Top surnames from the 1881 census in Newnham, Kent

Newnham 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
COURT154.8077377.83
JACKSON154.807717.20
SELLEN144.48725,000.00
KING113.525616.18
SAVELL103.20515,555.56
BAKER92.884613.17
BARRETT92.884642.96
CHAPMAN82.564118.05
GRIGGS82.5641329.22
AUSTIN72.243645.90
HARRISON72.243610.11
PACKHAM72.2436463.58
MOSS72.243636.40
DAVIS61.92318.75
MARSHALL61.923111.47
MILLEN51.6026609.76
NORRINGTON51.60261,470.59
GAMBELL51.60263,571.43
ROBINS51.602675.64
BUTLER51.602616.44
FORSTER51.602648.88
WISEMAN41.282193.46
BRENCHLEY41.2821597.01
HUBBARD41.282152.70
ROOK41.2821187.79
WEBB41.28219.46
HARRIS41.28215.04
MILLINGTON30.961563.56
WEEKES30.9615379.75
COAST30.96151,666.67
PILES30.96154,285.71
JURY30.9615300.00
ROCHESTER20.6410243.90
ALLEN20.64103.39
HAMMOND20.641011.26
PELL20.6410114.29
SEAGER20.6410116.28
HALES20.641044.64
KENNARD20.6410131.58
BRANCH20.6410125.00
WOOD20.64102.01
CLARKE20.64103.16
KINGSFORD20.6410465.12
HUDSON20.64107.83
HIGGINS10.32056.34
LAURENCE10.320522.52
WALSH10.32056.02
SUTTON10.32055.04
GOODWIN10.32056.08
JENNINGS10.32056.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SAVELL0.313125555.5556
SELLEN0.313125000.0000
TELLMAN0.313125000.0000
PILES0.313124285.7143
GAMBELL0.313123571.4286
COAST0.313121666.6667
NORRINGTON0.313121470.5882
LAMKIN0.31312833.3333
MILLEN0.31312609.7561
BRENCHLEY0.31312597.0149
KINGSFORD0.31312465.1163
PACKHAM0.31312463.5762
WEEKES0.31312379.7468
COURT0.31312377.8338
GRIGGS0.31312329.2181
JURY0.31312300.0000
ROCHESTER0.31312243.9024
NEAVES0.31312212.7660
ROOK0.31312187.7934
DORRELL0.31312175.4386
BAYLES0.31312161.2903
OTTAWAY0.31312153.8462
KENNARD0.31312131.5789
BRANCH0.31312125.0000
SEAGER0.31312116.2791
PELL0.31312114.2857
GILHAM0.31312109.8901
WISEMAN0.3131293.4579
ROBINS0.3131275.6430
MILLINGTON0.3131263.5593
HUBBARD0.3131252.7009
FORSTER0.3131248.8759
AUSTIN0.3131245.9016
HALES0.3131244.6429
BARRETT0.3131242.9594
MOSS0.3131236.4015
USHER0.3131229.0698
LAURENCE0.3131222.5225
CHAPMAN0.3131218.0546
JACKSON0.3131217.2038
BUTLER0.3131216.4366
KING0.3131216.1765
BAKER0.3131213.1656
HILLS0.3131211.5875
MARSHALL0.3131211.4657
HAMMOND0.3131211.2613
GODFREY0.3131210.8108
HARRISON0.3131210.1068
WEBB0.313129.4585
DAVIS0.313128.7515

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 312 people called SAVELL in Newnham 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 Newnham means that 5555.5556% of the people in Newnham on census day were called SAVELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SAVELL 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 SAVELL 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 SAVELL 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 SAVELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Newnham means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SAVELL in Newnham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Newnham in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ELVY (5)  ANDREWS (1)  ATHERDEN (1)  AUSTIN (7)  BAKER (9)  BARRETT (9)  BATES (1)  BAYLES (1)  BENSTED (1)  BRANCH (2)  BRENCHLEY (4)  BURTON (1)  BUTLER (5)  BOTTLE (2)  CARYER (6)  CHAPMAN (8)  CLARKE (2)  COAST (3)  COULTRIP (10)  COURT (15)  CURTIS (1)  DAVIS (6)  DENCES (1)  DORRELL (1)  EATLY (1)  FORSTER (5)  GAMBELL (5)  GILHAM (1)  GODFREY (1)  GOODWIN (1)  GRIGGS (8)  HALES (2)  HAMMOND (2)  HAMTHER (1)  HARRIS (4)  HARRISON (7)  HIGGINS (1)  HILLS (1)  HUBBARD (4)  HUDSON (2)  JACKSON (15)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNCOCK (3)  JURY (3)  KEMSLEY (3)  KING (11)  KINGSFORD (2)  KENNARD (2)  LAMKIN (1)  LAURENCE (1)  FEVER (1)  MARSH (1)  MARSHALL (6)  MAXTED (2)  MILGATE (3)  MILLEN (5)  MILLER (1)  MILLINGTON (3)  MOSS (7)  NEAVES (1)  NORRINGTON (5)  OTTAWAY (1)  PACKHAM (7)  PERRISS (5)  PELL (2)  PETTMAN (1)  PILES (3)  ROBINS (5)  ROCHESTER (2)  ROOK (4)  RUSSELL (1)  SAVELL (10)  SCOTT (1)  SEAGER (2)  SELLEN (14)  SHIRLOCK (2)  SHRUBSOLE (1)  SMITH (1)  SUTTON (1)  TELLMAN (1)  THORNEWELL (1)  TRITTON (1)  URAPSON (2)  USHER (1)  WALSH (1)  WEBB (4)  WEEKES (3)  WILDASH (2)  WISEMAN (4)  WOOD (2)