Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mereworth, Kent

Mereworth 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
BELL344.239422.56
SIMMONS303.740691.63
NEWMAN283.491346.96
COLLINS222.743119.12
LOCKYER192.3691309.95
JESSUP182.2444803.57
WILSON141.74563.80
FORD121.496315.36
CHEESMAN111.3716268.29
HARRYMAN111.37163,666.67
PEARCE101.246913.57
PAGE101.246915.60
BARTON91.122220.77
HONEY91.1222182.93
TEBAY80.99751,454.55
BROOKS80.997510.20
DYKE80.9975100.50
THORP80.997573.60
BANFIELD80.9975217.98
LARGE70.872884.64
GRIGSBY70.87281,296.30
BOURNE70.872845.02
RICH70.872869.65
HIXSON70.87282,916.67
EDWARDS70.87283.13
BISHOP60.748110.71
JENNER60.748163.03
ENFIELD60.74811,224.49
REED60.748110.25
HARLING60.7481173.91
STAPLETON60.748174.53
SPARKS60.748149.51
SHARMAN60.748154.30
BANKS60.748114.58
HARDING60.748110.34
BAKER60.74813.41
BUTLER60.74817.67
KNIGHT60.74816.07
RULE50.623490.91
PANKHURST50.6234179.21
HAYWARD50.623414.62
EATON50.623422.27
DENYER50.6234153.37
MAYNARD50.623440.58
GOODE50.623448.17
EVANS50.62341.43
JARRETT50.623468.03
TAYLOR50.62340.97
FRANCIS50.623410.46
BROOKER50.623451.65

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HYLES0.808025555.5556
HARRYMAN0.808023666.6667
HIXSON0.808022916.6667
CREATH0.808022500.0000
TEBAY0.808021454.5455
GRIGSBY0.808021296.2963
ENFIELD0.808021224.4898
JESSUP0.80802803.5714
NEVES0.80802645.1613
BUNYARD0.80802465.1163
BUTTRICK0.80802434.7826
BROWNLEY0.80802392.1569
LOCKYER0.80802309.9511
CHEESMAN0.80802268.2927
LEEDS0.80802258.0645
ROSER0.80802243.9024
BANFIELD0.80802217.9837
GEER0.80802217.3913
CURD0.80802212.7660
HUMPHRYS0.80802202.7027
BILLINGHURST0.80802202.0202
WILLARD0.80802192.3077
HONEY0.80802182.9268
GURR0.80802181.8182
PANKHURST0.80802179.2115
HARLING0.80802173.9130
GOBLE0.80802172.4138
DENYER0.80802153.3742
EVEREST0.80802145.9854
PARDY0.80802142.8571
DYKE0.80802100.5025
EXCELL0.80802100.0000
SIMMONS0.8080291.6310
RULE0.8080290.9091
LARGE0.8080284.6433
HOMEWOOD0.8080279.0514
COUCHMAN0.8080276.3359
STANFORD0.8080274.9625
STAPLETON0.8080274.5342
THORP0.8080273.5971
HOOKER0.8080272.8863
LUDLOW0.8080271.5990
RICH0.8080269.6517
JARRETT0.8080268.0272
BELLINGHAM0.8080267.7966
JENNER0.8080263.0252
SINGER0.8080262.1118
FRANCES0.8080259.4059
PIERSON0.8080258.8235
COAD0.8080258.4795

