Top surnames from the 1881 census in Keysoe, Bedfordshire

Keysoe 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
STAPLETON10014.08451,402.52
GILLET395.49304,756.10
BROWN365.07047.69
WOOLSTON273.80282,195.12
BARNET202.8169588.24
PAGE202.816935.24
MATHEWS182.535268.65
FREEMAN182.535239.70
RUFF172.3944742.36
WHITLOCK162.2535378.25
GEORGE141.971833.61
JAMES131.83109.32
HAWKINS131.831025.29
WISE121.690181.08
CUNNINGTON111.5493375.43
WALKER101.40854.21
STUART91.267653.13
ASHER91.2676300.00
STURGESS91.2676221.13
LINGER81.12681,951.22
BRUMWELL81.12681,403.51
COOK70.98594.96
MARRIOT70.9859573.77
GREEN70.98593.50
WOODWARD70.985919.99
HALL60.84512.87
DICKENS60.845180.75
BROOKS60.84518.64
HILL60.84513.32
STANTON60.845142.37
HARDWICK60.845155.25
MADDISON60.845186.21
STEWART60.84515.40
FISHER50.70426.02
WILMOT50.7042105.49
CHERRY50.704268.78
KING50.70423.23
ANNIS40.5634344.83
LAWMAN40.5634571.43
BULL40.563413.32
MAYES40.563458.48
WILKINSON40.56343.69
COPE40.563424.92
HILLS30.422515.28
TAYLOR30.42250.66
BARNETT30.42259.37
TOWNS30.4225131.58
OLIVER30.42255.92
ROBERTS20.28170.75
CLARIDGE20.281748.43

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GILLET0.717104756.0976
WOOLSTON0.717102195.1220
LINGER0.717101951.2195
BRUMWELL0.717101403.5088
STAPLETON0.717101402.5245
RUFF0.71710742.3581
BARNET0.71710588.2353
MARRIOT0.71710573.7705
LAWMAN0.71710571.4286
WHITLOCK0.71710378.2506
CUNNINGTON0.71710375.4266
ANNIS0.71710344.8276
BRIMLEY0.71710317.4603
ASHER0.71710300.0000
STURGESS0.71710221.1302
ELDERKIN0.71710192.3077
TOWNS0.71710131.5789
EMERTON0.71710108.6957
WILMOT0.71710105.4852
MEDLOCK0.7171090.9091
MADDISON0.7171086.2069
WISE0.7171081.0811
DICKENS0.7171080.7537
CHERRY0.7171068.7758
MATHEWS0.7171068.6499
MAYES0.7171058.4795
HARDWICK0.7171055.2486
STUART0.7171053.1287
NOTTINGHAM0.7171052.6316
CLARIDGE0.7171048.4262
BAYES0.7171047.1698
STANTON0.7171042.3729
FREEMAN0.7171039.7000
MOBBS0.7171037.4532
PAGE0.7171035.2361
GEORGE0.7171033.6054
PEDLEY0.7171027.7778
RUST0.7171026.6667
HAWKINS0.7171025.2918
COPE0.7171024.9221
WILDMAN0.7171023.0415
WOODWARD0.7171019.9886
NEWELL0.7171017.8253
CHILDS0.7171015.3374
HILLS0.7171015.2827
BULL0.7171013.3245
STOCK0.7171011.3250
BARNETT0.717109.3691
JAMES0.717109.3217
BROOKS0.717108.6443

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 710 people called GILLET in Keysoe 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 4756.0976 in Keysoe means that 4756.0976% of the people in Keysoe on census day were called GILLET.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GILLET 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 GILLET 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 GILLET 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 GILLET here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.71 in Keysoe means that you are 0.71 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GILLET in Keysoe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Keysoe in 1881

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

ANNIS (4)  ASHER (9)  BAKER (2)  BANHAM (2)  BARNET (20)  BARNETT (3)  BEEBY (13)  BRUMWELL (8)  BREARY (2)  BRIMLEY (2)  BROOKS (6)  BROWN (36)  BULL (4)  BURNS (1)  BAYES (1)  CAMINGTON (5)  CARESS (1)  CHERRY (5)  CHILDS (2)  CLARIDGE (2)  CLARK (1)  COOK (7)  COPE (4)  CUNDITON (?) (1)  CUNNINGTON (11)  CUNINGTON (9)  DICKENS (6)  ELDERKIN (1)  EMERTON (1)  IVETT (1)  FENSOM (3)  FILSAL (20)  FISHER (5)  FREEMAN (18)  FREEMA (?) (6)  GEORGE (14)  GILBERT (1)  GILLET (39)  GREEN (7)  HALL (6)  HARDWICK (6)  HART (2)  HARTOP (13)  HAWKINS (13)  HILL (6)  HILLS (3)  HOLDEN (1)  HORNER (1)  JAMES (13)  KING (5)  LAWMAN (4)  LINGER (8)  MADDISON (6)  MARRIOT (7)  MATHEWS (18)  MAYES (4)  MEDLOCK (1)  MOBBS (1)  NEWELL (2)  NOTTINGHAM (1)  OLIVER (3)  PAGE (20)  PARTRIGE (1)  PATENHALE (1)  PATENHALL (1)  PEDLEY (1)  PERKINS (2)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (1)  RUFF (17)  RUST (1)  SABY (12)  SAUNDERSON (2)  SHELFORD (10)  STANTON (6)  STAPLETON (100)  STUART (9)  STEWART (6)  STOCK (1)  STURGESS (9)  SWEPSTON (8)  TAYLOR (3)  THOMPSON (1)  TOWNS (3)  VASTAR (1)  WAINWRIGHT (1)  WALKER (10)  WHITLOCK (16)  WILDMAN (1)  WILKINSON (4)  WILMOT (5)  WISE (12)  WOODWARD (7)  WOOLSTON (27)