1881 census place

Bedford surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Bedford, Lancashire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

258 surnames are listed for Bedford, Lancashire, covering 3,659 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Wilkinson, with 150 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Bedford

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Wilkinson	150	2.07%	13.56x
2	Ratcliffe	144	1.99%	71.91x
3	Yates	140	1.93%	28.10x
4	Hilton	130	1.79%	52.15x
5	Hindley	107	1.48%	179.29x
6	Unsworth	80	1.10%	95.99x
7	Hampson	76	1.05%	58.16x
8	Prescott	76	1.05%	74.31x
9	Collier	74	1.02%	30.53x
10	Mort	70	0.970%	200.06x
11	Hayes	62	0.860%	13.75x
12	Grundy	59	0.810%	39.75x
13	Pendlebury	50	0.690%	107.50x
14	Boardman	49	0.680%	42.12x
15	Hurst	49	0.680%	18.92x
16	Isherwood	49	0.680%	58.41x
17	Leigh	46	0.630%	27.57x
18	Battersby	45	0.620%	87.87x
19	Eaton	43	0.590%	21.18x
20	Baxter	38	0.520%	8.79x
21	Leather	38	0.520%	76.75x
22	Dickinson	36	0.500%	11.63x
23	Aspinall	35	0.480%	35.07x
24	Gerrard	34	0.470%	36.69x
25	Horrocks	33	0.460%	37.05x
26	Boydell	32	0.440%	282.44x
27	Farrington	32	0.440%	51.36x
28	Kerfoot	32	0.440%	223.62x
29	Clare	31	0.430%	29.54x
30	Bate	30	0.410%	24.41x
31	Ramsdale	30	0.410%	172.81x
32	Jameson	29	0.400%	36.14x
33	Rothwell	29	0.400%	21.76x
34	Eckersley	28	0.390%	61.74x
35	Seddon	28	0.390%	23.77x
36	Thorpe	27	0.370%	9.42x
37	Cocker	26	0.360%	43.73x
38	Aldred	25	0.340%	40.15x
39	Ditchfield	25	0.340%	100.93x
40	Shuttleworth	25	0.340%	29.07x
41	Cleworth	24	0.330%	361.99x
42	Guest	24	0.330%	15.49x
43	Partington	23	0.320%	22.36x
44	Whittle	22	0.300%	13.93x
45	Winstanley	22	0.300%	30.20x
46	Crook	21	0.290%	10.09x
47	Birchall	20	0.280%	28.11x
48	Hulme	20	0.280%	12.90x
49	Shovelton	20	0.280%	751.88x
50	Critchley	19	0.260%	29.40x
51	Longworth	19	0.260%	41.02x
52	Flitcroft	18	0.250%	127.93x
53	Pilkington	18	0.250%	13.82x
54	Thorp	18	0.250%	18.31x
55	Atherton	17	0.230%	13.04x
56	Belshaw	17	0.230%	123.01x
57	Bent	17	0.230%	32.18x
58	Kniveton	17	0.230%	373.63x
59	Latchford	17	0.230%	150.98x
60	Lythgoe	17	0.230%	76.23x
61	Stirrup	17	0.230%	155.68x
62	Higginson	16	0.220%	22.04x
63	Crompton	15	0.210%	12.29x
64	Grimshaw	15	0.210%	12.38x
65	Monks	15	0.210%	25.56x
66	Simms	15	0.210%	18.18x
67	Wilcock	15	0.210%	14.55x
68	Halliwell	14	0.190%	17.40x
69	Kearsley	14	0.190%	82.74x
70	Priestley	14	0.190%	11.41x
71	Rimmer	14	0.190%	12.09x
72	Risley	14	0.190%	154.19x
73	Urmston	14	0.190%	234.11x
74	Calland	13	0.180%	113.54x
75	Darlington	13	0.180%	26.39x
76	Arrowsmith	12	0.170%	21.34x
77	Ashurst	12	0.170%	46.77x
78	Dootson	12	0.170%	114.72x
79	Hession	12	0.170%	427.05x
80	Jump	12	0.170%	96.46x
81	Kean	12	0.170%	24.44x
82	Molyneux	12	0.170%	21.67x
83	Mulford	12	0.170%	152.48x
84	Postlewaite	12	0.170%	393.44x
85	Tomlin	12	0.170%	18.51x
86	Crank	11	0.150%	74.63x
87	Eckersly	11	0.150%	909.09x
88	Fearnhead	11	0.150%	441.77x
89	Foulkes	11	0.150%	16.28x
90	Galvin	11	0.150%	70.56x
91	Heaps	11	0.150%	34.84x
92	Pasquill	11	0.150%	398.55x
93	Alker	10	0.140%	74.79x
94	Bosher	10	0.140%	87.11x
95	Farnell	10	0.140%	37.65x
96	Hesford	10	0.140%	92.17x
97	Litherland	10	0.140%	60.83x
98	Mangnall	10	0.140%	209.64x
99	Pomfret	10	0.140%	40.10x
100	Sankey	10	0.140%	33.28x