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 802 people called HYLES in Mereworth 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 5555.5556 in Mereworth means that 5555.5556% of the people in Mereworth on census day were called HYLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HYLES 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 HYLES 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 HYLES 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 HYLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.80 in Mereworth means that you are 0.80 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HYLES in Mereworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mereworth in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ACOTT (7)  ALDRIDGE (1)  APPS (5)  ASHDOWN (1)  BAILEY (1)  BAKER (6)  BALLARD (2)  BANFIELD (8)  BANKS (6)  BARTON (9)  BASSETT (3)  BELL (34)  BETTS (1)  BELLINGHAM (2)  BILLINGHURST (2)  BISHOP (6)  BOTTING (1)  BOWHILL (1)  BRELL (1)  BRIDGER (1)  BROOKER (5)  BROOKS (8)  BROWN (1)  BROWNLEY (2)  BUNYARD (2)  BOURNE (7)  BURR (1)  BUSHELL (1)  BUTCHER (2)  BUTLER (6)  BUTTRICK (1)  CANN (1)  CARTER (2)  CHAMBERS (4)  CHAMPIONS (1)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHEESEMAN (3)  CHEESMAN (11)  CLARK (1)  CLEMENTS (2)  COAD (1)  COLEGATE (3)  COLLINS (22)  COUCHMAN (2)  CRIPPS (3)  CURD (4)  DAVIES (1)  DAWSON (1)  DANYER (2)  DENYER (5)  DYKE (8)  DUDLEY (1)  EATON (5)  EDWARDS (7)  ELCOMB (5)  EMERY (4)  ENFIELD (6)  ETHERINGTON (1)  EVANS (5)  EVENDEN (19)  EVEREST (4)  EXCELL (1)  FEATHERSTONE (4)  FIELD (2)  FISHER (3)  FORD (12)  FULLER (2)  FRANCES (3)  FRANCIS (5)  FREMLIN (4)  FRENCH (2)  JARRETT (5)  GEER (2)  GIBBS (1)  GOBLE (4)  GOODE (5)  GOODWIN (4)  GRAY (1)  GRIGSBY (7)  GURR (5)  HADWILL (3)  HAYMAN (2)  HARDING (6)  HARLING (6)  HARRYMAN (11)  HAYWARD (5)  HIXSON (7)  HYLES (5)  HODGE (3)  HOLMES (2)  HOMEWOOD (2)  HONEY (9)  HOOKER (5)  HORNE (2)  HORTON (1)  HUDSON (1)  HUMPHRYS (3)  HOOK (5)  JENNER (6)  JESSUP (18)  JOHNSON (1)  JOHNSTONE (4)  JONES (1)  KEMP (4)  KNIGHT (6)  LANGRIDGE (2)  LARGE (7)  LATTER (4)  LEE (2)  LEEDS (4)  FEVER (1)  LEONARD (4)  LIPSCOMBE (1)  LISSENDON (5)  LISSENDEN (1)  LISTER (1)  LOCKYER (19)  LUCK (3)  LUDLOW (3)  LUXFORD (1)  CREATH (1)  MARTIN (5)  MATUM (1)  MAYNARD (5)  MAYTUM (1)  MACPHERSON (1)  MILLS (5)  MOON (1)  NASH (1)  NEAME (1)  NEVES (2)  NEWMAN (28)  NICHOLS (1)  NORRIS (1)  PAGE (10)  PANKHURST (5)  PEARCE (10)  PEARCH (2)  PIERSON (1)  PETT (1)  POCOCK (4)  PARDY (1)  RANDALL (1)  READER (2)  REEVES (1)  REED (6)  RICH (7)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBINSON (2)  ROSER (2)  RULE (5)  SALES (1)  SALTER (2)  SAMSON (2)  SANDERSON (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SEARS (2)  SCRACE (1)  SHARMAN (6)  SHOLLIN (1)  SIMMONS (30)  SIMMONDS (1)  SINGER (2)  SMITH (2)  SPARKS (6)  SPARKES (1)  SPOONER (5)  STANFORD (5)  STAPLETON (6)  STONE (1)  STRATTON (2)  STURGES (1)  SUDDS (20)  SUTTON (3)  TASSELL (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TEBAY (8)  THORPE (2)  THORP (8)  UNDERHILL (1)  VOWLES (1)  WALLER (2)  WARD (1)  WARREN (1)  WATSON (1)  WATTS (1)  WELLS (1)  WELLDEN (5)  WIFFIN (1)  WHITE (1)  WILLARD (4)  WILSON (14)  WOLFE (1)  WOOD (1)  WOOLLETT (6)