Top surnames from the 1881 census in Flitton, Bedfordshire

Flitton 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
CHAPMAN324.664732.84
ODELL284.0816557.77
ASHTON263.790177.36
PALMER243.498529.68
TAYLOR243.49855.47
HARRIS223.207012.62
DOWNING192.7697159.26
WESTON192.769767.91
JONES152.18661.93
GOODMAN142.040869.93
WORKER131.89503,714.29
ELMORE131.89501,340.21
RICHARDSON131.895011.13
VASS121.7493515.02
OSBORN121.749384.09
RAINBOW121.7493422.54
KING111.60357.36
BONE111.603586.48
PEDDER111.6035456.43
CLARKE111.60357.91
CARR101.457720.20
PORTER81.166215.54
PEAT81.1662146.25
BARKER81.16628.91
STAPLETON81.1662116.11
ARNOLD81.166221.63
GODFREY81.166239.33
EVANS81.16622.67
CHERRY81.1662113.96
PAGE71.020412.76
RANDALL71.020432.57
NORTHWOOD71.0204538.46
ANSELL71.020488.38
SIMMS71.020489.74
EMERTON71.0204795.45
ADAMS60.87465.94
FARRER60.8746132.16
WILDMAN60.8746143.20
MILLARD60.874652.82
DUDLEY60.874658.31
MASON60.87466.50
WILLINGHAM60.8746588.24
WHITTINGTON50.7289103.52
BURROWS50.728916.65
WALLIS40.583117.21
CLARK40.58311.94
CHAMPION40.583155.71
WALLER40.583123.15
CRANE40.583127.64
CASTLEMAN30.4373483.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WORKER0.696863714.2857
KUCH0.696863333.3333
RENAUD0.696861666.6667
FLEMINGS0.696861666.6667
ELMORE0.696861340.2062
LOWING0.69686833.3333
EMERTON0.69686795.4545
WILLINGHAM0.69686588.2353
ODELL0.69686557.7689
NORTHWOOD0.69686538.4615
VASS0.69686515.0215
CASTLEMAN0.69686483.8710
PEDDER0.69686456.4315
VIRGIN0.69686447.7612
RAINBOW0.69686422.5352
DOWNING0.69686159.2624
PEAT0.69686146.2523
WILDMAN0.69686143.1981
FARRER0.69686132.1586
STAPLETON0.69686116.1103
CHERRY0.69686113.9601
WHITTINGTON0.69686103.5197
SIMMS0.6968689.7436
ANSELL0.6968688.3838
BONE0.6968686.4780
OSBORN0.6968684.0925
GODBOLD0.6968681.9672
ASHTON0.6968677.3579
GOODMAN0.6968669.9301
WESTON0.6968667.9056
LINE0.6968661.3497
DUDLEY0.6968658.3090
CHAMPION0.6968655.7103
VARNEY0.6968655.7103
MILLARD0.6968652.8169
SUMMERFIELD0.6968644.9438
DIX0.6968644.3131
GODFREY0.6968639.3314
CHAPMAN0.6968632.8441
RANDALL0.6968632.5733
PALMER0.6968629.6809
CRANE0.6968627.6434
BILLINGTON0.6968626.8456
SQUIRE0.6968624.6002
STEDMAN0.6968623.4742
WALLER0.6968623.1481
SHERWOOD0.6968622.8833
ARNOLD0.6968621.6333
CARR0.6968620.2020
POULTON0.6968618.1488

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 686 people called WORKER in Flitton 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 3714.2857 in Flitton means that 3714.2857% of the people in Flitton on census day were called WORKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WORKER 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 WORKER 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 WORKER 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 WORKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.69 in Flitton means that you are 0.69 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WORKER in Flitton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Flitton in 1881

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

ADAMS (6)  ANSELL (7)  ARNOLD (8)  ASHLEY (1)  ASHTON (26)  BARKER (8)  BILCHENOR (1)  BILLINGTON (2)  BONE (11)  BOSTIN (6)  BRAISHER (3)  BRINKLER (3)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (2)  BUNTING (1)  BURGESS (1)  BURROWS (5)  CAULCUTT (3)  CARR (10)  CASTLEMAN (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAMPION (4)  CHAPMAN (32)  CHERRY (8)  CLARKE (11)  CLARK (4)  COLES (2)  COLEMAN (3)  COOPER (3)  KUCH (2)  CRANE (4)  DANIEL (2)  DEAN (1)  DIX (3)  DOWNING (19)  DUDLEY (6)  ELMORE (13)  EMERTON (7)  EVANS (8)  FARRER (6)  FENNEMORE (4)  FLEMINGS (2)  FORD (3)  FOWLER (1)  GOBEY (16)  GODBOLD (1)  GODFREY (8)  GOODHALL (2)  GOODMAN (14)  GORE (1)  GUDGIN (7)  HARRIS (22)  HILL (1)  HUGHES (1)  HYDE (1)  INSKIP (2)  JACKSON (1)  JONES (15)  KING (11)  KITCHENER (1)  LINDLEY (1)  LINE (2)  LOWE (1)  LOWING (2)  LUNNIS (4)  MADDAMS (2)  MARTIN (1)  MASON (6)  MILLARD (6)  NEWMAN (2)  NORTHWOOD (7)  ODELL (28)  OSBORN (12)  PAGE (7)  PALMER (24)  PAUL (3)  PAYNE (1)  PEAT (8)  PEDDER (11)  PEDDAR (1)  PERKS (1)  PETTITE (5)  PORTER (8)  POULTON (1)  PRATT (1)  RAINBOW (12)  RANDALL (7)  RENAUD (1)  RICHARDSON (13)  SHARP (3)  SHERWOOD (2)  SIMPSON (1)  SIMMS (7)  SQUIRE (2)  SQUIRES (1)  STAPLETON (8)  STEDMAN (1)  STEVENS (2)  STREET (1)  SUMMERFIELD (2)  SWAIN (1)  TAYLOR (24)  THOMPSON (3)  VASS (12)  VIRGIN (3)  WALLIS (4)  WALLER (4)  WARLER (4)  VARNEY (2)  WATTS (1)  WESTON (19)  WHEELER (3)  WIFFEN (2)  WHITTINGTON (5)  WILDMAN (6)  WILLINGHAM (6)  WILLIS (2)  WOODCRAFT (2)  WORKER (13)