLUM (1)  MILLEN (13)  MILLHOUSE (1)  MILLS (2)  MILNE (1)  MINTER (3)  MITCHELL (2)  MOORE (5)  MORSE (1)  MUMMERY (15)  MURRAY (5)  NORTON (20)  OLIVER (4)  OLLIVER (3)  OROEN (1)  PADGHAM (6)  PAVEY (1)  PEARSON (2)  PENFOLD (2)  PEPPER (1)  PILLEY (6)  POST (5)  POTTS (9)  PRATT (1)  PRYER (5)  PRIOR (5)  PULMAR (2)  RANDALL (3)  REID (5)  RICKARDS (1)  ROULSTON (5)  RUSSELL (17)  SADDINGTON (2)  SAVAGE (2)  SHARKHALL (1)  SHAW (2)  SHILLING (1)  SHORTER (18)  SILLEBOURNE (1)  SINDEN (15)  SKINNER (10)  SMITH (2)  STACE (1)  STANLEY (3)  STEEL (1)  STOKES (1)  STREETER (1)  SUTTON (1)  SWAFFER (1)  TAFF (1)  TALBOT (1)  TANTON (6)  TAYLOR (7)  TICEHURST (1)  TOKE (1)  TOWELL (1)  TUCKER (1)  TURK (2)  TUTT (8)  UDALL (1)  VANT (5)  WARD (14)  WESTON (1)  WELLER (6)  WICKS (3)  WILKINSON (4)  WILSON (4)  WINDER (6)  WINSER (2)  WOOD (2)  WOODCOCK (1)  WOOLLY (2)  WRIGHT (1)