1881 census place

Luton surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Luton, 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

1,118 surnames are listed for Luton, Bedfordshire, covering 15,596 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Brown, with 290 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Luton

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	Brown	290	1.11%	1.68x
2	Day	247	0.940%	10.02x
3	Cook	226	0.860%	4.35x
4	Allen	208	0.790%	4.20x
5	Cooper	157	0.600%	2.46x
6	Burgess	148	0.570%	8.14x
7	Waller	148	0.570%	22.43x
8	Cain	142	0.540%	26.11x
9	Hill	135	0.520%	2.02x
10	Fensome	129	0.490%	548.47x
11	King	123	0.470%	2.16x
12	Lawrence	123	0.470%	7.23x
13	Cox	117	0.450%	2.95x
14	Scrivener	116	0.440%	101.27x
15	Barrett	114	0.440%	6.48x
16	Plummer	109	0.420%	31.16x
17	Field	106	0.400%	8.14x
18	Barford	105	0.400%	156.97x
19	Parsons	105	0.400%	5.28x
20	Clarke	102	0.390%	1.92x
21	Webb	100	0.380%	2.82x
22	Carter	97	0.370%	2.21x
23	Toyer	92	0.350%	531.48x
24	Godfrey	88	0.340%	11.33x
25	Hawkes	87	0.330%	20.60x
26	Impey	87	0.330%	162.04x
27	Swain	87	0.330%	17.24x
28	Payne	85	0.320%	3.61x
29	Saunders	83	0.320%	3.46x
30	Hyde	82	0.310%	10.18x
31	Bird	81	0.310%	4.05x
32	Barton	80	0.310%	5.66x
33	Dimmock	80	0.310%	83.40x
34	Smart	80	0.310%	6.71x
35	Bass	78	0.300%	26.34x
36	Bates	78	0.300%	4.68x
37	Stokes	78	0.300%	7.05x
38	Warren	75	0.290%	4.28x
39	Worboys	73	0.280%	163.38x
40	Coleman	71	0.270%	5.44x
41	Sharp	70	0.270%	3.21x
42	Janes	69	0.260%	41.02x
43	Squires	69	0.260%	18.61x
44	Pedder	67	0.260%	72.84x
45	Wiseman	66	0.250%	18.35x
46	Fensom	64	0.240%	161.94x
47	Puddephatt	62	0.240%	250.61x
48	Randall	62	0.240%	7.56x
49	Hucklesby	61	0.230%	505.39x
50	Bent	60	0.230%	31.45x
51	Andrews	59	0.230%	2.35x
52	Kilby	57	0.220%	38.69x
53	Read	57	0.220%	3.38x
54	Underwood	56	0.210%	7.92x
55	Lines	55	0.210%	19.79x
56	Farr	54	0.210%	13.89x
57	Rosson	54	0.210%	326.68x
58	Sinfield	54	0.210%	84.95x
59	Wingrave	54	0.210%	265.10x
60	Deacon	52	0.200%	11.69x
61	Lane	52	0.200%	2.88x
62	Roe	51	0.190%	10.00x
63	Tuffnell	51	0.190%	227.88x
64	Bavister	49	0.190%	491.47x
65	Crew	49	0.190%	29.63x
66	Poulton	49	0.190%	23.31x
67	Chamberlain	48	0.180%	6.74x
68	Horwood	47	0.180%	37.85x
69	Buckingham	46	0.180%	13.18x
70	Croft	46	0.180%	7.44x
71	Groom	46	0.180%	12.53x
72	Lovell	46	0.180%	8.40x
73	Welch	46	0.180%	5.00x
74	Farmer	45	0.170%	5.50x
75	Gardner	45	0.170%	2.53x
76	Hawkins	45	0.170%	2.37x
77	Abbott	44	0.170%	3.81x
78	Dickens	44	0.170%	16.06x
79	Ellingham	44	0.170%	103.97x
80	Horton	43	0.160%	4.42x
81	Pakes	43	0.160%	325.76x
82	Stanbridge	43	0.160%	57.45x
83	Bone	42	0.160%	8.65x
84	Bunyan	42	0.160%	53.73x
85	Oakley	42	0.160%	7.57x
86	Biggs	40	0.150%	8.10x
87	Freeman	40	0.150%	2.39x
88	Worsley	40	0.150%	17.48x
89	Wren	40	0.150%	14.11x
90	Arnold	39	0.150%	2.76x
91	Cawdell	39	0.150%	489.95x
92	Rodell	39	0.150%	637.25x
93	Osborn	38	0.150%	6.97x
94	Peck	38	0.150%	8.59x
95	Rayment	38	0.150%	32.63x
96	Crawley	37	0.140%	10.88x
97	Moody	37	0.140%	5.41x
98	Cumberland	36	0.140%	54.39x
99	Dunham	36	0.140%	27.00x
100	Goodman	36	0.140%	4.71x