Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westoning, Bedfordshire

Westoning 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
SHORT507.6104194.86
WALTON375.631780.02
HILLYARD304.56621,796.41
ALDRIDGE294.4140227.63
BONNER284.2618485.27
COX213.196321.09
SMITH182.73971.94
BASS152.2831201.88
LUMMUS142.130917,500.00
STANLEY131.978751.46
SPRING131.9787407.52
PHILLIPS121.826510.21
BUNKER121.8265452.83
PARKINS111.6743310.73
RICHARDSON111.67439.84
PEARSE111.6743157.37
OLNEY111.6743797.10
KNIGHT101.522112.35
ODELL101.5221208.33
BAKER91.36996.25
HIGGS91.369975.13
KING91.36996.29
COOK81.21776.13
CARTER81.21777.25
JUSTICE71.0654419.16
ELMORE60.9132645.16
CRISP60.913265.72
STOKES50.761018.02
HINDES50.7610735.29
KINGHAM50.7610210.08
NEALE50.761032.07
WATTS50.76109.08
CHANCE40.6088131.58
ROWLEY40.608823.18
DUDLEY40.608840.57
WHITTINGTON40.608886.58
OSBORNE40.608812.76
WRIGHT40.60881.90
JOHNSON40.60881.81
ASHBY40.608836.30
BURROWS30.456610.43
PRIOR30.456619.72
SUMMERFIELD30.456670.42
BURTON30.45665.36
HOPKINS20.30445.06
FLEMING20.30447.33
JEFFERSON20.304428.01
MEAD20.304413.05
LEE20.30441.86
NORTHWOOD20.3044161.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUMMUS0.6665717500.0000
GATON0.666573333.3333
HILLYARD0.666571796.4072
OLNEY0.66657797.1014
HINDES0.66657735.2941
ELMORE0.66657645.1613
BONNER0.66657485.2686
BUNKER0.66657452.8302
JUSTICE0.66657419.1617
SPRING0.66657407.5235
PARKINS0.66657310.7345
ALDRIDGE0.66657227.6295
KINGHAM0.66657210.0840
ODELL0.66657208.3333
BASS0.66657201.8843
SHORT0.66657194.8558
JELLIS0.66657169.4915
NORTHWOOD0.66657161.2903
PEARSE0.66657157.3677
CHANCE0.66657131.5789
COVINGTON0.66657119.0476
WHITTINGTON0.6665786.5801
WALTON0.6665780.0173
HIGGS0.6665775.1252
SUMMERFIELD0.6665770.4225
CRISP0.6665765.7174
WOODLAND0.6665760.0601
STANLEY0.6665751.4648
MCKENZIE0.6665745.4545
RUSSEL0.6665744.1501
MUTTON0.6665740.9836
DUDLEY0.6665740.5680
ASHBY0.6665736.2976
NEALE0.6665732.0718
JEFFERSON0.6665728.0112
ROWLEY0.6665723.1750
COX0.6665721.0907
PRIOR0.6665719.7239
BLUNT0.6665718.8324
STOKES0.6665718.0245
MEAD0.6665713.0548
DRAPER0.6665712.9199
OSBORNE0.6665712.7551
KNIGHT0.6665712.3472
NEIL0.6665711.5075
EATON0.6665710.8755
LAURENCE0.6665710.7066
BURROWS0.6665710.4312
PHILLIPS0.6665710.2084
RICHARDSON0.666579.8355

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 657 people called LUMMUS in Westoning 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 17500.0000 in Westoning means that 17500.0000% of the people in Westoning on census day were called LUMMUS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUMMUS 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 LUMMUS 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 LUMMUS 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 LUMMUS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.66 in Westoning means that you are 0.66 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUMMUS in Westoning than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westoning in 1881

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

ABBIS (5)  ALDRIDGE (29)  ARMSDEN (6)  ASHBY (4)  AUSTIN (1)  BABISTER (3)  BAKER (9)  BASS (15)  BLUNT (1)  BONNER (28)  BOXFORD (1)  BRINKLER (1)  BRINKLOW (7)  BUNKER (12)  BURROWS (3)  BURTON (3)  CARTER (8)  CHANCE (4)  CHAPMAN (1)  CHILDS (1)  COOK (8)  COVINGTON (1)  COX (21)  CRISP (6)  CROOKLEWELL (1)  DIMMOCK (11)  DRAPER (2)  DUDLEY (4)  EATON (2)  ELMORE (6)  FLEMING (2)  GATON (1)  GAZELEY (28)  GERRING (1)  JELLIS (1)  HARBETT (2)  HATTON (1)  HIGGS (9)  HILLYARD (30)  HINDES (5)  HOPKINS (2)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFERSON (2)  JOHNSON (4)  JUSTICE (7)  KING (9)  KINGHAM (5)  KITCHENER (1)  KNIGHT (10)  LAURENCE (1)  LEE (2)  LUMMUS (14)  MCKENZIE (1)  MEAD (2)  MUTTON (1)  MUCKLESTON (3)  NEALE (5)  NEIL (1)  NOBLE (1)  NORTHWOOD (2)  ODELL (10)  ODDELL (7)  OLNEY (11)  OSBORNE (4)  PARKINS (11)  PAVERLEY (1)  PEARSE (11)  PECK (1)  PEDDAR (31)  PHILLIPS (12)  PRIOR (3)  RICHARDSON (11)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBINSON (2)  ROPKINS (2)  ROWLEY (4)  RUSSEL (2)  SHEARWOOD (11)  SHORT (50)  SMITH (18)  SPRING (13)  STANLEY (13)  STOKES (5)  SUMMERFIELD (3)  TAYLOR (1)  TINGAY (2)  TRUPTE (6)  WALTON (37)  WATTS (5)  WHITTINGTON (4)  WOODLAND (2)  WRIGHT (4)