Top surnames from the 1881 census in Higham Gobion, Bedfordshire

Higham Gobion 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
STAPLETON1411.57021,157.02
ARNOLD97.4380138.04
CHURCH97.4380340.91
PARKER86.611634.77
BIRKETT64.9587512.82
MARVIN64.95872,608.70
NEWTON64.958764.72
COOK54.132220.81
BARNES43.305827.47
GUTTERIDGE43.3058655.74
PAGE43.305841.37
BROWN43.30585.02
FISHER32.479321.19
WHEELER21.652927.36
BURROWS21.652937.74
ROBERTS21.65294.39
BARRINGTON10.8264256.41
HALL10.82642.81
ADAMS10.82645.61
SMITH10.82640.59
MULLER10.8264222.22
WAGSTAFF10.826466.23
SCHULTZ10.82641,000.00
BURGES10.8264333.33
BARTRAM10.8264166.67
FULLER10.826420.45

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MARVIN0.121212608.6957
STAPLETON0.121211157.0248
SCHULTZ0.121211000.0000
GUTTERIDGE0.12121655.7377
BIRKETT0.12121512.8205
CHURCH0.12121340.9091
BURGES0.12121333.3333
BARRINGTON0.12121256.4103
MULLER0.12121222.2222
BARTRAM0.12121166.6667
ARNOLD0.12121138.0368
WAGSTAFF0.1212166.2252
NEWTON0.1212164.7249
PAGE0.1212141.3650
BURROWS0.1212137.7358
PARKER0.1212134.7675
BARNES0.1212127.4725
WHEELER0.1212127.3598
FISHER0.1212121.1864
COOK0.1212120.8073
FULLER0.1212120.4499
ADAMS0.121215.6085
BROWN0.121215.0150
ROBERTS0.121214.3937
HALL0.121212.8090
SMITH0.121210.5853

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 121 people called MARVIN in Higham Gobion 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 2608.6957 in Higham Gobion means that 2608.6957% of the people in Higham Gobion on census day were called MARVIN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MARVIN 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 MARVIN 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 MARVIN 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 MARVIN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.12 in Higham Gobion means that you are 0.12 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MARVIN in Higham Gobion than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Higham Gobion in 1881

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

ADAMS (1)  AMBRIDGE (6)  ARNOLD (9)  BARNES (4)  BARRINGTON (1)  BARTRAM (1)  BIRKETT (6)  BROWN (4)  BURGES (1)  BURROWS (2)  CHURCH (9)  COOK (5)  FISHER (3)  FULLER (1)  GUTTERIDGE (4)  HALL (1)  JEKYLL (4)  MARVIN (6)  MC CLEN (1)  MULLER (1)  NEWTON (6)  PAGE (4)  PARKER (8)  PRESLAND (9)  ROBERTS (2)  SCHULTZ (1)  SMITH (1)  STAPLETON (14)  SUMMERSFIELD (3)  WAGSTAFF (1)  WHEELER (2)