1881 census place

Biggleswade surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 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

235 surnames are listed for Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, covering 2,144 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Albone, with 95 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Biggleswade

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	Albone	95	1.92%	2159.09x
2	Huckle	70	1.41%	445.29x
3	Woodward	54	1.09%	22.10x
4	Wells	53	1.07%	12.86x
5	Garner	41	0.830%	26.18x
6	Milton	38	0.770%	55.65x
7	Pope	38	0.770%	22.25x
8	Course	37	0.750%	473.75x
9	Robarts	37	0.750%	755.10x
10	Chessum	34	0.690%	1399.18x
11	Cherry	33	0.670%	65.09x
12	Storton	32	0.650%	1916.17x
13	Housden	31	0.630%	281.31x
14	Gurney	30	0.610%	58.16x
15	Kitchener	30	0.610%	178.15x
16	Brittain	28	0.570%	73.15x
17	Pates	28	0.570%	405.21x
18	Wheatley	28	0.570%	27.74x
19	Endersby	27	0.550%	427.22x
20	Rawlings	27	0.550%	37.27x
21	Dear	26	0.520%	70.96x
22	Lincoln	26	0.520%	69.63x
23	Rowlett	26	0.520%	357.14x
24	Boness	24	0.480%	766.77x
25	Rook	24	0.480%	70.90x
26	Warner	24	0.480%	13.29x
27	Breed	23	0.460%	269.32x
28	Jefferies	22	0.440%	40.11x
29	Pepper	21	0.420%	30.15x
30	Bygrave	20	0.400%	209.21x
31	Daniel	20	0.400%	18.27x
32	Sabey	20	0.400%	534.76x
33	Swain	20	0.400%	20.95x
34	Burnage	19	0.380%	422.22x
35	Squires	19	0.380%	27.08x
36	Beck	18	0.360%	15.54x
37	Crouch	18	0.360%	27.10x
38	Dew	17	0.340%	58.93x
39	Cobb	16	0.320%	22.71x
40	Goodacre	16	0.320%	100.88x
41	Barley	15	0.300%	54.49x
42	Champkins	15	0.300%	1744.19x
43	Dilley	15	0.300%	95.72x
44	Millard	15	0.300%	18.29x
45	Stonebridge	15	0.300%	275.74x
46	Plowman	14	0.280%	55.21x
47	Ashwell	13	0.260%	75.58x
48	Winch	13	0.260%	58.22x
49	Cowland	12	0.240%	192.31x
50	Sandon	12	0.240%	315.79x
51	Bushby	11	0.220%	56.58x
52	Fields	11	0.220%	46.22x
53	Jarman	11	0.220%	23.29x
54	Kinman	11	0.220%	639.53x
55	Lindsell	11	0.220%	207.94x
56	Saunderson	11	0.220%	95.65x
57	Brothers	10	0.200%	104.93x
58	Goldthorpe	10	0.200%	82.24x
59	Hasler	10	0.200%	80.84x
60	Kitchiner	10	0.200%	564.97x
61	Munsey	10	0.200%	357.14x
62	Sells	10	0.200%	118.48x
63	Bemrose	9	0.180%	194.81x
64	Denny	9	0.180%	21.61x
65	Goodship	9	0.180%	234.38x
66	Hillyard	9	0.180%	71.32x
67	Larman	9	0.180%	193.55x
68	Mantle	9	0.180%	34.76x
69	Papworth	9	0.180%	46.75x
70	Presland	9	0.180%	141.73x
71	Whiteman	9	0.180%	28.16x
72	Billingham	8	0.160%	26.65x
73	Bottoms	8	0.160%	91.74x
74	Desborough	8	0.160%	79.29x
75	Jeeves	8	0.160%	86.49x
76	Kirchin	8	0.160%	720.72x
77	Lenton	8	0.160%	32.32x
78	Powers	8	0.160%	39.58x
79	Purser	8	0.160%	43.84x
80	Sale	8	0.160%	24.51x
81	Spriggs	8	0.160%	32.51x
82	Garton	7	0.140%	28.72x
83	Gauge	7	0.140%	344.83x
84	Gaylor	7	0.140%	94.85x
85	Inskip	7	0.140%	79.73x
86	Larkins	7	0.140%	47.39x
87	Lennard	7	0.140%	62.67x
88	Malden	7	0.140%	182.29x
89	Paulger	7	0.140%	346.53x
90	Sole	7	0.140%	61.08x
91	Tilcock	7	0.140%	573.77x
92	Allibone	6	0.120%	124.22x
93	Barringer	6	0.120%	120.00x
94	Battison	6	0.120%	107.91x
95	Bygraves	6	0.120%	472.44x
96	Chew	6	0.120%	23.82x
97	Daines	6	0.120%	51.15x
98	Dodimead	6	0.120%	638.30x
99	Finding	6	0.120%	214.29x
100	Flanders	6	0.120%	49.30x