Top surnames from the 1881 census in Silsoe, Bedfordshire

Silsoe 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
MANN507.3529139.59
UPTON213.0882162.04
WHITE202.94129.15
RICH162.3529187.79
WHEELER142.058834.10
KING131.91188.77
DUNHAM131.9118375.72
TAYLOR121.76472.76
HORNE121.764781.08
BUNKER121.7647437.96
ROBINSON111.61765.07
SQUIRE101.4706124.07
WILSON101.47063.20
WHITTEMORE101.47063,448.28
EDDY91.3235221.13
PRATT91.323523.04
NEWBURY91.3235217.39
BILLINGTON81.1765108.25
WORKER81.17652,285.71
LANG81.176552.77
ROBERTS81.17653.13
WALKER81.17653.51
OLNEY81.1765563.38
DOWNING81.176567.68
BEDFORD71.029443.37
EVE71.0294272.37
QUELCH71.0294608.70
BRIGHTMAN71.0294432.10
JUDGE60.882481.63
CROXFORD60.8824400.00
STAPLETON60.882487.85
HADDOW60.8824289.86
HUCKLE60.8824277.78
BROWN60.88241.34
SQUIRES60.882462.31
JONES60.88240.78
BELL60.88244.70
PEDDER50.7353209.21
HINES50.735386.36
SMITH50.73530.52
ASHTON50.735315.01
CLARK50.73532.45
PORTOR50.73535,555.56
MARTIN50.73532.98
PEARSE50.735369.16
DENTON50.735340.00
EDWARDS50.73532.64
ASHWELL40.5882169.49
COBY40.58825,000.00
DONLEY40.5882714.29

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PORTOR0.686805555.5556
COBY0.686805000.0000
WHITTEMORE0.686803448.2759
WORKER0.686802285.7143
DONLEY0.68680714.2857
BRASHIER0.68680666.6667
QUELCH0.68680608.6957
OLNEY0.68680563.3803
DEVEREAUX0.68680526.3158
KEALY0.68680476.1905
EMERTON0.68680454.5455
BUNKER0.68680437.9562
BRIGHTMAN0.68680432.0988
CROXFORD0.68680400.0000
DUNHAM0.68680375.7225
CHESHER0.68680312.5000
HADDOW0.68680289.8551
HUCKLE0.68680277.7778
EVE0.68680272.3735
EDDY0.68680221.1302
NEWBURY0.68680217.3913
PEDDER0.68680209.2050
RICH0.68680187.7934
ASHWELL0.68680169.4915
UPTON0.68680162.0370
MUSTON0.68680156.2500
MANN0.68680139.5868
PARRISH0.68680126.0504
SQUIRE0.68680124.0695
BILLINGTON0.68680108.2544
ELMORE0.68680104.1667
DADE0.68680103.0928
REASON0.68680101.0101
STAPLETON0.6868087.8477
HINES0.6868086.3558
JUDGE0.6868081.6327
HORNE0.6868081.0811
CHRISTY0.6868069.4444
PEARSE0.6868069.1563
DOWNING0.6868067.6819
SALE0.6868066.9643
GIDDINGS0.6868064.5161
SQUIRES0.6868062.3053
CASE0.6868058.9102
DOGGETT0.6868056.8182
STIMSON0.6868056.1798
LANG0.6868052.7704
RADCLIFFE0.6868050.6329
SEALEY0.6868044.8430
BEDFORD0.6868043.3705

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 680 people called PORTOR in Silsoe 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 5555.5556 in Silsoe means that 5555.5556% of the people in Silsoe on census day were called PORTOR.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PORTOR 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 PORTOR 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 PORTOR 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 PORTOR here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Silsoe means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PORTOR in Silsoe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Silsoe in 1881

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

ACSOT OR ASCOT (2)  AMBRIDGE (2)  ARNOLD (1)  ASHBY (2)  ASHTON (5)  ASHWELL (4)  BAILEY (2)  BARKER (3)  BARNARD (1)  BARNES (4)  BEAFORD (1)  BEDFORD (7)  BELL (6)  BELLAMY (1)  BILLINGTON (8)  BONE (4)  BOWLES (3)  BRADLEY (2)  BRADSHAW (1)  BRASHIER (1)  BRIGHTMAN (7)  BROWN (6)  BROWNING (4)  BUNKER (12)  CAULCUTT (1)  CARTER (1)  CHAPMAN (3)  CHERRYS (1)  CHESHER (1)  CHRISTY (1)  CHURCH (1)  CLARK (5)  COBY (4)  COLLINS (3)  COOK (3)  COULSON (1)  COX (2)  CROXFORD (6)  DADE (1)  DENTON (5)  DEVEREAUX (2)  DOGGETT (1)  DONE (1)  DONLEY (4)  DOWNING (8)  DUNHAM (13)  EDDY (9)  EDWARDS (5)  ELMORE (1)  EMERTON (4)  EVE (7)  EVERETT (1)  FIELD (4)  FENNEMORE (12)  FLINT (3)  FOLLITT (1)  FORD (2)  FOWLER (1)  FROSSELL (2)  GARNER (1)  GIDDINGS (2)  GOODALL (4)  GOODHALL (3)  GUDGIN (10)  HADDOW (6)  HALL (1)  HARE (4)  HARRIS (3)  HERBERT (2)  HILL (1)  HINES (5)  HORNE (12)  HUCKLE (6)  HUGHES (1)  JONES (6)  JOYCE (3)  JUDGE (6)  CASE (4)  KEALY (1)  KINNS (2)  KING (13)  KNIGHT (1)  LAMBERT (1)  LANG (8)  LEGG (1)  LEVETT (1)  LOWE (1)  LOWINGS (9)  MANN (50)  MARTIN (5)  MORGAN (1)  MUSTON (1)  NEWBURY (9)  ODELL (1)  OLNEY (8)  PACEY (1)  PAGE (4)  PARRISH (3)  PARSONAGE (1)  PAYNE (3)  PEARCE (3)  PEARSE (5)  PEDDER (5)  PEDDAR (1)  PORTER (2)  PORTOR (5)  PRATT (9)  PRESSLAND (2)  QUELCH (7)  RADCLIFFE (4)  REASON (2)  RICH (16)  ROBERTS (8)  ROBINSON (11)  ROSS (1)  SALE (3)  SAULEY (1)  SCOTT (2)  SEALEY (1)  SHAW (2)  SIMPSON (2)  SLAUTOR (1)  SMITH (5)  SQUIRE (10)  SQUIRES (6)  STANNERS (2)  STAPLETON (6)  STEVENS (1)  STIMSON (1)  SUTTON (1)  SWALES (1)  SWAIN (1)  SWANNELL (17)  SWANNEL (2)  TANSLEY (1)  TAYLOR (12)  THOMAS (1)  TRETHEWY (8)  UGLOWS (1)  UNDERWOOD (1)  UPTON (21)  WALKER (8)  WARD (1)  WHEELER (14)  WHITE (20)  WHITTEMORE (10)  WILSON (10)  WORKER (8)  WRIGHT (4) 

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