Top surnames from the 1881 census in Meppershall, Bedfordshire

Meppershall 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
DILLEY496.29821,991.87
HARRIS395.012919.72
KING374.755821.82
RAINBOW324.1131993.79
PECK303.8560228.14
ANSELL202.5707222.47
CRAWLEY192.4422187.93
IZZARD172.1851729.61
INGRAM162.056667.37
ODELL151.9280263.62
TYSON141.7995138.07
DUNHAM111.4139277.78
MARTIN111.41395.74
BARRETT111.413921.05
MILLIARD111.41393,793.10
CHESHIRE101.2853166.94
LAWRENCE101.285319.79
LINCOLN91.1568153.58
CLARKE91.15685.71
DILLY91.15681,914.89
KNIGHT81.02838.34
CARTER81.02836.13
SELBY70.899775.35
WALLER70.899735.71
ROGERS70.89976.93
BURROWS70.899720.55
SQUIRE70.899775.92
ALLEN70.89974.76
DEVONSHIRE70.8997507.25
REDMAN70.899768.36
DAWSON70.89978.16
BLAND70.899743.40
PRATT70.899715.66
SIMON70.8997136.72
WIGGINS60.771271.51
NEAL60.771226.06
SEYMOUR60.771237.74
HARWOOD50.642724.00
LAUDER50.6427122.25
STEVENS50.64276.16
BASS50.642756.82
FARROW50.642734.25
SEAR50.6427171.82
GREEN50.64272.28
ROBERTS50.64271.71
PEARCE50.64277.00
ROWLEY50.642724.46
OLIVER50.64279.01
JACKSON50.64272.30
BROWN50.64270.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DILEY0.7877813333.3333
VINTINNER0.787785000.0000
HANIS0.787785000.0000
PUMPHERY0.787784000.0000
MILLIARD0.787783793.1034
DILLEY0.787781991.8699
DILLY0.787781914.8936
RAINBOW0.78778993.7888
IZZARD0.78778729.6137
DEVONSHIRE0.78778507.2464
DUNHAM0.78778277.7778
ODELL0.78778263.6204
DUNTON0.78778250.0000
PECK0.78778228.1369
ANSELL0.78778222.4694
CRAWLEY0.78778187.9327
SEAR0.78778171.8213
CHESHIRE0.78778166.9449
LINCOLN0.78778153.5836
TYSON0.78778138.0671
SIMON0.78778136.7188
LAUDER0.78778122.2494
DEVEREUX0.7877894.7867
SQUIRE0.7877875.9219
SELBY0.7877875.3498
WIGGINS0.7877871.5137
REDMAN0.7877868.3594
INGRAM0.7877867.3684
SUMMERFIELD0.7877859.5238
BASS0.7877856.8182
BYWATER0.7877851.0204
BLAND0.7877843.3974
SEYMOUR0.7877837.7358
HOLLIS0.7877837.1402
PACKER0.7877836.6300
GARDENER0.7877835.8166
WALLER0.7877835.7143
FARROW0.7877834.2466
HOWLETT0.7877828.7632
PARSON0.7877828.6533
NEAL0.7877826.0643
ROWLEY0.7877824.4618
HARWOOD0.7877824.0038
STOCKS0.7877823.6128
PARROTT0.7877822.6244
KING0.7877821.8212
BARRETT0.7877821.0526
BURROWS0.7877820.5520
LAWRENCE0.7877819.7941
HARRIS0.7877819.7249

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 778 people called DILEY in Meppershall 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 Meppershall means that 13333.3333% of the people in Meppershall on census day were called DILEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DILEY 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 DILEY 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 DILEY 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 DILEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.78 in Meppershall means that you are 0.78 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DILEY in Meppershall than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Meppershall in 1881

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

IBBOTT (3)  AINSWORTH (2)  ALLEN (7)  ANSELL (20)  ARNOLD (2)  BARRETT (11)  BASS (5)  BLAND (7)  BREWER (2)  BROWN (5)  BRICE (1)  BURROWS (7)  BYGRAVE (5)  BYWATER (2)  CAKEBREAD (13)  CARTER (8)  CHESHIRE (10)  CLARK (2)  CLARKE (9)  COLE (3)  CRANE (1)  CRAWLEY (19)  CROUCH (2)  DAWSON (7)  DEVEREUX (2)  DEVONSHIRE (7)  DILLY (9)  DILLEY (49)  DILEY (4)  DOGGINS (3)  DUNHAM (11)  DUNN (4)  DUNTON (3)  DEAR (1)  ECOTT (7)  FARROW (5)  FAULKNER (2)  FERGUSON (2)  FINCH (1)  GARDENER (5)  GARNER (1)  GATES (1)  GRAY (2)  GREEN (5)  GUDGIN (7)  HANIS (2)  HARDY (1)  HARRIS (39)  HARWOOD (5)  HIBBOTT (3)  HOLLIS (4)  HOUGHTON (1)  HOWLETT (3)  INGRAM (16)  IZZARD (17)  JACKSON (5)  JEPPS (6)  JONES (4)  RENDALL OR KENDALL (4)  KING (37)  KNIGHT (8)  LAMB (2)  LAUDER (5)  LAWRENCE (10)  LINCOLN (9)  MALIARD (1)  MARRIOTT (1)  MARTIN (11)  MATTHEWS (1)  MEIKLEHAM (3)  MILLIARD (11)  NEAL (6)  ODELL (15)  OLIVER (5)  PACKER (3)  PARKER (2)  PARROTT (2)  PARSON (1)  PARSONS (2)  PEARCE (5)  PECK (30)  PETTIFAR (49)  PRATT (7)  PRIMMETT (7)  PRIMNETT (1)  PUMPHERY (2)  RAINBOW (32)  REDMAN (7)  ROBERTS (5)  ROGERS (7)  ROWLEY (5)  SEAR (5)  SEBRIGHT (1)  SILBY (6)  SELBY (7)  SEYMOUR (6)  SHEPHERD (1)  SIMON (7)  SQUIRE (7)  STEVENS (5)  STOCKS (2)  SUGARS (5)  SUMMERFIELD (3)  SURIDGE (2)  TURNER (1)  TYSO (1)  TYSON (14)  VINTINNER (3)  WALLER (7)  WHEATLEY (2)  WIGGINS (6)  WRIGHT (1)