Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bedfordshire

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH2,9491.94951.38
BROWN1,4190.93811.42
KING1,1150.73713.38
COOPER1,0340.68362.81
COOK8650.57182.88
ROBINSON8570.56651.78
CLARK8200.54211.80
WHITE8200.54211.69
TAYLOR7670.50700.79
HARRIS7420.49051.93
ODELL7090.468764.09
ALLEN7080.46802.48
COX7020.46413.06
CLARKE6170.40792.01
ROBERTS5920.39141.04
GREEN5800.38341.36
WRIGHT5540.36621.14
WALKER4990.32990.99
JONES4990.32990.29
DAY4900.32393.44
CARTER4820.31861.90
PAYNE4820.31863.54
PRATT4810.31805.53
HILL4610.30481.20
RICHARDSON4590.30341.78
THOMPSON4540.30011.00
WILSON4390.29020.63
JOHNSON4380.28960.86
BIRD4210.27833.64
SHARP4160.27503.30
WEBB4140.27372.02
STEVENS4100.27102.60
PAGE4030.26643.33
WARD4010.26511.21
ARNOLD3600.23804.41
JACKSON3580.23670.85
GARNER3540.23407.40
YOUNG3530.23341.09
EVANS3450.22810.52
TOMPKINS3370.222825.81
HALL3360.22210.76
BURGESS3330.22013.17
BAKER3290.21750.99
CHAPMAN3290.21751.53
WARREN3230.21353.19
STAPLETON3220.212921.20
MARTIN3210.21220.86
BATES3180.21023.30
BARKER3140.20761.59
GOODMAN3110.20567.05

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHITTEMORE133.56850.0562
GAMMONS105.97760.0502
GRUNDON91.24530.0350
PUDDEPHATT87.461250.0826
BRANDOM86.36820.0542
LINGER83.37720.0476
BONESS79.61760.0502
ASHPOLE68.32590.0390
ROSSON67.04640.0423
ODELL64.097090.4687
BYWATERS63.24610.0403
HUCKLE63.143030.2003
MINNEY61.55970.0641
BRIGHTMAN60.732190.1448
DARRINGTON57.91740.0489
BREED57.551500.0992
MOORING56.97610.0403
FOSSEY56.681440.0952
HENMAN54.53840.0555
NORTHWOOD53.421530.1011
DILLEY52.272500.1653
KEECH52.001660.1097
GADSDEN51.911020.0674
JELLIS51.14700.0463
ELLINGHAM51.131250.0826
BANDY50.951050.0694
ADDINGTON42.95590.0390
QUINCE42.94540.0357
BOTTOMS42.831140.0754
OLNEY41.681320.0873
BROCKETT41.10600.0397
WOODING40.962700.1785
BUNKER38.252330.1540
TINGEY38.12880.0582
GILLET37.77660.0436
RUTT37.40510.0337
GENTLE36.341810.1197
PURSER36.262020.1335
HILLYARD36.071390.0919
COVINGTON31.97620.0410
TURNEY30.441630.1078
JANES30.362950.1950
COURSE30.20720.0476
PATES29.37620.0410
EMERTON29.24570.0377
CREAMER29.03720.0476
FAIREY28.02610.0403
DEVEREUX27.831140.0754
ASHWELL27.791460.0965
WILDMAN27.482540.1679

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 85 people called WHITTEMORE in Bedfordshire 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 0.0562 in Bedfordshire means that 0.0562% of the people in Bedfordshire on census day were called WHITTEMORE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHITTEMORE 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 WHITTEMORE 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 WHITTEMORE 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 WHITTEMORE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 133.56 in Bedfordshire means that you are 133.56 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHITTEMORE in Bedfordshire than you would be in the whole of the UK.

