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 Avis, with 2 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
3701	Avis	2	0.000%	0.28x
3702	Bach	2	0.000%	1.19x
3703	Bachelor	2	0.000%	0.92x
3704	Baigent	2	0.000%	0.96x
3705	Baily	2	0.000%	0.21x
3706	Bainbridge	2	0.000%	0.09x
3707	Bakewell	2	0.000%	0.47x
3708	Balmforth	2	0.000%	0.35x
3709	Bancroft	2	0.000%	0.14x
3710	Banfield	2	0.000%	0.29x
3711	Banham	2	0.000%	0.26x
3712	Banyard	2	0.000%	0.58x
3713	Barby	2	0.000%	3.77x
3714	Barden	2	0.000%	0.35x
3715	Barrand	2	0.000%	0.97x
3716	Basil	2	0.000%	11.00x
3717	Beaton	2	0.000%	0.12x
3718	Beckingham	2	0.000%	0.89x
3719	Begley	2	0.000%	0.77x
3720	Bellshaw	2	0.000%	12.01x
3721	Benbow	2	0.000%	0.33x
3722	Bendall	2	0.000%	0.36x
3723	Benwell	2	0.000%	0.91x
3724	Bernard	2	0.000%	0.32x
3725	Bickerstaff	2	0.000%	0.63x
3726	Bill	2	0.000%	0.37x
3727	Binyon	2	0.000%	2.73x
3728	Birchley	2	0.000%	2.44x
3729	Birkin	2	0.000%	0.67x
3730	Birtchnell	2	0.000%	8.43x
3731	Bitten	2	0.000%	4.89x
3732	Blair	2	0.000%	0.05x
3733	Blamey	2	0.000%	0.98x
3734	Blewett	2	0.000%	0.50x
3735	Blofeld	2	0.000%	8.61x
3736	Blogg	2	0.000%	0.72x
3737	Blower	2	0.000%	0.22x
3738	Blowes	2	0.000%	2.43x
3739	Blunden	2	0.000%	0.40x
3740	Bodell	2	0.000%	1.74x
3741	Bodle	2	0.000%	1.20x
3742	Boffin	2	0.000%	2.32x
3743	Boiley	2	0.000%	20.86x
3744	Bolus	2	0.000%	2.43x
3745	Bootes	2	0.000%	4.50x
3746	Bostock	2	0.000%	0.14x
3747	Botterill	2	0.000%	0.49x
3748	Boys	2	0.000%	0.34x
3749	Boyse	2	0.000%	3.19x
3750	Bracken	2	0.000%	0.80x
3751	Brackett	2	0.000%	3.63x
3752	Brandreth	2	0.000%	1.33x
3753	Branton	2	0.000%	0.74x
3754	Bread	2	0.000%	6.39x
3755	Brereton	2	0.000%	0.32x
3756	Briant	2	0.000%	0.49x
3757	Brickwell	2	0.000%	3.02x
3758	Bridgwater	2	0.000%	0.70x
3759	Brighton	2	0.000%	0.37x
3760	Brightwell	2	0.000%	0.64x
3761	Brittin	2	0.000%	2.59x
3762	Brompton	2	0.000%	3.36x
3763	Broomhead	2	0.000%	0.30x
3764	Buckridge	2	0.000%	4.55x
3765	Bullett	2	0.000%	2.79x
3766	Bunkle	2	0.000%	7.07x
3767	Bunting	2	0.000%	0.12x
3768	Burchall	2	0.000%	1.31x
3769	Burditt	2	0.000%	1.06x
3770	Burleigh	2	0.000%	1.04x
3771	Burrell	2	0.000%	0.10x
3772	Burrington	2	0.000%	3.47x
3773	Burrough	2	0.000%	0.61x
3774	Butter	2	0.000%	0.28x
3775	Bycroft	2	0.000%	1.34x
3776	Byrn	2	0.000%	6.29x
3777	Byrne	2	0.000%	0.09x
3778	Cadle	2	0.000%	1.79x
3779	Calverley	2	0.000%	0.62x
3780	Camber	2	0.000%	7.62x
3781	Candell	2	0.000%	15.23x
3782	Cannell	2	0.000%	0.31x
3783	Care	2	0.000%	0.60x
3784	Carre	2	0.000%	1.15x
3785	Catling	2	0.000%	0.56x
3786	Caudle	2	0.000%	1.89x
3787	Cavil	2	0.000%	3.70x
3788	Cawley	2	0.000%	0.25x
3789	Cheesman	2	0.000%	0.26x
3790	Chester	2	0.000%	0.11x
3791	Chin	2	0.000%	6.71x
3792	Clavin	2	0.000%	11.65x
3793	Claxton	2	0.000%	0.21x
3794	Clementson	2	0.000%	1.01x
3795	Clure	2	0.000%	4.95x
3796	Coates	2	0.000%	0.04x
3797	Colbourne	2	0.000%	0.94x
3798	Colins	2	0.000%	2.62x
3799	Collishaw	2	0.000%	1.86x
3800	Collison	2	0.000%	0.32x