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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 Dye, with 3 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.

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3401Dye30.30x
3402Ealing36.06x
3403Earls33.25x
3404Eayrs36.12x
3405Edridge33.25x
3406Ellcock39.43x
3407Ellingworth32.36x
3408Elmer30.58x
3409Elphick30.59x
3410Evenett314.49x
3411Ewing30.22x
3412Eynon30.70x
3413Fage33.49x
3414Fairweather30.26x
3415Fare32.97x
3416Faulker38.74x
3417Faux31.36x
3418Fay30.47x
3419Finlinson36.00x
3420Fitzhugh31.86x
3421Flemming30.49x
3422Forbes30.06x
3423Forman30.39x
3424Fortnum35.60x
3425Fosbrook35.08x
3426Fraine39.28x
3427Freeland30.75x
3428Fullbrook32.17x
3429Gala354.05x
3430Galer32.68x
3431Galloway30.12x
3432Gane30.70x
3433Garrity31.11x
3434Gasken317.47x
3435Geer31.74x
3436Gibbon30.20x
3437Giddins31.68x
3438Gilley32.71x
3439Gillingham30.44x
3440Gillion313.50x
3441Gisbourne36.00x
3442Glyde32.61x
3443Godfry33.36x
3444Good30.16x
3445Goodliffe31.54x
3446Gorge37.52x
3447Goswell32.03x
3448Gotts31.20x
3449Grasby33.54x
3450Gulliver30.58x
3451Gurry36.60x
3452Hadden30.45x
3453Haddington34.18x
3454Hagan30.40x
3455Haggard32.24x
3456Hambleton30.49x
3457Hammett30.60x
3458Hampton30.13x
3459Hanmer31.35x
3460Hannam30.65x
3461Hannell33.91x
3462Harbert33.76x
3463Harkness30.35x
3464Harland30.24x
3465Harle30.87x
3466Harrod30.59x
3467Hassell30.63x
3468Hawke30.35x
3469Hayton30.40x
3470Hazell30.26x
3471Heads31.89x
3472Heart32.20x
3473Heaton30.08x
3474Hebbs37.34x
3475Hedley30.19x
3476Heighington314.86x
3477Hemmings30.23x
3478Hemsworth31.28x
3479Herringshaw37.34x
3480Hibbert30.14x
3481Higgens32.64x
3482Hildyard33.39x
3483Hillier30.15x
3484Hilsden34.34x
3485Hind30.16x
3486Hinds30.29x
3487Hipgrave35.94x
3488Hitchings30.64x
3489Hodgkin31.51x
3490Holdich34.64x
3491Holding30.22x
3492Home30.79x
3493Honour31.25x
3494Hopcraft32.20x
3495Hopewell30.83x
3496Hopkin30.26x
3497Hornby30.17x
3498Horsfield30.30x
3499Howse30.51x
3500Howton37.43x