1881 census place

Dunstable surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Dunstable, 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

236 surnames are listed for Dunstable, Bedfordshire, covering 1,864 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Cheshire, with 61 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Dunstable

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	Cheshire	61	1.31%	170.34x
2	Tompkins	61	1.31%	152.04x
3	Field	51	1.10%	22.05x
4	Tearle	47	1.01%	738.99x
5	Champkin	41	0.880%	3178.29x
6	Janes	39	0.840%	130.61x
7	Horn	31	0.670%	29.35x
8	Franklin	29	0.620%	18.79x
9	Bandy	27	0.580%	426.54x
10	Sinfield	26	0.560%	230.50x
11	Gurney	23	0.490%	47.53x
12	Room	23	0.490%	372.17x
13	Duncombe	22	0.470%	188.52x
14	Higgs	22	0.470%	25.96x
15	Mooring	22	0.470%	668.69x
16	Turney	21	0.450%	127.66x
17	Impey	20	0.430%	209.86x
18	Sharman	20	0.430%	31.24x
19	Durrant	19	0.410%	26.12x
20	Fenson	19	0.410%	926.83x
21	Hutchins	19	0.410%	40.49x
22	Parrott	19	0.410%	35.96x
23	Pateman	19	0.410%	108.32x
24	Pitkin	19	0.410%	423.16x
25	Puddephatt	19	0.410%	432.80x
26	Snoxell	19	0.410%	1158.54x
27	Derbyshire	18	0.390%	37.15x
28	Bliss	17	0.370%	59.73x
29	Darby	16	0.340%	21.44x
30	Eames	16	0.340%	50.14x
31	Goode	16	0.340%	26.60x
32	Rollings	16	0.340%	110.96x
33	Summerfield	16	0.340%	53.10x
34	Turvey	16	0.340%	73.26x
35	Bunker	15	0.320%	80.13x
36	Squires	15	0.320%	22.79x
37	Stimpson	15	0.320%	71.98x
38	Brazier	14	0.300%	32.13x
39	Duncomb	14	0.300%	673.08x
40	Mobley	14	0.300%	287.47x
41	Parkins	14	0.300%	55.93x
42	Potton	14	0.300%	242.63x
43	Turpin	14	0.300%	56.13x
44	Dudley	13	0.280%	18.64x
45	Waterfield	13	0.280%	67.99x
46	Fensom	12	0.260%	170.94x
47	Hose	12	0.260%	303.03x
48	Scroggs	12	0.260%	888.89x
49	Giddings	11	0.240%	51.96x
50	Lockhart	11	0.240%	33.97x
51	Maskell	11	0.240%	33.65x
52	Tibbett	11	0.240%	376.71x
53	Tomkins	11	0.240%	22.83x
54	Cobley	10	0.220%	58.79x
55	Dighton	10	0.220%	291.55x
56	Fearn	10	0.220%	28.82x
57	Gilbey	10	0.220%	89.77x
58	Inns	10	0.220%	116.14x
59	Kempson	10	0.220%	98.52x
60	Kingston	10	0.220%	23.05x
61	Medcraft	10	0.220%	346.02x
62	Sharratt	10	0.220%	69.44x
63	Tofield	10	0.220%	265.25x
64	Bourn	9	0.190%	88.41x
65	Clews	9	0.190%	42.69x
66	Fowkes	9	0.190%	64.84x
67	Gutteridge	9	0.190%	38.10x
68	Hallifax	9	0.190%	403.59x
69	Keightley	9	0.190%	83.64x
70	Minards	9	0.190%	396.48x
71	Randell	9	0.190%	31.02x
72	Blindell	8	0.170%	869.57x
73	Creak	8	0.170%	338.98x
74	Dolman	8	0.170%	40.14x
75	Flecknell	8	0.170%	1481.48x
76	Inwards	8	0.170%	352.42x
77	Scrivener	8	0.170%	39.35x
78	Sibthorpe	8	0.170%	388.35x
79	Standbridge	8	0.170%	516.13x
80	Axtell	7	0.150%	122.16x
81	Ayre	7	0.150%	26.95x
82	Bigg	7	0.150%	47.88x
83	Brightman	7	0.150%	63.18x
84	Duckering	7	0.150%	286.89x
85	Dunham	7	0.150%	29.57x
86	Eustace	7	0.150%	53.76x
87	Funge	7	0.150%	328.64x
88	Gravestock	7	0.150%	151.84x
89	Henton	7	0.150%	79.01x
90	Kitchener	7	0.150%	44.30x
91	Northwood	7	0.150%	79.55x
92	Barfoot	6	0.130%	41.75x
93	Braund	6	0.130%	61.54x
94	Buckmaster	6	0.130%	101.69x
95	Costin	6	0.130%	79.58x
96	Currant	6	0.130%	301.51x
97	Darley	6	0.130%	30.30x
98	Donne	6	0.130%	163.04x
99	Fensome	6	0.130%	143.88x
100	Folks	6	0.130%	333.33x