Top surnames from the 1881 census in Felmersham, Bedfordshire

Felmersham is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Bedfordshire

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
WHITWORTH285.7026341.46
ROBINSON204.073312.77
TURNER183.666013.17
WHITNEY132.6477509.80
MASON132.647719.69
RUST132.6477501.93
PAYNE122.444027.16
ROBERTS112.24035.96
PRIGMORE102.03679,090.91
SURRIDGE102.0367680.27
ASHPOLE91.83303,214.29
DINGLE91.8330420.56
THOMAS91.83304.44
MITCHELL91.83309.04
LOVELL81.629377.90
MARRIOTT81.629372.73
GREEN81.62935.79
BRITTEN81.6293408.16
HOWE81.629341.49
BETTS81.629376.19
BARKER71.425710.89
GADSBY71.4257348.26
ASHFIELD71.4257752.69
COOKE71.425725.83
SCRIVENER61.2220279.07
ASHER61.2220288.46
PARROTT51.018389.61
BELL51.01835.42
RUSSELL51.01838.34
HILTON51.018329.62
RUSHTON51.018349.36
WIGGINS51.018394.34
BROOKS40.81478.33
PECK40.814748.19
COX40.81475.38
JEFFRIES40.814764.94
POOLE40.814716.91
HARRISON40.81473.67
WHITE40.81472.53
FAIREY30.6110422.54
DRAGE30.6110157.89
WILLS30.611020.44
MARTIN20.40731.65
FAIRY20.4073689.66
ALLEN20.40732.16
CHURCH20.407318.67
SINGLE20.4073645.16
BIRD20.40735.33
SAUNDERS20.40734.44
FARRAR20.407330.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PRIGMORE0.494919090.9091
ASHPOLE0.494913214.2857
ASHFIELD0.49491752.6882
FAIRY0.49491689.6552
SURRIDGE0.49491680.2721
SINGLE0.49491645.1613
BROMWELL0.49491588.2353
WHITNEY0.49491509.8039
RUST0.49491501.9305
FAIREY0.49491422.5352
DINGLE0.49491420.5607
BRITTEN0.49491408.1633
BARRINGER0.49491400.0000
GADSBY0.49491348.2587
WHITWORTH0.49491341.4634
WOODIN0.49491312.5000
ASHER0.49491288.4615
SCRIVENER0.49491279.0698
CROXTON0.49491208.3333
TITCOMB0.49491185.1852
ROADS0.49491166.6667
DRAGE0.49491157.8947
COSTIN0.49491125.0000
WIGGINS0.4949194.3396
MILSON0.4949194.3396
PARROTT0.4949189.6057
LOVELL0.4949177.8968
BETTS0.4949176.1905
MARRIOTT0.4949172.7273
JEFFRIES0.4949164.9351
BURBRIDGE0.4949158.8235
CORBY0.4949158.1395
RUSHTON0.4949149.3583
PECK0.4949148.1928
HOWE0.4949141.4938
WILDMAN0.4949133.3333
RIVERS0.4949132.8947
FARRAR0.4949130.5810
HILTON0.4949129.6209
PAYNE0.4949127.1555
COOKE0.4949125.8303
LOVETT0.4949122.2717
WILLS0.4949120.4360
MASON0.4949119.6910
CHURCH0.4949118.6741
NEVILLE0.4949117.1233
POOLE0.4949116.9062
PARTRIDGE0.4949115.5885
WILKIE0.4949114.2857
HALES0.4949114.1844

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 491 people called PRIGMORE in Felmersham 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 9090.9091 in Felmersham means that 9090.9091% of the people in Felmersham on census day were called PRIGMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PRIGMORE 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 PRIGMORE 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 PRIGMORE 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 PRIGMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.49 in Felmersham means that you are 0.49 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PRIGMORE in Felmersham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Felmersham in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  ASHER (6)  ASHFIELD (7)  ASHPOLE (9)  BAKER (1)  BARKER (7)  BARRINGER (2)  BATISCOMBE (1)  BATTY (1)  BELL (5)  BETTS (8)  BIRD (2)  BROMWELL (1)  BRAND (1)  BRITTEN (8)  BROOKS (4)  BURBRIDGE (1)  CHURCH (2)  CIRCUIT (15)  CLARKE (2)  COOKE (7)  COOPER (1)  CORBY (1)  COSTIN (1)  COX (4)  CROXTON (1)  DANIELS (1)  DINGLE (9)  DRAGE (3)  FABLING (1)  FAIREY (3)  FAIRY (2)  FARRAR (2)  GADSBY (7)  GAUDERN (1)  GOODMAN (2)  GREEN (8)  HALES (1)  HARRISON (4)  HULATT (30)  HULAT (1)  HULATT (HULAT) (4)  HILTON (5)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWE (8)  GEAVES (1)  JEFFRIES (4)  LOVELL (8)  LOVETT (1)  LINEHAM (4)  MARRIOTT (8)  MARTIN (2)  MASON (13)  MILMOTH (1)  MILSON (1)  MITCHELL (9)  NEVILLE (1)  PARROTT (5)  PARTRIDGE (2)  PAYNE (12)  PECK (4)  POOLE (4)  PRIGMORE (10)  ROADS (1)  RIVERS (1)  ROBERTS (11)  ROBINSON (20)  RUSHTON (5)  RUSSELL (5)  RUST (13)  SAUNDERS (2)  SCRIVENER (6)  SHARPE (2)  SHRIVES (2)  SINGLE (2)  SMITH (1)  STANBRIDGE (1)  SUMERFIELD (1)  SUMMERLING (6)  SURRIDGE (10)  SWANNELL (23)  THOMAS (9)  TITCOMB (1)  TRUIT (6)  TURNER (18)  TYSOE (5)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WHITE (4)  WHITNEY (13)  WHITWORTH (28)  WIGGINS (5)  WILDMAN (1)  WILKIE (1)  WILLS (3)  WOODIN (1)