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 Stewart, with 40 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
801	Stewart	40	0.030%	0.17x
802	Tomkins	40	0.030%	2.55x
803	Appleby	39	0.030%	1.58x
804	Bettle	39	0.030%	52.89x
805	Bingham	39	0.030%	1.76x
806	Campion	39	0.030%	3.68x
807	Catlin	39	0.030%	10.83x
808	Cawdell	39	0.030%	84.86x
809	Corby	39	0.030%	7.37x
810	Crane	39	0.030%	1.22x
811	Cranfield	39	0.030%	10.52x
812	Downing	39	0.030%	1.48x
813	Elliot	39	0.030%	1.01x
814	Holyoak	39	0.030%	15.82x
815	Mayhew	39	0.030%	3.12x
816	Mehew	39	0.030%	51.48x
817	Money	39	0.030%	4.31x
818	Munsey	39	0.030%	45.69x
819	Radford	39	0.030%	1.36x
820	Rayment	39	0.030%	5.80x
821	Risely	39	0.030%	72.18x
822	Rodell	39	0.030%	110.33x
823	Skevington	39	0.030%	27.68x
824	Thornton	39	0.030%	0.51x
825	Worrall	39	0.030%	2.03x
826	Adkins	38	0.030%	3.86x
827	Barnard	38	0.030%	1.01x
828	Briggs	38	0.030%	0.46x
829	Brinkler	38	0.030%	81.77x
830	Charles	38	0.030%	1.22x
831	Farrar	38	0.030%	1.88x
832	Hatton	38	0.030%	1.28x
833	Linford	38	0.030%	9.49x
834	Lovesey	38	0.030%	31.09x
835	Nicholson	38	0.030%	0.35x
836	Powers	38	0.030%	6.16x
837	Scales	38	0.030%	4.24x
838	Wade	38	0.030%	0.63x
839	Westley	38	0.030%	6.12x
840	Whitehead	38	0.030%	0.37x
841	Woolston	38	0.030%	14.52x
842	Bean	37	0.020%	1.89x
843	Corbett	37	0.020%	1.25x
844	Dell	37	0.020%	4.17x
845	Flitton	37	0.020%	28.73x
846	Fookes	37	0.020%	34.72x
847	Gaunt	37	0.020%	2.48x
848	Keen	37	0.020%	1.22x
849	Maddams	37	0.020%	42.35x
850	Norton	37	0.020%	0.74x
851	Rawlings	37	0.020%	1.67x
852	Stacey	37	0.020%	1.09x
853	Whitfield	37	0.020%	1.22x
854	Wilshire	37	0.020%	12.35x
855	Ames	36	0.020%	3.46x
856	Bartlett	36	0.020%	0.54x
857	Bray	36	0.020%	0.71x
858	Case	36	0.020%	2.38x
859	Costin	36	0.020%	14.67x
860	Cousins	36	0.020%	1.32x
861	Elmore	36	0.020%	16.77x
862	Hallworth	36	0.020%	9.17x
863	Heath	36	0.020%	0.48x
864	Hines	36	0.020%	2.79x
865	Horrell	36	0.020%	15.23x
866	Legate	36	0.020%	72.01x
867	Marsh	36	0.020%	0.33x
868	Parson	36	0.020%	5.30x
869	Philpot	36	0.020%	3.55x
870	Preston	36	0.020%	0.48x
871	Randell	36	0.020%	3.81x
872	Shortland	36	0.020%	9.43x
873	Small	36	0.020%	0.94x
874	Sparks	36	0.020%	1.57x
875	Stanley	36	0.020%	0.62x
876	Summerlin	36	0.020%	108.04x
877	Tilcock	36	0.020%	96.36x
878	Wise	36	0.020%	1.14x
879	Bacchus	35	0.020%	29.36x
880	Blundell	35	0.020%	1.97x
881	Boutwood	35	0.020%	117.45x
882	Brimley	35	0.020%	26.15x
883	Crisp	35	0.020%	1.66x
884	Dolton	35	0.020%	14.41x
885	Hales	35	0.020%	1.61x
886	Jefford	35	0.020%	15.30x
887	Judge	35	0.020%	2.14x
888	Mardell	35	0.020%	14.68x
889	Prigmore	35	0.020%	101.92x
890	Pulley	35	0.020%	13.75x
891	Rowney	35	0.020%	21.06x
892	Rumbles	35	0.020%	57.27x
893	Saville	35	0.020%	2.55x
894	Thurley	35	0.020%	16.04x
895	Baldock	34	0.020%	3.21x
896	Ballard	34	0.020%	1.50x
897	Banes	34	0.020%	22.00x
898	Barratt	34	0.020%	1.11x
899	Bowden	34	0.020%	0.78x
900	Bowyer	34	0.020%	2.06x