Top surnames from the 1881 census in Waltham, Kent

Waltham 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
DANIELS203.9526125.87
FEARN183.5573476.19
BRICE173.3597406.70
GIBBS142.766856.32
COOK142.766813.93
SCOTT122.37159.37
SMITH122.37151.68
WARDEN112.1739303.87
WOOD112.17396.82
HAWKES112.1739134.80
STICKLES101.97635,555.56
BROWNING101.976397.09
CASTLE101.976399.50
WATERS101.976349.19
HOAR91.7787432.69
HARVEY91.778716.66
HANCOCK91.778739.10
OVER91.7787756.30
ANSLEY81.58101,600.00
GODDEN81.5810228.57
HAYWARD81.581037.09
VIDLER81.5810526.32
KEELER81.5810533.33
CULLEN81.581090.19
ROGERS81.581012.18
TAYLOR81.58102.47
POTTS71.383441.44
STOCKBRIDGE71.3834853.66
WEBB61.18588.75
CROUCHER61.1858206.90
WILLIAMS50.98811.38
DODD50.988124.30
FORAN50.98812,272.73
DIAMOND50.9881212.77
BIRCHETT40.79054,000.00
PHILPOTT40.7905103.09
JOHNSON40.79052.35
COX40.79055.22
WINCHESTER40.7905207.25
FAGG40.7905201.01
CLOKE40.7905404.04
VICKERS40.790530.79
HOPKINS30.59299.85
NEWPORT30.5929116.73
SUTTON30.59299.31
DIXON30.59295.41
BROOKS30.59296.07
PEPPER30.592942.19
BRENCHLEY30.5929275.23
POTT30.5929260.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STICKLES0.515065555.5556
BIRCHETT0.515064000.0000
FORAN0.515062272.7273
HAVEY0.515062000.0000
ANSLEY0.515061600.0000
STOCKBRIDGE0.51506853.6585
OVER0.51506756.3025
KEELER0.51506533.3333
VIDLER0.51506526.3158
FILE0.51506512.8205
FEARN0.51506476.1905
HOAR0.51506432.6923
BRICE0.51506406.6986
CLOKE0.51506404.0404
WARDEN0.51506303.8674
CAGE0.51506277.7778
BRENCHLEY0.51506275.2294
POTT0.51506260.8696
GODDEN0.51506228.5714
DIAMOND0.51506212.7660
WINCHESTER0.51506207.2539
CROUCHER0.51506206.8966
FAGG0.51506201.0050
TUFF0.51506158.7302
EPPS0.51506143.8849
HAWKES0.51506134.8039
KNELL0.51506129.8701
DANIELS0.51506125.8653
NEWPORT0.51506116.7315
PHILPOTT0.51506103.0928
CASTLE0.5150699.5025
BROWNING0.5150697.0874
CULLEN0.5150690.1917
TULL0.5150681.9672
GAGE0.5150670.1754
GIBBS0.5150656.3154
AUSTEN0.5150651.4139
WATERS0.5150649.1884
COLMAN0.5150642.4628
PEPPER0.5150642.1941
POTTS0.5150641.4446
HANCOCK0.5150639.0964
HAYWARD0.5150637.0885
LILLY0.5150632.4675
VICKERS0.5150630.7929
SPARKS0.5150626.1438
DURRANT0.5150625.2525
DODD0.5150624.2954
OLDFIELD0.5150623.9234
CHAMPION0.5150618.8679

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 506 people called STICKLES in Waltham 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 Waltham means that 5555.5556% of the people in Waltham on census day were called STICKLES.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STICKLES 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 STICKLES 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 STICKLES 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 STICKLES here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.51 in Waltham means that you are 0.51 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STICKLES in Waltham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Waltham in 1881

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

ANSLEY (8)  ARNOLD (1)  AUSTEN (2)  BIRCHETT (4)  BOUGHTEN (1)  BRENCHLEY (3)  BRETT (1)  BROOKS (3)  BROWNING (10)  BRICE (17)  CAGE (1)  CASTLE (10)  CHAMPION (1)  CLOKE (4)  COLMAN (2)  COLEMAN (1)  MC CONNOR (1)  COOK (14)  COX (4)  CROUCHER (6)  CULLEN (8)  DANIELS (20)  DIAMOND (5)  DILNOTT (2)  DILNOT (9)  DIXON (3)  DODD (5)  DURRANT (2)  EMERY (1)  EPPS (2)  FAGG (4)  FEARN (18)  FILE (2)  FISHER (2)  FORAN (5)  FOORD (8)  GAGE (2)  GIBBS (14)  GOLDFINCH (1)  GOLDUP (1)  GODDEN (8)  JORDAN (2)  HANCOCK (9)  HARVEY (9)  HAVEY (2)  HAWKES (11)  HAYWARD (8)  HOAR (9)  HOARE (1)  HOLDAY (1)  HOOD (1)  HOPKINS (3)  HORN (1)  HUBBERD (2)  HUNTLY (3)  IDDENDEN (5)  JOHNSON (4)  KNELL (1)  LEGGATT (5)  LILLY (1)  LINGHAM (7)  MARSH (1)  MARSHALL (1)  KEELER (8)  MILLS (2)  MOON (1)  NEWPORT (3)  NORRIS (1)  OLDFIELD (2)  OVER (9)  PEMBAL (1)  PEPPER (3)  PHILPOTT (4)  POTT (3)  POTTS (7)  PREBBLE (1)  REED (2)  RIGDEN (1)  ROGERS (8)  ROSE (1)  SACREE (10)  SCOTT (12)  SEVINNARD (1)  SMITH (12)  SOUTHEON (1)  SOUGHTON (2)  SOUTEN (4)  SOUTTEN (4)  SPARKS (2)  STICKLES (10)  STOCKBRIDGE (7)  STOAKES (2)  SUTTON (3)  TAYLOR (8)  TULL (1)  TUFF (1)  VICKERS (4)  VIDGEON (1)  VIDLER (8)  WARDEN (11)  WATERS (10)  WEBB (6)  WILLIAMS (5)  WINCHESTER (4)  WOOD (11)  WOOLLET (1)  WOOLLETT (1)  UDEN (4) 

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