Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harlington, Bedfordshire

Harlington 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
HARRIS478.768734.50
ASHBY376.9030411.57
DENTON275.0373274.11
HINKS254.66421,146.79
FOWLER244.477678.41
CHANCE183.3582725.81
BONNER183.3582382.17
STONE173.171643.87
CLEAVER162.9851352.42
DINES132.4254909.09
HALL122.23887.61
LAWMAN112.05222,075.47
PERRY112.052227.90
PURSER112.0522558.38
CARTWRIGHT91.679144.05
ELDRIDGE91.6791153.58
BUTT91.6791130.25
HUTT81.4925347.83
COOK71.30606.57
IRELAND71.306056.27
BUCKMASTER71.30601,029.41
NEWBURY61.1194184.05
BUSHBY50.9328238.10
GILES50.932824.47
RICHARDSON50.93285.48
MEAD50.932840.03
COCKING50.9328192.31
BAKER50.93284.26
LANE50.932813.54
HILL40.74632.93
SHUFFIELD40.746313,333.33
CHRISTIAN40.746375.19
HIGGS40.746340.94
ELLIS40.74635.14
BACON30.559722.27
ABBOTT30.559712.69
CLARKE30.55972.76
HAMMOND30.55979.83
GADSDEN30.5597428.57
EVANS30.55971.28
ASBURY30.5597238.10
MAKEPEACE20.3731132.45
BLISS20.373160.98
PAGE20.37314.67
DAUBNEY20.3731253.16
QUANCE20.3731571.43
MARTIN20.37311.51
COX20.37312.46
PARKINSON20.37317.78
CHILDS20.373120.30

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SHUFFIELD0.5453613333.3333
LAWMAN0.545362075.4717
HINKS0.545361146.7890
BUCKMASTER0.545361029.4118
DINES0.54536909.0909
CHANCE0.54536725.8065
QUANCE0.54536571.4286
PURSER0.54536558.3756
GADSDEN0.54536428.5714
ASHBY0.54536411.5684
BONNER0.54536382.1656
CLEAVER0.54536352.4229
HUTT0.54536347.8261
DENTON0.54536274.1117
DAUBNEY0.54536253.1646
ASBURY0.54536238.0952
BUSHBY0.54536238.0952
HYMAS0.54536222.2222
COCKING0.54536192.3077
NEWBURY0.54536184.0491
BUNNING0.54536175.4386
ELDRIDGE0.54536153.5836
MAKEPEACE0.54536132.4503
BUTT0.54536130.2460
FOWLER0.5453678.4057
CHRISTIAN0.5453675.1880
BLISS0.5453660.9756
IRELAND0.5453656.2701
KINGHAM0.5453651.2821
CARTWRIGHT0.5453644.0529
STONE0.5453643.8710
HIGGS0.5453640.9417
MEAD0.5453640.0320
HARRIS0.5453634.5030
PICK0.5453629.2398
PERRY0.5453627.9046
ODELL0.5453625.5102
GILES0.5453624.4738
BACON0.5453622.2717
CHILDS0.5453620.3046
LANE0.5453613.5355
ABBOTT0.5453612.6904
FARR0.5453612.5628
EAST0.5453611.9904
DOWNING0.5453610.7296
HAMMOND0.545369.8296
BOURNE0.545369.6154
PARKINSON0.545367.7791
HALL0.545367.6099
WALLER0.545367.4074

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 536 people called SHUFFIELD in Harlington 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 13333.3333 in Harlington means that 13333.3333% of the people in Harlington on census day were called SHUFFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SHUFFIELD 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 SHUFFIELD 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 SHUFFIELD 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 SHUFFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Harlington means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SHUFFIELD in Harlington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harlington in 1881

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

ABBIS (7)  ABBOTT (3)  ANSTER (1)  ARMSDEN (6)  ASHBY (37)  ASBURY (3)  BABISTER (9)  BACON (3)  BAKER (5)  BEARPARK (1)  BLISS (2)  BONNER (18)  BRINKLER (4)  BROWN (1)  BUCKMASTER (7)  BUNNING (1)  BOURNE (1)  BUSHBY (5)  BUTT (9)  CARR (1)  CARTWRIGHT (9)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHANCE (18)  CHILDS (2)  CHRISTIAN (4)  CLARKE (3)  CLEAVER (16)  COCKING (5)  COOK (7)  COX (2)  DAUBNEY (2)  DINES (13)  DENTON (27)  DABY (1)  DOWNING (1)  DREW (1)  EAST (1)  ELDRIDGE (9)  ELLIS (4)  EVANS (3)  FARR (1)  FOLL (2)  FOLE (1)  FOWLER (24)  GADSDEN (3)  GAZELEY (4)  GILES (5)  GLADDY (1)  GOBBY (3)  HALL (12)  HAMMOND (3)  HARRIS (47)  HEBBES (8)  HIGGS (4)  HILL (4)  HINKS (25)  HURST (1)  HUTT (8)  HYMUS (6)  HYMAS (1)  IRELAND (7)  IVELL (1)  KINGHAM (1)  LANE (5)  LAWMAN (11)  LELLING (4)  MAKEPEACE (2)  MARTIN (2)  MEAD (5)  MUCKLESTON (4)  NEWBURY (6)  ODELL (1)  PAGE (2)  PARKINSON (2)  PEDDAR (5)  PENKARD (1)  PERRY (11)  PICK (1)  PURSER (11)  QUANCE (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROBINSON (1)  SHUFFIELD (4)  SMITH (1)  SNOXELL (1)  STENTON (1)  STONE (17)  SUORALL (5)  WALLER (1)