Top surnames from the 1881 census in Roxton, Bedfordshire

Roxton 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
JARVIS386.8966153.66
DARRINGTON356.35217,446.81
KING213.811317.49
FORD193.448335.40
PAYNE183.266836.30
GILBERT173.085354.17
HULL152.7223130.21
COOPER152.722311.19
BONE142.5408137.12
BRACE132.3593411.39
EKINS132.35931,382.98
HOOTON122.1779631.58
JEFFRIES122.1779173.66
WILKERSON101.81491,785.71
HOWARD91.633416.65
BRIMLEY81.45191,632.65
HOLDEN81.451926.51
HEADING71.27041,891.89
JONES71.27041.12
SIMCOE71.27042,258.06
AYERS71.2704211.48
RANDALL71.270440.56
BOND71.270424.00
ADDINGTON61.08891,200.00
SAWYER61.088959.06
FELLOWS61.088980.43
BARTRAM61.0889219.78
CARTER61.08896.49
BARNETT50.907420.12
FULLER50.907422.43
CAVE50.907463.29
BUNDY50.9074284.09
FOWLER40.726012.71
EMERY40.726033.25
PITTS40.726070.80
MARRIOTT40.726032.41
COVENTON40.72603,333.33
WARD40.72603.32
CRANFIELD30.5445222.22
WAYMAN30.5445206.90
PARKER30.54452.86
ALLIN30.5445240.00
MANNING30.544517.12
BROWN20.36300.55
TOPHAM20.363049.63
LITTLE20.36307.67
WOOTON20.3630136.99
BENNETT20.36302.21
JAMES20.36301.85
HORNER20.363019.07

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DARRINGTON0.555517446.8085
COVENTON0.555513333.3333
SIMCOE0.555512258.0645
HEADING0.555511891.8919
WILKERSON0.555511785.7143
BRIMLEY0.555511632.6531
EKINS0.555511382.9787
ADDINGTON0.555511200.0000
GARROTT0.55551689.6552
HOOTON0.55551631.5789
WHITLING0.55551526.3158
BRACE0.55551411.3924
SLAYMAKER0.55551312.5000
BUNDY0.55551284.0909
ALLIN0.55551240.0000
CRANFIELD0.55551222.2222
BARTRAM0.55551219.7802
AYERS0.55551211.4804
WAYMAN0.55551206.8966
JEFFRIES0.55551173.6614
JARVIS0.55551153.6595
BONE0.55551137.1205
WOOTON0.55551136.9863
HULL0.55551130.2083
MURFIN0.5555186.9565
FELLOWS0.5555180.4290
PITTS0.5555170.7965
CAVE0.5555163.2911
SAWYER0.5555159.0551
GILBERT0.5555154.1746
TOPHAM0.5555149.6278
RANDALL0.5555140.5562
PAYNE0.5555136.2976
PEDLEY0.5555135.8423
FORD0.5555135.4015
EMERY0.5555133.2502
MARRIOTT0.5555132.4149
LUFF0.5555128.1690
HOLDEN0.5555126.5076
ODELL0.5555124.8139
BOND0.5555123.9973
SPEED0.5555122.5734
FULLER0.5555122.4316
BARNETT0.5555120.1207
HORNER0.5555119.0658
KING0.5555117.4869
MANNING0.5555117.1233
HOWARD0.5555116.6451
JEFFERIES0.5555116.3934
ANSELL0.5555115.7233

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 551 people called DARRINGTON in Roxton 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 7446.8085 in Roxton means that 7446.8085% of the people in Roxton on census day were called DARRINGTON.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DARRINGTON 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 DARRINGTON 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 DARRINGTON 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 DARRINGTON here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Roxton means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DARRINGTON in Roxton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Roxton in 1881

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

IBBOTT (3)  ADDINGTON (6)  ALLIN (3)  ANSELL (1)  ARNOLD (1)  BAMBRIDGE (26)  BARCOCK (10)  BARNETT (5)  BARTRAM (6)  BENNETT (2)  BENTLEY (1)  BODDINGTON (3)  BOND (7)  BONE (14)  BOSSINGTON (1)  BRACE (13)  BRADSHAW (2)  BRAYBROOK (3)  BRIMLEY (8)  BROWN (2)  BUNDY (5)  BERRILL (7)  CAMPBELL (1)  CARTER (6)  CAVE (5)  CLARK (1)  CLEMET (1)  COOPER (15)  COVENTON (4)  CRANFIELD (3)  DARRINGTON (35)  EKINS (13)  EMERY (4)  AYERS (7)  FELLOWS (6)  FOLBIGG (5)  FORD (19)  FULLER (5)  FOWLER (4)  FREEMAN (1)  GARROTT (2)  GIBSON (1)  GILBERT (17)  GREEN (1)  HALVE (1)  HEADING (7)  HAINES (1)  HILL (2)  HOLDEN (8)  HORNER (2)  HOOTON (12)  HOWARD (9)  HULL (15)  JAMES (2)  JARVIS (38)  JEFFRIES (12)  JEFFERIES (1)  JONES (7)  KING (21)  KITELY (11)  LIVETT (9)  LITTLE (2)  LUFF (1)  MANNING (3)  MARDLIN (6)  MARRIOTT (4)  MASON (1)  MONK (1)  MURFIN (1)  ODELL (1)  PARKER (3)  PAYNE (18)  PEACOCK (2)  PEDLEY (1)  PITTS (4)  RANDALL (7)  ROGERS (1)  SAWYER (6)  SHAW (2)  SIMCOE (7)  SLAYMAKER (1)  SLINN (3)  SPEED (1)  SUGARS (9)  TOPHAM (2)  WARD (4)  WAYMAN (3)  WHITLING (1)  WILKERSON (10)  WOOTON (2)  WYATT (1) 

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