Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ridley, Kent

Ridley 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
COX1218.4615121.83
STEVENS710.7692103.09
LOFT57.69232,941.18
HILLS46.1538222.22
SCOTT46.153824.32
PHELPS34.6154461.54
BISHOP34.615466.08
RUMBLE34.61541,250.00
BAILEY23.076920.43
FIELD23.076961.92
DYKE11.5385153.85
COLLETT11.5385120.48
MATTHEWS11.538517.64
HAMMOND11.538527.03
DEACON11.538590.91
STOREY11.538560.61

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LOFT0.07652941.1765
RUMBLE0.07651250.0000
PHELPS0.0765461.5385
HILLS0.0765222.2222
DYKE0.0765153.8462
COX0.0765121.8274
COLLETT0.0765120.4819
STEVENS0.0765103.0928
DEACON0.076590.9091
BISHOP0.076566.0793
FIELD0.076561.9195
STOREY0.076560.6061
HAMMOND0.076527.0270
SCOTT0.076524.3161
BAILEY0.076520.4290
MATTHEWS0.076517.6367

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 65 people called LOFT in Ridley 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 2941.1765 in Ridley means that 2941.1765% of the people in Ridley on census day were called LOFT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LOFT 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 LOFT 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 LOFT 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 LOFT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Ridley means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LOFT in Ridley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ridley in 1881

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

BAILEY (2)  BISHOP (3)  COLLETT (1)  COX (12)  DEACON (1)  DYKE (1)  FIELD (2)  HAMMOND (1)  HILDER (4)  HILLS (4)  LOFT (5)  MATTHEWS (1)  PERREN (9)  PHELPS (3)  RUMBLE (3)  SCOTT (4)  STEVENS (7)  STOREY (1)  WIFFEN (1)