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 Finch, with 80 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
401	Finch	80	0.050%	1.59x
402	Harper	80	0.050%	0.83x
403	Jeffs	80	0.050%	6.75x
404	Kempson	80	0.050%	24.22x
405	Papworth	80	0.050%	13.61x
406	Gutteridge	79	0.050%	10.28x
407	Paine	79	0.050%	3.79x
408	Pearce	79	0.050%	0.57x
409	Chance	78	0.050%	11.14x
410	Giles	78	0.050%	1.35x
411	Kempster	78	0.050%	14.72x
412	Manton	78	0.050%	12.07x
413	Mason	78	0.050%	0.38x
414	Poulton	78	0.050%	6.42x
415	Brandon	77	0.050%	10.03x
416	Cowley	77	0.050%	2.77x
417	Darnell	77	0.050%	17.83x
418	Lamb	77	0.050%	0.96x
419	Anstee	76	0.050%	41.23x
420	Boness	76	0.050%	79.61x
421	Fleet	76	0.050%	7.49x
422	Gammons	76	0.050%	105.97x
423	Whiting	76	0.050%	2.61x
424	Wilkinson	76	0.050%	0.33x
425	Wiseman	76	0.050%	3.66x
426	Cambers	75	0.050%	106.08x
427	How	75	0.050%	7.60x
428	Rose	75	0.050%	0.67x
429	Whittington	75	0.050%	7.04x
430	Darrington	74	0.050%	57.91x
431	Desborough	74	0.050%	24.02x
432	Favell	74	0.050%	36.81x
433	Goss	74	0.050%	5.62x
434	Hucklesby	74	0.050%	106.17x
435	Nottingham	74	0.050%	18.24x
436	Sabey	74	0.050%	64.83x
437	Sims	74	0.050%	1.63x
438	Butler	73	0.050%	0.50x
439	Cotton	73	0.050%	2.02x
440	Handscomb	73	0.050%	89.22x
441	Irons	73	0.050%	8.86x
442	Baxter	72	0.050%	0.80x
443	Brittain	72	0.050%	6.16x
444	Course	72	0.050%	30.20x
445	Creamer	72	0.050%	29.03x
446	Everett	72	0.050%	2.65x
447	Linger	72	0.050%	83.37x
448	Sturgess	72	0.050%	8.30x
449	Wren	72	0.050%	4.40x
450	Langley	71	0.050%	2.14x
451	Lewis	71	0.050%	0.18x
452	Major	71	0.050%	3.48x
453	Norris	71	0.050%	1.09x
454	Ray	71	0.050%	2.37x
455	Webster	71	0.050%	0.54x
456	Craddock	70	0.050%	5.50x
457	Jellis	70	0.050%	51.14x
458	Lack	70	0.050%	13.59x
459	Piggott	70	0.050%	6.37x
460	Poole	70	0.050%	0.96x
461	Seymour	70	0.050%	2.26x
462	Brunt	69	0.050%	6.62x
463	Trueman	69	0.050%	6.63x
464	Gazeley	68	0.050%	69.04x
465	Kingston	68	0.050%	4.82x
466	Lambert	68	0.050%	0.82x
467	Proctor	68	0.050%	1.83x
468	Upton	68	0.050%	2.36x
469	Vincent	68	0.050%	1.44x
470	Copperwheat	67	0.040%	96.13x
471	Davies	67	0.040%	0.09x
472	Hewitt	67	0.040%	0.91x
473	Humphrey	67	0.040%	1.66x
474	Kemp	67	0.040%	0.80x
475	North	67	0.040%	1.34x
476	Peddar	67	0.040%	53.07x
477	Swannell	67	0.040%	41.45x
478	Wesley	67	0.040%	11.38x
479	Bonfield	66	0.040%	23.72x
480	Buck	66	0.040%	2.04x
481	Burton	66	0.040%	0.51x
482	Cave	66	0.040%	3.04x
483	Cleaver	66	0.040%	5.15x
484	Gillet	66	0.040%	37.77x
485	Housden	66	0.040%	19.62x
486	Marlow	66	0.040%	3.72x
487	Noble	66	0.040%	1.05x
488	Potter	66	0.040%	0.67x
489	Warwick	66	0.040%	3.15x
490	Whitworth	66	0.040%	2.61x
491	Woodcraft	66	0.040%	62.22x
492	York	66	0.040%	3.30x
493	Abrahams	65	0.040%	5.66x
494	Beaumont	65	0.040%	1.45x
495	Betts	65	0.040%	2.01x
496	Goldsmith	65	0.040%	2.77x
497	Gore	65	0.040%	3.81x
498	Grace	65	0.040%	3.21x
499	Halsey	65	0.040%	9.99x
500	Simmons	65	0.040%	1.05x