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 Groom, with 147 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
201	Groom	147	0.100%	6.93x
202	Ashwell	146	0.100%	27.79x
203	Lane	146	0.100%	1.40x
204	Sear	146	0.100%	25.79x
205	Farr	144	0.100%	6.41x
206	Fossey	144	0.100%	56.68x
207	Hudson	143	0.090%	1.15x
208	Lowe	142	0.090%	1.25x
209	Phillips	142	0.090%	0.52x
210	Turvey	142	0.090%	19.98x
211	Sharpe	141	0.090%	3.16x
212	Hillyard	139	0.090%	36.07x
213	Hobbs	139	0.090%	2.52x
214	Hunt	139	0.090%	0.69x
215	Lancaster	139	0.090%	3.70x
216	Crouch	138	0.090%	6.80x
217	Pateman	138	0.090%	24.18x
218	Fox	137	0.090%	0.98x
219	Holt	137	0.090%	1.35x
220	Simms	137	0.090%	7.96x
221	Kitchener	136	0.090%	26.45x
222	Bone	135	0.090%	4.81x
223	Frost	135	0.090%	1.59x
224	Ashby	134	0.090%	5.28x
225	Burr	134	0.090%	11.02x
226	Howe	134	0.090%	2.26x
227	Miller	134	0.090%	0.50x
228	Bowler	133	0.090%	7.20x
229	Bradshaw	132	0.090%	2.12x
230	Olney	132	0.090%	41.68x
231	Pedder	131	0.090%	24.65x
232	Armstrong	130	0.090%	1.12x
233	Welch	130	0.090%	2.44x
234	Shepherd	129	0.090%	1.16x
235	Childs	128	0.080%	4.61x
236	Farmer	128	0.080%	2.71x
237	Fletcher	127	0.080%	0.74x
238	Hide	126	0.080%	21.62x
239	Kingham	126	0.080%	22.95x
240	Whiteman	126	0.080%	12.91x
241	Darlow	125	0.080%	39.53x
242	Ellingham	125	0.080%	51.13x
243	Holmes	125	0.080%	0.68x
244	Puddephatt	125	0.080%	87.46x
245	Pettit	124	0.080%	10.37x
246	Ayres	123	0.080%	5.86x
247	Higgins	123	0.080%	1.61x
248	Kirby	123	0.080%	2.14x
249	Sale	123	0.080%	12.34x
250	Walton	123	0.080%	1.16x
251	Simpson	122	0.080%	0.46x
252	Reeve	121	0.080%	3.42x
253	Inskip	119	0.080%	44.37x
254	Mitchell	119	0.080%	0.39x
255	Roe	118	0.080%	4.00x
256	Albon	117	0.080%	59.40x
257	Bunyan	117	0.080%	25.91x
258	Keep	117	0.080%	21.25x
259	Pickering	117	0.080%	2.14x
260	Barton	116	0.080%	1.42x
261	Mills	116	0.080%	0.59x
262	Toyer	116	0.080%	116.00x
263	Barford	115	0.080%	29.76x
264	Bygrave	115	0.080%	39.39x
265	Line	115	0.080%	16.01x
266	Rust	115	0.080%	14.41x
267	Wiles	115	0.080%	8.77x
268	Austin	114	0.080%	1.54x
269	Bottoms	114	0.080%	42.83x
270	Devereux	114	0.080%	27.83x
271	Valentine	114	0.080%	5.88x
272	Seabrook	113	0.070%	15.18x
273	Cheshire	112	0.070%	9.61x
274	Draper	112	0.070%	3.14x
275	Eaton	112	0.070%	2.64x
276	Holland	112	0.070%	1.04x
277	Parkins	112	0.070%	13.75x
278	Weston	112	0.070%	1.82x
279	Faulkner	111	0.070%	2.71x
280	Stanton	111	0.070%	3.68x
281	Pepper	110	0.070%	5.17x
282	Brinklow	109	0.070%	83.98x
283	Emery	109	0.070%	3.30x
284	Joyce	109	0.070%	2.93x
285	Kilby	109	0.070%	12.81x
286	Oliver	109	0.070%	1.01x
287	French	108	0.070%	1.46x
288	Gibbs	108	0.070%	1.45x
289	Porter	108	0.070%	0.95x
290	Richards	108	0.070%	0.47x
291	Eames	107	0.070%	10.30x
292	Harding	107	0.070%	0.98x
293	Rook	107	0.070%	10.35x
294	Willis	107	0.070%	1.33x
295	Bandy	105	0.070%	50.95x
296	Short	105	0.070%	1.78x
297	Ashton	104	0.070%	1.40x
298	Elliott	104	0.070%	0.81x
299	Sibley	104	0.070%	8.54x
300	Price	103	0.070%	0.39x