Top surnames from the 1881 census in Eyworth, Bedfordshire

Eyworth 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
CARTER3118.2353108.62
FRANKLIN169.4118283.19
CHANDLER148.2353256.41
MORLEY116.4706161.76
MAYNE116.47061,089.11
LINES84.7059444.44
NIXON84.7059154.44
SOLE84.70592,051.28
DAISLEY52.94124,166.67
BROWN52.94124.46
BRIM52.941212,500.00
NAYLOR42.352962.40
BOSTON42.3529512.82
HALL42.35298.00
GENTLE31.7647535.71
JERVIS21.1765152.67
SHARP10.58827.06
LEE10.58823.60

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRIM0.1717012500.0000
DAISLEY0.171704166.6667
SOLE0.171702051.2821
MAYNE0.171701089.1089
GENTLE0.17170535.7143
BOSTON0.17170512.8205
LINES0.17170444.4444
FRANKLIN0.17170283.1858
CHANDLER0.17170256.4103
MORLEY0.17170161.7647
NIXON0.17170154.4402
JERVIS0.17170152.6718
CARTER0.17170108.6195
NAYLOR0.1717062.4025
HALL0.171707.9984
SHARP0.171707.0572
BROWN0.171704.4619
LEE0.171703.5997

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 170 people called BRIM in Eyworth 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 12500.0000 in Eyworth means that 12500.0000% of the people in Eyworth 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 0.17 in Eyworth means that you are 0.17 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRIM in Eyworth than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Eyworth in 1881

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

BOSTON (4)  BRIM (5)  BROWN (5)  CARTER (31)  CHANDLER (14)  CHESHAM (6)  CHURCHIN (1)  DAISLEY (5)  ENBESBY (4)  ENDERSBY (5)  FINDING (11)  FRANKLIN (16)  GENTLE (3)  HALL (4)  HUMBERSTONE (1)  JERVIS (2)  LEE (1)  LINES (8)  MAYNE (11)  MORLEY (11)  NAYLOR (4)  NIXON (8)  PRESEANT (1)  SHARP (1)  SOLE (8) 

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