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 Holdstock, with 36 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
101	Holdstock	36	0.140%	73.13x
102	Mead	36	0.140%	5.90x
103	Boston	35	0.130%	29.17x
104	Boutwood	35	0.130%	678.29x
105	Cherry	35	0.130%	13.06x
106	Durrant	35	0.130%	8.54x
107	Glenister	35	0.130%	78.49x
108	Horn	35	0.130%	5.88x
109	How	35	0.130%	20.48x
110	Pratt	35	0.130%	2.33x
111	Brewer	34	0.130%	4.90x
112	Brightman	34	0.130%	54.46x
113	Gurney	34	0.130%	12.47x
114	Hodge	34	0.130%	5.15x
115	Sear	34	0.130%	34.69x
116	Abrams	33	0.130%	50.93x
117	Bacchus	33	0.130%	159.96x
118	Hale	33	0.130%	3.51x
119	Sharpe	33	0.130%	4.28x
120	Thorogood	33	0.130%	28.36x
121	Warner	33	0.130%	3.46x
122	Bottoms	32	0.120%	69.44x
123	Draper	32	0.120%	5.19x
124	Eames	32	0.120%	17.80x
125	Garrett	32	0.120%	5.38x
126	Hull	32	0.120%	5.85x
127	Irons	32	0.120%	22.44x
128	Rumbles	32	0.120%	302.46x
129	Scales	32	0.120%	20.64x
130	Tomlin	32	0.120%	13.67x
131	Wildman	32	0.120%	20.00x
132	Carrington	31	0.120%	11.24x
133	Everett	31	0.120%	6.59x
134	Seabrook	31	0.120%	24.05x
135	Conquest	30	0.110%	79.62x
136	Gibbs	30	0.110%	2.33x
137	Gore	30	0.110%	10.15x
138	Mardell	30	0.110%	72.69x
139	Pickering	30	0.110%	3.18x
140	Slough	30	0.110%	118.30x
141	Kirby	29	0.110%	2.92x
142	Olney	29	0.110%	52.90x
143	Whittemore	29	0.110%	263.16x
144	Atkins	28	0.110%	2.85x
145	Bodsworth	28	0.110%	133.46x
146	Pates	28	0.110%	76.61x
147	Shane	28	0.110%	113.54x
148	Sibley	28	0.110%	13.28x
149	Stratton	28	0.110%	12.34x
150	Weatherhead	28	0.110%	37.45x
151	Dillingham	27	0.100%	235.81x
152	Huckle	27	0.100%	32.50x
153	Humphrey	27	0.100%	3.87x
154	North	27	0.100%	3.11x
155	Northwood	27	0.100%	54.46x
156	Punter	27	0.100%	54.95x
157	Weston	27	0.100%	2.53x
158	Attwood	26	0.100%	10.03x
159	Custance	26	0.100%	82.15x
160	Hoar	26	0.100%	24.14x
161	Kingham	26	0.100%	27.36x
162	Lacey	26	0.100%	5.39x
163	Mayles	26	0.100%	297.48x
164	Spratley	26	0.100%	92.33x
165	Aylott	25	0.100%	54.78x
166	Coombs	25	0.100%	5.65x
167	Horsler	25	0.100%	440.14x
168	Bigg	24	0.090%	29.14x
169	Bingham	24	0.090%	6.24x
170	Bunnage	23	0.090%	203.90x
171	Flitton	23	0.090%	103.19x
172	Hewson	23	0.090%	10.76x
173	Laurence	23	0.090%	6.18x
174	Lewin	23	0.090%	10.89x
175	Seymour	23	0.090%	4.30x
176	Turney	23	0.090%	24.81x
177	Bland	22	0.080%	4.05x
178	Bonfield	22	0.080%	45.66x
179	Halsey	22	0.080%	19.53x
180	Lawrance	22	0.080%	12.87x
181	Luck	22	0.080%	10.17x
182	Pike	22	0.080%	2.89x
183	Rowley	22	0.080%	3.20x
184	Wesley	22	0.080%	21.58x
185	Ansell	21	0.080%	6.94x
186	Ashby	21	0.080%	4.78x
187	Butterfield	21	0.080%	6.00x
188	Costin	21	0.080%	49.42x
189	Cowley	21	0.080%	4.36x
190	Fryer	21	0.080%	4.32x
191	Goodge	21	0.080%	111.70x
192	Lathwell	21	0.080%	184.86x
193	Linger	21	0.080%	140.47x
194	Millard	21	0.080%	4.84x
195	Parkins	21	0.080%	14.89x
196	Philpot	21	0.080%	11.95x
197	Pigott	21	0.080%	20.92x
198	Streeton	21	0.080%	96.46x
199	Brandon	20	0.080%	15.05x
200	Garratt	20	0.080%	7.53x