Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ridgmont, Bedfordshire

Ridgmont 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
LAWSON344.557677.31
WILLIAMSON263.485338.88
STAPLETON222.9491293.73
JONES222.94912.60
TAYLOR192.54693.98
PILGRIM192.5469452.38
HORN162.144894.40
OSBORNE152.010742.13
ROBINSON152.01076.31
FRANCIS152.010733.75
COOK141.87679.45
HALL141.87676.38
LINE131.7426367.23
LUCK131.7426211.04
GOSLING131.7426111.30
BREWSTER121.6086166.21
GARRATT121.6086158.52
WARWICK111.4745106.59
PRIDMORE111.4745533.98
WARNER101.340536.76
TOMPKINS101.3405155.28
SPRING101.3405276.24
HORNE101.340561.58
WOODLAND101.3405263.85
WOODING91.2064276.92
WATERS81.072426.69
SEABROOK81.0724217.98
WHITE81.07243.34
PACEY81.0724275.86
KEECH81.0724509.55
TURNEY81.0724303.03
PEPPER70.938366.73
GOODMAN70.938332.15
HUMPHREYS70.938326.65
FLEET70.9383140.00
MALLERY60.80434,615.38
SHARPE60.804327.29
WOODS60.804312.76
SHARP60.80439.65
DEACON60.804347.36
PEARCE60.80438.76
COLLYER60.8043129.87
KNIGHT50.67025.44
READE50.6702223.21
PICKERING50.670218.57
PEARSE50.670262.97
DAWSON50.67026.08
WILSON50.67021.46
BERRELL50.67022,631.58
GARNER50.670221.20

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MALLERY0.757464615.3846
BERRELL0.757462631.5789
MATTEWS0.75746588.2353
PRIDMORE0.75746533.9806
KEECH0.75746509.5541
PILGRIM0.75746452.3810
LINE0.75746367.2316
HIPWELL0.75746307.6923
TURNEY0.75746303.0303
STAPLETON0.75746293.7250
WOODING0.75746276.9231
SPRING0.75746276.2431
PACEY0.75746275.8621
WOODLAND0.75746263.8522
SPRAGUE0.75746231.2139
READE0.75746223.2143
SEABROOK0.75746217.9837
LUCK0.75746211.0390
BREWSTER0.75746166.2050
GARRATT0.75746158.5205
TOMPKINS0.75746155.2795
FLEET0.75746140.0000
HARTWELL0.75746130.2932
COLLYER0.75746129.8701
GOSLING0.75746111.3014
WARWICK0.75746106.5891
HORN0.7574694.3953
THOMASON0.7574691.9540
SIBLEY0.7574683.1947
LAWSON0.7574677.3079
BERRIDGE0.7574676.7263
ODELL0.7574673.2601
DICKINS0.7574672.9927
PURSER0.7574672.7273
COBURN0.7574670.9220
PEPPER0.7574666.7302
BUNKER0.7574666.6667
PEARSE0.7574662.9723
WHITEMAN0.7574662.3701
HORNE0.7574661.5764
BURGOYNE0.7574661.3497
SYMONDS0.7574655.6174
LARGE0.7574652.0156
WELFORD0.7574648.0769
DEACON0.7574647.3560
SEARS0.7574642.6439
OSBORNE0.7574642.1348
WILLIAMSON0.7574638.8756
TOMKINS0.7574638.8098
DARK0.7574637.0370

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 746 people called MALLERY in Ridgmont 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 4615.3846 in Ridgmont means that 4615.3846% of the people in Ridgmont on census day were called MALLERY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MALLERY 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 MALLERY 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 MALLERY 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 MALLERY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.75 in Ridgmont means that you are 0.75 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MALLERY in Ridgmont than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ridgmont in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  AXAM (4)  BERRIDGE (3)  BIGGS (3)  BOWLES (1)  BREWSTER (12)  BRITTON (1)  BROOKS (2)  BROWN (4)  BULL (1)  BUNKER (2)  BURGOYNE (2)  BERRELL (5)  CARR (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPPELL (1)  CHECKLEY (1)  CLARK (2)  COBURN (1)  COLLYER (6)  COOK (14)  COOKE (2)  COTCHIN (11)  COWELL (3)  COWEL (2)  CRADTON (1)  CROSS (1)  CROUCH (3)  DARK (1)  DAWSON (5)  DAY (1)  DEACON (6)  DICKENS (2)  DICKINS (2)  EATON (1)  EVANS (1)  FLEET (7)  FORD (4)  FORFEL (2)  FORFIET (5)  FORPEL (2)  FULLER (2)  FOWLER (3)  FRANCIS (15)  FREEMAN (1)  GARNER (5)  GARRATT (12)  GOODMAN (7)  GOSLING (13)  GOSS (2)  GREEN (3)  HALL (14)  HAMILTON (1)  HARRISON (3)  HARTWELL (4)  HIPWELL (4)  HIRDLE (3)  HOLT (1)  HOLTON (1)  HORNE (10)  HORN (16)  HUDSON (1)  HUGHES (1)  HULL (2)  HUMPHREYS (7)  INNS (2)  JAMES (1)  JONES (22)  JOYCE (1)  KEECH (8)  KEEN (2)  KNIGHT (5)  LAGIER (1)  LARGE (4)  LAWSON (34)  LILLEWOOD (1)  LINE (13)  LLOYD (1)  LUCK (13)  LINEHAM (4)  MALLERY (6)  MASON (1)  MATTEWS (1)  MOTH (1)  NORRIS (4)  NURSALL (1)  NURSELL (3)  ODELL (4)  HOLD (1)  OSBORNE (15)  PACEY (8)  PAYNE (1)  PEACOCK (1)  PEARSE (5)  PEARCE (6)  PEPPER (7)  PERKINS (1)  PICKERING (5)  PILGRIM (19)  PRIDMORE (11)  PRIOR (1)  PURSER (2)  PURSES (2)  RAWLINSON (1)  READMAN (1)  REID (3)  READE (5)  REYNOLDS (2)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (15)  SEARS (2)  SEABROOK (8)  SHARPE (6)  SHARP (6)  SIBLEY (5)  SYMONDS (5)  SINFIELD (2)  SMITH (3)  SPARKS (3)  SPRAGUE (4)  SPRING (10)  STAPLETON (22)  TANSLEY (1)  TAPP (1)  TAYLOR (19)  THOMPSON (3)  THOMASON (4)  TOMPKINS (10)  TOMKINS (3)  TURNEY (8)  WALKER (3)  WARR (1)  WARNER (10)  WARWICK (11)  WATERS (8)  WATTS (2)  WESTON (2)  WHITE (8)  WHITEMAN (3)  WELFORD (1)  WILLIAMSON (26)  WILSON (5)  WILLSHER (1)  WILSHER (2)  WOODS (6)  WOODING (9)  WOODLAND (10)  WRIGHT (1)