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 Makepeace, with 22 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
1201	Makepeace	22	0.010%	5.15x
1202	Malden	22	0.010%	18.78x
1203	Neville	22	0.010%	1.22x
1204	Notley	22	0.010%	7.81x
1205	Parish	22	0.010%	0.94x
1206	Pollard	22	0.010%	0.40x
1207	Puddefoot	22	0.010%	31.56x
1208	Setchell	22	0.010%	14.28x
1209	Shearwood	22	0.010%	23.04x
1210	Spiers	22	0.010%	1.77x
1211	Sturges	22	0.010%	6.07x
1212	Swift	22	0.010%	0.47x
1213	Theobalds	22	0.010%	19.80x
1214	Tring	22	0.010%	19.27x
1215	Wilkerson	22	0.010%	14.28x
1216	Woodcock	22	0.010%	0.51x
1217	Bacon	21	0.010%	0.55x
1218	Barrick	21	0.010%	17.33x
1219	Bateman	21	0.010%	0.54x
1220	Bavington	21	0.010%	60.26x
1221	Blindell	21	0.010%	70.47x
1222	Blott	21	0.010%	12.05x
1223	Booth	21	0.010%	0.14x
1224	Brothers	21	0.010%	7.22x
1225	Burgoyne	21	0.010%	3.18x
1226	Capel	21	0.010%	4.69x
1227	Carruthers	21	0.010%	1.05x
1228	Chase	21	0.010%	2.49x
1229	Coley	21	0.010%	2.34x
1230	Crick	21	0.010%	2.32x
1231	Dickinson	21	0.010%	0.33x
1232	Eastaff	21	0.010%	79.97x
1233	Ebden	21	0.010%	33.00x
1234	Fraser	21	0.010%	0.16x
1235	Goodge	21	0.010%	19.34x
1236	Greening	21	0.010%	2.50x
1237	Harrowell	21	0.010%	26.15x
1238	Hitchcock	21	0.010%	1.20x
1239	Ingrey	21	0.010%	14.39x
1240	Islip	21	0.010%	16.83x
1241	Luddington	21	0.010%	27.18x
1242	Lugsden	21	0.010%	122.31x
1243	Mardling	21	0.010%	47.25x
1244	Maudlin	21	0.010%	41.58x
1245	Meadows	21	0.010%	0.99x
1246	Morrison	21	0.010%	0.18x
1247	Newbery	21	0.010%	4.82x
1248	Penwright	21	0.010%	138.71x
1249	Ruffhead	21	0.010%	48.92x
1250	Rumball	21	0.010%	17.11x
1251	Sandon	21	0.010%	18.08x
1252	Shreeves	21	0.010%	50.10x
1253	Slade	21	0.010%	0.70x
1254	Stamford	21	0.010%	6.77x
1255	Starmore	21	0.010%	83.17x
1256	Streeton	21	0.010%	16.70x
1257	Swaffield	21	0.010%	10.77x
1258	Talbot	21	0.010%	0.56x
1259	Tate	21	0.010%	0.72x
1260	Trott	21	0.010%	2.11x
1261	Turpin	21	0.010%	2.59x
1262	Wilcox	21	0.010%	0.74x
1263	Wilton	21	0.010%	1.44x
1264	Woodham	21	0.010%	4.14x
1265	Ager	20	0.010%	3.38x
1266	Barnet	20	0.010%	2.76x
1267	Barnwell	20	0.010%	6.56x
1268	Blackwell	20	0.010%	0.73x
1269	Bracey	20	0.010%	5.02x
1270	Bruton	20	0.010%	3.92x
1271	Crute	20	0.010%	18.68x
1272	Deeley	20	0.010%	3.88x
1273	Denny	20	0.010%	1.57x
1274	Dilly	20	0.010%	22.00x
1275	Drew	20	0.010%	0.50x
1276	Ell	20	0.010%	24.30x
1277	Fenn	20	0.010%	1.30x
1278	Folkes	20	0.010%	9.21x
1279	Frazer	20	0.010%	1.71x
1280	Gatward	20	0.010%	10.37x
1281	Goodyear	20	0.010%	2.50x
1282	Grove	20	0.010%	1.13x
1283	Haddon	20	0.010%	1.97x
1284	Hemley	20	0.010%	48.90x
1285	Hester	20	0.010%	3.55x
1286	Jeffery	20	0.010%	0.61x
1287	Juggins	20	0.010%	10.56x
1288	Lloyd	20	0.010%	0.11x
1289	Meager	20	0.010%	9.61x
1290	Mobley	20	0.010%	12.61x
1291	Nelson	20	0.010%	0.27x
1292	Pearman	20	0.010%	2.76x
1293	Readman	20	0.010%	5.48x
1294	Sapwell	20	0.010%	46.59x
1295	Stains	20	0.010%	18.16x
1296	Steers	20	0.010%	7.24x
1297	Strange	20	0.010%	1.23x
1298	Thomason	20	0.010%	2.27x
1299	Triplow	20	0.010%	50.77x
1300	Wadsworth	20	0.010%	0.95x