Top surnames from the 1881 census in Cranfield, Bedfordshire

Cranfield 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
WHITE563.851411.98
LANCASTER402.7510110.68
WILSON362.47595.39
JOHNSON352.40727.16
FOUNTAIN332.2696330.33
CLARKE302.063310.18
MILLARD291.9945120.43
COOK281.92579.70
FOSTER271.856913.89
READ261.788227.74
GARNER261.788256.57
PARKER241.65068.68
ODELL231.5818216.37
BETTLE221.51313,098.59
BAKER211.44436.59
ROBINSON211.44434.53
BURLEY211.4443152.28
GOFF201.3755212.99
PING191.30673,064.52
GEORGE181.238021.10
COX171.16927.71
BILLINGTON161.1004101.27
PULLEY140.9629571.43
RICHARDSON130.89415.25
SANDERS130.894119.72
SMITH130.89410.63
SALISBURY130.894190.03
HALL120.82532.81
BENNETT120.82535.02
FORD120.82538.47
MUNDAY120.825370.55
COLES110.756521.72
WARREN110.756511.32
BREWER110.756528.53
YOUNG110.75653.52
WELLS110.75659.09
RUST100.6878130.38
FAULKNER100.687825.38
WATLING100.6878132.80
UNDERWOOD80.550220.39
DAY80.55025.84
LOVELL80.550226.30
WEBB80.55024.06
REDMAN80.550241.80
ARNOLD80.550210.21
GRIMES80.550247.65
PRIOR80.550223.77
LORD80.550211.93
BRADSHAW80.550213.40
HARRIS80.55022.17

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BETTLE1.451,4543098.5915
PING1.451,4543064.5161
CHESHER1.451,454869.5652
LORTON1.451,454645.1613
SUMMERLIN1.451,454625.0000
HARBIN1.451,454625.0000
ARMS1.451,454576.9231
PULLEY1.451,454571.4286
BRISTON1.451,454389.6104
FOUNTAIN1.451,454330.3303
MOORING1.451,454291.2621
MEAGER1.451,454250.0000
ODELL1.451,454216.3688
GOFF1.451,454212.9925
MILLIS1.451,454153.8462
BURLEY1.451,454152.2843
VAUX1.451,454151.5152
WATLING1.451,454132.8021
RUST1.451,454130.3781
EWER1.451,454129.8701
MILLARD1.451,454120.4319
LANCASTER1.451,454110.6807
BRUTON1.451,454102.0408
BILLINGTON1.451,454101.2658
DANIELL1.451,45499.0099
SALISBURY1.451,45490.0277
FOSKETT1.451,45487.9765
BERWICK1.451,45485.4701
BUNKER1.451,45485.3242
CORDER1.451,45479.6813
HEWLETT1.451,45477.0925
TUTT1.451,45471.7703
MUNDAY1.451,45470.5467
KEECH1.451,45465.1466
GARNER1.451,45456.5709
REDMOND1.451,45456.3910
PETTIT1.451,45452.1739
HILLYER1.451,45447.7327
GRIMES1.451,45447.6474
SIMPKINS1.451,45445.7317
SHANKS1.451,45445.2080
BLISS1.451,45444.9438
REDMAN1.451,45441.7973
ROW1.451,45440.1070
GURNEY1.451,45439.6301
EAVES1.451,45437.9267
KEEP1.451,45437.8072
PILGRIM1.451,45436.6300
WOODING1.451,45431.5457
BREWER1.451,45428.5270

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 1,454 people called BETTLE in Cranfield 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 3098.5915 in Cranfield means that 3098.5915% of the people in Cranfield on census day were called BETTLE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BETTLE 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 BETTLE 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 BETTLE 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 BETTLE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 1.45 in Cranfield means that you are 1.45 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BETTLE in Cranfield than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Cranfield in 1881