Bedfordshire comprises 131 registration districts

District Population Top Surname by Total Top Surname by Frequency
Ampthill 2258 SMITH SPAHN
Arlesey 1909 DEAR FANSLER
Aspley Guise 1448 SMITH CRUTE
Astwick 49 BARWICK KNOLL
Barton In Clay 1062 HARRIS PRUDDEN
Battlesden 114 MOSSMAN MOSSMAN
Bedford St Cuthbert 1343 DENNIS DARNEL
Bedford St John 226 HARRIS WHITTEMORE
Bedford St Mary 3896 SMITH LUMMUS
Bedford St Paul 10375 SMITH HUGHEY
Bedford St Peter 3929 SMITH DIEMER
Biddenham 311 JOHNSON SUMMERLIN
Biggleswade 4954 HUCKLE STORTON
Billington 426 POTTS HEMLEY
Bletsoe 335 BROWN LITT
Blunham 1025 ASHWELL MUSIC
Bolnhurst 279 WHITMORE OKINS
Bromham 327 CHURCH PRUDDEN
Caddington 2215 BURGESS BRANDLY
Campton 555 DILLEY WHITTEMORE
Cardington 1231 HOUGHTON SHREEVES
Carlton 474 STOCK WALLINGER
Chalgrave 875 ROBINS HOLIMAN
Chellington 97 PENN FAIREY
Chicksands Priory 43 MOSSMAN MOSSMAN
Clapham 610 SMITH WICKSON
Clifton 1460 DILLEY DILLEY
Clophill 1109 ROBERTS WHITTMORE
Cockayne Hatley 107 BARNES WALDECK
Colmworth 387 WAGSTAFF INFIELD
Cople 459 HARTWELL MINNEY
Cranfield 1454 WHITE BETTLE
Dean 491 LACK PACKWOOD
Dunstable 4648 KING SCROGGS
Dunton 477 JARMAN BRIM
Eaton Bray 1527 FOUNTAIN GADSDEN
Eaton Socon 2374 SMITH WEDELL
Edworth 112 BRYANT ROLLINS
Eggington 274 LANCASTER WASHINTON
Elstow 558 SMITH PRIGMORE
Eversholt 768 THOMPSON DEWBERRY
Everton 216 GURNEY CURL
Eyworth 170 CARTER BRIM
Farndish 72 WATKIN SALSBURY
Felmersham 491 WHITWORTH PRIGMORE
Flitton 686 CHAPMAN WORKER
Flitwick 819 JELLIS JELLIS
Goldington 579 DAY HILYARD
Great Barford 788 ROBINSON TATMAN
Harlington 536 HARRIS SHUFFIELD
Harrold 1024 CLAYSON KILLINGER
Hawnes 934 ROBERTS MAUDLIN
Heath Reach 1075 STEVENS DOBEY
Henlow 934 BYWATERS LEGATE
Higham Gobion 121 STAPLETON MARVIN
Hockliffe 327 TURNEY LEWISON
Holcutt 54 HIGGINS GOOSEY
Holwell 215 STAPLETON WHITTEMORE
Houghton Conquest 621 SMITH HOSLER
Houghton Regis 2412 SMITH MOWLES
Husborne Crawley 479 SIBLEY FAULKER
Kempston 3434 SMITH DARNALL
Keysoe 710 STAPLETON GILLET
Knotting 186 SMITH WATFORD
Langford 1243 BROWN RUTT
Leighton Buzzard 6507 PRATT HUMBLES
Lidlington 660 HENMAN LANSBERRY
Little Barford 189 BRACE TURNELL
Little Staughton 469 MARSHALL CRISWELL
Lower Gravenhurst 79 PLOWMAN PLOWMAN
Luton 26186 SMITH RODELL
Marston Moretaine 1179 EVANS GILLET
Maulden 1311 SHARP NORTHWOOD
Melchbourne 219 REYNOLDS RABBITT
Meppershall 778 DILLEY DILEY
Millbrook 276 ROBERTS PUTMAN
Milton Bryant 223 CREAMER CREAMER
Milton Ernest 421 FOSTER MIMMS
Northill 1415 BRUNT ASKAM
Oakley 294 BEARD INGE
Odell 423 ODELL FOSKETT
Old Warden 496 SCOTT VINTINNER
Pavenham 437 SMITH GEALY
Pertenhall 337 HOLYOAK VERGIN
Poddington 543 BROWN KNOWLTON
Potsgrove 203 ROBINSON STANIFORD
Potton 2008 RICHARDSON ARMOND
Pulloxhill 531 PARKER ASHLY
Ravensden 474 WILES GAMMONS
Renhold 522 LAUGHTON HARLOWE
Ridgmont 746 LAWSON MALLERY
Riseley 958 CARRINGTON WYANT
Roxton 551 JARVIS DARRINGTON
Salford 221 COOPER SUMMERFORD
Sandy 2667 ODELL GAMONS
Sharnbrook 837 SMITH BROMWELL
Shefford 1076 STEVENS REVIS
Shefford Hardwick 53 DANIELS BREED
Shelton 150 LAWRENCE ANNIS
Shillington 2228 COOPER GRUNDON
Silsoe 680 MANN PORTOR
Souldrop 238 BIRD HEADLAND
Southill 1226 CHAMBERS HATTAN
Stagsden 546 TOMPKINS SUMMERLIN
Steppingley 313 WHITE BRIGHTMAN
Stevington 625 COX HARTWICK
Stotfold 2896 GENTLE GENTLE
Streatley 312 ALLEN ARMS
Studham 832 AUSTIN BRANDOM
Sundon 376 HULL HADE
Sutton 295 TAYLOR GIDDINGS
Tempsford 535 COPE CANNINGTON
Thurleigh 603 HART GAMMONS
Tilbrook 392 HEWITT LANTAFF
Tilsworth 250 COOPER STAIRS
Tingrith 167 GURNEY MERCY
Toddington 2169 RANDALL BRANDOM
Totternhoe 707 PRATT ANDRAS
Turvey 956 WOODING DUBBS
Upper Gravenhurst 355 DENNIS BRULEY
Upper Stendon 72 MILLIARD MILLIARD
Westoning 657 SHORT LUMMUS
Whipsnade 183 COOK STAYTON
Wilden 443 PELL GADSDEN
Willington 248 SHARMAN LARKINS
Wilshampstead 822 SMITH TABRON
Woburn 1313 SMITH BOTSFORD
Wootton 1306 GILBERT FELTS
Wrestlingworth 649 WARREN BRIM
Wymington 495 CHURCH FAIRY
Yeldon 244 WAGSTAFF EADS