Top surnames from the 1881 census in Pavenham, Bedfordshire

Pavenham 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
SMITH245.49203.89
PURSER225.03431,366.46
CHURCH194.3478199.37
MIDDLETON184.119078.47
WIGGINS173.8902360.93
WESLEY122.7460705.88
HOWE122.746069.93
WILSON102.28834.98
BILLING102.2883411.52
PARTRIDGE92.059578.81
BOSTON81.8307400.00
HUCKLE81.8307575.54
FLANDERS81.8307747.66
GLOVER71.601837.57
PEARSON71.601813.79
DIXON71.601814.62
WARD61.37306.28
WILDMAN61.3730224.72
BALL61.373016.62
THORNTON61.373027.31
JOLLY61.373096.93
FOSKETT51.1442490.20
BROOKS51.144211.70
YOUNG40.91534.26
CHANDLER40.915328.49
KNIGHT40.91537.43
FAULKNER40.915333.78
TAYLOR30.68651.07
CLARK30.68652.28
PAINE30.686549.83
GILBERT30.686512.05
MAYES30.686571.26
POOLE30.686514.25
UNDERWOOD30.686525.45
BURBRIDGE30.6865198.68
BANKS20.45778.92
ASHPOLE20.4577800.00
SPIRES20.4577224.72
JONES20.45770.40
EATON20.457716.35
CLARE20.457731.60
ODELL20.457762.50
READ20.45777.10
WARREN20.45776.84
HILTON20.457713.32
COLEMAN20.45779.18
AULT10.228899.01
ALEXANDER10.22884.32
ROSE10.22883.09
BROWN10.22880.35

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GEALY0.444371666.6667
PURSER0.444371366.4596
BRASHIER0.444371111.1111
ASHPOLE0.44437800.0000
FLANDERS0.44437747.6636
WESLEY0.44437705.8824
HUCKLE0.44437575.5396
FOSKETT0.44437490.1961
BILLING0.44437411.5226
BOSTON0.44437400.0000
WIGGINS0.44437360.9342
SPIRES0.44437224.7191
WILDMAN0.44437224.7191
CHURCH0.44437199.3704
BURBRIDGE0.44437198.6755
KEECH0.44437108.6957
AULT0.4443799.0099
JOLLY0.4443796.9305
PARTRIDGE0.4443778.8091
MIDDLETON0.4443778.4656
MAYES0.4443771.2589
HOWE0.4443769.9301
ODELL0.4443762.5000
WOODING0.4443752.6316
PAINE0.4443749.8339
WINDLE0.4443740.3226
FAIRBROTHER0.4443740.1606
GLOVER0.4443737.5738
FAULKNER0.4443733.7838
CLARE0.4443731.5956
BEESLEY0.4443728.4900
CHANDLER0.4443728.4900
THORNTON0.4443727.3100
UNDERWOOD0.4443725.4453
BALL0.4443716.6205
EATON0.4443716.3532
DIXON0.4443714.6199
POOLE0.4443714.2518
PEARSON0.4443713.7904
HILTON0.4443713.3156
GILBERT0.4443712.0530
BROOKS0.4443711.7041
WHEATLEY0.4443711.2360
COLEMAN0.444379.1827
BANKS0.444378.9246
KNIGHT0.444377.4253
READ0.444377.0998
WARREN0.444376.8446
PEACOCK0.444376.4185
PICKERING0.444376.3412

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 437 people called GEALY in Pavenham 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 1666.6667 in Pavenham means that 1666.6667% of the people in Pavenham on census day were called GEALY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GEALY 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 GEALY 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 GEALY 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 GEALY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.44 in Pavenham means that you are 0.44 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GEALY in Pavenham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Pavenham in 1881

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

ALEXANDER (1)  ANDERSON (1)  ASHPOLE (2)  AULT (1)  BALL (6)  BANKS (2)  BEESLEY (1)  BILLING (10)  BOSTON (8)  BRASHIER (1)  BROOKS (5)  BROWN (1)  BURBRIDGE (3)  CHANDLER (4)  CHURCH (19)  CLARE (2)  CLARK (3)  COLEMAN (2)  DALE (1)  DAVEY (1)  DAYNES (1)  DIXON (7)  EATON (2)  FAIRBROTHER (1)  FAULKNER (4)  FLANDERS (8)  FOSKETT (5)  GEALING (8)  GEALY (1)  GILBERT (3)  GLOVER (7)  GOSTICK (5)  GREEN (1)  GREGGE (2)  HULATT (77)  HILL (1)  HILTON (2)  HONEWOOD (1)  HOWE (12)  HUCKLE (8)  JOLLY (6)  JONES (2)  KEECH (1)  KNIGHT (4)  MAYES (3)  MIDDLETON (18)  ODELL (2)  PARTRIDGE (9)  PAINE (3)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSON (7)  PICKERING (1)  POOLE (3)  PURSER (22)  READ (2)  RISELEY (20)  ROBERTS (1)  ROSE (1)  SHIMMONS (1)  SMITH (24)  SPIRES (2)  TAYLOR (3)  THORNTON (6)  THORPE (1)  TUCKER (1)  UNDERWOOD (3)  WARD (6)  WARREN (2)  WESLEY (12)  WHEATLEY (1)  WIGGINS (17)  WILDMAN (6)  WILSON (10)  WINDLE (1)  WOODING (1)  YOUNG (4)