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 Tucker, with 47 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
701	Tucker	47	0.030%	0.56x
702	Boyce	46	0.030%	2.03x
703	Facer	46	0.030%	15.10x
704	Hodge	46	0.030%	1.21x
705	Juffs	46	0.030%	71.72x
706	Large	46	0.030%	2.95x
707	Maxey	46	0.030%	30.16x
708	Whitlock	46	0.030%	5.10x
709	Attwood	45	0.030%	3.00x
710	Conquest	45	0.030%	20.67x
711	Emmerton	45	0.030%	37.28x
712	Hammond	45	0.030%	0.52x
713	Hayward	45	0.030%	0.70x
714	Hedges	45	0.030%	2.60x
715	Humphries	45	0.030%	1.32x
716	Knott	45	0.030%	1.50x
717	Sole	45	0.030%	12.86x
718	Tomlinson	45	0.030%	0.65x
719	Watford	45	0.030%	22.16x
720	Berrington	44	0.030%	16.07x
721	Bishop	44	0.030%	0.42x
722	Bowers	44	0.030%	1.59x
723	Bright	44	0.030%	1.44x
724	Buckle	44	0.030%	2.67x
725	Copperwaite	44	0.030%	128.13x
726	Keens	44	0.030%	41.29x
727	Lord	44	0.030%	0.63x
728	Low	44	0.030%	1.37x
729	Mobbs	44	0.030%	7.74x
730	Morley	44	0.030%	0.73x
731	Room	44	0.030%	21.89x
732	Tebbutt	44	0.030%	7.92x
733	Aldridge	43	0.030%	1.47x
734	Champkins	43	0.030%	163.75x
735	Currant	43	0.030%	66.51x
736	Daisley	43	0.030%	39.79x
737	Darby	43	0.030%	1.77x
738	Dickins	43	0.030%	7.73x
739	Dix	43	0.030%	2.88x
740	Dixon	43	0.030%	0.26x
741	Dunton	43	0.030%	18.47x
742	Geeves	43	0.030%	35.48x
743	Gobby	43	0.030%	64.51x
744	Headland	43	0.030%	18.96x
745	Mayles	43	0.030%	85.13x
746	Merryweather	43	0.030%	12.63x
747	Peach	43	0.030%	2.63x
748	Sergeant	43	0.030%	5.97x
749	Wiggins	43	0.030%	2.64x
750	Chesham	42	0.030%	43.09x
751	Cullip	42	0.030%	58.97x
752	Earl	42	0.030%	2.12x
753	Foxley	42	0.030%	15.26x
754	Gaylor	42	0.030%	18.64x
755	Goff	42	0.030%	4.30x
756	Golding	42	0.030%	1.58x
757	Hutchings	42	0.030%	1.48x
758	Leonard	42	0.030%	1.28x
759	Little	42	0.030%	0.59x
760	Mackness	42	0.030%	23.16x
761	Makeham	42	0.030%	78.46x
762	Moody	42	0.030%	1.06x
763	Patrick	42	0.030%	1.39x
764	Plowman	42	0.030%	5.42x
765	Thomson	42	0.030%	0.21x
766	Virgin	42	0.030%	28.38x
767	Waters	42	0.030%	0.69x
768	Willsher	42	0.030%	14.74x
769	Barley	41	0.030%	4.88x
770	Beck	41	0.030%	1.16x
771	Billingham	41	0.030%	4.47x
772	Blain	41	0.030%	7.80x
773	Castle	41	0.030%	1.36x
774	Facey	41	0.030%	13.95x
775	Fryer	41	0.030%	1.46x
776	Giggle	41	0.030%	66.55x
777	Gough	41	0.030%	0.92x
778	Hurst	41	0.030%	0.76x
779	Newberry	41	0.030%	6.61x
780	Pryor	41	0.030%	4.06x
781	Riddy	41	0.030%	85.45x
782	Sheppard	41	0.030%	0.78x
783	Shotbolt	41	0.030%	95.50x
784	Storton	41	0.030%	80.38x
785	Vine	41	0.030%	2.92x
786	Walters	41	0.030%	0.57x
787	Willson	41	0.030%	2.42x
788	Wilsher	41	0.030%	16.53x
789	Cannon	40	0.030%	1.46x
790	Dalton	40	0.030%	1.15x
791	Gardener	40	0.030%	1.47x
792	Gates	40	0.030%	1.71x
793	Goodhall	40	0.030%	8.71x
794	Henley	40	0.030%	3.46x
795	Hensman	40	0.030%	19.41x
796	Hewlett	40	0.030%	4.23x
797	Jennings	40	0.030%	0.52x
798	Law	40	0.030%	0.58x
799	Peet	40	0.030%	5.00x
800	Squire	40	0.030%	2.23x