Top surnames from the 1881 census in Dunton, Bedfordshire

Dunton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Bedfordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
JARMAN398.1761857.14
LEE245.031430.79
CARTWRIGHT234.8218126.51
BROWN224.61227.00
SANDERSON214.4025106.54
GALE214.4025146.96
COLE204.192946.03
ARNOLD183.773670.01
WARD142.935013.44
HUCKLE132.7254860.93
MORLEY112.306157.68
STOCKER112.3061429.69
SOLE102.0964909.09
MOSS102.096434.01
WALTERS91.886839.58
DAVIS91.88688.59
KNOTT91.886895.14
THOMPSON81.67715.60
CARTER81.67719.99
MEDLOCK81.67711,081.08
ALLEN71.46757.77
STREET71.467562.84
BRIM61.25795,454.55
MOLE61.2579162.16
YORK61.257995.24
JENNINGS51.048220.68
SMITH51.04820.74
HOLMES51.04828.61
GINN51.0482378.79
WINTERS51.0482247.52
WHITE40.83862.61
BARLOW40.838615.53
NEWALL40.8386145.99
EDWARDS40.83863.01
DAVIES40.83861.65
CARVER40.838692.59
SPICER30.628946.73
STOW30.6289142.18
STANDFORD30.62892,000.00
CLARKE30.62893.10
CROUCH20.419331.30
CATTELL20.4193150.38
GRAY20.41932.94
BIRD20.41935.49
WHITBY20.419368.97
TATE20.419321.72
BARNETT10.20964.65
KEEP10.209657.47
WHEATLEY10.209610.29
JACKSON10.20960.75

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRIM0.484775454.5455
STANDFORD0.484772000.0000
MEDLOCK0.484771081.0811
SOLE0.48477909.0909
HUCKLE0.48477860.9272
JARMAN0.48477857.1429
STOCKER0.48477429.6875
GINN0.48477378.7879
WINTERS0.48477247.5248
MOLE0.48477162.1622
CATTELL0.48477150.3759
GALE0.48477146.9559
NEWALL0.48477145.9854
STOW0.48477142.1801
CARTWRIGHT0.48477126.5127
SANDERSON0.48477106.5449
YORK0.4847795.2381
KNOTT0.4847795.1374
CARVER0.4847792.5926
ARNOLD0.4847770.0117
WHITBY0.4847768.9655
STREET0.4847762.8366
MORLEY0.4847757.6822
KEEP0.4847757.4713
PURSER0.4847756.8182
SPICER0.4847746.7290
COLE0.4847746.0299
WALTERS0.4847739.5778
MOSS0.4847734.0136
SALE0.4847731.8471
CROUCH0.4847731.2989
LEE0.4847730.7850
POOLEY0.4847725.9740
STANFORD0.4847725.1889
TATE0.4847721.7155
JENNINGS0.4847720.6782
EARL0.4847716.0256
BARLOW0.4847715.5280
WARWICK0.4847715.1515
WARD0.4847713.4357
HAWKES0.4847713.0039
WHEATLEY0.4847710.2881
CARTER0.484779.9913
HOLMES0.484778.6073
DAVIS0.484778.5861
ALLEN0.484777.7683
BROWN0.484776.9966
CHANDLER0.484776.5274
THOMPSON0.484775.5987
BIRD0.484775.4870

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 477 people called BRIM in Dunton at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 5454.5455 in Dunton means that 5454.5455% of the people in Dunton on census day were called BRIM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRIM in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BRIM as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BRIM here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BRIM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.48 in Dunton means that you are 0.48 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRIM in Dunton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Dunton in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ALLEN (7)  ARNOLD (18)  BARLOW (4)  BARNETT (1)  BAULK (3)  BIRD (2)  BRIM (6)  BROWN (22)  CARTER (8)  CARTWRIGHT (23)  CARVER (4)  CATTELL (2)  CHANDLER (1)  CLARKE (3)  COLE (20)  CROUCH (2)  DAVIES (4)  DAVIS (9)  EARL (1)  EDWARDS (4)  FOLBIGG (2)  GALE (21)  GILBY (1)  GINN (5)  GRAY (2)  HAWKES (1)  HOLMES (5)  HUCKLE (13)  JACKSON (1)  JARMAN (39)  JEEVES (17)  GEEVES (11)  JENNINGS (5)  KEEP (1)  KIDMAN (7)  KNOTT (9)  LEE (24)  MATON (1)  MEDLOCK (8)  MORLEY (11)  MOSS (10)  MOLE (6)  NEWALL (4)  PETTENGALL (6)  POOLEY (1)  PURSER (1)  SALE (1)  SANDERSON (21)  SAUNDERSON (1)  SMITH (5)  SOLE (10)  SPICER (3)  STANDFORD (3)  STANFORD (1)  STOCKER (11)  STOW (3)  STREET (7)  SWINSCOE (3)  TATE (2)  THOMPSON (8)  WALTERS (9)  WARD (14)  WARWICK (1)  WHEATLEY (1)  WHITBY (2)  WHITE (4)  WINTERS (5)  YORK (6) 

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