Top surnames from the 1881 census in Flitwick, Bedfordshire

Flitwick 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
JELLIS576.95977,702.70
WHITTINGTON293.5409503.47
DIX283.4188346.11
LINE273.2967694.09
DEACON222.6862158.16
ELLIS212.564117.66
ODELL202.4420333.89
VINCENT192.319974.39
KINGHAM192.3199639.73
PAGE192.319929.02
BILLINGTON192.3199213.48
COX161.953612.89
CARR161.953627.07
BEAL151.8315194.81
HOPKINS141.709428.39
SMITH141.70941.21
ABBOTT131.587335.99
PEDDER121.4652416.67
EVANS121.46523.35
FOWLER111.343123.52
NUTT111.3431185.81
STRINGER101.221061.31
LANGLEY101.221055.65
TURNER91.09893.95
BIRD91.098914.38
COUSINS91.098961.10
SWALES91.0989157.07
RICHARDSON91.09896.46
BROWN80.97681.48
SCOTT80.97683.86
COOK80.97684.92
SWAIN80.976850.67
WEBB80.97687.21
WILSON80.97682.13
BARNS80.9768151.52
GORE80.976886.49
BUNKER80.9768242.42
CHAPMAN70.85476.02
GOODMAN70.854729.29
UPTON70.854744.87
BRITTAIN70.8547110.58
DENTON70.854746.51
CAIN70.854741.15
CROFT60.732631.01
LARGE60.732671.09
WHITE60.73262.28
SHARP60.73268.79
CHERRY60.732671.60
MARTIN60.73262.97
PRICE60.73264.19

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
JELLIS0.828197702.7027
DILLINGHAM0.828191111.1111
TOBY0.82819847.4576
LINE0.82819694.0874
CASTLEMAN0.82819675.6757
CAVES0.82819666.6667
KINGHAM0.82819639.7306
WHITTINGTON0.82819503.4722
VIRGIN0.82819500.0000
PEDDER0.82819416.6667
HOLLETT0.82819400.0000
DIX0.82819346.1063
ODELL0.82819333.8898
OLNEY0.82819292.3977
BURRAGE0.82819250.0000
BUNKER0.82819242.4242
BILLINGTON0.82819213.4831
BEAL0.82819194.8052
NUTT0.82819185.8108
SHELDRICK0.82819182.9268
KEENS0.82819172.4138
DEACON0.82819158.1596
SWALES0.82819157.0681
BARNS0.82819151.5152
HALIFAX0.82819140.8451
BRITTAIN0.82819110.5845
WOODLAND0.8281996.1538
GORE0.8281986.4865
NEGUS0.8281985.4701
VINCENT0.8281974.3931
CHERRY0.8281971.5990
LARGE0.8281971.0900
DARBYSHIRE0.8281968.9655
STRINGER0.8281961.3121
COUSINS0.8281961.0998
LANGLEY0.8281955.6483
SWAIN0.8281950.6650
DUNCOMBE0.8281948.5437
DENTON0.8281946.5116
UPTON0.8281944.8718
GROOM0.8281943.5540
PARROTT0.8281942.9646
CAIN0.8281941.1523
ABBOTT0.8281935.9911
CROFT0.8281931.0078
GOODMAN0.8281929.2887
PAGE0.8281929.0165
BALLS0.8281928.5714
HOPKINS0.8281928.3861
LYNE0.8281927.8552

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 819 people called JELLIS in Flitwick 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 7702.7027 in Flitwick means that 7702.7027% of the people in Flitwick on census day were called JELLIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called JELLIS 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 JELLIS 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 JELLIS 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 JELLIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.82 in Flitwick means that you are 0.82 times as likely to find someone with the surname of JELLIS in Flitwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Flitwick in 1881

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

ABBOTT (13)  ADAMS (1)  ALDRIDE OR ALDRIDGE (4)  ARMSTRONG (2)  ASHPITAL (4)  ASHTON (5)  ASKEW (1)  BALLS (3)  BARNS (8)  BARNES (1)  BEAL (15)  BENTHAM (1)  BILLINGTON (19)  BIRD (9)  BRIGGS (3)  BRINKLER (13)  BRITTAIN (7)  BROWN (8)  BUNKER (8)  BURRAGE (4)  CAIN (7)  CARR (16)  CARTER (1)  CASTLEMAN (5)  CAVES (3)  CHAPMAN (7)  CHERRY (6)  CLARK (4)  COOK (8)  COUSINS (9)  COX (16)  CROFT (6)  DEACON (22)  DENTON (7)  DARBYSHIRE (3)  DIX (28)  DILLINGHAM (4)  DUNCOMBE (1)  EASTHAM (1)  EDWARDS (2)  ELLIS (21)  EVANS (12)  FEASEY (8)  FOWLER (11)  FULLICK (2)  GAZELEY (4)  GILBERT (1)  JELLIS (57)  GOODMAN (7)  GOODWIN (1)  GORE (8)  GROOM (5)  HALFPENNY (1)  HOLLETT (2)  HALIFAX (1)  HOPKINS (14)  HORN (3)  HOWSON (1)  JAMES (2)  KEENS (1)  KINGHAM (19)  KITCHENER (3)  NUTT (11)  LANGLEY (10)  LARGE (6)  LINE (27)  LYNE (1)  LOWINGS (7)  MANNING (1)  MARRITH (1)  MARTIN (6)  MAKEHAM (1)  MILLEARD (1)  MILLARD (1)  NEGUS (2)  NICHOLLS (2)  ODELL (20)  OLNEY (5)  PAGE (19)  PARKER (3)  PARROTT (4)  PEDDER (12)  PRICE (6)  READ (5)  REYNOLDS (1)  RICHARDSON (9)  MC CREERY (1)  ROGERS (1)  RUSHTON (1)  SANDERS (2)  SAUNDERS (1)  SCOTT (8)  SHARP (6)  SHAW (2)  SHELDRICK (3)  SHOUSMITH (1)  SHORT (4)  SMITH (14)  SPENDELOW (2)  STEVENS (3)  STRINGER (10)  SWALES (9)  SWAIN (8)  TEBBUTT (8)  TOBY (5)  TURNER (9)  UNDERWOOD (1)  UPTON (7)  VINCENT (19)  VIRGIN (4)  WEBB (8)  WENHAM (1)  WHEELER (1)  WHITE (6)  WHITTINGTON (29)  WIGGINS (1)  WILSON (8)  WOODLAND (4)  WRIGHT (1)  YOUNG (1) 

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