Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wilshampstead, Bedfordshire

Wilshampstead 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
SMITH516.20444.39
BURR334.0146499.24
IRONS242.9197535.71
BENNETT212.554715.54
COX202.433116.05
NOTLEY192.31141,241.83
GREEN182.18987.78
TOLL182.18981,241.38
COOPER161.94658.00
COOK161.94659.80
COLEY151.8248307.38
IZZARD151.8248609.76
POTTER141.703226.26
DYNES141.70327,368.42
SUMMERFIELD131.5815243.90
MASTERS121.459978.79
ALBURY121.45991,791.04
TAYLOR111.33822.09
GROOMS111.33826,875.00
CHERRY111.3382130.80
MCDONALD111.3382164.67
CLARK111.33824.45
STEVENS111.338212.82
PEARSE111.3382125.86
GILBERT91.094919.22
REDMAN91.094983.18
NOTTINGHAM91.0949409.09
BOSTON91.0949238.73
WHITTEMORE91.09492,571.43
SCOTT80.97323.85
KENDALL80.973245.20
MORRIS80.97324.37
BRIDGES80.973261.16
BARBER80.973216.17
ROBERTS70.85162.26
BARWICK70.8516200.00
PEACOCK70.851623.89
COLE70.85169.35
GODFREY70.851628.71
HYDE60.729923.73
DUNKLEY60.729991.74
RICHARDSON60.72994.29
CHILDS60.729939.74
MASTEN60.72996,666.67
SHARP60.72998.76
KING50.60832.79
MATTHEWS50.60836.97
NORTHWOOD50.6083320.51
BILLINGTON50.608355.99
MARKS50.608329.73

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
TABRON0.828227500.0000
DYNES0.828227368.4211
GROOMS0.828226875.0000
MASTEN0.828226666.6667
BOSTEN0.828222857.1429
WHITTEMORE0.828222571.4286
ALBURY0.828221791.0448
GRANBY0.828221500.0000
CHESHER0.828221282.0513
NOTLEY0.828221241.8301
TOLL0.828221241.3793
IZZARD0.82822609.7561
IRONS0.82822535.7143
BURR0.82822499.2436
ALBERY0.82822454.5455
NOTTINGHAM0.82822409.0909
BRINLEY0.82822384.6154
COTTEN0.82822327.8689
NORTHWOOD0.82822320.5128
COLEY0.82822307.3770
SUMMERFIELD0.82822243.9024
BOSTON0.82822238.7268
PULLEY0.82822217.3913
BARWICK0.82822200.0000
MCDONALD0.82822164.6707
CHERRY0.82822130.7967
PEARSE0.82822125.8581
BUSHBY0.82822123.8390
LITCHFIELD0.82822118.6944
KENDAL0.8282293.4579
DUNKLEY0.8282291.7431
REDMAN0.8282283.1793
MASTERS0.8282278.7919
HUCKLE0.8282276.6284
ASHWELL0.8282270.1754
MACAULAY0.8282268.2594
BRIDGES0.8282261.1621
WHITEMAN0.8282256.6038
BILLINGTON0.8282255.9910
SIMMS0.8282253.4759
BRIGHTMAN0.8282251.0204
CASE0.8282248.7211
DINES0.8282245.6621
KENDALL0.8282245.1977
TOMPKINS0.8282242.2535
CLAMP0.8282239.8406
CHILDS0.8282239.7351
TANSLEY0.8282232.8947
GEARY0.8282231.1042
MARKS0.8282229.7265

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 822 people called TABRON in Wilshampstead 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 7500.0000 in Wilshampstead means that 7500.0000% of the people in Wilshampstead on census day were called TABRON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called TABRON 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 TABRON 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 TABRON 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 TABRON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Wilshampstead means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of TABRON in Wilshampstead than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wilshampstead in 1881

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

ALBURY (12)  ALBERY (3)  ARNOLD (2)  ASHWELL (2)  ATTENBURY (4)  BARBER (8)  BARWICK (7)  BENNETT (21)  BILLINGTON (5)  BOSTON (9)  BOSTEN (2)  BRIDGES (8)  BRIGHTMAN (1)  BRINLEY (1)  BUDGIS (1)  BURR (33)  BURR JUN. (2)  BUSHBY (4)  BUSHLEY (5)  CHERRY (11)  CHESHER (5)  CHILDS (6)  CLAMP (1)  CLARK (11)  COLE (7)  COLEY (15)  COLLINS (3)  COOK (16)  COOPER (16)  COTTEN (2)  COUSINS (1)  COX (20)  CROUCH (2)  CROUSLEY (12)  DANIELLS (6)  DAY (4)  DINES (1)  DYNES (14)  DODSON (1)  DUNKLEY (6)  EVANS (1)  FINDING (10)  FRANKLIN (2)  GARNER (5)  GEARY (2)  GILBERT (9)  GODFREY (7)  GOODWIN (2)  GRANBY (3)  GREEN (18)  GROOMS (11)  GUDGIN (4)  HALLWORTH (3)  HAMPTON (3)  HEACHAM (?) (2)  HELBES (2)  HUCKLE (2)  HULBARD (1)  HYDE (6)  HIDE (8)  INKERSOLE (8)  IRONS (24)  IZZARD (15)  JONES (1)  MASTERS JUN. (2)  CASE (4)  KENDAL (3)  KENDALL (8)  KING (5)  KITCHENER (2)  LATHAM (1)  LICKERISH (1)  LITCHFIELD (4)  MARKS (5)  MARTIN (3)  MASTERS (12)  MASTEN (6)  MATTHEWS (5)  MACAULAY (2)  MCDONALD (11)  MORRIS (8)  NEWMAN (4)  NICHOLLS (1)  NORTHWOOD (5)  NOTLEY (19)  NOTTINGHAM (9)  PEACOCK (7)  PEARSE (11)  PHIPPS (3)  PULLEY (3)  POTTER (14)  QUENBY (8)  REDMAN (9)  REEVE (2)  RICHARDSON (6)  ROBERTS (7)  ROGERS (2)  RAWLINS (1)  SCOTT (8)  SHARP (6)  SIMMS (5)  SINFIELD (3)  SMITH (51)  STANBRIDGE (5)  STEVENS (11)  STONEBRIDGE (3)  STONBRIDGE (6)  STREET (2)  SUGARS (9)  SUMMERFIELD (13)  TABRON (3)  TANSLEY (1)  TAYLOR (11)  TOLL (18)  TOMPKINS (3)  TUFFNAIL (15)  WARNER (1)  WHITE (3)  WHITTEMORE (9)  WHITEMAN (3)  WOODWARD (1)