Top surnames from the 1881 census in Tilsworth, Bedfordshire

Tilsworth 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
COOPER3413.600055.91
KIRBY156.0000158.06
TIMMS114.4000436.51
STAIRS114.400015,714.29
BILLINGTON104.0000367.65
CRAWLEY93.6000276.92
JONES93.60003.18
BUNKER93.6000891.09
BANWELL83.20002,162.16
JANES83.2000496.89
PIGGOTT72.8000384.62
NORTH72.800084.44
BLAYDES62.400010,000.00
ELLINGHAM62.40001,500.00
TOMPKINS62.4000277.78
KINGHAM62.4000659.34
BARNES41.600013.29
ELLIOTT41.600018.86
OLNEY41.6000769.23
CHAPMAN31.20008.45
SMITH31.20000.85
JOHNSON31.20003.57
COOK20.80004.03
HORN20.800035.21
PERRY20.800010.88
BEDFORD10.400016.86
GODFREY10.400013.50
DYER10.400010.33
KING10.40001.84
SHILLINGFORD10.4000526.32
PRATT10.40006.96
WEBBER10.400013.09
SEARS10.400063.69
HORNSBY10.400061.35
POLE10.4000128.21
GOODMAN10.400013.72
BARKER10.40003.06
RANDALL10.400012.77
HORNE10.400018.38

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
STAIRS0.2525015714.2857
BLAYDES0.2525010000.0000
BANWELL0.252502162.1622
ELLINGHAM0.252501500.0000
BUNKER0.25250891.0891
OLNEY0.25250769.2308
KINGHAM0.25250659.3407
SHILLINGFORD0.25250526.3158
JANES0.25250496.8944
TIMMS0.25250436.5079
PIGGOTT0.25250384.6154
BILLINGTON0.25250367.6471
TOMPKINS0.25250277.7778
CRAWLEY0.25250276.9231
KIRBY0.25250158.0611
POLE0.25250128.2051
NORTH0.2525084.4391
SEARS0.2525063.6943
HORNSBY0.2525061.3497
COOPER0.2525055.9119
HORN0.2525035.2113
ELLIOTT0.2525018.8590
HORNE0.2525018.3824
BEDFORD0.2525016.8634
GOODMAN0.2525013.7174
GODFREY0.2525013.4953
BARNES0.2525013.2935
WEBBER0.2525013.0890
RANDALL0.2525012.7714
PERRY0.2525010.8755
DYER0.2525010.3306
CHAPMAN0.252508.4483
PRATT0.252506.9638
COOK0.252504.0274
JOHNSON0.252503.5714
JONES0.252503.1788
BARKER0.252503.0572
KING0.252501.8352
SMITH0.252500.8499

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 250 people called STAIRS in Tilsworth 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 15714.2857 in Tilsworth means that 15714.2857% of the people in Tilsworth on census day were called STAIRS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called STAIRS 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 STAIRS 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 STAIRS 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 STAIRS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.25 in Tilsworth means that you are 0.25 times as likely to find someone with the surname of STAIRS in Tilsworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Tilsworth in 1881

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

BANWELL (8)  BARKER (1)  BARNES (4)  BEDFORD (1)  BILLINGTON (10)  BLAYDES (6)  BONWICK (12)  BUNKER (9)  CHAPMAN (3)  COOK (2)  COOPER (34)  CRAWLEY (9)  DYER (1)  ELLINGHAM (6)  ELLIOTT (4)  EMMENS (2)  FOXLEY (5)  GILTROW (1)  GODFREY (1)  GOODMAN (1)  HORN (2)  HORNE (1)  HORNSBY (1)  INNS (4)  JANES (8)  JOHNSON (3)  JONES (9)  KING (1)  KINGHAM (6)  KIRBY (15)  LATHWELL (8)  NORTH (7)  OLNEY (4)  PERRY (2)  PIGGOTT (7)  POLE (1)  PRATT (1)  RANDALL (1)  SEARS (1)  SHILLINGFORD (1)  SINFIELD (15)  SMITH (3)  STAIRS (11)  TIMMS (11)  TOMPKINS (6)  WEBBER (1)