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 Rogers, with 223 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
101	Rogers	223	0.150%	1.14x
102	West	223	0.150%	1.53x
103	Woodward	222	0.150%	2.98x
104	Chambers	221	0.150%	2.57x
105	Scott	221	0.150%	0.58x
106	Brightman	219	0.140%	60.73x
107	Freeman	218	0.140%	2.26x
108	Lee	218	0.140%	0.88x
109	Smart	218	0.140%	3.17x
110	Peck	217	0.140%	8.49x
111	Read	217	0.140%	2.23x
112	Godfrey	213	0.140%	4.75x
113	Mayes	212	0.140%	14.54x
114	Albone	209	0.140%	155.55x
115	Cherry	209	0.140%	13.50x
116	Fensom	209	0.140%	91.54x
117	Mann	207	0.140%	2.60x
118	Endersby	205	0.140%	106.25x
119	Ansell	204	0.130%	11.68x
120	Wagstaff	204	0.130%	10.84x
121	Purser	202	0.130%	36.26x
122	Wood	202	0.130%	0.42x
123	Stanbridge	201	0.130%	46.49x
124	Billington	200	0.130%	12.17x
125	Parsons	200	0.130%	1.74x
126	Parker	199	0.130%	0.69x
127	Burnage	198	0.130%	144.13x
128	Summerfield	198	0.130%	20.20x
129	Ellis	195	0.130%	0.89x
130	Hopkins	194	0.130%	2.13x
131	Cain	193	0.130%	6.14x
132	Hulatt	193	0.130%	154.71x
133	Fuller	192	0.130%	3.14x
134	Hare	192	0.130%	8.22x
135	Palmer	191	0.130%	1.07x
136	Burrows	190	0.130%	2.87x
137	Dawson	190	0.130%	1.14x
138	Swain	190	0.130%	6.52x
139	Harrison	189	0.120%	0.56x
140	Lawrence	189	0.120%	1.92x
141	Sharman	189	0.120%	9.07x
142	Chandler	188	0.120%	3.87x
143	Morris	188	0.120%	0.56x
144	Redman	188	0.120%	9.44x
145	Tearle	187	0.120%	90.30x
146	Haynes	185	0.120%	3.43x
147	Andrews	184	0.120%	1.27x
148	Edwards	184	0.120%	0.44x
149	Tysoe	184	0.120%	99.81x
150	Gentle	181	0.120%	36.34x
151	George	181	0.120%	2.04x
152	Lawson	181	0.120%	2.03x
153	Fensome	180	0.120%	132.48x
154	Lovell	179	0.120%	5.66x
155	Houghton	175	0.120%	3.31x
156	Jeeves	175	0.120%	61.98x
157	Reynolds	175	0.120%	1.34x
158	Street	175	0.120%	4.95x
159	Underwood	175	0.120%	4.29x
160	Fountain	174	0.120%	16.75x
161	Matthews	171	0.110%	1.30x
162	Scrivener	171	0.110%	25.84x
163	Wheatley	171	0.110%	5.55x
164	Barrett	170	0.110%	1.67x
165	Buckingham	169	0.110%	8.38x
166	Gray	169	0.110%	0.78x
167	Williamson	169	0.110%	1.25x
168	Ball	168	0.110%	1.34x
169	Bryant	167	0.110%	2.58x
170	Dunham	167	0.110%	21.68x
171	Moore	167	0.110%	0.55x
172	Keech	166	0.110%	52.00x
173	Dimmock	165	0.110%	29.78x
174	Rainbow	164	0.110%	26.16x
175	Litchfield	163	0.110%	26.28x
176	Turney	163	0.110%	30.44x
177	Squires	162	0.110%	7.56x
178	Butcher	161	0.110%	2.53x
179	Dudley	161	0.110%	7.09x
180	Ford	161	0.110%	1.09x
181	Warner	161	0.110%	2.92x
182	Dean	159	0.110%	1.51x
183	Deacon	158	0.100%	6.15x
184	Hills	158	0.100%	3.78x
185	Anderson	157	0.100%	0.53x
186	Dickens	155	0.100%	9.79x
187	Northwood	153	0.100%	53.42x
188	Whitbread	153	0.100%	25.33x
189	Abbott	152	0.100%	2.28x
190	Jordan	152	0.100%	2.27x
191	Curtis	151	0.100%	1.76x
192	Impey	151	0.100%	48.69x
193	Partridge	151	0.100%	3.82x
194	Perkins	151	0.100%	2.22x
195	Breed	150	0.100%	57.55x
196	Stock	150	0.100%	7.97x
197	Neal	149	0.100%	3.33x
198	Pearson	149	0.100%	0.85x
199	Plummer	149	0.100%	7.37x
200	Goodwin	147	0.100%	1.84x