Top surnames from the 1881 census in Kemsing, Kent

Kemsing 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
BOWYER214.7404434.78
SKINNER122.708853.36
RUSSELL122.708822.19
WILLIAMS122.70883.77
CARD122.7088461.54
GROOMBRIDGE122.70881,071.43
HAYNES112.483169.58
ASHDOWN92.0316358.57
UNDERHILL92.0316290.32
WINDER92.0316309.28
HOLDEN81.805932.96
MILLIS81.80592,000.00
BAKER71.58017.21
FINTON71.580110,000.00
BRIDGER71.5801187.67
REED71.580121.65
KIPPS71.58012,692.31
COUCHMAN71.5801482.76
CATT61.3544331.49
LEWIS61.35445.15
INGRAM61.354444.35
FULLER61.354433.48
TURNER61.35444.87
HUCKS51.12872,380.95
COOMBER51.1287251.26
PRYER51.1287561.80
COLES51.128732.40
SAUNDERS51.128712.31
WREN51.1287104.17
JARRETT51.1287123.15
WILLIS51.128721.23
CORKE40.9029298.51
CHEESMAN40.9029176.99
MILLS40.90296.96
HALL40.90293.07
BARBER40.902915.00
SYKES40.902918.81
CHANTLER40.9029341.88
WHITE40.90292.81
COMBER40.9029268.46
UPTON30.677235.55
EASTWOOD30.677228.63
BOOKER30.677256.50
SMITH30.67720.48
BUCKLEY30.677212.44
PAYNE30.67727.52
SUMMERS20.451516.10
WETHERELL20.4515235.29
MELLISH20.4515212.77
BASSETT20.451528.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FINTON0.4444310000.0000
KIPPS0.444432692.3077
HUCKS0.444432380.9524
MILLIS0.444432000.0000
GROOMBRIDGE0.444431071.4286
PRYER0.44443561.7978
COUCHMAN0.44443482.7586
CARD0.44443461.5385
BOWYER0.44443434.7826
ASHDOWN0.44443358.5657
CHANTLER0.44443341.8803
CATT0.44443331.4917
BISBY0.44443312.5000
WINDER0.44443309.2784
CORKE0.44443298.5075
UNDERHILL0.44443290.3226
WALKLING0.44443277.7778
COMBER0.44443268.4564
COOMBER0.44443251.2563
WETHERELL0.44443235.2941
VENNER0.44443229.8851
MELLISH0.44443212.7660
BRIDGER0.44443187.6676
CHEESMAN0.44443176.9912
FEAST0.44443142.8571
JARRETT0.44443123.1527
WREN0.44443104.1667
ADLAM0.4444387.7193
GILLHAM0.4444383.3333
HAYNES0.4444369.5762
PYNE0.4444359.5238
BOOKER0.4444356.4972
ELTON0.4444356.1798
SKINNER0.4444353.3570
INGRAM0.4444344.3459
WAREHAM0.4444340.3226
UPTON0.4444335.5450
PRYOR0.4444333.7838
FULLER0.4444333.4821
HOLDEN0.4444332.9625
COLES0.4444332.4044
BRAND0.4444330.5810
BASSETT0.4444328.9436
EASTWOOD0.4444328.6260
CRIPPS0.4444323.2019
DYKE0.4444322.7273
RUSSELL0.4444322.1893
COLLIS0.4444321.8341
REED0.4444321.6450
WILLIS0.4444321.2314

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 443 people called FINTON in Kemsing 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 Kemsing means that 10000.0000% of the people in Kemsing on census day were called FINTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FINTON 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 FINTON 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 FINTON 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 FINTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Kemsing means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FINTON in Kemsing than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Kemsing in 1881

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

ADLAM (1)  ALLAN (1)  ALLINGHAM (5)  ASHDOWN (9)  BAKER (7)  BARBER (4)  BASSETT (2)  BISBY (1)  BOOKER (3)  BOWYER (21)  BRAND (2)  BRIDGER (7)  BRIND (1)  BROWN (1)  BUCKLEY (3)  CALDERCOTT (1)  CARD (12)  CASELY (4)  CATT (6)  CAWSTEN (6)  CHANTLER (4)  CHEESMAN (4)  CLAPSON (5)  CLARK (1)  COGGER (3)  COLES (5)  COLLIS (1)  COOMBER (5)  COMBER (4)  CORKE (4)  COUCHMAN (7)  CRIPPS (1)  CROWHURST (4)  DYKE (1)  DREW (1)  DYRE (7)  EASTWOOD (3)  EATON (1)  ELTON (1)  FARLEY (1)  FARMER (1)  FEAST (1)  FINTON (7)  FULLER (6)  JARRETT (5)  GEERING (2)  GILLHAM (1)  GOOSE (3)  GRAY (1)  GROOMBRIDGE (12)  HALL (4)  HAYNES (11)  HAZELDEN (1)  HILL (1)  HOLDEN (8)  HOLMDEN (9)  HUMPHREY (1)  HUCKS (5)  INGRAM (6)  INKPEN (1)  KIPPS (7)  LEWIS (6)  LITTLEWORTH (2)  MARCHANT (1)  MARTIN (1)  MILLIS (8)  MELLISH (2)  MILLINTON (2)  MILLS (4)  MURS (1)  NORMAN (1)  NORTON (1)  OSBORNE (1)  PAYNE (3)  PRYER (5)  PRYOR (1)  PYNE (1)  REED (7)  RUDYARD (1)  RUSSELL (12)  SAUNDERS (5)  SHARPE (1)  SKINNER (12)  SMITH (3)  SOUTHBY (1)  STANBRIDGE (2)  STEVENS (2)  STONHAM (3)  SUMMERS (2)  SWAISLAND (10)  SYKES (4)  TAYLOR (2)  TURNER (6)  UNDERHILL (9)  UPTON (3)  VENNER (2)  WAGHORN (1)  WAGHORNE (11)  WALKER (1)  WALKLING (1)  WALLER (1)  WAREHAM (1)  WELSTEAD (6)  WETHERELL (2)  WHITE (4)  WILLIAMS (12)  WILLIS (5)  WINDER (9)  WOODGER (3)  WOODMAN (1)  WREN (5)