Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holwell, Bedfordshire

Holwell 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
STAPLETON104.6512462.96
HALSEY94.1860978.26
FARRER94.1860633.80
WINTERS83.7209879.12
BURR83.7209462.43
THOMPSON83.720912.42
RAINBOW73.2558786.52
OLNEY73.25581,555.56
HILLYARD73.25581,272.73
ARNOLD62.790751.77
SQUIRES62.7907197.37
RADCLIFFE62.7907240.00
HARRIS62.790710.98
LEE62.790717.07
BUNKER52.3256574.71
WREN52.3256214.59
HIBBITT41.86052,105.26
ELLIS41.860512.81
DEAR31.3953188.68
LAWMAN31.39531,428.57
CHURCH31.395363.97
HALL31.39534.74
ROBERTS31.39533.71
WEST31.395314.49
TOOLEY20.9302270.27
WHITTEMORE20.93022,222.22
COOMBE20.9302172.41
HURST20.930226.04
CHERRY20.930290.91
GOOCH20.9302105.82
BURROWS10.465110.63
SHEPHERD10.46516.35
FOSTER10.46513.48
ROPER10.465122.32
YOUNG10.46512.17
ODELL10.465163.69
SPARROW10.465136.76
PHILPOT10.465169.44
COBB10.465132.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITTEMORE0.222152222.2222
HIBBITT0.222152105.2632
OLNEY0.222151555.5556
LAWMAN0.222151428.5714
HILLYARD0.222151272.7273
HALSEY0.22215978.2609
WINTERS0.22215879.1209
RAINBOW0.22215786.5169
FARRER0.22215633.8028
BUNKER0.22215574.7126
STAPLETON0.22215462.9630
BURR0.22215462.4277
TOOLEY0.22215270.2703
RADCLIFFE0.22215240.0000
WREN0.22215214.5923
SQUIRES0.22215197.3684
DEAR0.22215188.6792
COOMBE0.22215172.4138
GOOCH0.22215105.8201
CHERRY0.2221590.9091
PHILPOT0.2221569.4444
CHURCH0.2221563.9659
ODELL0.2221563.6943
ARNOLD0.2221551.7688
SPARROW0.2221536.7647
COBB0.2221532.6797
HURST0.2221526.0417
ROPER0.2221522.3214
LEE0.2221517.0746
WEST0.2221514.4928
ELLIS0.2221512.8123
THOMPSON0.2221512.4204
HARRIS0.2221510.9810
BURROWS0.2221510.6270
SHEPHERD0.222156.3492
HALL0.222154.7431
ROBERTS0.222153.7087
FOSTER0.222153.4783
YOUNG0.222152.1650

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 215 people called WHITTEMORE in Holwell 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 2222.2222 in Holwell means that 2222.2222% of the people in Holwell on census day were called WHITTEMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITTEMORE 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 WHITTEMORE 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 WHITTEMORE 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 WHITTEMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.22 in Holwell means that you are 0.22 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITTEMORE in Holwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holwell in 1881

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

ABBISS (22)  ARNOLD (6)  BARYBROOKS (2)  BRANSOME (2)  BRAYBROOKS (4)  BUNKER (5)  BURR (8)  BURROWS (1)  CHERRY (2)  CHURCH (3)  COBB (1)  COOMBE (2)  DEAR (3)  ELLIS (4)  FARRER (9)  FOSTER (1)  GOOCH (2)  HALL (3)  HALSEY (9)  HARRIS (6)  HIBBITT (4)  HIBBETT (1)  HILLYARD (7)  HURST (2)  JEEVES (1)  KILBEY (4)  LAWMAN (3)  LEE (6)  MABBETT (2)  ODELL (1)  OLNEY (7)  OMANT (3)  PHILPOT (1)  PRESLENT (3)  RAINBOW (7)  RADCLIFFE (6)  ROBERTS (3)  ROPER (1)  SHEPHERD (1)  SPARROW (1)  SQUIRES (6)  STAPLETON (10)  TARRIER (8)  THOMPSON (8)  TITMUSS (3)  TOOLEY (2)  WEST (3)  WHITTEMORE (2)  WINTERS (8)  WREN (5)  YOUNG (1)