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 Westrop, with 20 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
1301	Westrop	20	0.010%	19.90x
1302	Wooton	20	0.010%	4.97x
1303	Albery	19	0.010%	15.68x
1304	Alderman	19	0.010%	3.20x
1305	Allison	19	0.010%	0.44x
1306	Barfoot	19	0.010%	4.06x
1307	Barr	19	0.010%	0.52x
1308	Burge	19	0.010%	1.74x
1309	Carroll	19	0.010%	0.63x
1310	Churchman	19	0.010%	4.93x
1311	Dew	19	0.010%	2.16x
1312	Eddy	19	0.010%	2.10x
1313	Else	19	0.010%	3.80x
1314	Flood	19	0.010%	1.43x
1315	Gammon	19	0.010%	2.33x
1316	Gilby	19	0.010%	3.37x
1317	Glover	19	0.010%	0.29x
1318	Hardwicke	19	0.010%	14.36x
1319	Harpin	19	0.010%	17.66x
1320	Haydon	19	0.010%	2.01x
1321	Hoare	19	0.010%	0.64x
1322	Holley	19	0.010%	3.41x
1323	Hulett	19	0.010%	21.87x
1324	Humberstone	19	0.010%	6.43x
1325	Hutton	19	0.010%	0.42x
1326	Leech	19	0.010%	0.77x
1327	Ludgate	19	0.010%	10.00x
1328	Marks	19	0.010%	0.61x
1329	Mastin	19	0.010%	14.99x
1330	Maynard	19	0.010%	0.82x
1331	Newland	19	0.010%	2.10x
1332	Owens	19	0.010%	0.25x
1333	Ping	19	0.010%	29.62x
1334	Pooley	19	0.010%	1.56x
1335	Prole	19	0.010%	31.35x
1336	Rhodes	19	0.010%	0.27x
1337	Shatton	19	0.010%	28.28x
1338	Simmonds	19	0.010%	0.47x
1339	Steele	19	0.010%	0.47x
1340	Trigg	19	0.010%	2.24x
1341	Tutt	19	0.010%	4.37x
1342	Walden	19	0.010%	1.72x
1343	Wall	19	0.010%	0.36x
1344	Webber	19	0.010%	0.41x
1345	Whiffin	19	0.010%	8.83x
1346	Whitemore	19	0.010%	20.79x
1347	Wilks	19	0.010%	0.80x
1348	Woodfield	19	0.010%	3.71x
1349	Auburn	18	0.010%	37.52x
1350	Berwick	18	0.010%	2.96x
1351	Bloomfield	18	0.010%	0.94x
1352	Bonham	18	0.010%	4.57x
1353	Bonwick	18	0.010%	15.77x
1354	Briers	18	0.010%	6.32x
1355	Brooker	18	0.010%	0.99x
1356	Brookes	18	0.010%	0.51x
1357	Butt	18	0.010%	0.92x
1358	Cane	18	0.010%	1.75x
1359	Capp	18	0.010%	6.81x
1360	Collyer	18	0.010%	1.92x
1361	Dale	18	0.010%	0.28x
1362	Dring	18	0.010%	2.67x
1363	Eldridge	18	0.010%	1.09x
1364	Elliman	18	0.010%	18.96x
1365	Flute	18	0.010%	45.70x
1366	Fooks	18	0.010%	7.41x
1367	Gribble	18	0.010%	3.31x
1368	Lang	18	0.010%	0.53x
1369	Lay	18	0.010%	1.60x
1370	Lett	18	0.010%	8.95x
1371	Letts	18	0.010%	3.48x
1372	Messenger	18	0.010%	1.54x
1373	Nunn	18	0.010%	0.68x
1374	Orpin	18	0.010%	13.30x
1375	Pointer	18	0.010%	2.81x
1376	Ramsay	18	0.010%	0.46x
1377	Rance	18	0.010%	3.19x
1378	Rickett	18	0.010%	3.94x
1379	Scarborough	18	0.010%	4.21x
1380	Threader	18	0.010%	26.60x
1381	Tomson	18	0.010%	10.80x
1382	Veal	18	0.010%	1.95x
1383	Woodcroft	18	0.010%	36.01x
1384	Yarrow	18	0.010%	6.10x
1385	Ambridge	17	0.010%	9.93x
1386	Annis	17	0.010%	6.85x
1387	Aspley	17	0.010%	32.68x
1388	Asplin	17	0.010%	14.70x
1389	Backhouse	17	0.010%	1.51x
1390	Blunt	17	0.010%	1.39x
1391	Caton	17	0.010%	2.35x
1392	Clay	17	0.010%	0.55x
1393	Cocking	17	0.010%	2.32x
1394	Constant	17	0.010%	11.22x
1395	Curl	17	0.010%	5.78x
1396	Dent	17	0.010%	0.59x
1397	Dickenson	17	0.010%	0.74x
1398	Dighton	17	0.010%	15.23x
1399	Eustace	17	0.010%	4.01x
1400	Greene	17	0.010%	4.11x