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 Wootton, with 103 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
301	Wootton	103	0.070%	7.50x
302	Cooke	102	0.070%	1.22x
303	Gadsden	102	0.070%	51.91x
304	Garrett	102	0.070%	2.97x
305	Herbert	102	0.070%	1.80x
306	Lincoln	102	0.070%	8.95x
307	Russell	102	0.070%	0.55x
308	Bell	101	0.070%	0.36x
309	Carrington	101	0.070%	6.34x
310	Chessum	101	0.070%	136.05x
311	Hawkes	101	0.070%	4.14x
312	Higgs	101	0.070%	3.66x
313	Jenkins	101	0.070%	0.57x
314	Long	101	0.070%	1.03x
315	Stonebridge	101	0.070%	60.78x
316	Wheeler	101	0.070%	1.11x
317	Boston	100	0.070%	14.43x
318	Shaw	100	0.070%	0.36x
319	Barber	99	0.070%	1.09x
320	Izzard	99	0.070%	21.88x
321	Askew	98	0.060%	5.74x
322	Brewer	98	0.060%	2.44x
323	Duncombe	98	0.060%	25.80x
324	Williams	98	0.060%	0.09x
325	Bliss	97	0.060%	10.47x
326	Carr	97	0.060%	0.89x
327	Lines	97	0.060%	6.04x
328	Minney	97	0.060%	61.55x
329	Stone	97	0.060%	0.89x
330	Usher	97	0.060%	5.81x
331	Beard	96	0.060%	2.41x
332	Powell	96	0.060%	0.51x
333	Saunderson	96	0.060%	27.35x
334	Farrer	95	0.060%	9.48x
335	Robins	95	0.060%	2.96x
336	Barcock	94	0.060%	110.78x
337	Biggs	94	0.060%	3.30x
338	Bland	94	0.060%	3.00x
339	Gudgin	94	0.060%	98.46x
340	Spencer	94	0.060%	0.68x
341	Stratton	94	0.060%	7.17x
342	Tansley	94	0.060%	16.78x
343	Collins	93	0.060%	0.43x
344	Flint	93	0.060%	3.43x
345	Samuel	93	0.060%	5.15x
346	Berry	92	0.060%	0.77x
347	Bettles	92	0.060%	43.79x
348	Horton	92	0.060%	1.64x
349	Jepps	92	0.060%	88.43x
350	Manning	92	0.060%	1.91x
351	Milton	92	0.060%	4.41x
352	Rowley	92	0.060%	2.32x
353	Thorn	92	0.060%	4.07x
354	Thomas	91	0.060%	0.15x
355	Bushby	90	0.060%	15.16x
356	Head	90	0.060%	2.44x
357	Lightfoot	90	0.060%	4.28x
358	Osborne	90	0.060%	1.25x
359	Harvey	89	0.060%	0.55x
360	Watson	89	0.060%	0.25x
361	Bond	88	0.060%	1.10x
362	Inns	88	0.060%	31.39x
363	Leach	88	0.060%	1.41x
364	Markham	88	0.060%	4.89x
365	Tingey	88	0.060%	38.12x
366	Bonner	87	0.060%	6.55x
367	Ingram	87	0.060%	1.88x
368	Larkins	87	0.060%	19.29x
369	Pope	87	0.060%	1.67x
370	Sugars	87	0.060%	111.14x
371	Swales	87	0.060%	8.23x
372	Bartram	86	0.060%	11.48x
373	Gardner	86	0.060%	0.84x
374	Hardwick	86	0.060%	3.72x
375	Abraham	85	0.060%	5.70x
376	Balls	85	0.060%	4.38x
377	Whittemore	85	0.060%	133.56x
378	Durrant	84	0.060%	3.55x
379	Giddings	84	0.060%	12.19x
380	Hartwell	84	0.060%	13.50x
381	Henman	84	0.060%	54.53x
382	Jefferies	84	0.060%	5.02x
383	Rollings	84	0.060%	17.90x
384	Banks	83	0.050%	1.07x
385	Finding	83	0.050%	97.24x
386	Joy	83	0.050%	6.52x
387	Oakley	83	0.050%	2.59x
388	Pestell	83	0.050%	40.48x
389	Bodsworth	82	0.050%	67.65x
390	Brandom	82	0.050%	86.36x
391	Croft	82	0.050%	2.29x
392	Hughes	82	0.050%	0.19x
393	Rich	82	0.050%	4.33x
394	Worboys	82	0.050%	31.77x
395	Cobb	81	0.050%	3.77x
396	Hale	81	0.050%	1.49x
397	Nicholls	81	0.050%	1.03x
398	Savage	81	0.050%	1.39x
399	Brazier	80	0.050%	5.64x
400	Cope	80	0.050%	2.34x