Top surnames from the 1881 census in Ravensden, Bedfordshire

Ravensden 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
WILES306.3291729.93
WOODS285.907293.68
IVES224.6414396.40
COX204.219427.84
MAYES183.7975393.87
STANTON153.1646158.73
PEACOCK142.953682.84
CARTER122.531615.08
GEORGE122.531643.15
HARLOW112.3207423.08
WILDMAN112.3207379.31
ALLEN91.898710.05
MEAD91.898781.45
JONES91.89871.68
PAGE81.687821.11
ROGERS81.687813.00
HORRELL71.4768945.95
GAMMONS71.47683,181.82
SMITH71.47681.05
MARSHALL71.47688.81
GOODWIN71.476828.02
PEDDER61.2658359.28
WESTLEY61.2658307.69
DAWSON51.05499.57
FARRER51.0549159.24
PARKER51.05495.55
LIGHTFOOT51.054975.87
RICHARDSON51.05496.20
BROWN51.05491.60
RUST40.8439160.00
AUSTIN40.843917.26
CHURCHMAN40.8439330.58
WRENCH30.6329189.87
GREEN30.63292.25
JEFFERIES30.632957.14
HAMBLETON30.6329155.44
BULL30.632914.97
SHEPHERD30.63298.64
WHITTEMORE30.63291,500.00
BARRICK20.4219526.32
SYMONS20.421930.72
JOYCE20.421917.18
BILLING20.421975.76
WHILEY20.4219266.67
DENTON20.421922.96
SUNDERLAND20.421936.76
JORDAN20.42199.55
PRATT20.42197.34
ARMSTRONG20.42195.52
HARRISON20.42191.90

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAMMONS0.474743181.8182
WHITTEMORE0.474741500.0000
HORRELL0.47474945.9459
WILES0.47474729.9270
BARRICK0.47474526.3158
HARLOW0.47474423.0769
IVES0.47474396.3964
MAYES0.47474393.8731
WILDMAN0.47474379.3103
PEDDER0.47474359.2814
CHURCHMAN0.47474330.5785
WESTLEY0.47474307.6923
WHILEY0.47474266.6667
BARRINGER0.47474208.3333
WRENCH0.47474189.8734
COVINGTON0.47474163.9344
RUST0.47474160.0000
FARRER0.47474159.2357
STANTON0.47474158.7302
HAMBLETON0.47474155.4404
COLBERT0.47474126.5823
WOODS0.4747493.6768
COUZENS0.4747484.7458
PEACOCK0.4747482.8402
MEAD0.4747481.4480
LIGHTFOOT0.4747475.8725
BILLING0.4747475.7576
WINGROVE0.4747471.9424
JEFFERIES0.4747457.1429
SPRING0.4747443.4783
GEORGE0.4747443.1499
DOVE0.4747436.9004
SUNDERLAND0.4747436.7647
REVELL0.4747436.4964
SYMONS0.4747430.7220
GOODWIN0.4747428.0224
COX0.4747427.8396
PAIN0.4747423.4742
DENTON0.4747422.9621
PAGE0.4747421.1138
AUSTIN0.4747417.2637
JOYCE0.4747417.1821
CARTER0.4747415.0811
BULL0.4747414.9701
ROGERS0.4747412.9997
ALLEN0.4747410.0514
GUEST0.474749.8717
DAWSON0.474749.5694
JORDAN0.474749.5511
MARSHALL0.474748.8050

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 474 people called GAMMONS in Ravensden 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 3181.8182 in Ravensden means that 3181.8182% of the people in Ravensden on census day were called GAMMONS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAMMONS 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 GAMMONS 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 GAMMONS 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 GAMMONS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.47 in Ravensden means that you are 0.47 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAMMONS in Ravensden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Ravensden in 1881

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

ALFLATT (2)  ALLEN (9)  ARBER (3)  ARMSTRONG (2)  AUSTIN (4)  BARRICK (2)  BARRINGER (1)  BILLING (2)  BROWN (5)  BULL (3)  CAMBERS (6)  CARTER (12)  CHURCHMAN (4)  COUZENS (1)  COVINGTON (1)  COX (20)  CRADICK (1)  COLBERT (1)  DAWSON (5)  DAY (1)  DENTON (2)  DEWETT (1)  DIMBLEBY (1)  DOVE (2)  FARRER (5)  FENSOM (38)  GAMMONS (7)  GAMMANS (2)  GARE (5)  GASCOINE (1)  GEORGE (12)  GOODWIN (7)  JORDAN (2)  GREEN (3)  GUEST (1)  HAMBLETON (3)  HARLOW (11)  HARPUR (12)  HARRISON (2)  HILLS (1)  HORRELL (7)  IVES (22)  JEFFERIES (3)  JONES (9)  JOYCE (2)  LIGHTFOOT (5)  LUMBIS (16)  MARSHALL (7)  MAYES (18)  MEAD (9)  PAGE (8)  PARKER (5)  PAIN (1)  PEACOCK (14)  PEDDER (6)  PRATT (2)  REVELL (1)  RICHARDSON (5)  ROGERS (8)  RUST (4)  SCOTNEY (1)  SHEPHERD (3)  SYMONS (2)  SMITH (7)  SPRING (1)  STANTON (15)  SUNDERLAND (2)  WESTLEY (6)  WHITTEMORE (3)  WILDMAN (11)  WILES (30)  WINGROVE (1)  WOODS (28)  WRENCH (3)  WHILEY (2)  WYTHES (4)