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 Drewett, with 10 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
1901	Drewett	10	0.010%	2.44x
1902	Durley	10	0.010%	21.29x
1903	Dyson	10	0.010%	0.20x
1904	Ebsworth	10	0.010%	7.15x
1905	Eccles	10	0.010%	0.41x
1906	Eccott	10	0.010%	25.71x
1907	Edgar	10	0.010%	0.43x
1908	Elmslie	10	0.010%	11.58x
1909	England	10	0.010%	0.32x
1910	Fearn	10	0.010%	0.89x
1911	Fellows	10	0.010%	0.49x
1912	Firth	10	0.010%	0.20x
1913	Fleming	10	0.010%	0.16x
1914	Gibbins	10	0.010%	0.86x
1915	Griffith	10	0.010%	0.20x
1916	Gunn	10	0.010%	0.27x
1917	Ham	10	0.010%	0.88x
1918	Harbin	10	0.010%	20.20x
1919	Hasler	10	0.010%	2.65x
1920	Hawthorn	10	0.010%	1.14x
1921	Heading	10	0.010%	9.90x
1922	Hendry	10	0.010%	0.42x
1923	Hibbett	10	0.010%	17.07x
1924	Hibbitt	10	0.010%	7.39x
1925	Hickinbottom	10	0.010%	8.35x
1926	Hockley	10	0.010%	1.23x
1927	Holder	10	0.010%	0.49x
1928	Hoole	10	0.010%	2.04x
1929	House	10	0.010%	0.51x
1930	Hutt	10	0.010%	1.54x
1931	Isherwood	10	0.010%	0.57x
1932	Johnston	10	0.010%	0.08x
1933	Jolly	10	0.010%	0.47x
1934	Keeling	10	0.010%	0.76x
1935	Land	10	0.010%	0.92x
1936	Lees	10	0.010%	0.15x
1937	Leggett	10	0.010%	0.84x
1938	Longstaff	10	0.010%	0.94x
1939	Lowndes	10	0.010%	1.97x
1940	Luff	10	0.010%	1.03x
1941	Lunn	10	0.010%	0.51x
1942	Mahoney	10	0.010%	0.62x
1943	Manders	10	0.010%	3.29x
1944	Mapley	10	0.010%	11.51x
1945	Mash	10	0.010%	4.38x
1946	Meek	10	0.010%	0.57x
1947	Merry	10	0.010%	0.88x
1948	Milligan	10	0.010%	0.56x
1949	Mowles	10	0.010%	86.06x
1950	Munt	10	0.010%	2.76x
1951	Murdock	10	0.010%	1.83x
1952	Nixon	10	0.010%	0.22x
1953	Northfield	10	0.010%	7.47x
1954	Ohara	10	0.010%	1.15x
1955	Pass	10	0.010%	1.35x
1956	Paviour	10	0.010%	18.51x
1957	Peabody	10	0.010%	7.73x
1958	Pheasant	10	0.010%	6.21x
1959	Plant	10	0.010%	0.30x
1960	Ploughman	10	0.010%	14.78x
1961	Potkins	10	0.010%	27.50x
1962	Priest	10	0.010%	0.50x
1963	Pryer	10	0.010%	3.27x
1964	Roach	10	0.010%	0.45x
1965	Rolph	10	0.010%	1.79x
1966	Ruffett	10	0.010%	36.67x
1967	Rutherford	10	0.010%	0.27x
1968	Sarll	10	0.010%	18.86x
1969	Savill	10	0.010%	1.40x
1970	Scraggs	10	0.010%	18.00x
1971	Seward	10	0.010%	1.20x
1972	Skelton	10	0.010%	0.45x
1973	Spary	10	0.010%	23.29x
1974	Spicer	10	0.010%	0.49x
1975	Sprague	10	0.010%	2.85x
1976	Spratt	10	0.010%	1.19x
1977	Tavener	10	0.010%	3.77x
1978	Thomlinson	10	0.010%	3.65x
1979	Tollemache	10	0.010%	26.06x
1980	Town	10	0.010%	1.33x
1981	Twydell	10	0.010%	42.14x
1982	Vaughan	10	0.010%	0.19x
1983	Wardle	10	0.010%	0.34x
1984	Watkinson	10	0.010%	0.56x
1985	Watling	10	0.010%	1.28x
1986	Whitmee	10	0.010%	33.56x
1987	Whittle	10	0.010%	0.30x
1988	Wilding	10	0.010%	0.56x
1989	Willmore	10	0.010%	3.63x
1990	Wilmer	10	0.010%	6.78x
1991	Withington	10	0.010%	2.50x
1992	Alcock	9	0.010%	0.41x
1993	Allford	9	0.010%	8.49x
1994	Arbon	9	0.010%	5.77x
1995	Barrow	9	0.010%	0.28x
1996	Belgrove	9	0.010%	17.47x
1997	Bemrose	9	0.010%	6.39x
1998	Bierton	9	0.010%	19.80x
1999	Birney	9	0.010%	15.91x
2000	Biscoe	9	0.010%	8.96x