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 Hands, with 17 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
1401	Hands	17	0.010%	1.12x
1402	Holes	17	0.010%	20.78x
1403	Ing	17	0.010%	6.83x
1404	Kay	17	0.010%	0.22x
1405	Legge	17	0.010%	2.52x
1406	Levitt	17	0.010%	3.37x
1407	Mees	17	0.010%	8.56x
1408	Milliner	17	0.010%	12.02x
1409	Mortimer	17	0.010%	0.54x
1410	Parkin	17	0.010%	0.42x
1411	Parrot	17	0.010%	9.78x
1412	Pickard	17	0.010%	0.81x
1413	Pilkington	17	0.010%	0.63x
1414	Pipkin	17	0.010%	16.66x
1415	Ramsey	17	0.010%	1.03x
1416	Redding	17	0.010%	2.67x
1417	Rush	17	0.010%	1.05x
1418	Sayer	17	0.010%	0.86x
1419	Sharratt	17	0.010%	3.63x
1420	Skerman	17	0.010%	91.01x
1421	Spooner	17	0.010%	0.78x
1422	Staniford	17	0.010%	17.90x
1423	Stears	17	0.010%	18.00x
1424	Storey	17	0.010%	0.44x
1425	Swan	17	0.010%	0.43x
1426	Trapp	17	0.010%	10.05x
1427	Waite	17	0.010%	0.54x
1428	Wallinger	17	0.010%	33.00x
1429	Wicks	17	0.010%	0.80x
1430	Wykes	17	0.010%	3.22x
1431	Angel	16	0.010%	2.46x
1432	Asher	16	0.010%	2.50x
1433	Astell	16	0.010%	11.04x
1434	Burrage	16	0.010%	5.42x
1435	Burt	16	0.010%	0.45x
1436	Carrier	16	0.010%	6.56x
1437	Child	16	0.010%	0.62x
1438	Crook	16	0.010%	0.37x
1439	Culverhouse	16	0.010%	7.58x
1440	Deller	16	0.010%	5.40x
1441	Duncomb	16	0.010%	23.64x
1442	Eden	16	0.010%	1.04x
1443	Elton	16	0.010%	2.63x
1444	Fennell	16	0.010%	2.26x
1445	Foxon	16	0.010%	8.14x
1446	Garton	16	0.010%	2.15x
1447	Goodes	16	0.010%	12.57x
1448	Goosey	16	0.010%	11.95x
1449	Grummitt	16	0.010%	12.72x
1450	Hamilton	16	0.010%	0.14x
1451	Hawley	16	0.010%	1.08x
1452	Hipwell	16	0.010%	6.09x
1453	Hooton	16	0.010%	3.06x
1454	Hutson	16	0.010%	2.69x
1455	Ivory	16	0.010%	5.03x
1456	Jacquest	16	0.010%	48.74x
1457	Kedge	16	0.010%	11.04x
1458	Keightley	16	0.010%	4.57x
1459	Kendal	16	0.010%	2.71x
1460	Lockhart	16	0.010%	1.52x
1461	Marston	16	0.010%	1.14x
1462	Mayne	16	0.010%	1.79x
1463	Meachem	16	0.010%	31.68x
1464	Morby	16	0.010%	8.56x
1465	Nutter	16	0.010%	1.39x
1466	Parkinson	16	0.010%	0.22x
1467	Pinner	16	0.010%	4.26x
1468	Piper	16	0.010%	0.54x
1469	Quarry	16	0.010%	14.14x
1470	Ransom	16	0.010%	1.95x
1471	Sayell	16	0.010%	37.27x
1472	Thorpe	16	0.010%	0.27x
1473	Thwaites	16	0.010%	1.77x
1474	Tildesley	16	0.010%	7.10x
1475	Tiplady	16	0.010%	4.34x
1476	Tofield	16	0.010%	13.04x
1477	Wakes	16	0.010%	26.62x
1478	Warboys	16	0.010%	14.27x
1479	Watkin	16	0.010%	1.21x
1480	Wyman	16	0.010%	4.89x
1481	Albury	15	0.010%	12.17x
1482	Armitage	15	0.010%	0.39x
1483	Ayers	15	0.010%	1.65x
1484	Battison	15	0.010%	8.84x
1485	Beale	15	0.010%	0.78x
1486	Burnham	15	0.010%	1.61x
1487	Button	15	0.010%	0.84x
1488	Bywater	15	0.010%	1.97x
1489	Cakebread	15	0.010%	6.44x
1490	Champken	15	0.010%	84.89x
1491	Clough	15	0.010%	0.44x
1492	Colman	15	0.010%	1.06x
1493	Colson	15	0.010%	5.20x
1494	Coote	15	0.010%	2.01x
1495	Copleston	15	0.010%	28.29x
1496	Creasey	15	0.010%	2.46x
1497	Dewberry	15	0.010%	17.47x
1498	Dukes	15	0.010%	2.68x
1499	Durham	15	0.010%	1.15x
1500	Faunch	15	0.010%	42.43x