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 Caress, with 29 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
1001	Caress	29	0.020%	77.62x
1002	Collier	29	0.020%	0.57x
1003	Crofts	29	0.020%	2.37x
1004	Deamer	29	0.020%	18.46x
1005	Fenson	29	0.020%	43.50x
1006	Goodacre	29	0.020%	5.99x
1007	Grant	29	0.020%	0.19x
1008	Haines	29	0.020%	0.83x
1009	Hodgson	29	0.020%	0.28x
1010	Hunter	29	0.020%	0.19x
1011	Kennedy	29	0.020%	0.32x
1012	Prutton	29	0.020%	140.03x
1013	Samm	29	0.020%	151.20x
1014	Single	29	0.020%	30.70x
1015	Whitman	29	0.020%	9.49x
1016	Wrench	29	0.020%	5.74x
1017	Batchelor	28	0.020%	1.09x
1018	Compton	28	0.020%	1.92x
1019	Creek	28	0.020%	10.04x
1020	Dorrington	28	0.020%	5.87x
1021	Douglas	28	0.020%	0.38x
1022	Freshwater	28	0.020%	8.20x
1023	Groves	28	0.020%	0.66x
1024	Guess	28	0.020%	25.91x
1025	Hand	28	0.020%	1.54x
1026	Healey	28	0.020%	1.13x
1027	Hillson	28	0.020%	23.79x
1028	Hooker	28	0.020%	2.17x
1029	Howell	28	0.020%	0.44x
1030	Hubbard	28	0.020%	0.76x
1031	Larman	28	0.020%	19.73x
1032	Lowings	28	0.020%	45.45x
1033	Riseley	28	0.020%	21.91x
1034	Sanderson	28	0.020%	0.45x
1035	Shane	28	0.020%	19.66x
1036	Sykes	28	0.020%	0.39x
1037	Varney	28	0.020%	3.54x
1038	Wilmot	28	0.020%	2.77x
1039	Brice	27	0.020%	2.16x
1040	Craft	27	0.020%	8.09x
1041	Crossley	27	0.020%	0.65x
1042	Custance	27	0.020%	14.77x
1043	Gobey	27	0.020%	23.87x
1044	Hodby	27	0.020%	68.55x
1045	Humbles	27	0.020%	68.55x
1046	Lawman	27	0.020%	18.18x
1047	Lawrance	27	0.020%	2.73x
1048	Pain	27	0.020%	1.99x
1049	Rice	27	0.020%	0.57x
1050	Rudd	27	0.020%	1.13x
1051	Seamark	27	0.020%	24.86x
1052	Smallbones	27	0.020%	30.90x
1053	Sturman	27	0.020%	8.03x
1054	Wilkins	27	0.020%	0.40x
1055	Bambridge	26	0.020%	7.96x
1056	Bradley	26	0.020%	0.21x
1057	Bransom	26	0.020%	49.51x
1058	Brawn	26	0.020%	9.50x
1059	Bundy	26	0.020%	5.38x
1060	Carver	26	0.020%	1.90x
1061	Castleman	26	0.020%	18.93x
1062	Cookson	26	0.020%	1.46x
1063	Dunn	26	0.020%	0.21x
1064	Fowkes	26	0.020%	5.76x
1065	Gadsby	26	0.020%	4.20x
1066	Garlick	26	0.020%	1.95x
1067	Gooding	26	0.020%	2.03x
1068	Gower	26	0.020%	1.64x
1069	Harlow	26	0.020%	3.14x
1070	Holden	26	0.020%	0.31x
1071	Huckell	26	0.020%	54.19x
1072	Kimpton	26	0.020%	6.33x
1073	Lineham	26	0.020%	19.80x
1074	Lockey	26	0.020%	7.24x
1075	Mailes	26	0.020%	46.80x
1076	Milliard	26	0.020%	45.97x
1077	Painter	26	0.020%	1.25x
1078	Philpott	26	0.020%	2.24x
1079	Pinney	26	0.020%	12.31x
1080	Plater	26	0.020%	11.36x
1081	Rignall	26	0.020%	36.00x
1082	Scrivner	26	0.020%	54.19x
1083	Spratley	26	0.020%	15.99x
1084	Stratford	26	0.020%	2.50x
1085	Whittamore	26	0.020%	95.34x
1086	Alexander	25	0.020%	0.31x
1087	Barham	25	0.020%	2.67x
1088	Birchmore	25	0.020%	31.94x
1089	Bush	25	0.020%	0.67x
1090	Cripps	25	0.020%	1.70x
1091	Dalley	25	0.020%	6.63x
1092	Dancer	25	0.020%	7.69x
1093	Derbyshire	25	0.020%	1.59x
1094	Dumpleton	25	0.020%	68.74x
1095	Fane	25	0.020%	15.86x
1096	Gosling	25	0.020%	1.06x
1097	Gould	25	0.020%	0.46x
1098	Guest	25	0.020%	0.77x
1099	May	25	0.020%	0.26x
1100	Measures	25	0.020%	6.08x