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 Poulter, with 25 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
1101	Poulter	25	0.020%	2.22x
1102	Scroggs	25	0.020%	56.90x
1103	Tinsley	25	0.020%	2.72x
1104	Walter	25	0.020%	1.08x
1105	Yates	25	0.020%	0.24x
1106	Adcock	24	0.020%	1.61x
1107	Almond	24	0.020%	1.28x
1108	Atterbury	24	0.020%	15.18x
1109	Battle	24	0.020%	5.18x
1110	Birdsey	24	0.020%	46.59x
1111	Bosworth	24	0.020%	2.69x
1112	Botsford	24	0.020%	84.90x
1113	Brasier	24	0.020%	13.58x
1114	Briden	24	0.020%	21.12x
1115	Brocket	24	0.020%	62.53x
1116	Bromwell	24	0.020%	45.26x
1117	Careless	24	0.020%	6.34x
1118	Chappel	24	0.020%	3.61x
1119	Davison	24	0.020%	0.44x
1120	Doggett	24	0.020%	6.15x
1121	Doughty	24	0.020%	1.25x
1122	Eyles	24	0.020%	3.44x
1123	Giltrow	24	0.020%	96.97x
1124	Graham	24	0.020%	0.14x
1125	Haddow	24	0.020%	5.20x
1126	Harley	24	0.020%	1.23x
1127	Hicks	24	0.020%	0.38x
1128	Holly	24	0.020%	6.34x
1129	Howes	24	0.020%	0.91x
1130	Jeffrey	24	0.020%	0.86x
1131	Kilbey	24	0.020%	18.28x
1132	Lawford	24	0.020%	7.09x
1133	Mathers	24	0.020%	2.66x
1134	Muckleston	24	0.020%	64.24x
1135	Parris	24	0.020%	5.95x
1136	Pigott	24	0.020%	4.14x
1137	Pool	24	0.020%	1.37x
1138	Procter	24	0.020%	1.22x
1139	Pruden	24	0.020%	20.84x
1140	Spavins	24	0.020%	86.42x
1141	Stuart	24	0.020%	0.66x
1142	Tibbett	24	0.020%	25.28x
1143	Woodhams	24	0.020%	6.39x
1144	Ambrose	23	0.020%	1.73x
1145	Bardell	23	0.020%	11.38x
1146	Buckley	23	0.020%	0.28x
1147	Bunnage	23	0.020%	35.30x
1148	Carpenter	23	0.020%	0.44x
1149	Caves	23	0.020%	27.60x
1150	Chesher	23	0.020%	32.07x
1151	Davey	23	0.020%	0.37x
1152	Devonshire	23	0.020%	8.54x
1153	Graves	23	0.020%	1.00x
1154	Hewson	23	0.020%	1.86x
1155	Hinde	23	0.020%	3.65x
1156	Hornsby	23	0.020%	2.34x
1157	Howlett	23	0.020%	1.13x
1158	Loft	23	0.020%	5.94x
1159	Longland	23	0.020%	9.57x
1160	Minards	23	0.020%	31.19x
1161	Newnham	23	0.020%	3.55x
1162	Peer	23	0.020%	35.03x
1163	Phipps	23	0.020%	1.03x
1164	Prudden	23	0.020%	58.39x
1165	Quick	23	0.020%	1.36x
1166	Reid	23	0.020%	0.14x
1167	Sargeant	23	0.020%	1.93x
1168	Sargent	23	0.020%	0.99x
1169	Seamarks	23	0.020%	189.77x
1170	Sletcher	23	0.020%	182.25x
1171	Todd	23	0.020%	0.30x
1172	Viccars	23	0.020%	17.65x
1173	Vickers	23	0.020%	0.59x
1174	Whitby	23	0.020%	2.50x
1175	Whitney	23	0.020%	2.93x
1176	Wills	23	0.020%	0.51x
1177	Armond	22	0.010%	73.83x
1178	Armour	22	0.010%	2.32x
1179	Bassett	22	0.010%	0.93x
1180	Black	22	0.010%	0.22x
1181	Boddington	22	0.010%	5.24x
1182	Boughton	22	0.010%	3.52x
1183	Chalkley	22	0.010%	4.70x
1184	Cornish	22	0.010%	1.01x
1185	Crow	22	0.010%	0.96x
1186	Drage	22	0.010%	3.76x
1187	Dynes	22	0.010%	61.37x
1188	Elkerton	22	0.010%	48.95x
1189	Elms	22	0.010%	3.82x
1190	Fairy	22	0.010%	24.75x
1191	Fennemore	22	0.010%	34.30x
1192	Frances	22	0.010%	2.31x
1193	Gibson	22	0.010%	0.12x
1194	Gilder	22	0.010%	5.55x
1195	Gilks	22	0.010%	8.14x
1196	Howkins	22	0.010%	11.00x
1197	Lake	22	0.010%	0.66x
1198	Lavender	22	0.010%	2.31x
1199	Laxton	22	0.010%	4.78x
1200	Maddy	22	0.010%	22.92x