Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire

Wrestlingworth 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
WARREN416.317494.49
BRIM233.543915,333.33
DAISLEY223.38984,782.61
NEAL192.927698.96
MUNSEY172.61944,594.59
CARVER152.3112255.10
BROOKER152.3112191.57
MATTHEWS132.003122.96
NEWELL132.0031126.83
HALL132.00316.81
KING121.84908.48
AUSTIN91.386728.37
BLOTT91.38671,200.00
BLAND91.386766.86
KNIGHTS81.2327140.60
WALDOCK81.2327740.74
BEAUMONT81.232741.58
HUCKLE81.2327388.35
MEDLOCK81.2327792.08
OLIVER81.232717.28
BATES71.078616.95
BIRD71.078614.12
JACKSON60.92453.31
BRYANT60.924521.64
MASTERS60.924549.92
WOOTTEN50.7704326.80
SIMONS50.770458.41
BONFIELD50.7704420.17
PURKISS40.6163259.74
EMERY40.616328.23
DAVIES40.61631.21
LENTON30.462292.59
BONE30.462224.94
DELLOW30.4622312.50
SADLER30.462219.61
GENTLE30.4622140.19
TWISS30.4622337.08
HOBSON20.308211.88
GINN20.3082111.73
PECK20.308218.23
FRANKLIN20.30829.28
NEWMAN20.30824.14
YARROW20.3082157.48
GILBERT20.30825.41
FOSTER20.30822.30
PERKISS20.30822,000.00
MILTON10.154111.17
PURSER10.154141.84
CARTER10.15410.92
BRITTON10.15418.70

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRIM0.6564915333.3333
DAISLEY0.656494782.6087
MUNSEY0.656494594.5946
PERKISS0.656492000.0000
BLOTT0.656491200.0000
MEDLOCK0.65649792.0792
WALDOCK0.65649740.7407
HARBIN0.65649476.1905
BONFIELD0.65649420.1681
HUCKLE0.65649388.3495
TWISS0.65649337.0787
WOOTTEN0.65649326.7974
DELLOW0.65649312.5000
PURKISS0.65649259.7403
CARVER0.65649255.1020
BROOKER0.65649191.5709
YARROW0.65649157.4803
KNIGHTS0.65649140.5975
GENTLE0.65649140.1869
NEWELL0.65649126.8293
GINN0.65649111.7318
NEAL0.6564998.9583
WARREN0.6564994.4918
LENTON0.6564992.5926
WILLISON0.6564972.9927
BLAND0.6564966.8648
SIMONS0.6564958.4112
MASTERS0.6564949.9168
PURSER0.6564941.8410
BEAUMONT0.6564941.5800
AUSTIN0.6564928.3733
EMERY0.6564928.2287
BARTLE0.6564926.1780
BONE0.6564924.9377
MATTHEWS0.6564922.9641
MASKELL0.6564921.9298
BRYANT0.6564921.6372
MERRY0.6564920.6186
SADLER0.6564919.6078
PECK0.6564918.2315
STRATTON0.6564917.7936
OLIVER0.6564917.2786
BATES0.6564916.9492
BIRD0.6564914.1157
HOBSON0.6564911.8765
MILTON0.6564911.1732
FRANKLIN0.656499.2807
BRITTON0.656498.7032
KING0.656498.4842
HALL0.656496.8088

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 649 people called BRIM in Wrestlingworth 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 15333.3333 in Wrestlingworth means that 15333.3333% of the people in Wrestlingworth on census day were called BRIM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRIM 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 BRIM 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 BRIM 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 BRIM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Wrestlingworth means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRIM in Wrestlingworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wrestlingworth in 1881

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

ASKHAM (1)  AUSTIN (9)  BARBER (1)  BUSTLE OR BARTLE (6)  BARTLE (1)  BATES (7)  BEAUMONT (8)  BAULK (1)  BIDMEAD (1)  BIRD (7)  BLAND (9)  BLOTT (9)  BONE (3)  BONFIELD (5)  BRIM (23)  BRITTON (1)  BROOKER (15)  BRYANT (6)  BUNYON (4)  CARTER (1)  CARVER (15)  CARVOR (3)  CHESSUM (32)  CHESSAM (1)  CURCHIN (21)  DAISLEY (22)  DELLOW (3)  DARTS (23)  DAVIES (4)  DELLAR (5)  DENNIS (1)  DIMMISE (4)  EMERY (4)  ENDERSBY (56)  FOLBIGG (1)  FOSTER (2)  FRANKLIN (2)  GENTLE (3)  GILBERT (2)  GYNE (4)  GINN (2)  JORDAN (1)  HALL (13)  HANULEY (1)  HARBIN (1)  HOBSON (2)  HOLBORN (15)  HUCCLE (1)  HUCKLE (8)  HUMBERSTONE (14)  ISSARD (1)  JACKSON (6)  JARVIS (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KING (12)  KNIGHTS (8)  LARKINSON (1)  LENTON (3)  MASKELL (1)  MASTERS (6)  MATTHEWS (13)  MEDLOCK (8)  MERRY (1)  METHUEN (1)  MILTON (1)  ST MAWR (?) (1)  MORLEY (1)  MUSLEY OR MORLEY (6)  MUNSEY (17)  NEAL (19)  NEWELL (13)  NEWMAN (2)  NICCERSON (?) (7)  NUNN (?) (1)  OLIVER (8)  PATTERSON (1)  PECK (2)  PURKISS (4)  PERKISS (2)  PURSER (1)  PURSOR (4)  RUNHAM OR RIMHAM (4)  RUNHAM (1)  SADLER (3)  SAUNDERSON (16)  SIMONS (5)  SKINNER (1)  SMITH (1)  STRATTON (1)  TWISS (3)  WALDOCK (8)  WARD (1)  WARREN (41)  WASDOCK (1)  WHITTAMORE (1)  WILLISON (1)  WILN (2)  WISSON (8)  WOOTTEN (5)  WRIGHT (1)  YARELL OR YERRELL (6)  YARROW (2)