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

ABBOTT (2)  ADKINS (2)  ANDREWS (1)  ANSTEE (14)  ARMS (3)  ARNOLD (8)  AUSTIN (5)  BACKHOUSE (1)  BAILEY (6)  BAKER (21)  BALLAMS (2)  BARCOCK (1)  BARKER (1)  BERWICK (5)  BATTISON (2)  BATTAMS (3)  BAUM (1)  BENNETT (12)  BETTLE (22)  BILLINGTON (16)  BIRD (1)  BITCHENOR (13)  BLISS (4)  BLYTHMAN (1)  BRADSHAW (8)  BREWER (11)  BRISTON (3)  BROWN (7)  BRUTON (5)  BUNKER (5)  BURLEY (21)  BIRLEY (1)  CARR (5)  CHESHER (6)  CLARKE (30)  CLARK (3)  COLES (11)  COLE (6)  COLEMAN (3)  COOK (28)  CORDER (2)  COPPERWHEAT (1)  COX (17)  CUTHBERT (1)  DANIELL (4)  DARLOW (2)  DAY (8)  DELL (1)  DEVERITT (1)  DIXON (1)  DODD (1)  EAVES (3)  ELLIS (4)  EVANS (5)  EWER (2)  PHASEY (3)  FAULKNER (10)  FLINT (1)  FLUTE (1)  FORD (12)  FOSKETT (3)  FOSTER (27)  FOUNTAIN (33)  FOWLER (1)  FRANCIS (3)  FROST (7)  GARNER (26)  GAZELEY (2)  GEE (1)  GEORGE (18)  GLOVER (7)  GOLDING (2)  GOODMAN (7)  GOODRID (2)  GOUGH (1)  GOFF (20)  GREEN (5)  GRIMES (8)  GURNEY (6)  HALL (12)  HALLSWORTH (4)  HANDS (3)  HARBIN (3)  HARPUR (19)  HARRIS (8)  HARRISON (1)  HAYLOCK (1)  HEWLETT (7)  HIGGS (1)  HILL (2)  HILLYER (2)  HOARE (1)  HOLMES (1)  HORTON (3)  HOSKETT (1)  HOWE (4)  HUDSON (7)  HUGHES (1)  HUTCHINS (1)  HUTT (1)  HYDE (5)  JELLIES (2)  JOHNSON (35)  JONES (1)  KEECH (2)  KEEP (2)  KINNS (10)  KING (3)  PING OR KING (14)  KNIGHT (3)  LACK (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LANCASTER (40)  LANE (1)  LEE (1)  LEWIS (5)  LORD (8)  LORTON (4)  LOVELL (8)  LOVESEY (24)  LUCAS (1)  LINEHAM (14)  MEAGER (5)  MALSHER (5)  MANNING (6)  MANYWEATHERS (7)  MANYWEATHER (1)  MARGETT (1)  MC ALISTER (6)  MEAD (4)  MARYWEATHERS (8)  MILLARD (29)  MILLIS (2)  MILLIGAN (2)  MINARDS (10)  MOORING (3)  MUNDAY (12)  NEWMAN (6)  NORTHWOOD (1)  ODELL (23)  OXTON (1)  OLIVER (1)  OSBORN (2)  PARKES (1)  PARKS (2)  PARKER (24)  PARROTT (1)  PERCIVAL (1)  PERRY (2)  PETTIT (6)  PHILLIPS (1)  PICKOVER (1)  PILGRIM (3)  PING (19)  PULLEY (14)  PRIOR (8)  RAYNER (1)  REDMOND (3)  REDMAN (8)  READ (26)  REVIS (1)  RICHARDSON (13)  RICKETTS (1)  RIDDY (3)  ROBINSON (21)  ROGERS (2)  ROE (6)  ROW (3)  RUFFHEAD (1)  RUST (10)  SALISBURY (13)  SANDERS (13)  SAVAGE (1)  SIGGER (1)  SEAMARK (13)  SHANKS (5)  SHARP (7)  SIMPKINS (3)  SINFIELD (12)  SMITH (13)  SOULBY (1)  SPEARING (1)  STILES (1)  SUMMERLIN (2)  SUMMERLINE (4)  SURMAN (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (4)  TITMAS (4)  TONGUE (1)  TURNER (7)  TUTT (3)  UNDERWOOD (8)  VALLANCEY (5)  VAUX (3)  WALKER (1)  WALTERS (6)  WARING (4)  WARREN (11)  WARRINGER (2)  WATLING (10)  WATSON (2)  WEBB (8)  WELSH (4)  WELLS (11)  WHEATLEY (1)  WHITE (56)  WHITMEE (1)  WILLIAMS (1)  WILSON (36)  WOODS (5)  WOODING (2)  WRIGHT (5)  YOUNG (11)