Top surnames from the 1881 census in Swingfield, Kent

Swingfield 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
MARSH3910.0775141.25
NICHOLLS133.359264.32
BEAN112.8424219.56
FRIEND102.5840227.79
KEELER102.5840877.19
HILL102.584010.15
HOBBS102.584070.92
PRESCOTT82.0672146.52
HOLLIDAY82.0672157.79
DAWKINS82.0672285.71
WELSH82.067252.22
ANDREWS71.808818.88
COOK71.80889.11
BARWICK61.5504363.64
GAMMON61.5504288.46
BIRCH61.550437.83
YOUNG61.55047.22
PALMER61.550413.15
BOWLES61.550494.79
PAIN51.2920143.68
AMOS51.292078.62
ALLEN51.29206.84
TUCKER51.292023.34
WELLARD41.0336512.82
FULLER41.033625.56
MIDDLETON41.033619.69
HILLS30.775228.04
COLLINS30.77525.40
KENNETT20.516893.02
SMITH20.51680.37
REVELL20.516889.29
WELCH20.516814.70
PAGE20.51686.46
MINTON20.5168152.67
SHARP20.51686.20
CLAYSON20.5168240.96
ATKINS20.516813.78
REES20.51685.94
JONES20.51680.46
PACKER20.516849.02
BAKER20.51682.36
RICHARDS20.51683.42
HANDFORD10.258469.44
REED10.25843.54
BURRILL10.2584232.56
JOHNSTON10.25843.20
ADAMS10.25841.75
WATERS10.25846.43
BISHOP10.25843.70
HOUSE10.258419.84

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEELER0.39387877.1930
EASTES0.39387714.2857
HEYMAN0.39387714.2857
WELLARD0.39387512.8205
BARWICK0.39387363.6364
GAMMON0.39387288.4615
DAWKINS0.39387285.7143
CLAYSON0.39387240.9639
BURRILL0.39387232.5581
FRIEND0.39387227.7904
BEAN0.39387219.5609
HOLLIDAY0.39387157.7909
MINTON0.39387152.6718
PRESCOTT0.39387146.5201
PAIN0.39387143.6782
MARSH0.39387141.2532
DRAY0.39387114.9425
CHITTENDEN0.39387102.0408
WILLARD0.39387100.0000
BOWLES0.3938794.7867
KENNETT0.3938793.0233
REVELL0.3938789.2857
AMOS0.3938778.6164
HOBBS0.3938770.9220
HANDFORD0.3938769.4444
FAGG0.3938765.7895
NICHOLLS0.3938764.3246
CATT0.3938763.2911
WELSH0.3938752.2193
PACKER0.3938749.0196
SPRATT0.3938746.5116
BIRCH0.3938737.8310
WAIN0.3938730.7692
HILLS0.3938728.0374
FULLER0.3938725.5591
TUCKER0.3938723.3427
HOUSE0.3938719.8413
MIDDLETON0.3938719.6850
ANDREWS0.3938718.8781
WELCH0.3938714.6951
ATKINS0.3938713.7836
HATTON0.3938713.1579
PALMER0.3938713.1521
HUBBARD0.3938710.6270
HILL0.3938710.1451
COOK0.393879.1063
WYATT0.393878.8106
YOUNG0.393877.2167
ALLEN0.393876.8390
PAGE0.393876.4641

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 387 people called KEELER in Swingfield 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 877.1930 in Swingfield means that 877.1930% of the people in Swingfield on census day were called KEELER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEELER 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 KEELER 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 KEELER 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 KEELER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.39 in Swingfield means that you are 0.39 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEELER in Swingfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Swingfield in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  ALLEN (5)  AMOS (5)  ANDREWS (7)  ARGAR (2)  ATKINS (2)  AUSTIN (1)  BAKER (2)  BANKS (1)  BARWICK (6)  BEAN (11)  BIRCH (6)  BISHOP (1)  BOWLES (6)  BURGESS (1)  BURRILL (1)  CATT (1)  CHITTENDEN (1)  CLARK (1)  CLAYSON (2)  COLLINS (3)  COOK (7)  CROWD (1)  DAWKINS (8)  DAWKINGS (4)  DEMIE (1)  DROWL (1)  DRAY (1)  EASTES (1)  FAGG (1)  FEDHAMS (4)  FINNIS (4)  FITTALL (2)  FULLER (4)  FRIEND (10)  GAINNOLD (5)  GAMMON (6)  GISBEY (6)  GISBY (2)  GOODBAND (1)  H..STEP (2)  H...GSTEP (1)  HOLLIDAY (8)  HAMBROOK (7)  HEYMAN (1)  HANDFORD (1)  HATTON (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HEELEY (1)  HILL (10)  HILLS (3)  HOBBS (10)  HOGBEN (4)  HOUSE (1)  HUBBARD (1)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSTON (1)  JONES (2)  KENNETT (2)  LANDALL (1)  MAKTAIN (2)  MARSH (39)  MAXTED (2)  MAY (1)  KEELER (10)  MIDDLETON (4)  MINTON (2)  MUMMERY (11)  NEVELL (1)  NICHOLLS (13)  PACKER (2)  PAGE (2)  PALMER (6)  PAIN (5)  PREBBLE (8)  PRESCOTT (8)  REES (2)  REEDE (6)  REED (1)  REVELL (2)  RICHARDS (2)  SEATH (10)  CHEDWICK (7)  SHARP (2)  SHELBOURNE (1)  SHRUBSOLE (5)  SMITH (2)  SPRATT (1)  STOKES (1)  SWISSEN (1)  THOMAS (1)  TRITTON (3)  TUCKER (5)  WAIN (1)  WATERS (1)  WEBB (1)  WELCH (2)  WELSH (8)  WELLARD (4)  WILLARD (1)  WYATT (1)  YOUNG (6) 

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