Top surnames from the 1881 census in Knotting, Bedfordshire

Knotting 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
SMITH2915.591411.04
HERBERT2412.9032345.32
COX94.838731.93
SPENCER73.763441.23
HALE73.7634104.95
WATFORD63.22582,400.00
KEECH52.68821,282.05
HINE52.6882340.14
ROBINSON42.15056.74
WRIGHT42.15056.70
BILLINGTON42.1505198.02
STOCKWELL42.1505363.64
EDWARDS42.15057.72
WIGGINS31.6129149.25
ALDRIDGE31.612983.10
MAYES31.6129167.60
NEWTON31.612921.05
WALKER21.07533.21
WILLIAMSON21.075312.00
MAXEY21.07531,052.63
BETTS21.075350.25
BIRD10.53767.04
HIGGINS10.537610.64
BROWN10.53760.82
HORNSBY10.537682.64
HICKMAN10.537631.95
NICHOLS10.537616.50
BONHAM10.5376208.33
WALTON10.53767.64
SPIRES10.5376263.16
RUSSELL10.53764.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WATFORD0.191862400.0000
KEECH0.191861282.0513
MAXEY0.191861052.6316
STOCKWELL0.19186363.6364
HERBERT0.19186345.3237
HINE0.19186340.1361
SPIRES0.19186263.1579
BONHAM0.19186208.3333
BILLINGTON0.19186198.0198
MAYES0.19186167.5978
WIGGINS0.19186149.2537
HALE0.19186104.9475
ALDRIDGE0.1918683.1025
HORNSBY0.1918682.6446
BETTS0.1918650.2513
SPENCER0.1918641.2250
HICKMAN0.1918631.9489
COX0.1918631.9262
NEWTON0.1918621.0526
NICHOLS0.1918616.5017
WILLIAMSON0.1918611.9976
SMITH0.1918611.0426
HIGGINS0.1918610.6383
EDWARDS0.191867.7160
WALTON0.191867.6394
BIRD0.191867.0373
ROBINSON0.191866.7442
WRIGHT0.191866.7035
RUSSELL0.191864.4033
WALKER0.191863.2118
BROWN0.191860.8156

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 186 people called WATFORD in Knotting 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 2400.0000 in Knotting means that 2400.0000% of the people in Knotting on census day were called WATFORD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WATFORD 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 WATFORD 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 WATFORD 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 WATFORD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Knotting means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WATFORD in Knotting than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Knotting in 1881

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

ALDRIDGE (3)  BETTS (2)  BILLINGTON (4)  BIRD (1)  BONHAM (1)  BROWN (1)  COX (9)  DATON (7)  EDWARDS (4)  HALE (7)  HAYFIELD (1)  HERBERT (24)  HICKMAN (1)  HIGGINS (1)  HINE (5)  HODBY (18)  HORNSBY (1)  KEECH (5)  MAXEY (2)  MAYES (3)  MAYELL (1)  NEWTON (3)  NICHOLS (1)  ROBINSON (4)  RUSSELL (1)  SAWFOOT (6)  SAWFORD (11)  SMITH (29)  SPENCER (7)  SPIRES (1)  STOCKWELL (4)  WALKER (2)  WALTON (1)  WATFORD (6)  WIGGINS (3)  WILLIAMSON (2)  WRIGHT (4)