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 Drummond, with 12 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
1701	Drummond	12	0.010%	0.40x
1702	Emerson	12	0.010%	1.14x
1703	Footman	12	0.010%	9.10x
1704	Fountaine	12	0.010%	25.82x
1705	Garrard	12	0.010%	1.90x
1706	Gooch	12	0.010%	0.90x
1707	Gostick	12	0.010%	18.28x
1708	Granby	12	0.010%	32.99x
1709	Greenwood	12	0.010%	0.10x
1710	Halifax	12	0.010%	9.17x
1711	Hallsworth	12	0.010%	4.20x
1712	Hay	12	0.010%	0.22x
1713	Heady	12	0.010%	13.65x
1714	Hewett	12	0.010%	0.68x
1715	Hildred	12	0.010%	6.29x
1716	Hinton	12	0.010%	0.59x
1717	Hodges	12	0.010%	0.27x
1718	Holton	12	0.010%	1.53x
1719	Hose	12	0.010%	9.32x
1720	Humphry	12	0.010%	2.56x
1721	Ibbs	12	0.010%	8.43x
1722	Illsley	12	0.010%	4.36x
1723	Jeakins	12	0.010%	40.27x
1724	Kilsby	12	0.010%	7.76x
1725	Kinder	12	0.010%	1.89x
1726	Kingsley	12	0.010%	4.53x
1727	Livett	12	0.010%	11.48x
1728	Mariner	12	0.010%	8.00x
1729	Mcdonald	12	0.010%	0.98x
1730	Montgomery	12	0.010%	0.50x
1731	Moon	12	0.010%	0.38x
1732	Mortimore	12	0.010%	2.10x
1733	Mott	12	0.010%	1.05x
1734	Murphy	12	0.010%	0.10x
1735	Musgrave	12	0.010%	1.31x
1736	Newall	12	0.010%	1.38x
1737	Onion	12	0.010%	4.08x
1738	Overhill	12	0.010%	25.28x
1739	Parrish	12	0.010%	2.27x
1740	Pendred	12	0.010%	13.65x
1741	Philips	12	0.010%	0.43x
1742	Powdrill	12	0.010%	11.59x
1743	Revell	12	0.010%	1.37x
1744	Richard	12	0.010%	0.92x
1745	Ricketts	12	0.010%	0.82x
1746	Ridgway	12	0.010%	0.86x
1747	Savory	12	0.010%	2.15x
1748	Spriggs	12	0.010%	1.60x
1749	Stanmore	12	0.010%	10.65x
1750	Stephens	12	0.010%	0.14x
1751	Stevenson	12	0.010%	0.11x
1752	Swabey	12	0.010%	12.18x
1753	Temple	12	0.010%	0.60x
1754	Tew	12	0.010%	1.81x
1755	Titmus	12	0.010%	7.49x
1756	Tomalin	12	0.010%	6.27x
1757	Warden	12	0.010%	1.11x
1758	Whittaker	12	0.010%	0.17x
1759	Willmer	12	0.010%	7.36x
1760	Wing	12	0.010%	1.26x
1761	Winter	12	0.010%	0.22x
1762	Abel	11	0.010%	1.13x
1763	Askam	11	0.010%	20.74x
1764	Bannister	11	0.010%	0.42x
1765	Barister	11	0.010%	121.01x
1766	Bazeley	11	0.010%	7.28x
1767	Beckett	11	0.010%	0.36x
1768	Bennet	11	0.010%	0.53x
1769	Bentley	11	0.010%	0.17x
1770	Bevan	11	0.010%	0.30x
1771	Bigmore	11	0.010%	9.94x
1772	Boyd	11	0.010%	0.21x
1773	Bragg	11	0.010%	0.89x
1774	Broom	11	0.010%	0.59x
1775	Burnes	11	0.010%	4.01x
1776	Byfield	11	0.010%	4.60x
1777	Cameron	11	0.010%	0.09x
1778	Campbell	11	0.010%	0.04x
1779	Cann	11	0.010%	0.79x
1780	Cato	11	0.010%	5.39x
1781	Claydon	11	0.010%	1.15x
1782	Clemens	11	0.010%	3.59x
1783	Clews	11	0.010%	1.60x
1784	Cockle	11	0.010%	4.58x
1785	Coe	11	0.010%	0.45x
1786	Creak	11	0.010%	14.33x
1787	Cuthbert	11	0.010%	0.51x
1788	Deverell	11	0.010%	4.88x
1789	Dinsey	11	0.010%	70.24x
1790	Dymock	11	0.010%	5.42x
1791	Eagles	11	0.010%	2.57x
1792	Eastwell	11	0.010%	14.72x
1793	Eve	11	0.010%	1.93x
1794	Eveleigh	11	0.010%	2.61x
1795	Evens	11	0.010%	2.77x
1796	Falkner	11	0.010%	2.14x
1797	Firmin	11	0.010%	5.51x
1798	Foot	11	0.010%	0.73x
1799	Funnell	11	0.010%	1.32x
1800	Gardiner	11	0.010%	0.25x