Top surnames from the 1881 census in Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire

Milton Ernest 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
FOSTER276.413347.97
BROWN184.27556.49
PARROTT184.2755375.78
MITCHELL163.800518.74
PAINE133.0879224.14
WILES133.0879356.16
CHILDS112.6128142.30
WOODHAMS92.1378857.14
ROBINSON92.13786.70
PAYNE81.900221.11
CLAYPOLE71.66271,842.11
MASTERMAN71.6627660.38
CRISP71.6627119.66
FARRER71.6627250.90
MARSH71.662723.31
MUSGROVE61.4252295.57
NEWELL61.425290.23
COX61.42529.40
RUSSELL61.425211.68
CASTLEMAN61.42521,578.95
HART51.187613.92
MOLE51.1876152.91
WHITEMORE51.18762,000.00
NEWBERY40.9501330.58
COTTON40.950139.80
ALLEN40.95015.03
WARWICK40.950168.73
SKINNER40.950118.72
EVEREST40.9501277.78
LORD40.950120.61
EMMITT40.95011,600.00
WOOLSTON40.9501547.95
LAYTON30.712689.02
BETTS30.712633.33
SMITH30.71260.50
RAY30.712636.01
GREEN30.71262.53
DAVIS30.71263.24
COOPER30.71262.93
MIMMS30.71262,727.27
ROBINS30.712633.63
MAYLE30.71261,034.48
FRYER30.712638.41
CROW30.712647.24
HOWE20.475112.10
FAIRY20.4751800.00
BASS20.475142.02
YOUNG20.47512.21
PILGRIM20.475184.39
GIBBINS20.475161.92

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MIMMS0.424212727.2727
WHITEMORE0.424212000.0000
CLAYPOLE0.424211842.1053
EMMITT0.424211600.0000
CASTLEMAN0.424211578.9474
MAYLE0.424211034.4828
WOODHAMS0.42421857.1429
FAIRY0.42421800.0000
MASTERMAN0.42421660.3774
WOOLSTON0.42421547.9452
PARROTT0.42421375.7829
WILES0.42421356.1644
NEWBERY0.42421330.5785
MUSGROVE0.42421295.5665
EVEREST0.42421277.7778
FARRER0.42421250.8961
PAINE0.42421224.1379
STAFF0.42421186.9159
HEADLAND0.42421158.7302
MOLE0.42421152.9052
CHILDS0.42421142.3027
CRISP0.42421119.6581
NEWELL0.4242190.2256
LAYTON0.4242189.0208
PILGRIM0.4242184.3882
WARWICK0.4242168.7285
GIBBINS0.4242161.9195
PETTIT0.4242160.0601
BARTRAM0.4242148.0769
FOSTER0.4242147.9659
CROW0.4242147.2441
BASS0.4242142.0168
COTTON0.4242139.8010
FRYER0.4242138.4123
FRANCES0.4242137.7358
RAY0.4242136.0144
ROBINS0.4242133.6323
BETTS0.4242133.3333
BURLEY0.4242125.0627
MARSH0.4242123.3100
PAYNE0.4242121.1138
LORD0.4242120.6079
MITCHELL0.4242118.7354
SKINNER0.4242118.7178
DEACON0.4242113.9860
HART0.4242113.9237
HORNER0.4242112.4844
HOWE0.4242112.0992
RUSSELL0.4242111.6754
LOVELL0.4242111.3507

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 421 people called MIMMS in Milton Ernest 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 2727.2727 in Milton Ernest means that 2727.2727% of the people in Milton Ernest on census day were called MIMMS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MIMMS 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 MIMMS 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 MIMMS 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 MIMMS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Milton Ernest means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MIMMS in Milton Ernest than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Milton Ernest in 1881

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

ALLEN (4)  BARTRAM (1)  BASS (2)  BETTLES (5)  BETTS (3)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRAGGINS (1)  BROWN (18)  BRYANT (1)  BURLEY (1)  BUTLER (1)  CASTLEMAN (6)  CHILDS (11)  CLAYPOLE (7)  COOK (1)  COOPER (3)  COTTON (4)  COX (6)  CRISP (7)  CROW (3)  DANIELS (1)  DAVIS (3)  DAWSON (1)  DEACON (1)  ELLIS (1)  EMMITT (4)  EVEREST (4)  FAIRY (2)  FARMER (1)  FARRER (7)  FEAZEY (4)  FISHER (1)  FOSTER (27)  FRANCES (1)  FRYER (3)  GAMTRELL (7)  GIBBINS (2)  GREEN (3)  HEADLAND (1)  HARPER (2)  HART (5)  HEBBES (3)  HORN (1)  HORNER (1)  HOWE (2)  JACQUEST (4)  JONES (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LAYTON (3)  LORD (4)  LOVELL (1)  MAYLE (3)  MARSH (7)  MARSHALL (1)  MASTERMAN (7)  MAKEHAM (6)  MIMMS (3)  MITCHELL (16)  MOLE (5)  MUSGROVE (6)  NEWBERY (4)  NEWELL (6)  PARROTT (18)  PAINE (13)  PAYNE (8)  PEACOCK (1)  PETTIT (2)  PILGRIM (2)  RAY (3)  ROBINS (3)  ROBINSON (9)  ROSE (1)  RUSSELL (6)  SOLESBURY (45)  SAWFORD (1)  SKINNER (4)  SMITH (3)  STAFF (2)  TITE (1)  TUPLEY (1)  WILSHAW (4)  WARWICK (4)  WHITEMORE (5)  WILES (13)  WILMITT (2)  WINSALE (3)  WOODHAMS (9)  WOOLSTON (4)  YOUNG (2)