Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eversholt, Bedfordshire

Eversholt 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
THOMPSON344.427114.78
SMITH334.29693.04
OAKLEY334.2969202.83
CHAPMAN283.645825.67
CHANCE172.2135478.87
VALENTINE162.0833162.44
BRAZIER151.9531208.33
FLEET141.8229271.84
COOKE131.692730.67
BAKER131.69277.73
HARRIS131.69276.66
PEPPER131.6927120.37
DEWBERRY121.56252,727.27
GOODMAN121.562553.55
CHEW111.4323281.33
KING111.43236.57
TAYLOR101.30212.04
WILLIS101.302124.49
WHITE91.17193.65
MILLER91.17196.55
GOODWIN91.171922.24
FOSSEY91.1719697.67
MILLARD81.041762.89
BAILEY81.04176.92
GIBBONS81.041732.40
MAJOR81.041777.22
MOULDEN70.9115736.84
LARGE70.911588.38
EVANS70.91152.09
STOPP70.91152,058.82
PRICE70.91155.21
STANNARD70.9115130.60
CLARKE70.91154.50
BASS60.781369.04
RAYNER60.781331.32
BIRCH60.781319.07
KEEN60.781338.99
COX60.78135.15
WHITBREAD60.7813195.44
BOSWORTH60.7813132.74
ODELL60.7813106.76
JONES60.78130.69
STURGESS50.6510113.38
JANES50.6510101.42
FRANKLIN50.651019.61
RUTLAND50.6510213.68
EVERETT50.651036.26
BUNKER50.6510161.81
NEGUS50.6510228.31
CORK50.651087.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DEWBERRY0.777682727.2727
STOPP0.777682058.8235
CHIN0.777681333.3333
MOULDEN0.77768736.8421
FOSSEY0.77768697.6744
CHANCE0.77768478.8732
LEGGITT0.77768454.5455
HARTUP0.77768400.0000
SIDE0.77768357.1429
CHEW0.77768281.3299
FLEET0.77768271.8447
NEGUS0.77768228.3105
RUTLAND0.77768213.6752
BRAZIER0.77768208.3333
OAKLEY0.77768202.8273
WHITBREAD0.77768195.4397
SEAGRAVE0.77768194.1748
KEENS0.77768185.1852
VALENTINE0.77768162.4365
BUNKER0.77768161.8123
BORDER0.77768153.8462
SEAR0.77768139.3728
BOSWORTH0.77768132.7434
STANNARD0.77768130.5970
PEPPER0.77768120.3704
STURGESS0.77768113.3787
SPRAGUE0.77768112.3596
ODELL0.77768106.7616
JANES0.77768101.4199
LARGE0.7776888.3838
CORK0.7776887.8735
DOLTON0.7776881.3008
DEEKS0.7776881.3008
MAJOR0.7776877.2201
STRATFORD0.7776875.9013
BASS0.7776869.0449
COBURN0.7776868.9655
MILLARD0.7776862.8931
CROXFORD0.7776859.1716
GOODMAN0.7776853.5475
GOWER0.7776849.6278
BEASLEY0.7776848.0769
KEEN0.7776838.9864
PHILPOT0.7776838.8350
TOMKINS0.7776837.6884
EVERETT0.7776836.2582
READING0.7776833.6700
GIBBONS0.7776832.4018
RAYNER0.7776831.3152
COOKE0.7776830.6748

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 768 people called DEWBERRY in Eversholt 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 2727.2727 in Eversholt means that 2727.2727% of the people in Eversholt on census day were called DEWBERRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DEWBERRY 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 DEWBERRY 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 DEWBERRY 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 DEWBERRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.77 in Eversholt means that you are 0.77 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DEWBERRY in Eversholt than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eversholt in 1881

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

ARMSDEN (6)  ASTWELL (3)  ATTWOOD (2)  BACOCK (1)  BAILEY (8)  BAKER (13)  BASS (6)  BEASLEY (4)  BIRCH (6)  BURCHBY (1)  BORDER (1)  BOSTIN (1)  BOSWORTH (6)  BOXFORD (7)  BRADSHAW (2)  BRAZIER (15)  BRIDGWATER (2)  BUNKER (5)  BURROWS (1)  BUTLER (2)  CARR (2)  CHANCE (17)  CHAPMAN (28)  CHEW (11)  CHILDS (2)  CHIN (2)  CHURCHILL (1)  CLARKE (7)  COBURN (1)  COLEMAN (1)  COLLINS (1)  COOKE (13)  COOK (1)  CORK (5)  COX (6)  CROXFORD (1)  DALE (1)  DOLTON (1)  DAMEY (1)  DANIEL (2)  DEACON (1)  DEEKS (2)  DEWBERRY (12)  DEXTER (1)  DOWDERSELL (1)  DYSON (1)  EVANS (7)  EVERRITT (6)  EVERETT (5)  FARMER (3)  PHILLIMON (7)  FLECKNEY (4)  FLEET (14)  FLOWERS (1)  FORD (2)  FOSEY (10)  FOSSEY (9)  FULLER (2)  FRANKLIN (5)  FRYER (2)  GARRETT (4)  GAZLEY (6)  GIBBONS (8)  GILBERT (2)  GODFREY (2)  GOODMAN (12)  GOODWIN (9)  GOWER (4)  GREEN (3)  GREAGORY (2)  GROUTER (3)  GROVES (1)  GURNEY (1)  HARRIS (13)  HARTUP (1)  HENDY (1)  HOWE (4)  HOW (1)  HUDSON (4)  INNS (3)  JACKSON (1)  JANES (5)  JONES (6)  KEENS (1)  KEEN (6)  KENTOR (1)  KING (11)  KINGSTON (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LARGE (7)  LEGGITT (1)  LINNALL (3)  MAJOR (8)  MARDLING (1)  MARGIURE (1)  MAKEHAM (4)  MESSALL (3)  MILLARD (8)  MILLER (9)  MOSS (5)  MOULDEN (7)  NASH (1)  NEGUS (5)  NEWTON (3)  OAKLEY (33)  ODELL (6)  PACKER (1)  PASIOUR (1)  PEPPER (13)  PHILLEMORE (5)  PHELPS (2)  PHILPOT (2)  PRICE (7)  RANDALL (2)  RAYNER (6)  READING (2)  RUTLAND (5)  SEAR (4)  SEAGRAVE (2)  SELMES (1)  SHEARWOOD (7)  SIDE (1)  SINFIELD (1)  SMART (1)  SMITH (33)  SNOXELL (5)  SPERING (2)  SPARREY (3)  SPRAGUE (2)  STANNARD (7)  STANTON (1)  STAPLETON (1)  STRATFORD (4)  STOPP (7)  STURGESS (5)  TAYLOR (10)  THOMAS (3)  THOMPSON (34)  TOMKINS (3)  TULSAD (2)  TYERS (1)  TYLER (4)  UPSTONE (1)  VALENTINE (16)  WARD (2)  WARRIN (2)  WATSON (2)  WEST (1)  WHIRMOTT (1)  WHITBREAD (6)  WHITE (9)  WHITHEAD (7)  WILLIS (10)  WILSON (1)  WILLSHER (4)  WRIGHT (2)  WUNSCOTT (1) 

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