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 Lanaway, 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
4001	Lanaway	2	0.000%	2.51x
4002	Lanford	2	0.000%	4.30x
4003	Langshaw	2	0.000%	1.97x
4004	Larkin	2	0.000%	0.15x
4005	Larking	2	0.000%	1.06x
4006	Laver	2	0.000%	0.34x
4007	Lawlor	2	0.000%	0.99x
4008	Laycock	2	0.000%	0.10x
4009	Lazenby	2	0.000%	0.28x
4010	Lea	2	0.000%	0.07x
4011	Leader	2	0.000%	0.29x
4012	Leake	2	0.000%	0.32x
4013	Leeper	2	0.000%	4.45x
4014	Leeson	2	0.000%	0.23x
4015	Lefevre	2	0.000%	1.68x
4016	Legg	2	0.000%	0.08x
4017	Leggitt	2	0.000%	4.61x
4018	Lemon	2	0.000%	0.18x
4019	Lenn	2	0.000%	9.00x
4020	Lepoidevin	2	0.000%	1.21x
4021	Leys	2	0.000%	1.46x
4022	Libby	2	0.000%	1.01x
4023	Lichfield	2	0.000%	2.61x
4024	Lilly	2	0.000%	0.22x
4025	Linnett	2	0.000%	0.83x
4026	Llewellyn	2	0.000%	0.09x
4027	Lofts	2	0.000%	0.58x
4028	Longstaffe	2	0.000%	2.30x
4029	Louis	2	0.000%	1.02x
4030	Lovegrove	2	0.000%	0.23x
4031	Lowden	2	0.000%	0.40x
4032	Lowen	2	0.000%	1.53x
4033	Macaulay	2	0.000%	0.37x
4034	Machin	2	0.000%	0.13x
4035	Mackay	2	0.000%	0.04x
4036	Macklin	2	0.000%	0.47x
4037	Maine	2	0.000%	0.92x
4038	Malcolm	2	0.000%	0.10x
4039	Male	2	0.000%	0.22x
4040	Malin	2	0.000%	0.40x
4041	Malkin	2	0.000%	0.40x
4042	Mallard	2	0.000%	0.51x
4043	Man	2	0.000%	0.72x
4044	Manley	2	0.000%	0.12x
4045	Mansbridge	2	0.000%	0.59x
4046	Marriner	2	0.000%	0.80x
4047	Marskell	2	0.000%	11.65x
4048	Marsters	2	0.000%	2.28x
4049	Martinez	2	0.000%	12.01x
4050	Massingham	2	0.000%	0.79x
4051	Masterton	2	0.000%	0.41x
4052	Matterson	2	0.000%	2.14x
4053	Maunder	2	0.000%	0.29x
4054	Mayall	2	0.000%	0.43x
4055	Mayer	2	0.000%	0.23x
4056	Mccausland	2	0.000%	26.46x
4057	Mcdermott	2	0.000%	0.74x
4058	Mckenzie	2	0.000%	0.40x
4059	Meadley	2	0.000%	3.17x
4060	Meagher	2	0.000%	2.22x
4061	Mellon	2	0.000%	0.64x
4062	Mellows	2	0.000%	0.77x
4063	Meredith	2	0.000%	0.07x
4064	Ming	2	0.000%	4.26x
4065	Minnis	2	0.000%	2.21x
4066	Mitchel	2	0.000%	0.14x
4067	Moles	2	0.000%	0.69x
4068	Moncaster	2	0.000%	3.05x
4069	Moor	2	0.000%	0.09x
4070	Moreton	2	0.000%	0.18x
4071	Morison	2	0.000%	0.26x
4072	Mountford	2	0.000%	0.15x
4073	Moyle	2	0.000%	0.27x
4074	Mullins	2	0.000%	0.14x
4075	Munnings	2	0.000%	1.30x
4076	Munton	2	0.000%	0.52x
4077	Murphey	2	0.000%	0.63x
4078	Murrey	2	0.000%	0.49x
4079	Newbold	2	0.000%	0.18x
4080	Newitt	2	0.000%	0.81x
4081	Newling	2	0.000%	1.21x
4082	Northam	2	0.000%	0.72x
4083	Oakins	2	0.000%	13.21x
4084	Obrian	2	0.000%	0.40x
4085	Ogrady	2	0.000%	1.60x
4086	Oldfield	2	0.000%	0.08x
4087	Oldham	2	0.000%	0.08x
4088	Orme	2	0.000%	0.16x
4089	Pacy	2	0.000%	1.99x
4090	Padbury	2	0.000%	0.88x
4091	Paice	2	0.000%	0.42x
4092	Parsley	2	0.000%	1.00x
4093	Pascoe	2	0.000%	0.12x
4094	Patton	2	0.000%	0.37x
4095	Peek	2	0.000%	0.50x
4096	Pegler	2	0.000%	0.52x
4097	Pendle	2	0.000%	1.99x
4098	Pennyfather	2	0.000%	4.55x
4099	Percy	2	0.000%	0.14x
4100	Pett	2	0.000%	0.48x