Top surnames from the 1881 census in Poddington, Bedfordshire

Poddington 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
BROWN7814.364621.79
WESTLEY203.6832896.86
CROSS193.499150.84
HORN183.3149145.87
SAYER162.9466225.04
PETTIT162.9466372.96
JOHNSON152.76248.22
FRENCH152.762456.58
BATES112.025831.84
MEADOWS112.0258144.93
PARTRIDGE101.841670.47
NORMAN101.841639.75
ROBINSON101.84165.78
CARRINGTON101.8416174.83
HILL91.65756.51
WATTS81.473317.57
PERKINS81.473332.75
KNOWLTON71.28911,555.56
JAMES71.28916.56
BRITTEN71.2891324.07
RICHARDSON61.10506.49
COOPER61.10504.54
WYKES61.1050317.46
BAYES61.1050370.37
TYE61.1050191.69
WRIGHT61.10503.44
BAILEY61.10507.34
EGGLESTON50.9208393.70
DILLEY50.9208290.70
COX50.92086.08
WARBOYS50.92081,250.00
AUSTIN40.736615.07
WEST40.73667.65
WHITE40.73662.29
MARRIOT40.7366425.53
ODELL40.7366100.76
LOVELL40.736635.21
BLYTHE40.736697.09
CHANDLER30.552517.20
GOODING30.552565.36
CLARKE30.55252.73
GILBERT30.55259.70
CHAPMAN30.55253.89
DENTON30.552530.06
GOOSEY30.5525625.00
CLARK30.55251.84
WYMAN30.5525256.41
SHARP20.36834.42
BURROWS20.36838.41
HARE20.368323.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KNOWLTON0.545431555.5556
WARBOYS0.545431250.0000
WESTLEY0.54543896.8610
WILE0.54543625.0000
GOOSEY0.54543625.0000
MARRIOT0.54543425.5319
EGGLESTON0.54543393.7008
PETTIT0.54543372.9604
BAYES0.54543370.3704
BRITTEN0.54543324.0741
WYKES0.54543317.4603
BILSON0.54543312.5000
DILLEY0.54543290.6977
WYMAN0.54543256.4103
SAYER0.54543225.0352
TYE0.54543191.6933
CARRINGTON0.54543174.8252
HORN0.54543145.8671
MEADOWS0.54543144.9275
BRILL0.54543144.9275
THEW0.54543138.8889
ODELL0.54543100.7557
BLYTHE0.5454397.0874
HILLYARD0.5454372.4638
PARTRIDGE0.5454370.4722
GOODING0.5454365.3595
WINGROVE0.5454362.8931
FRENCH0.5454356.5824
CROSS0.5454350.8429
RIDDLE0.5454344.3459
WOODING0.5454342.1941
NORMAN0.5454339.7456
LOVELL0.5454335.2113
RUST0.5454334.9650
PERKINS0.5454332.7466
BATES0.5454331.8379
DENTON0.5454330.0601
CATCHPOLE0.5454328.5714
REDMAN0.5454327.9720
BAMFORD0.5454324.4798
HARE0.5454323.8663
WINDSOR0.5454322.0751
BROWN0.5454321.7908
OSBORN0.5454317.6991
WATTS0.5454317.5708
CHANDLER0.5454317.2018
AUSTIN0.5454315.0716
GARNETT0.5454314.8368
HAYNES0.5454310.3252
COWLEY0.5454310.0100

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 543 people called KNOWLTON in Poddington 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 1555.5556 in Poddington means that 1555.5556% of the people in Poddington on census day were called KNOWLTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KNOWLTON 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 KNOWLTON 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 KNOWLTON 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 KNOWLTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.54 in Poddington means that you are 0.54 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KNOWLTON in Poddington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Poddington in 1881

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

AUSTIN (4)  BAILEY (6)  BAMFORD (2)  BATES (11)  BESLAND (1)  BETTLES (16)  BILSON (2)  BLYTHE (4)  BODDINGTON (9)  BOND (1)  BRILL (1)  BRITTEN (7)  BROWN (78)  BURROWS (2)  BAYES (6)  CARRINGTON (10)  CATCHPOLE (1)  CHANDLER (3)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHARLTON (1)  CLARK (3)  CLARKE (3)  COOPER (6)  COWLEY (1)  COX (5)  CROSS (19)  DARLOW (1)  DENTON (3)  DILLEY (5)  EGGLESTON (5)  ELLIS (2)  FOSCUTT (3)  FRENCH (15)  GAILE (1)  GARNETT (1)  GELDART (2)  GILBERT (3)  GOODING (3)  GOOSEY (3)  GOVREY (1)  GRAY (1)  HARE (2)  HARRIS (1)  HASLAR (1)  HAYNES (2)  HILL (9)  HILLYARD (1)  HORN (18)  HORNER (1)  JAMES (7)  JOHNSON (15)  JONES (1)  KNIGHT (2)  KNOWLTON (7)  LOVELL (4)  MARRIOT (4)  MEADOWS (11)  MORRIS (2)  NEALE (1)  NORMAN (10)  ODELL (4)  OSBORN (2)  PARTRIDGE (10)  PERKINS (8)  PERRY (1)  PETTIT (16)  REDMAN (2)  RICHARDSON (6)  RIDDLE (2)  ROBINSON (10)  ROSE (1)  RUST (1)  SAYER (16)  SCROXTON (11)  SHARP (2)  SMITH (1)  SUGARS (1)  SWANELL (6)  THEW (1)  TURNER (1)  TYE (6)  TYSOE (8)  UNDERWOOD (1)  WATTS (8)  WYMAN (3)  WEST (4)  WESTLEY (20)  WILE (1)  WHITE (4)  WYKES (6)  WYLDES (6)  WILSHER (3)  WINDSOR (1)  WINGROVE (1)  WONTNER (4)  WOODING (1)  WARBOYS (5)  WRIGHT (6)