Top surnames from the 1881 census in Paddlesworth, Kent

Paddlesworth 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
CROSS816.0000232.56
RUMBOLD612.00005,454.55
MARSH612.0000168.07
DIXON48.000072.99
SMITH48.00005.67
GAMMON24.0000740.74
FINCH24.0000120.48
GILLIAM24.00004,000.00
WALTER12.0000129.87
BAILEY12.000013.28
ROGERS12.000015.41
JONES12.00001.77
WILLIAMS12.00002.78
DAWKINS12.0000277.78
MOUNT12.0000526.32
GOWER12.0000192.31
WHITE12.00006.22

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUMBOLD0.05505454.5455
GILLIAM0.05504000.0000
GAMMON0.0550740.7407
MOUNT0.0550526.3158
DAWKINS0.0550277.7778
CROSS0.0550232.5581
GOWER0.0550192.3077
MARSH0.0550168.0672
WALTER0.0550129.8701
FINCH0.0550120.4819
DIXON0.055072.9927
ROGERS0.055015.4083
BAILEY0.055013.2802
WHITE0.05506.2228
SMITH0.05505.6657
WILLIAMS0.05502.7840
JONES0.05501.7658

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 50 people called RUMBOLD in Paddlesworth 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 5454.5455 in Paddlesworth means that 5454.5455% of the people in Paddlesworth on census day were called RUMBOLD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUMBOLD 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 RUMBOLD 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 RUMBOLD 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 RUMBOLD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.05 in Paddlesworth means that you are 0.05 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUMBOLD in Paddlesworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Paddlesworth in 1881

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

ARGAR (1)  BAILEY (1)  CROSS (8)  DAWKINS (1)  DIXON (4)  FINCH (2)  GAMMON (2)  GOWER (1)  HOGBEN (3)  JONES (1)  MARSH (6)  MOUNT (1)  OSHEE (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUMBOLD (6)  SMITH (4)  SPRINKS (2)  WALTER (1)  WHITE (1)  GILLIAM (2)  WILLIAMS (1) 

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