Top surnames from the 1881 census in Mersham, Kent

Mersham 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
GOWER405.5402527.70
STONE263.601149.82
TERRY192.6316102.93
GILBERT192.631646.21
BUTCHER162.216152.58
HOWLAND162.2161647.77
HARNDEN152.07762,586.21
FINN141.9391212.44
BAILEY131.800611.95
ANDREWS131.800618.79
ASHDOWN121.6620293.40
HORTON121.662044.78
REID111.523514.50
TWYMAN101.3850934.58
TAYLOR101.38502.17
BRETT101.385072.94
PAINE91.246590.54
COLEMAN91.246525.01
WEEKS91.246558.21
GOODWIN91.246523.66
BACK91.2465233.16
JOYNSON81.1080479.04
WOOD81.10803.48
MORLEY81.108027.72
BULL81.108026.21
RAYNER81.108044.42
HARRIS81.10804.36
BAKER81.10805.06
BLACKMAN70.969579.73
PARKER70.96955.10
COVENEY70.9695619.47
ROBERTS70.96952.58
RUCK70.9695378.38
FIFIELD70.9695666.67
MUNN70.9695134.62
WOOLLEY60.831041.87
REYNOLDS60.83109.59
WICKS60.831059.06
SUTTON60.831013.05
PHILPOTT60.8310108.30
LILLEY60.831060.00
BURNETT60.831030.05
HOOKER50.692581.04
FOOKS50.6925431.03
WATERS50.692517.24
SHELVEY50.69251,515.15
MATHEWS50.692518.75
SIMMONS50.692516.97
HERITAGE40.5540148.15
NORWOOD40.5540136.99

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARNDEN0.727222586.2069
STICKLES0.727221538.4615
SHELVEY0.727221515.1515
BOLTEN0.727221071.4286
ATTAWAY0.727221000.0000
TWYMAN0.72722934.5794
STOOKS0.72722769.2308
FIFIELD0.72722666.6667
BISHOPP0.72722652.1739
HOWLAND0.72722647.7733
COVENEY0.72722619.4690
GOWER0.72722527.7045
PHILPOTTS0.72722526.3158
JOYNSON0.72722479.0419
FOOKS0.72722431.0345
RUCK0.72722378.3784
ASHDOWN0.72722293.3985
BOULDING0.72722263.1579
BACK0.72722233.1606
CHITTENDEN0.72722219.7802
FINN0.72722212.4431
RAWLEY0.72722172.4138
HERITAGE0.72722148.1481
NORWOOD0.72722136.9863
CATT0.72722135.5932
MUNN0.72722134.6154
MANSER0.72722121.9512
PHILPOTT0.72722108.3032
TERRY0.72722102.9252
PAINE0.7272290.5433
CROPLEY0.7272286.9565
ELSE0.7272283.6820
HOOKER0.7272281.0373
BLACKMAN0.7272279.7267
PAYN0.7272274.0741
BRETT0.7272272.9395
CORNELL0.7272262.2407
DRAY0.7272261.7284
GODDEN0.7272260.1202
LILLEY0.7272260.0000
WICKS0.7272259.0551
WEEKS0.7272258.2147
HARMER0.7272255.8659
BUTCHER0.7272252.5797
SKILTON0.7272252.0833
BRICE0.7272250.3356
STONE0.7272249.8180
TOMLIN0.7272246.4396
GILBERT0.7272246.2062
VIDLER0.7272246.0829

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 722 people called HARNDEN in Mersham 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 2586.2069 in Mersham means that 2586.2069% of the people in Mersham on census day were called HARNDEN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARNDEN 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 HARNDEN 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 HARNDEN 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 HARNDEN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.72 in Mersham means that you are 0.72 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARNDEN in Mersham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Mersham in 1881

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

ADDISON (1)  ANDREWS (13)  ASHDOWN (12)  ATTAWAY (2)  ATHERS (1)  BACK (9)  BAILEY (13)  BAKER (8)  BARTLETT (3)  BARTON (3)  BATES (4)  BURCH (2)  BISHOPP (3)  BLACKMAN (7)  BOLTEN (3)  BOULDING (2)  BRAY (1)  BRENCHLY (3)  BRETT (10)  BROTHERSTONE (1)  BROWNING (3)  BRICE (3)  BULL (8)  BURNETT (6)  BUTCHER (16)  CATT (4)  CHITTENDEN (4)  COGHURST (3)  COLEMAN (9)  COLLARD (2)  CORNELL (3)  COVENEY (7)  CROPLEY (1)  CROSSLEY (1)  CRUST (7)  DARTNAL (2)  DODD (1)  DRAY (1)  EAST (1)  EDWARDS (1)  ELLENDEN (4)  ELSE (2)  FAGGE (4)  FERRIDGE (1)  FERRIS (2)  FIELD (1)  FIFIELD (7)  FIMM (2)  FINN (14)  FORRIDGE (4)  FOOKS (5)  FOY (1)  FROOD (1)  JAY (2)  GIBBERT (3)  GILBERT (19)  GODDEN (3)  GOODWIN (9)  JORDAN (2)  GOWER (40)  HALL (3)  HARMER (4)  HARNDEN (15)  HARRIS (8)  HARRISS (1)  HERITAGE (4)  HICKS (1)  HILLS (2)  HOBANS (1)  HOGBEN (3)  HOOKER (5)  HORTON (12)  HOWELL (1)  HOWLAND (16)  JOHNSON (3)  JOHNSTONE (1)  JOYNSON (8)  KEALING (1)  LANGLEY (2)  LILLEY (6)  LILLIBOURNE (2)  LUCKHURST (2)  MANSER (2)  MARSHALL (1)  MATHEWS (5)  MILLS (1)  MINTER (1)  MITCHELL (1)  MOORE (1)  MORLEY (8)  MUNDAY (3)  MUNN (7)  NEATHERSOLE (3)  NEWMAN (3)  NORWOOD (4)  OSBORNE (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (7)  PAIN (1)  PAINE (9)  PAYN (1)  PEARCE (1)  PHILPOTT (6)  PHILPOTTS (4)  PRATT (2)  PREBBLE (4)  PUNYER (2)  RAWLEY (1)  RAYNER (8)  REID (11)  REYNOLDS (6)  RICHARDSON (3)  RIDDEN (6)  ROBERTS (7)  ROLFE (3)  RUCK (7)  SACKRIE (1)  SEELLY (3)  SHELVEY (5)  SHIRGILL (1)  SIMMONS (5)  SKILTON (1)  SPRATFORD (2)  STICKLES (4)  STONE (26)  STOOKS (1)  SUTTON (6)  SWAFFER (3)  SWAFFEN (4)  SWAIN (3)  SWINERD (6)  SWINARD (1)  TAYLOR (10)  TERRY (19)  THURSTUN (6)  TOMLIN (3)  TWYMAN (10)  VIDGEON (9)  VIDLER (1)  VINCER (1)  WANSTALL (4)  WARD (1)  WATERS (5)  WEBB (2)  WEEKS (9)  WELCH (1)  WESTON (3)  WHITE (1)  WICKS (6)  WILSON (2)  WOOD (8)  WOOLLEY (6)  WRATTEN (1)