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 Bayes, with 64 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
501	Bayes	64	0.040%	14.19x
502	Clayton	64	0.040%	0.78x
503	Crowsley	64	0.040%	121.86x
504	East	64	0.040%	2.72x
505	Gillett	64	0.040%	4.01x
506	Heley	64	0.040%	40.61x
507	Horwood	64	0.040%	8.92x
508	Hutchinson	64	0.040%	0.74x
509	Masters	64	0.040%	2.28x
510	Mays	64	0.040%	7.40x
511	Neale	64	0.040%	1.78x
512	Pearse	64	0.040%	3.98x
513	Rawlins	64	0.040%	7.27x
514	Rosson	64	0.040%	67.04x
515	Daniel	63	0.040%	1.89x
516	Ekins	63	0.040%	24.50x
517	Hack	63	0.040%	11.91x
518	Kendall	63	0.040%	1.93x
519	Medlock	63	0.040%	26.88x
520	Myers	63	0.040%	1.60x
521	Newbury	63	0.040%	6.85x
522	Rolls	63	0.040%	9.34x
523	Simons	63	0.040%	3.16x
524	Skinner	63	0.040%	0.82x
525	Spring	63	0.040%	8.58x
526	Tuffnell	63	0.040%	48.72x
527	Whitmore	63	0.040%	4.75x
528	Worsley	63	0.040%	4.77x
529	Capon	62	0.040%	10.20x
530	Coburn	62	0.040%	21.65x
531	Covington	62	0.040%	31.97x
532	Dyer	62	0.040%	1.06x
533	Gell	62	0.040%	15.60x
534	Pates	62	0.040%	29.37x
535	Pedley	62	0.040%	8.09x
536	Benson	61	0.040%	1.49x
537	Bywaters	61	0.040%	63.24x
538	Fairey	61	0.040%	28.02x
539	Jarman	61	0.040%	4.23x
540	Mooring	61	0.040%	56.97x
541	Pitts	61	0.040%	3.93x
542	Reed	61	0.040%	0.55x
543	Rutland	61	0.040%	13.24x
544	Willison	61	0.040%	19.17x
545	Bent	60	0.040%	5.44x
546	Britten	60	0.040%	9.96x
547	Brockett	60	0.040%	41.10x
548	Butterfield	60	0.040%	2.97x
549	Garratt	60	0.040%	3.91x
550	Kent	60	0.040%	0.94x
551	Lester	60	0.040%	2.52x
552	Lilley	60	0.040%	2.86x
553	Moss	60	0.040%	0.64x
554	Pack	60	0.040%	8.45x
555	Sells	60	0.040%	23.29x
556	Addington	59	0.040%	42.95x
557	Ashpole	59	0.040%	68.32x
558	Birch	59	0.040%	0.95x
559	Goodship	59	0.040%	50.35x
560	Holdstock	59	0.040%	20.75x
561	Hutchins	59	0.040%	3.86x
562	Pell	59	0.040%	6.95x
563	Simkins	59	0.040%	12.59x
564	Slater	59	0.040%	0.64x
565	Snoxell	59	0.040%	110.22x
566	Topham	59	0.040%	5.34x
567	Abrams	58	0.040%	15.50x
568	Atkins	58	0.040%	1.02x
569	Hine	58	0.040%	4.85x
570	Ives	58	0.040%	3.27x
571	Kefford	58	0.040%	40.58x
572	Newell	58	0.040%	2.43x
573	Pilgrim	58	0.040%	6.81x
574	Presland	58	0.040%	29.90x
575	Wilshere	58	0.040%	53.66x
576	Wingrave	58	0.040%	49.28x
577	Champkin	57	0.040%	135.97x
578	Emerton	57	0.040%	29.24x
579	Franks	57	0.040%	3.02x
580	Gibbons	57	0.040%	1.17x
581	Horley	57	0.040%	16.01x
582	Horsler	57	0.040%	173.62x
583	Inwards	57	0.040%	77.30x
584	Mardle	57	0.040%	54.79x
585	Prior	57	0.040%	1.63x
586	Timms	57	0.040%	3.73x
587	Abbiss	56	0.040%	46.98x
588	Bedford	56	0.040%	1.56x
589	Foskett	56	0.040%	15.79x
590	Grey	56	0.040%	1.71x
591	Robarts	56	0.040%	37.46x
592	Sutton	56	0.040%	0.58x
593	Thorogood	56	0.040%	8.33x
594	Armsden	55	0.040%	162.53x
595	Baines	55	0.040%	1.90x
596	Bavister	55	0.040%	95.54x
597	Heathfield	55	0.040%	23.83x
598	Lathwell	55	0.040%	83.78x
599	Marriott	55	0.040%	1.62x
600	Pike	55	0.040%	1.25x