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 Tipple, with 14 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
1601	Tipple	14	0.010%	6.49x
1602	Tompson	14	0.010%	4.32x
1603	Walduck	14	0.010%	19.66x
1604	Walsh	14	0.010%	0.17x
1605	Waterfield	14	0.010%	2.25x
1606	Wotton	14	0.010%	3.24x
1607	Algar	13	0.010%	3.34x
1608	Allwood	13	0.010%	2.11x
1609	Angell	13	0.010%	2.20x
1610	Bamford	13	0.010%	0.57x
1611	Banwell	13	0.010%	5.81x
1612	Bazley	13	0.010%	8.25x
1613	Biley	13	0.010%	52.53x
1614	Blows	13	0.010%	7.92x
1615	Braizer	13	0.010%	22.19x
1616	Brand	13	0.010%	0.58x
1617	Breary	13	0.010%	19.50x
1618	Bridges	13	0.010%	0.54x
1619	Budd	13	0.010%	0.68x
1620	Bunce	13	0.010%	1.15x
1621	Burch	13	0.010%	1.14x
1622	Camp	13	0.010%	1.49x
1623	Charter	13	0.010%	4.45x
1624	Chetham	13	0.010%	27.98x
1625	Chilton	13	0.010%	1.07x
1626	Collett	13	0.010%	0.67x
1627	Conolly	13	0.010%	2.84x
1628	Cosier	13	0.010%	17.27x
1629	Cowell	13	0.010%	0.60x
1630	Cunnington	13	0.010%	2.09x
1631	Deane	13	0.010%	1.03x
1632	Dellar	13	0.010%	6.92x
1633	Elwes	13	0.010%	19.07x
1634	Emmett	13	0.010%	1.03x
1635	Fells	13	0.010%	8.30x
1636	Gear	13	0.010%	2.30x
1637	Harriss	13	0.010%	1.32x
1638	Haslam	13	0.010%	0.57x
1639	Hodgkins	13	0.010%	1.91x
1640	Hook	13	0.010%	0.58x
1641	Huffer	13	0.010%	11.97x
1642	Humphery	13	0.010%	8.91x
1643	Jakins	13	0.010%	22.98x
1644	Jaquest	13	0.010%	39.02x
1645	Jardine	13	0.010%	0.92x
1646	Justice	13	0.010%	3.39x
1647	Kenny	13	0.010%	0.72x
1648	Mabley	13	0.010%	22.00x
1649	Mantle	13	0.010%	1.64x
1650	Martindale	13	0.010%	1.50x
1651	Meakins	13	0.010%	6.23x
1652	Mercer	13	0.010%	0.33x
1653	Millward	13	0.010%	0.77x
1654	Mumford	13	0.010%	0.89x
1655	Nottage	13	0.010%	4.31x
1656	Parry	13	0.010%	0.11x
1657	Paternoster	13	0.010%	13.55x
1658	Paxton	13	0.010%	1.08x
1659	Penn	13	0.010%	0.95x
1660	Percival	13	0.010%	0.55x
1661	Ricket	13	0.010%	26.01x
1662	Ridge	13	0.010%	1.23x
1663	Ross	13	0.010%	0.08x
1664	Royds	13	0.010%	5.25x
1665	Salsbury	13	0.010%	5.25x
1666	Salt	13	0.010%	0.58x
1667	Selby	13	0.010%	0.72x
1668	Sewell	13	0.010%	0.41x
1669	Shelford	13	0.010%	9.64x
1670	Souster	13	0.010%	20.27x
1671	Summersfield	13	0.010%	85.87x
1672	Surtees	13	0.010%	2.86x
1673	Thrussell	13	0.010%	11.10x
1674	Toby	13	0.010%	11.92x
1675	Wakefield	13	0.010%	0.48x
1676	Wesson	13	0.010%	3.30x
1677	Whitaker	13	0.010%	0.30x
1678	Whitehouse	13	0.010%	0.33x
1679	Whittall	13	0.010%	4.18x
1680	Willshire	13	0.010%	6.03x
1681	Woodbridge	13	0.010%	2.06x
1682	Woolley	13	0.010%	0.43x
1683	Apthorpe	12	0.010%	16.16x
1684	Ashly	12	0.010%	19.48x
1685	Beasley	12	0.010%	0.73x
1686	Beesley	12	0.010%	0.99x
1687	Bonnett	12	0.010%	3.14x
1688	Brewster	12	0.010%	0.82x
1689	Briars	12	0.010%	8.49x
1690	Brownhill	12	0.010%	2.26x
1691	Bullock	12	0.010%	0.24x
1692	Burnett	12	0.010%	0.29x
1693	Burns	12	0.010%	0.12x
1694	Carey	12	0.010%	0.42x
1695	Collings	12	0.010%	0.67x
1696	Congreve	12	0.010%	20.84x
1697	Creed	12	0.010%	1.43x
1698	Dann	12	0.010%	1.26x
1699	Denyer	12	0.010%	1.95x
1700	Devenish	12	0.010%	5.97x