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 Woodland, with 55 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
601	Woodland	55	0.040%	7.16x
602	Barnett	54	0.040%	0.79x
603	Chappell	54	0.040%	2.12x
604	Crew	54	0.040%	5.65x
605	Croxford	54	0.040%	16.20x
606	Cumberland	54	0.040%	14.12x
607	Hartop	54	0.040%	46.09x
608	Lacey	54	0.040%	1.94x
609	Lenton	54	0.040%	7.15x
610	Panter	54	0.040%	10.52x
611	Quince	54	0.040%	42.94x
612	Stringer	54	0.040%	1.79x
613	Bigg	53	0.040%	11.14x
614	Farrow	53	0.040%	1.87x
615	Gale	53	0.040%	1.17x
616	Ginn	53	0.040%	12.67x
617	Grundon	53	0.040%	91.24x
618	Hilton	53	0.040%	1.02x
619	Munday	53	0.040%	2.99x
620	Potton	53	0.040%	28.21x
621	Potts	53	0.040%	1.05x
622	Stanford	53	0.040%	4.21x
623	Billing	52	0.030%	6.17x
624	Braybrook	52	0.030%	17.84x
625	Circuit	52	0.030%	119.73x
626	Gee	52	0.030%	1.35x
627	Negus	52	0.030%	12.05x
628	Nichols	52	0.030%	1.06x
629	Spacey	52	0.030%	51.22x
630	Stimson	52	0.030%	13.10x
631	Bellamy	51	0.030%	2.31x
632	Brace	51	0.030%	5.87x
633	Burley	51	0.030%	3.55x
634	Claridge	51	0.030%	5.80x
635	Coombs	51	0.030%	1.99x
636	Kitchiner	51	0.030%	94.39x
637	Mole	51	0.030%	4.34x
638	Newton	51	0.030%	0.44x
639	Rutt	51	0.030%	37.40x
640	Sawyer	51	0.030%	1.83x
641	Tomlin	51	0.030%	3.77x
642	Winters	51	0.030%	7.96x
643	Battams	50	0.030%	49.01x
644	Bowles	50	0.030%	2.02x
645	Browning	50	0.030%	1.62x
646	Clare	50	0.030%	2.28x
647	Dunkley	50	0.030%	4.15x
648	Edmonds	50	0.030%	1.73x
649	Geary	50	0.030%	4.23x
650	Glenister	50	0.030%	19.41x
651	Harpur	50	0.030%	41.25x
652	Jeffries	50	0.030%	2.63x
653	Kidman	50	0.030%	16.42x
654	Lewin	50	0.030%	4.10x
655	Odell	50	0.030%	109.99x
656	Punter	50	0.030%	17.61x
657	Rootham	50	0.030%	63.87x
658	Tatman	50	0.030%	102.08x
659	Cockings	49	0.030%	59.52x
660	Colgrave	49	0.030%	67.37x
661	Cutler	49	0.030%	2.60x
662	Deighton	49	0.030%	6.47x
663	Goddard	49	0.030%	0.81x
664	Gravestock	49	0.030%	32.66x
665	Griffin	49	0.030%	0.69x
666	Hoar	49	0.030%	7.87x
667	Ireland	49	0.030%	1.40x
668	Linney	49	0.030%	10.30x
669	Miles	49	0.030%	0.55x
670	Quenby	49	0.030%	124.40x
671	Stimpson	49	0.030%	7.22x
672	Thorne	49	0.030%	1.54x
673	Tyler	49	0.030%	1.10x
674	Washington	49	0.030%	6.42x
675	Weedon	49	0.030%	6.96x
676	Worker	49	0.030%	63.00x
677	Baldwin	48	0.030%	0.74x
678	Braybrooks	48	0.030%	153.31x
679	Busby	48	0.030%	3.01x
680	Croot	48	0.030%	22.15x
681	Everitt	48	0.030%	3.78x
682	Mathews	48	0.030%	0.86x
683	Mossman	48	0.030%	17.70x
684	Pakes	48	0.030%	62.93x
685	Pantling	48	0.030%	62.12x
686	Ruff	48	0.030%	9.82x
687	Vass	48	0.030%	9.35x
688	Burgoine	47	0.030%	54.42x
689	Burridge	47	0.030%	4.58x
690	Clayson	47	0.030%	14.47x
691	Clifton	47	0.030%	2.20x
692	Dillingham	47	0.030%	71.03x
693	Laughton	47	0.030%	6.39x
694	Luck	47	0.030%	3.76x
695	Maskell	47	0.030%	4.42x
696	Munns	47	0.030%	8.70x
697	Shelton	47	0.030%	2.64x
698	Simpkins	47	0.030%	6.89x
699	Southam	47	0.030%	7.44x
700	Stocker	47	0.030%	5.79x