Top surnames from the 1881 census in Great Barford, Bedfordshire

Great Barford 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
ROBINSON354.441613.93
PITTS303.8071371.29
TATMAN263.299510,000.00
GOODMAN232.9188100.04
MINNEY202.53812,439.02
WILLIAMSON192.411226.90
BARNETT182.284350.65
THORN182.2843152.93
KNIGHT182.284318.53
NORMAN172.157446.55
HALL151.90366.47
DARRINGTON151.90362,238.81
MAYHEW141.7766215.38
SMITH141.77661.26
GEARY131.6497211.04
JOYCE131.649767.18
HARRIS121.52285.99
KIMPTON121.5228560.75
GARDNER111.395920.56
ROWLES111.3959316.09
LEE101.26907.77
CUTLER101.2690101.94
GOODWIN101.269024.08
CROSS91.142116.60
PAINE91.142182.95
WATFORD91.1421849.06
CROFT91.142148.36
BETTS91.142153.41
CLARKE81.01525.01
PETTIT81.0152128.41
HART81.015211.90
JEFFERIES70.888380.18
HULL70.888342.50
DANIELS70.888328.28
MITCHELL70.88834.38
PAGE70.888311.11
GILBERT70.888315.60
GREENE60.7614279.07
EMERY60.761434.86
WRIGHT60.76142.37
BROWN60.76141.16
WOOTTON60.761483.92
MURFIN60.7614365.85
BROWNING60.761437.41
PACK50.6345135.14
COLMAN50.634568.12
HARPER50.63459.91
SHAW40.50762.76
WINTERS40.5076119.76
GALE40.507616.94

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TATMAN0.7978810000.0000
MINNEY0.797882439.0244
DARRINGTON0.797882238.8060
CURRINGTON0.797881111.1111
WATFORD0.79788849.0566
NORTHERN0.79788754.7170
KIMPTON0.79788560.7477
PRIGMORE0.79788555.5556
MOORING0.79788535.7143
ARBON0.79788493.8272
HIGHT0.79788465.1163
BYWATERS0.79788400.0000
MARIS0.79788400.0000
PITTS0.79788371.2871
MURFIN0.79788365.8537
BROMWELL0.79788357.1429
ROWLES0.79788316.0920
GREENE0.79788279.0698
HILSON0.79788246.9136
MAYHEW0.79788215.3846
GEARY0.79788211.0390
BARROTT0.79788192.3077
THORN0.79788152.9312
DUNCOMBE0.79788151.5152
PACK0.79788135.1351
PETTIT0.79788128.4109
RUTLAND0.79788125.0000
BICKERSTAFF0.79788121.2121
WINTERS0.79788119.7605
CUTLER0.79788101.9368
GOODMAN0.79788100.0435
BACHELOR0.7978888.4956
WOOTTON0.7978883.9161
PAINE0.7978882.9493
JEFFERIES0.7978880.1833
SALE0.7978877.0713
COLMAN0.7978868.1199
GROSS0.7978868.0272
JOYCE0.7978867.1835
FRESHWATER0.7978856.1798
BETTS0.7978853.4125
BARNETT0.7978850.6472
CROFT0.7978848.3611
PARKINS0.7978847.1698
NORMAN0.7978846.5498
PRIDMORE0.7978845.8716
HULL0.7978842.5015
WAGSTAFF0.7978840.7747
MAYES0.7978839.5257
WHITEMAN0.7978839.3701

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 788 people called TATMAN in Great Barford 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 10000.0000 in Great Barford means that 10000.0000% of the people in Great Barford on census day were called TATMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TATMAN 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 TATMAN 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 TATMAN 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 TATMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.79 in Great Barford means that you are 0.79 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TATMAN in Great Barford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Great Barford in 1881

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

IBBITT (1)  AGUTTER (3)  ALLEN (1)  ANDREWS (1)  ARBON (4)  ASHWELL (1)  BALL (1)  BARKER (3)  BARNES (1)  BARNETT (18)  BARROTT (1)  BACHELOR (1)  BEACH (1)  BERRY (3)  BETTS (9)  BICKERSTAFF (2)  BIRD (3)  BOOTLES (2)  BRACI (2)  BROMWELL (1)  BROWN (6)  BROWNING (6)  BYWATERS (2)  CAVE (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (2)  CHAPMAN (4)  CLARKE (8)  COE (1)  COLLS (1)  COLMAN (5)  COOPER (3)  CROFT (9)  CROSS (9)  CURRINGTON (3)  CUTLER (10)  DANIELS (7)  DARRINGTON (15)  DICKENS (1)  DOVER (1)  DUNCOMBE (3)  AYTON (1)  EATON (1)  EYTE (1)  EMERY (6)  EYRE (1)  FENSOM (1)  FIELD (1)  FOSTER (2)  FRESHWATER (1)  GALE (4)  GARNER (2)  GARDNER (11)  GEARY (13)  GILBERT (7)  GILLETT (3)  GOODMAN (23)  GOODWIN (10)  GREENE (6)  GREEN (4)  GROSS (1)  GURNEY (2)  HALL (15)  HARPER (5)  HARRIS (12)  HART (8)  HILSON (2)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HORTON (4)  HULL (7)  HIGHT (2)  JAMES (3)  JARVIS (2)  JEFFERIES (7)  JOHNSON (1)  JOYCE (13)  KEEN (1)  KIMPTON (12)  KING (3)  KNIGHT (18)  NUTT (1)  LANSOM (19)  LEE (10)  LIGHTFOOT (2)  LITTLE (1)  LOYD (1)  LOMBAS (4)  MAKINGS (5)  MADDAMS (6)  MANNING (2)  MARIS (2)  MARTIN (2)  MAYES (3)  MAYHEW (14)  MC MILLAN (3)  MILLER (1)  MINNEY (20)  MITCHELL (7)  MOORING (3)  MURFIN (6)  NEWBERRY (1)  NORMAN (17)  NORTHERN (4)  NOUCH (3)  PACK (5)  PAGE (7)  PARKER (3)  PARKINS (2)  PAINE (9)  PEACH (3)  PEET (1)  PEDLY (12)  PETTIT (8)  PITTS (30)  PRIDMORE (1)  PRIGMORE (1)  RHODES (1)  ROBINSON (35)  ROWLES (11)  RUTLAND (3)  SABEY (17)  SALE (4)  SAMUELS (1)  SAVILLE (1)  SHARPE (1)  SHAW (4)  SHORLEY (1)  SMITH (14)  SPRIGGE (1)  TATMAN (26)  TAYLOR (1)  THORN (18)  TOPHAM (1)  TRUSTRUM (3)  VALENTINE (1)  WAGSTAFF (4)  WATFORD (9)  WHITEMAN (2)  WILLIAMSON (19)  WINTERS (4)  WOOD (1)  WOOTTON (6)  WRIGHT (6)