Top surnames from the 1881 census in Little Mongeham, Kent

Little Mongeham 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
JONES126.85716.05
GROUNDS105.71433,333.33
PHILLIPS105.714331.94
HEWITT84.571493.90
KNOTT84.5714230.55
DRAY84.57142,051.28
HOWLAND74.00001,166.67
MARSH74.000056.09
POLHILL63.42866,666.67
DUTTON63.4286151.52
DIXON63.428631.30
PILCHER63.4286689.66
ABBOTT52.857164.77
PARSONS52.857137.62
WHITE52.85718.89
TOMLIN52.8571320.51
KIRBY52.857175.30
HARVEY31.714316.06
COCKS31.7143258.62
GRAVES31.7143113.21
WILKS31.7143109.09
TERRY31.714367.11
BELSEY21.1429740.74
ALLEN21.14296.05
FAGG21.1429289.86
HOOD21.142941.32
CHITTENDEN10.5714227.27
FITCH10.571472.99
MARCH10.571453.19
RALPH10.571437.59
MARTEN10.5714188.68
FILES10.5714769.23
WRAIGHT10.5714222.22
POTTS10.571417.12
HEARD10.571453.76
DRAKE10.571419.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
POLHILL0.181756666.6667
GROUNDS0.181753333.3333
DRAY0.181752051.2821
HOWLAND0.181751166.6667
FILES0.18175769.2308
BELSEY0.18175740.7407
PILCHER0.18175689.6552
TOMLIN0.18175320.5128
FAGG0.18175289.8551
COCKS0.18175258.6207
KNOTT0.18175230.5476
CHITTENDEN0.18175227.2727
WRAIGHT0.18175222.2222
MARTEN0.18175188.6792
DUTTON0.18175151.5152
GRAVES0.18175113.2075
WILKS0.18175109.0909
HEWITT0.1817593.8967
KIRBY0.1817575.3012
FITCH0.1817572.9927
TERRY0.1817567.1141
ABBOTT0.1817564.7668
MARSH0.1817556.0897
HEARD0.1817553.7634
MARCH0.1817553.1915
HOOD0.1817541.3223
PARSONS0.1817537.6223
RALPH0.1817537.5940
PHILLIPS0.1817531.9387
DIXON0.1817531.2989
DRAKE0.1817519.6078
POTTS0.1817517.1233
HARVEY0.1817516.0600
WHITE0.181758.8889
JONES0.181756.0548
ALLEN0.181756.0496

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 175 people called POLHILL in Little Mongeham 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 6666.6667 in Little Mongeham means that 6666.6667% of the people in Little Mongeham on census day were called POLHILL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called POLHILL 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 POLHILL 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 POLHILL 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 POLHILL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Little Mongeham means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of POLHILL in Little Mongeham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Little Mongeham in 1881

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

ABBOTT (5)  ALLEN (2)  APPS (1)  BELSEY (2)  BROADLEY (6)  CHITTENDEN (1)  COCKS (3)  DIXON (6)  DRAKE (1)  DRAY (8)  DUTTON (6)  FAGG (2)  FILES (1)  FITCH (1)  GRAVES (3)  GRAVES (KERRISON) (6)  GROUNDS (10)  HARVEY (3)  HEARD (1)  HEWITT (8)  HOOD (2)  HOWLAND (7)  JONES (12)  KERRISON (3)  KIRBY (5)  KNOTT (8)  MARCH (1)  MARSH (7)  MARTEN (1)  PARSONS (5)  PHILLIPS (10)  PILCHER (6)  POLHILL (6)  POTTS (1)  PITTOCK (2)  RALPH (1)  TERRY (3)  TOMLIN (5)  WHITE (5)  WHORLOW (5)  WILKS (3)  WRAIGHT (1)