Top surnames from the 1881 census in Langford, Bedfordshire

Langford 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
BROWN725.79248.79
STREET544.3443186.01
ROGERS493.942130.36
HILLS463.7007133.80
RUTT463.70074,107.14
SWAIN413.2985171.12
EDWARDS403.218011.55
RAY342.7353138.27
SALE332.6549402.93
SMITH312.49401.77
BEAUMONT292.333178.70
ROWLEY282.252685.76
MASKELL272.1722308.92
CLARKE231.85049.13
PRYOR221.7699265.06
DILLEY211.6895534.35
KING201.60907.38
CROSLEY171.3677890.05
ROOK141.1263164.90
STIMPSON141.1263251.35
DINES131.0459391.57
DEAR131.0459141.46
KILBY110.8850157.37
OLIVER100.804511.28
BATES100.804512.64
COOPER100.80453.31
LARMAN100.8045854.70
SEWARD90.7241131.77
STIMSON90.7241276.07
NEWMAN90.72419.74
HAWKINS90.724110.00
LUSH90.7241180.36
CHAMBERS90.724112.73
OWENS90.724114.58
NELSON90.724114.95
WRIGHT80.64362.01
ROBINSON80.64362.02
BRYANT80.643615.06
COUSINS80.643635.78
BARKER70.56324.30
BENNET70.563240.79
KEMP70.563210.15
WALKER70.56321.68
EWBANK70.5632451.61
BUSWELL70.5632191.78
MERRYWEATHER70.5632250.00
WHITEMAN60.482774.81
BULL60.482711.42
JONES60.48270.43
ISHERWOOD60.482741.72

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
RUTT1.241,2434107.1429
CROSLEY1.241,243890.0524
LARMAN1.241,243854.7009
DILLEY1.241,243534.3511
EWBANK1.241,243451.6129
SALE1.241,243402.9304
DINES1.241,243391.5663
MASKELL1.241,243308.9245
ELL1.241,243294.1176
STIMSON1.241,243276.0736
PRYOR1.241,243265.0602
STIMPSON1.241,243251.3465
MERRYWEATHER1.241,243250.0000
WALDOCK1.241,243192.3077
BUSWELL1.241,243191.7808
STREET1.241,243186.0145
LUSH1.241,243180.3607
SWAIN1.241,243171.1185
ROOK1.241,243164.8999
KILBY1.241,243157.3677
DEAR1.241,243141.4581
RAY1.241,243138.2676
HILLS1.241,243133.7987
SEWARD1.241,243131.7716
TANSLEY1.241,243108.6957
ROWLEY1.241,24385.7580
BROTHERS1.241,24383.6820
BEAUMONT1.241,24378.6974
RAINBOW1.241,24377.6699
WHITEMAN1.241,24374.8130
PEARMAN1.241,24367.2269
JORDON1.241,24353.7634
CATER1.241,24350.3356
BYWATER1.241,24347.9233
ASHWELL1.241,24346.2963
WOOTTON1.241,24344.2870
SIMMS1.241,24342.4328
ISHERWOOD1.241,24341.7246
BENNET1.241,24340.7925
COUSINS1.241,24335.7782
ROGERS1.241,24330.3631
JEFFREY1.241,24321.7581
PIPER1.241,24320.3583
LAYTON1.241,24320.1005
WHEATLEY1.241,24319.7472
BLAND1.241,24319.4024
BRYANT1.241,24315.0631
NELSON1.241,24314.9477
FAULKNER1.241,24314.8456
OWENS1.241,24314.5796

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,243 people called RUTT in Langford 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 4107.1429 in Langford means that 4107.1429% of the people in Langford on census day were called RUTT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called RUTT 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 RUTT 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 RUTT 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 RUTT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.24 in Langford means that you are 1.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of RUTT in Langford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Langford in 1881

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

ANDERSON (2)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHWELL (2)  BALLERSON (3)  BARKER (7)  BARTON (4)  BATES (10)  BATTERSON (1)  BEAUMONT (29)  BENNET (7)  BLAND (5)  BONNET (1)  BRAYBUCK (3)  BROOKS (2)  BROTHERS (2)  BROWN (72)  BROWNING (1)  BRYANT (8)  BULL (6)  BURROWS (3)  BUSWELL (7)  BYWATER (3)  BYWATERS (1)  CAPON (20)  CARTWRIGHT (1)  CATER (3)  CHAMBERS (9)  CHAMPKINS (22)  CHESSUM (7)  CHESSHAM (7)  CHURCH (1)  CLARKE (23)  CLARK (2)  CLAYTON (1)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (4)  COOPER (10)  COUSINS (8)  CROSLEY (17)  CROSELY (3)  CROUCH (1)  CRUSE (1)  DARBY (1)  DAY (2)  DINES (13)  DILLEY (21)  DUNTON (1)  DEAR (13)  EDWARDS (40)  ELDERKIN (1)  ELL (2)  EMMERSON (1)  ENDERSBY (2)  EVANS (1)  EWBANK (7)  FAULKNER (5)  FINCH (1)  FINEDING (11)  FOX (2)  GARNER (3)  JORDAN (5)  JORDON (3)  GRANT (4)  GRAVESTOCK (2)  GURNEY (1)  HADDOW (1)  HANDSCOMB (10)  HAWKINS (9)  HEAD (1)  HEALEY (2)  HENSHAW (1)  HILLS (46)  HOLDEN (2)  HOWE (1)  HUCKLE (1)  HUTTON (1)  ISHERWOOD (6)  JEFFERIES (2)  JEFFREY (5)  JONES (6)  KEMP (7)  KILBY (11)  KING (20)  KINGSLEY (1)  LARMAN (10)  LAYTON (2)  LITCHFIELD (1)  LUSH (9)  MADDAMS (3)  MARSKELL (2)  MASKELL (27)  MEDLOCK (1)  MERRYWEATHER (7)  MILTON (2)  NELSON (9)  NEWMAN (9)  OLIVER (10)  OWENS (9)  PATEMAN (12)  PEARMAN (4)  PHIPPS (2)  PIPER (5)  POPE (3)  POTTON (28)  PRYOR (22)  RAY (34)  RAINBOW (4)  REED (1)  ROBERTS (2)  ROBARTS (11)  ROBINSON (8)  ROGERS (49)  ROOK (14)  ROWLEY (28)  RUTT (46)  SABEY (4)  SALE (33)  SAUNDERS (3)  SAVAGE (1)  SEWARD (9)  SIMEON (1)  SIMMS (6)  SIVINSCOE (3)  SMITH (31)  SOLE (1)  STANFORD (1)  STANTON (1)  STIMPSON (14)  STIMSON (9)  STREET (54)  SWAIN (41)  TANSLEY (5)  TAYLOR (4)  THOMPSON (2)  TODD (1)  TURNER (4)  VAUDERVORD (1)  WALDOCK (4)  WALKER (7)  WALLER (1)  WARNER (1)  WARWICK (1)  WELLS (1)  WHEATLEY (5)  WHITEMAN (6)  WILSON (5)  WOOTTON (5)  WRIGHT (8) 

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