Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire

Bletsoe 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
BROWN288.358212.68
PARTRIDGE257.4627285.71
PETTIT236.8657867.92
CURTIS144.179173.65
WILMOT123.5821535.71
WHITE123.582111.14
SURRIDGE113.28361,100.00
WOODS113.283652.08
GREEN113.283611.66
SAVAGE102.985177.70
CHURCH102.9851136.80
PARKER102.985115.69
COLEMAN102.985159.92
HERITAGE92.6866714.29
CRANE92.6866127.30
YOUNG82.388111.12
NORMAN82.388151.51
ANDREWS82.388124.92
LITT72.08963,684.21
PAYNE61.791019.90
BEALL61.79101,276.60
SMART61.791039.34
WILDMAN51.4925243.90
KING41.19405.48
COLES41.194034.28
HAYCOCK41.1940212.77
CLARKE41.19405.89
WISE30.895542.98
FARRER30.8955135.14
DAY30.89559.51
ARMSTRONG30.895511.71
CROSBY30.895575.76
SMITH20.59700.42
SANDERS20.597013.17
HAINES20.597025.77
LAMB20.597011.32
EDMONDS20.597031.25
WELLS10.29853.59
ATTWOOD10.298530.12
NOBLES10.2985416.67
CROW10.298519.76
SOLE10.2985128.21
AMBROSE10.298533.90
HARPER10.29854.66
BERRIDGE10.298556.82
THOMAS10.29850.72
EDWARDS10.29851.07
RICHARDS10.29851.98
WILLIAMSON10.29853.33
BETTS10.298513.97

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LITT0.343353684.2105
BEALL0.343351276.5957
SURRIDGE0.343351100.0000
PETTIT0.34335867.9245
HERITAGE0.34335714.2857
WILMOT0.34335535.7143
NOBLES0.34335416.6667
PARTRIDGE0.34335285.7143
WILDMAN0.34335243.9024
HAYCOCK0.34335212.7660
CHURCH0.34335136.7989
FARRER0.34335135.1351
SOLE0.34335128.2051
CRANE0.34335127.2984
SAVAGE0.3433577.7001
CROSBY0.3433575.7576
CURTIS0.3433573.6454
COLEMAN0.3433559.9161
BERRIDGE0.3433556.8182
WOODS0.3433552.0833
NORMAN0.3433551.5132
WISE0.3433542.9799
SMART0.3433539.3443
COLES0.3433534.2759
AMBROSE0.3433533.8983
EDMONDS0.3433531.2500
ATTWOOD0.3433530.1205
HAINES0.3433525.7732
ANDREWS0.3433524.9221
PAYNE0.3433519.9005
CROW0.3433519.7628
PARKER0.3433515.6937
BETTS0.3433513.9665
SANDERS0.3433513.1666
BROWN0.3433512.6794
ARMSTRONG0.3433511.7142
GREEN0.3433511.6600
LAMB0.3433511.3186
WHITE0.3433511.1441
YOUNG0.3433511.1157
DAY0.343359.5117
CLARKE0.343355.8928
KING0.343355.4787
HARPER0.343354.6620
WELLS0.343353.5881
WILLIAMSON0.343353.3300
RICHARDS0.343351.9767
EDWARDS0.343351.0711
THOMAS0.343350.7234
SMITH0.343350.4228

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 335 people called LITT in Bletsoe 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 3684.2105 in Bletsoe means that 3684.2105% of the people in Bletsoe on census day were called LITT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LITT 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 LITT 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 LITT 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 LITT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.34 in Bletsoe means that you are 0.34 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LITT in Bletsoe than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bletsoe in 1881

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

AMBROSE (1)  ANDREWS (8)  ARMSTRONG (3)  ATTWOOD (1)  BEALL (6)  BERRIDGE (1)  BETTS (1)  BRIARS (1)  BROWN (28)  CHURCH (10)  CLARKE (4)  COLES (4)  COLEMAN (10)  CRANE (9)  CROSBY (3)  CROW (1)  CURTIS (14)  DAY (3)  DINNES (1)  EDMONDS (2)  EDWARDS (1)  FARRER (3)  GREEN (11)  HARPER (1)  HAYCOCK (4)  HAINES (2)  HERITAGE (9)  JACQUEST (9)  KING (4)  LAMB (2)  LITT (7)  MAKEHAM (1)  NOBLES (1)  NORMAN (8)  PARKER (10)  PARTRIDGE (25)  PAYNE (6)  PETTIT (23)  RICHARDS (1)  RISELY (8)  ROWNEY (1)  SANDERS (2)  SAVAGE (10)  SMART (6)  SMITH (2)  SOLE (1)  SURRIDGE (11)  THOMAS (1)  WELLS (1)  WETHERALL (1)  WHITE (12)  WILDMAN (5)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WILMOT (12)  WISE (3)  WOODS (11)  YOUNG (8)