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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 Summons, with 1 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1101Summons19.86x
1102Sycamore15.80x
1103Tarbox17.15x
1104Tilcock115.46x
1105Timberlake13.43x
1106Tingay16.97x
1107Titman15.83x
1108Tottenham111.00x
1109Twiddy15.04x
1110Vyse12.65x
1111Wallett15.13x
1112Weaks144.05x
1113Whiles13.55x
1114Wilmshurst12.68x
1115Wilston149.75x
1116Wix14.25x
1117Wooden15.80x
1118Worton11.81x