1881 census place

Leighton Buzzard surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Leighton Buzzard, 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

281 surnames are listed for Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, covering 3,111 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Pratt, with 145 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Leighton Buzzard

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	Pratt	145	2.23%	38.79x
2	Horn	87	1.34%	58.84x
3	Janes	83	1.28%	198.56x
4	Reeve	78	1.20%	51.28x
5	Hopkins	69	1.06%	17.61x
6	Stevens	68	1.05%	10.01x
7	Samuel	63	0.970%	81.10x
8	Chamberlain	55	0.850%	31.07x
9	Mead	55	0.850%	36.26x
10	Dimmock	51	0.780%	213.93x
11	Tearle	50	0.770%	561.17x
12	Sear	46	0.710%	188.83x
13	Butcher	44	0.680%	16.05x
14	Abraham	43	0.660%	67.00x
15	Kempster	43	0.660%	188.68x
16	Pantling	42	0.650%	1265.06x
17	Chandler	41	0.630%	19.61x
18	Underwood	37	0.570%	21.07x
19	Ellingham	35	0.540%	332.70x
20	Turney	35	0.540%	151.98x
21	Willis	35	0.540%	10.12x
22	Lancaster	33	0.510%	20.41x
23	Eames	32	0.490%	71.64x
24	Humbles	27	0.410%	1597.63x
25	Seabrook	27	0.410%	84.30x
26	Buckingham	26	0.400%	29.97x
27	Geeves	26	0.400%	499.04x
28	Brandom	25	0.380%	612.75x
29	Church	25	0.380%	17.61x
30	Gurney	25	0.380%	36.90x
31	Cosby	24	0.370%	403.36x
32	Major	24	0.370%	27.34x
33	Olney	24	0.370%	176.21x
34	Goodman	23	0.350%	12.11x
35	Linney	23	0.350%	112.36x
36	Viccars	23	0.350%	409.98x
37	Baines	22	0.340%	17.66x
38	Hedges	22	0.340%	29.55x
39	Inns	22	0.340%	182.42x
40	Hack	21	0.320%	92.31x
41	Woodman	21	0.320%	29.22x
42	Heley	20	0.310%	294.99x
43	Quick	20	0.310%	27.43x
44	Adkins	19	0.290%	44.84x
45	Birdsey	19	0.290%	855.86x
46	Deeley	19	0.290%	85.74x
47	Procter	19	0.290%	22.50x
48	Claridge	18	0.280%	47.58x
49	Washington	18	0.280%	54.86x
50	Favell	17	0.260%	196.53x
51	Higgs	17	0.260%	14.33x
52	Tompkins	17	0.260%	30.27x
53	Grace	16	0.250%	18.36x
54	Hardwick	16	0.250%	16.08x
55	Parson	16	0.250%	54.79x
56	Guess	15	0.230%	322.58x
57	Makepeace	15	0.230%	81.70x
58	Sturman	15	0.230%	103.66x
59	Timms	15	0.230%	22.85x
60	Bodsworth	14	0.220%	268.71x
61	Greening	14	0.220%	38.70x
62	Meager	14	0.220%	156.42x
63	Pointer	14	0.220%	50.85x
64	Walduck	14	0.220%	457.52x
65	Elkerton	13	0.200%	673.58x
66	Parrott	13	0.200%	17.58x
67	Scrivener	13	0.200%	45.68x
68	Tutt	13	0.200%	69.48x
69	Biley	12	0.180%	1132.08x
70	Botsford	12	0.180%	983.61x
71	Cleaver	12	0.180%	21.75x
72	Devenish	12	0.180%	138.73x
73	Lathwell	12	0.180%	425.53x
74	Spiers	12	0.180%	22.40x
75	Loke	11	0.170%	743.24x
76	Munday	11	0.170%	14.45x
77	Purser	11	0.170%	45.89x
78	Snoxell	11	0.170%	478.26x
79	Stears	11	0.170%	270.94x
80	Uff	11	0.170%	452.67x
81	Brandon	10	0.150%	30.28x
82	Bransom	10	0.150%	442.48x
83	Chander	10	0.150%	1388.89x
84	Culverhouse	10	0.150%	110.13x
85	Evens	10	0.150%	58.55x
86	Gadsden	10	0.150%	118.34x
87	Horwood	10	0.150%	32.41x
88	Scraggs	10	0.150%	418.41x
89	Backhouse	9	0.140%	18.58x
90	Banes	9	0.140%	135.34x
91	Bardell	9	0.140%	103.57x
92	Durrell	9	0.140%	178.57x
93	Fookes	9	0.140%	196.51x
94	Gobby	9	0.140%	313.59x
95	Halsey	9	0.140%	32.15x
96	Heady	9	0.140%	238.10x
97	Irons	9	0.140%	25.40x
98	Tindall	9	0.140%	22.85x
99	Tring	9	0.140%	183.30x
100	Wilkerson	9	0.140%	135.75x