1881 census place

Houghton Conquest surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Houghton Conquest, 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

41 surnames are listed for Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire, covering 321 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Burnage, with 28 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Houghton Conquest

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	Burnage	28	4.51%	5000.00x
2	Juffs	26	4.19%	10000.00x
3	Wooding	20	3.22%	738.01x
4	Brightman	17	2.74%	1148.65x
5	Gillett	17	2.74%	259.15x
6	Bunker	16	2.58%	640.00x
7	Turvey	14	2.25%	479.45x
8	Whiteman	14	2.25%	349.13x
9	Cherry	13	2.09%	204.40x
10	Brinklow	12	1.93%	2264.15x
11	Travell	11	1.77%	4074.07x
12	Huckle	10	1.61%	507.61x
13	Thoroughgood	9	1.45%	2727.27x
14	Facer	8	1.29%	640.00x
15	Keech	8	1.29%	610.69x
16	Penwright	8	1.29%	13333.33x
17	Simpkins	8	1.29%	285.71x
18	Hosler	7	1.13%	4117.65x
19	Woodland	7	1.13%	222.22x
20	Packwood	6	0.970%	476.19x
21	Bunyan	5	0.810%	270.27x
22	Hallsworth	5	0.810%	427.35x
23	Kingham	5	0.810%	222.22x
24	Albery	4	0.640%	800.00x
25	Stanbridge	4	0.640%	224.72x
26	Caves	3	0.480%	882.35x
27	Chesher	3	0.480%	1034.48x
28	Dines	3	0.480%	180.72x
29	Gillet	3	0.480%	416.67x
30	Kempson	3	0.480%	220.59x
31	Negus	3	0.480%	169.49x
32	Roffe	3	0.480%	410.96x
33	Tysoe	3	0.480%	394.74x
34	Woodcraft	3	0.480%	681.82x
35	Northwood	2	0.320%	169.49x
36	Quenby	2	0.320%	1250.00x
37	Readman	2	0.320%	133.33x
38	Reavill	2	0.320%	1000.00x
39	Whittemore	2	0.320%	769.23x
40	Lichfield	1	0.160%	312.50x
41	Thurley	1	0.160%	111.11x