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 Pettet, 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
4101	Pettet	2	0.000%	1.44x
4102	Philpots	2	0.000%	3.30x
4103	Pick	2	0.000%	0.21x
4104	Piers	2	0.000%	3.57x
4105	Pilling	2	0.000%	0.11x
4106	Pinnell	2	0.000%	0.90x
4107	Pitman	2	0.000%	0.14x
4108	Place	2	0.000%	0.25x
4109	Platten	2	0.000%	0.85x
4110	Pledge	2	0.000%	1.20x
4111	Plumer	2	0.000%	1.81x
4112	Potterton	2	0.000%	1.17x
4113	Provost	2	0.000%	3.67x
4114	Puryer	2	0.000%	5.66x
4115	Quaife	2	0.000%	1.83x
4116	Quance	2	0.000%	2.00x
4117	Quintrell	2	0.000%	3.05x
4118	Race	2	0.000%	0.24x
4119	Radley	2	0.000%	0.23x
4120	Ramsden	2	0.000%	0.07x
4121	Ratchford	2	0.000%	2.00x
4122	Ratcliff	2	0.000%	0.21x
4123	Rattley	2	0.000%	15.85x
4124	Raven	2	0.000%	0.16x
4125	Reason	2	0.000%	0.45x
4126	Reavill	2	0.000%	4.13x
4127	Rendall	2	0.000%	0.25x
4128	Repton	2	0.000%	2.24x
4129	Reynold	2	0.000%	0.96x
4130	Riddiford	2	0.000%	2.32x
4131	Ringham	2	0.000%	1.41x
4132	Ringrose	2	0.000%	0.54x
4133	Risley	2	0.000%	1.06x
4134	Rodgers	2	0.000%	0.05x
4135	Roome	2	0.000%	0.69x
4136	Rossiter	2	0.000%	0.21x
4137	Rowlinson	2	0.000%	0.42x
4138	Rutter	2	0.000%	0.09x
4139	Rycraft	2	0.000%	5.91x
4140	Ryding	2	0.000%	0.97x
4141	Rye	2	0.000%	0.34x
4142	Ryland	2	0.000%	0.53x
4143	Sailsbury	2	0.000%	3.33x
4144	Salmon	2	0.000%	0.06x
4145	Sambrook	2	0.000%	0.64x
4146	Sandford	2	0.000%	0.19x
4147	Sandy	2	0.000%	0.38x
4148	Sansom	2	0.000%	0.20x
4149	Seale	2	0.000%	0.75x
4150	Seeley	2	0.000%	0.43x
4151	Sexton	2	0.000%	0.15x
4152	Shafford	2	0.000%	17.21x
4153	Shapcott	2	0.000%	1.06x
4154	Shawe	2	0.000%	2.89x
4155	Shepperd	2	0.000%	0.30x
4156	Shorthouse	2	0.000%	0.66x
4157	Shurlock	2	0.000%	3.05x
4158	Shuttleworth	2	0.000%	0.11x
4159	Simco	2	0.000%	5.50x
4160	Simes	2	0.000%	1.14x
4161	Skilleter	2	0.000%	11.65x
4162	Slaughter	2	0.000%	0.27x
4163	Slee	2	0.000%	0.34x
4164	Sloper	2	0.000%	0.73x
4165	Smeaton	2	0.000%	0.47x
4166	Smithers	2	0.000%	0.24x
4167	Snelling	2	0.000%	0.16x
4168	Snow	2	0.000%	0.10x
4169	Solloway	2	0.000%	1.61x
4170	Somes	2	0.000%	2.62x
4171	Soundy	2	0.000%	2.62x
4172	Sparrow	2	0.000%	0.10x
4173	Spendelow	2	0.000%	3.36x
4174	Spickett	2	0.000%	2.01x
4175	Staff	2	0.000%	0.52x
4176	Stanners	2	0.000%	1.60x
4177	Starling	2	0.000%	0.18x
4178	Steventon	2	0.000%	0.54x
4179	Storer	2	0.000%	0.21x
4180	Story	2	0.000%	0.21x
4181	Surman	2	0.000%	0.59x
4182	Sutcliffe	2	0.000%	0.03x
4183	Sweeney	2	0.000%	0.10x
4184	Swingler	2	0.000%	0.71x
4185	Swinson	2	0.000%	1.38x
4186	Symons	2	0.000%	0.10x
4187	Tall	2	0.000%	0.91x
4188	Talor	2	0.000%	10.43x
4189	Taplin	2	0.000%	0.38x
4190	Taverner	2	0.000%	0.73x
4191	Thatcher	2	0.000%	0.14x
4192	Thing	2	0.000%	5.43x
4193	Thompkins	2	0.000%	4.66x
4194	Tibbles	2	0.000%	0.78x
4195	Tidman	2	0.000%	0.95x
4196	Tidswell	2	0.000%	0.55x
4197	Tillyard	2	0.000%	4.50x
4198	Tims	2	0.000%	0.60x
4199	Tite	2	0.000%	0.65x
4200	Titmarsh	2	0.000%	3.41x