Top surnames from the 1881 census in Steppingley, Bedfordshire

Steppingley 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
WHITE278.626226.84
WARNER206.3898175.28
SCOTT175.431321.46
SMITH175.43133.85
SAVILLE154.7923528.17
BRIGHTMAN154.79232,000.00
BUNKER144.47281,111.11
JEFFS134.1534530.61
ASKEW123.8339339.94
COOK123.833919.30
FARMER92.875492.02
ROBERTS82.55596.79
GODFREY72.236475.43
DOLTON61.91691,200.00
WILSON61.91694.17
COLES51.597445.87
GREGORY51.597422.77
CARR51.597422.13
MITCHELL41.27806.30
SHARP41.278015.34
BRIGGS41.278023.53
BLIGHT30.9585211.27
WHITMAN30.9585476.19
REID30.95859.12
OSBORN30.958546.08
MANN30.958518.19
COUSINS30.958553.29
SMYTHE30.9585491.80
SEAR30.9585256.41
BERRIDGE20.6390121.95
ODELL20.639087.34
FOX20.63906.88
LINE20.6390134.23
BAXTER20.639010.72
NEWBURY20.6390105.26
DEACON20.639037.59
KING10.31951.47
CURTIS10.31955.63
HORN10.319514.06
STANIFORD10.3195500.00
DANIEL10.319514.47
KAY10.31956.15
PHILLIPS10.31951.79
WARD10.31951.46
CHURCH10.319514.64
MILLARD10.319519.31
DICKENS10.319530.58
BOTTOMS10.3195181.82
WHITMORE10.319536.36
DALE10.31957.56

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRIGHTMAN0.313132000.0000
DOLTON0.313131200.0000
BUNKER0.313131111.1111
JEFFS0.31313530.6122
SAVILLE0.31313528.1690
STANIFORD0.31313500.0000
SMYTHE0.31313491.8033
WHITMAN0.31313476.1905
ASKEW0.31313339.9433
SEAR0.31313256.4103
BLIGHT0.31313211.2676
BOTTOMS0.31313181.8182
WARNER0.31313175.2848
LINE0.31313134.2282
BERRIDGE0.31313121.9512
NEWBURY0.31313105.2632
FARMER0.3131392.0245
ODELL0.3131387.3362
GODFREY0.3131375.4310
COUSINS0.3131353.2860
OSBORN0.3131346.0829
COLES0.3131345.8716
DEACON0.3131337.5940
WHITMORE0.3131336.3636
DICKENS0.3131330.5810
WHITE0.3131326.8363
BRIGGS0.3131323.5294
GREGORY0.3131322.7687
CARR0.3131322.1337
SCOTT0.3131321.4646
MILLARD0.3131319.3050
COOK0.3131319.3019
MANN0.3131318.1928
SWAIN0.3131316.5837
BRIGHT0.3131315.7978
SHARP0.3131315.3374
CHURCH0.3131314.6413
DANIEL0.3131314.4718
HORN0.3131314.0647
GOUGH0.3131310.8932
BAXTER0.3131310.7239
REID0.313139.1241
DALE0.313137.5586
FOX0.313136.8823
ROBERTS0.313136.7941
MITCHELL0.313136.3002
KAY0.313136.1501
CURTIS0.313135.6306
MAY0.313135.0176
WILSON0.313134.1739

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 313 people called BRIGHTMAN in Steppingley 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 2000.0000 in Steppingley means that 2000.0000% of the people in Steppingley on census day were called BRIGHTMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRIGHTMAN 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 BRIGHTMAN 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 BRIGHTMAN 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 BRIGHTMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.31 in Steppingley means that you are 0.31 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRIGHTMAN in Steppingley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Steppingley in 1881

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

ABBISS (3)  ASKEW (12)  AUFBORT (1)  BATTANS (11)  BAXTER (2)  BERRIDGE (2)  BLIGHT (3)  BOTTOMS (1)  BOXFORD (4)  BRIGGS (4)  BRIGHT (1)  BRIGHTMAN (15)  BRINKLER (1)  BUNKER (14)  CARR (5)  CHURCH (1)  COLES (5)  COOK (12)  COUSINS (3)  CURTIS (1)  DALE (1)  DOLTON (6)  DANIEL (1)  DEACON (2)  DICKENS (1)  FASEY (3)  FARMER (9)  FOX (2)  FURZE (4)  GODFREY (7)  GOUGH (1)  GREGORY (5)  HORN (1)  JEFFS (13)  KAY (1)  KING (1)  LINE (2)  MANN (3)  MAY (1)  MILLARD (1)  MITCHELL (4)  NEWBURY (2)  ODELL (2)  OSBORN (3)  PAGE (1)  PHILLIPS (1)  PUTSMAN (2)  REID (3)  ROBERTS (8)  SAVILLE (15)  SEAR (3)  SCOTT (17)  SHARP (4)  SMYTHE (3)  SMITH (17)  STANIFORD (1)  SWAIN (1)  TYSOE (1)  WARD (1)  WARNER (20)  WEBB (1)  WHITE (27)  WHITMORE (1)  WHITMAN (3)  WILSON (6)