Top surnames from the 1881 census in Womenswould, Kent

Womenswould 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
FOX2511.0132118.60
HOLLOWAY114.8458158.27
MARSH114.845867.94
DAWKINS104.4053609.76
ELLEN83.52421,632.65
RATCLIFFE83.5242127.59
PILCHER83.5242707.96
FAGG73.0837786.52
SUTTON73.083748.44
CARLTON73.0837598.29
BAX73.08372,500.00
BALDOCK62.6432377.36
KEMP62.643247.66
HUGHES62.64329.43
ARTER62.64322,307.69
REYNOLDS52.202625.43
AYERS52.2026367.65
WILLIAMS52.20263.07
JACOBS41.762173.53
HARVEY41.762116.50
CLARK20.88112.93
GROOMBRIDGE20.8811350.88
FINN20.881196.62
JONES20.88110.78
SCOTT20.88113.48
HALL20.88112.99
PEIRCE20.8811259.74
GILHAM20.8811303.03
APPLETON10.440528.09
DEAL10.4405178.57
PITCHER10.440556.82
BEAN10.440534.01
WRAIGHT10.4405169.49
JORDAN10.44059.97
SPAIN10.4405175.44
GREEN10.44051.56
MAPLE10.4405285.71
DIXON10.44054.02
HOLMES10.44053.62
CREASE10.4405312.50
RALPH10.440528.90
BENEFIELD10.44052,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAX0.232272500.0000
ARTER0.232272307.6923
BENEFIELD0.232272000.0000
ELLEN0.232271632.6531
FAGG0.23227786.5169
PILCHER0.23227707.9646
DAWKINS0.23227609.7561
CARLTON0.23227598.2906
BALDOCK0.23227377.3585
AYERS0.23227367.6471
GROOMBRIDGE0.23227350.8772
CREASE0.23227312.5000
GILHAM0.23227303.0303
MAPLE0.23227285.7143
PEIRCE0.23227259.7403
DEAL0.23227178.5714
SPAIN0.23227175.4386
WRAIGHT0.23227169.4915
HOLLOWAY0.23227158.2734
RATCLIFFE0.23227127.5917
FOX0.23227118.5958
FINN0.2322796.6184
JACOBS0.2322773.5294
MARSH0.2322767.9432
PITCHER0.2322756.8182
SUTTON0.2322748.4429
KEMP0.2322747.6569
BEAN0.2322734.0136
RALPH0.2322728.9017
APPLETON0.2322728.0899
REYNOLDS0.2322725.4323
HARVEY0.2322716.5017
JORDAN0.232279.9701
HUGHES0.232279.4325
DIXON0.232274.0209
HOLMES0.232273.6179
SCOTT0.232273.4819
WILLIAMS0.232273.0664
HALL0.232272.9949
CLARK0.232272.9313
GREEN0.232271.5645
JONES0.232270.7779

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 227 people called BAX in Womenswould 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 2500.0000 in Womenswould means that 2500.0000% of the people in Womenswould on census day were called BAX.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAX 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 BAX 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 BAX 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 BAX here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.23 in Womenswould means that you are 0.23 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAX in Womenswould than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Womenswould in 1881

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

APPLETON (1)  ARTER (6)  BAX (7)  BADGERS (4)  BALDOCK (6)  BEAN (1)  BENEFIELD (1)  BEANY (1)  BURVILL (3)  CARLTON (7)  CLARINGBOULD (6)  CLARK (2)  COLTHUP (1)  CREASE (1)  DEAL (1)  DAWKINS (10)  DIXON (1)  ELLEN (8)  AYERS (5)  FAGG (7)  FAIRBRACE (6)  FINN (2)  FOX (25)  GARLINGE (3)  GILHAM (2)  JORDAN (1)  GREEN (1)  GROOMBRIDGE (2)  HALL (2)  HARVEY (4)  HOLLOWAY (11)  HOLMES (1)  HOLTUM (3)  HUGHES (6)  JACOBS (4)  JONES (2)  KEMP (6)  MC KEE (4)  MAPLE (1)  MARSH (11)  MAXTED (1)  OLSTON (1)  PEIRCE (2)  PETMAN (4)  PITCHER (1)  PILCHER (8)  QUESTED (1)  RATCLIFFE (8)  REYNOLDS (5)  RIGDEN (2)  RALPH (1)  SCOTT (2)  SIMNE (1)  SPAIN (1)  SUTTON (7)  WILLIAMS (5)  WRAIGHT (1) 

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