Top surnames from the 1881 census in Farndish, Bedfordshire

Farndish 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
WATKIN912.50001,428.57
GREEN79.722234.52
SALSBURY79.72225,833.33
PARKER56.944436.52
EATON56.9444247.52
GREGG45.5556784.31
FROST45.555698.77
ALDERMAN34.16671,071.43
HORNSBY34.1667638.30
SPENCER34.166745.66
DUNKLEY22.7778350.88
SOMES22.77785,000.00
WESTLEY11.3889333.33
FREEMAN11.388921.74
PETTIT11.3889175.44
CLARK11.38894.62
MITCHELL11.38896.84
HORNER11.388972.99
PERKINS11.388930.86
ANNIS11.3889833.33
KILBORN11.38893,333.33
HALE11.388938.76
REYNOLDS11.388916.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SALSBURY0.07725833.3333
SOMES0.07725000.0000
KILBORN0.07723333.3333
WATKIN0.07721428.5714
ALDERMAN0.07721071.4286
ANNIS0.0772833.3333
GREGG0.0772784.3137
HORNSBY0.0772638.2979
DUNKLEY0.0772350.8772
WESTLEY0.0772333.3333
EATON0.0772247.5248
PETTIT0.0772175.4386
FROST0.077298.7654
HORNER0.077272.9927
SPENCER0.077245.6621
HALE0.077238.7597
PARKER0.077236.5230
GREEN0.077234.5168
PERKINS0.077230.8642
FREEMAN0.077221.7391
REYNOLDS0.077216.0256
MITCHELL0.07726.8446
CLARK0.07724.6211

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 72 people called SALSBURY in Farndish 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 5833.3333 in Farndish means that 5833.3333% of the people in Farndish on census day were called SALSBURY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SALSBURY 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 SALSBURY 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 SALSBURY 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 SALSBURY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Farndish means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SALSBURY in Farndish than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Farndish in 1881

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

ALDERMAN (3)  ANNIS (1)  CLARK (1)  DYCER (5)  DUNKLEY (2)  EATON (5)  FREEMAN (1)  FROST (4)  GREEN (7)  GREGG (4)  HALE (1)  HORNER (1)  HORNSBY (3)  KILBORN (1)  MITCHELL (1)  PARKER (5)  PERKINS (1)  PETTIT (1)  REYNOLDS (1)  SALSBURY (7)  SAWFOOT (2)  SOMES (2)  SPENCER (3)  WATKIN (9)  WESTLEY (1)