Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wymington, Bedfordshire

Wymington 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
CHURCH183.6364166.67
HOUGHTON163.232392.49
WHITEMAN163.2323501.57
SMITH142.82832.00
WINSOR112.2222738.26
DILLEY112.2222700.64
SALTER102.020288.34
PERKINS102.020244.90
YORK91.8182137.61
ADAMS81.616210.97
HILL81.61626.35
GILBERT81.616228.38
THEW81.61621,212.12
WESTLEY81.6162394.09
WILLIAMS81.61622.25
FULLER71.414134.97
WEST71.414114.69
PEET71.4141267.18
COX71.41419.33
WOODING71.4141324.07
CUTHBERT71.414198.45
BARLEY71.4141254.55
WOOD71.41414.44
MARTIN61.21214.92
PERRY61.212116.48
FAIRY61.21212,068.97
THORNTON61.212124.11
BROWN61.21211.84
RICH61.212196.77
PRATT61.212121.10
LEWIS61.21214.61
GOOSEY61.21211,363.64
KNIGHT51.01018.19
DICKERSON51.0101247.52
RIVETT51.0101271.74
WILSON51.01012.20
HEWITT51.010120.74
WATERS51.010125.14
DICKINSON51.010123.65
TIMSON51.0101324.68
ROBINSON51.01013.17
WOOLARD40.8081563.38
DARNELL40.8081283.69
JONES40.80810.71
MONK40.808138.46
COLSON30.6061319.15
HEADLAND30.6061405.41
DODD30.606114.90
SCRIVEN30.6061120.48
LAMBERT30.606111.10

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
FAIRY0.504952068.9655
GOOSEY0.504951363.6364
THEW0.504951212.1212
WINSOR0.50495738.2550
DILLEY0.50495700.6369
WOOLARD0.50495563.3803
WHITEMAN0.50495501.5674
NAILER0.50495434.7826
HEADLAND0.50495405.4054
WESTLEY0.50495394.0887
TIMSON0.50495324.6753
WOODING0.50495324.0741
COLSON0.50495319.1489
DARNELL0.50495283.6879
BENWELL0.50495277.7778
RIVETT0.50495271.7391
PEET0.50495267.1756
BARLEY0.50495254.5455
DICKERSON0.50495247.5248
CHRISP0.50495188.6792
CHURCH0.50495166.6667
YORK0.50495137.6147
PINNELL0.50495136.9863
SCRIVEN0.50495120.4819
MURDEN0.50495119.0476
RAINS0.50495119.0476
CUTHBERT0.5049598.4529
RICH0.5049596.7742
LEAMAN0.5049594.3396
HOUGHTON0.5049592.4855
TIMS0.5049591.7431
SALTER0.5049588.3392
STURGES0.5049584.0336
PERKINS0.5049544.9035
MONK0.5049538.4615
FULLER0.5049534.9650
STOCKTON0.5049533.3333
GILBERT0.5049528.3789
DRURY0.5049525.4453
WATERS0.5049525.1383
DALBY0.5049524.9377
THORNTON0.5049524.1061
DICKINSON0.5049523.6518
WILES0.5049523.3100
FARROW0.5049521.5285
PRATT0.5049521.0970
HEWITT0.5049520.7383
MARLOW0.5049517.2117
PERRY0.5049516.4835
COLLETT0.5049515.7480

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 495 people called FAIRY in Wymington 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 2068.9655 in Wymington means that 2068.9655% of the people in Wymington on census day were called FAIRY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called FAIRY 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 FAIRY 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 FAIRY 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 FAIRY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.50 in Wymington means that you are 0.50 times as likely to find someone with the surname of FAIRY in Wymington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wymington in 1881

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

ADAMS (8)  ALLPRICE (1)  AUBON (1)  BARLEY (7)  BARLY (2)  BENWELL (2)  BETTLES (7)  BLAIR (1)  BROWN (6)  BUCK (1)  BULL (2)  CHETTLE (2)  CHURCH (18)  CLAYTON (1)  COLLETT (1)  COOPER (1)  COLSON (3)  COX (7)  COCOA (1)  CHRISP (1)  CROCKER (1)  KIRTY (1)  CUTHBERT (7)  DALBY (1)  DARBY (1)  DARNELL (4)  DESBOROUGH (29)  DESBORO (1)  DICKINSON (5)  DICKERSON (5)  DILLEY (11)  DODD (3)  DRURY (2)  FAIRY (6)  FARR (1)  FARROW (2)  FAULKNER (1)  FULLER (7)  GERRORD (1)  GILBERT (8)  GILL (1)  GOOSEY (6)  GOTHERIDGE (1)  GRATON (1)  GREEN (1)  HEADLAND (3)  HARRIS (2)  HARVEY (1)  HEAD (1)  HEWITT (5)  HILL (8)  HILLS (1)  HITCHCOX (1)  HOOPER (1)  HOPKINS (2)  HOUGHTON (16)  HULL (1)  HYDE (1)  JONES (4)  KING (2)  KNIGHT (5)  LAMBERT (3)  LATHAM (1)  LEAMAN (1)  LEWIS (6)  MACKNESS (4)  MURDEN (1)  MARLOW (1)  MARSH (1)  MARTIN (6)  MACKAY (2)  MONK (4)  MORTON (1)  NAILER (1)  NOBLE (2)  PEET (7)  PENDRED (11)  PERKINS (10)  PERRY (6)  PINNELL (1)  PIPPERELL (2)  PRATT (6)  RAINS (1)  RANDALL (1)  RICH (6)  RIVETT (5)  ROBINSON (5)  RODGERS (1)  SALTER (10)  SANDERSON (1)  SCRIVEN (3)  SELLWOOD (1)  SHOUCER (1)  SMITH (14)  STOCKTON (1)  STREET (1)  STURGES (1)  THEOPHALAS (1)  THEW (8)  THOMAS (1)  THORNE (1)  THORNTON (6)  TIMS (1)  TIMSON (5)  WALKER (1)  WARD (1)  WATERS (5)  WEBB (1)  WEST (7)  WESLEY OR WESTLEY (12)  WESTLEY (8)  WHITE (1)  WHITEMAN (16)  WILCOX (1)  WILLIAMS (8)  WILES (1)  WILSON (5)  WINSOR (11)  WOOD (7)  WOODING (7)  WOOLARD (4)  WRIGHT (2)  YORK (9)  YOUNG (2) 

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