1881 census county

Bedfordshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bedfordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

5,600 surnames are listed for Bedfordshire, covering 138,357 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 2,949 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bedfordshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	2,949	1.95%	1.38x
2	Brown	1,419	0.940%	1.42x
3	King	1,115	0.740%	3.38x
4	Cooper	1,034	0.680%	2.81x
5	Cook	865	0.570%	2.88x
6	Robinson	857	0.570%	1.78x
7	Clark	820	0.540%	1.80x
8	White	820	0.540%	1.69x
9	Taylor	767	0.510%	0.79x
10	Harris	742	0.490%	1.93x
11	Allen	708	0.470%	2.48x
12	Cox	702	0.460%	3.06x
13	Clarke	617	0.410%	2.01x
14	Roberts	592	0.390%	1.04x
15	Green	580	0.380%	1.36x
16	Wright	554	0.370%	1.14x
17	Jones	499	0.330%	0.29x
18	Walker	499	0.330%	0.99x
19	Day	490	0.320%	3.44x
20	Carter	482	0.320%	1.90x
21	Payne	482	0.320%	3.54x
22	Pratt	481	0.320%	5.53x
23	Hill	461	0.300%	1.20x
24	Richardson	459	0.300%	1.78x
25	Thompson	454	0.300%	1.00x
26	Wilson	439	0.290%	0.63x
27	Johnson	438	0.290%	0.86x
28	Bird	421	0.280%	3.64x
29	Sharp	416	0.280%	3.30x
30	Webb	414	0.270%	2.02x
31	Stevens	410	0.270%	2.60x
32	Page	403	0.270%	3.33x
33	Ward	401	0.270%	1.21x
34	Arnold	360	0.240%	4.41x
35	Jackson	358	0.240%	0.85x
36	Garner	354	0.230%	7.40x
37	Young	353	0.230%	1.09x
38	Evans	345	0.230%	0.52x
39	Tompkins	337	0.220%	25.81x
40	Hall	336	0.220%	0.76x
41	Burgess	333	0.220%	3.17x
42	Sinfield	331	0.220%	90.14x
43	Baker	329	0.220%	0.99x
44	Chapman	329	0.220%	1.53x
45	Warren	323	0.210%	3.19x
46	Stapleton	322	0.210%	21.20x
47	Martin	321	0.210%	0.86x
48	Bates	318	0.210%	3.30x
49	Barker	314	0.210%	1.59x
50	Goodman	311	0.210%	7.05x
51	Bailey	307	0.200%	1.35x
52	Waller	305	0.200%	8.00x
53	Hart	304	0.200%	2.36x
54	Huckle	303	0.200%	63.14x
55	Field	300	0.200%	3.99x
56	Janes	295	0.200%	30.36x
57	Randall	295	0.200%	6.23x
58	Norman	292	0.190%	4.17x
59	Church	285	0.190%	8.64x
60	Wells	285	0.190%	2.26x
61	Gurney	284	0.190%	18.03x
62	Crawley	278	0.180%	14.14x
63	Knight	278	0.180%	1.49x
64	Davis	277	0.180%	0.83x
65	Cole	276	0.180%	2.00x
66	Saunders	274	0.180%	1.97x
67	Wooding	270	0.180%	40.96x
68	Franklin	266	0.180%	5.30x
69	Parrott	266	0.180%	15.47x
70	Gilbert	263	0.170%	3.05x
71	Newman	262	0.170%	2.33x
72	Dear	260	0.170%	23.24x
73	Coleman	259	0.170%	3.44x
74	Horn	257	0.170%	7.48x
75	Osborn	257	0.170%	8.17x
76	Wildman	254	0.170%	27.48x
77	Watts	253	0.170%	1.99x
78	Denton	251	0.170%	9.03x
79	Hull	251	0.170%	7.94x
80	Dilley	250	0.170%	52.27x
81	Hyde	249	0.160%	5.35x
82	Marshall	249	0.160%	0.98x
83	Turner	248	0.160%	0.59x
84	Adams	243	0.160%	1.09x
85	Stokes	243	0.160%	3.80x
86	Brooks	241	0.160%	1.63x
87	Hawkins	241	0.160%	2.20x
88	Foster	240	0.160%	1.19x
89	Daniels	239	0.160%	5.03x
90	Fisher	238	0.160%	1.34x
91	Bunker	233	0.150%	38.25x
92	Dennis	233	0.150%	5.21x
93	Mead	233	0.150%	6.61x
94	Woods	233	0.150%	2.44x
95	Barnes	230	0.150%	1.26x
96	Millard	230	0.150%	9.18x
97	Bennett	229	0.150%	0.92x
98	Chamberlain	229	0.150%	5.56x
99	Bass	223	0.150%	13.03x
100	Howard	223	0.150%	1.50x