Top surnames from the 1881 census in Renhold, Bedfordshire

Renhold 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
LAUGHTON315.93871,220.47
HARLOWE315.938751,666.67
RICHARDSON244.597727.01
GURNEY203.8314368.32
SHARP193.639843.68
COX193.639824.02
BUCK183.4483160.86
JOYCE173.2567132.61
KIRBY173.256785.82
DAWSON173.256729.54
CONSTANT152.87362,884.62
LONG152.873644.30
RAWLINS142.6820460.53
CLARK132.49048.29
CURTIS112.107337.14
WOOTTON101.9157210.97
POPE101.915755.59
BROWN101.91572.91
MARSDEN81.532637.00
WILDMAN71.3410219.44
HASTINGS61.149490.23
HARRISON61.14945.18
CLARKE61.14945.67
WELLS61.149413.82
BARKER50.95797.32
TOMPKINS50.9579110.86
HENSON50.957981.70
KING50.95794.40
DUNCOMBE40.7663305.34
HIGHT40.76631,428.57
SPENCER40.76638.39
HART40.76638.98
HARPER40.766311.97
SIMONS40.766358.06
RAWLINGS40.766352.42
MAYES30.574759.64
PEDLEY30.5747113.64
WORKER20.3831740.74
WALLIS20.383111.31
MONEY20.383164.10
ASHMAN20.383159.00
PLEDGER10.191678.13
HOPE10.19165.63
STREET10.19168.20
MUSGROVE10.191639.68
ALLEN10.19161.01
COUZENS10.191676.92
HARRIS10.19160.75
WILKERSON10.1916188.68
PRATT10.19163.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HARLOWE0.5252251666.6667
BOSKET0.5252210000.0000
CONSTANT0.525222884.6154
HIGHT0.525221428.5714
LAUGHTON0.525221220.4724
WORKER0.52522740.7407
RAWLINS0.52522460.5263
GURNEY0.52522368.3241
DUNCOMBE0.52522305.3435
WILDMAN0.52522219.4357
WOOTTON0.52522210.9705
WILKERSON0.52522188.6792
BUCK0.52522160.8579
JOYCE0.52522132.6053
PEDLEY0.52522113.6364
TOMPKINS0.52522110.8647
HASTINGS0.5252290.2256
KIRBY0.5252285.8152
HENSON0.5252281.6993
PLEDGER0.5252278.1250
COUZENS0.5252276.9231
MONEY0.5252264.1026
RUTLAND0.5252262.8931
MAYES0.5252259.6421
ASHMAN0.5252258.9971
SIMONS0.5252258.0552
POPE0.5252255.5864
OLIVE0.5252253.1915
BENDALL0.5252252.6316
RAWLINGS0.5252252.4246
LONG0.5252244.3001
SHARP0.5252243.6782
MUSGROVE0.5252239.6825
CURTIS0.5252237.1371
MARSDEN0.5252237.0028
BARHAM0.5252230.9598
DAWSON0.5252229.5447
WILMOT0.5252228.7356
RICHARDSON0.5252227.0088
COX0.5252224.0172
WELLS0.5252213.8153
MEADOWS0.5252213.6986
HARPER0.5252211.9689
WALLIS0.5252211.3122
HART0.525228.9847
SPENCER0.525228.3928
CLARK0.525228.2855
STREET0.525228.2034
BARKER0.525227.3196
CLARKE0.525225.6727

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 522 people called HARLOWE in Renhold 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 51666.6667 in Renhold means that 51666.6667% of the people in Renhold on census day were called HARLOWE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HARLOWE 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 HARLOWE 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 HARLOWE 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 HARLOWE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.52 in Renhold means that you are 0.52 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HARLOWE in Renhold than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Renhold in 1881

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

AGUTTER (6)  ALLEN (1)  ASHMAN (2)  BARHAM (1)  BARKER (5)  BENDALL (1)  BOSKET (1)  BROWN (10)  BUCK (18)  CAMBERS (1)  CLARKE (6)  CLARK (13)  CONSTANT (15)  COTCHIN (1)  COUZENS (1)  COX (19)  CROSS (1)  CURTIS (11)  DAWSON (17)  DUNCOMBE (4)  EVANS (1)  IVETT (2)  FULLER (1)  GASCOINE (1)  GOODLIFFE (1)  GURNEY (20)  HARLOWE (31)  HARPER (4)  HARRIS (1)  HARRISON (6)  HART (4)  HASTINGS (6)  HENSON (5)  HOPE (1)  HIGHT (4)  ISLIP (6)  JONES (1)  JOYCE (17)  KING (5)  KIRBY (17)  LAUGHTON (31)  LONG (15)  LUMBIS (7)  MARSDEN (8)  MAYES (3)  MEADOWS (1)  MONEY (2)  MUSGROVE (1)  OLIVE (1)  PEDLEY (3)  PLEDGER (1)  POLHILL TURNER (12)  POPE (10)  PRATT (1)  RABBIT (9)  RICHARDSON (24)  RODSHAW (1)  RAWLINS (14)  RAWLINGS (4)  RUTLAND (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SHARP (19)  SHELFORD (1)  SHORLEY (15)  SIMONS (4)  SLETCHER (13)  SPENCER (4)  STREET (1)  SURTEES (12)  TOMPKINS (5)  TRUSTRAM (1)  WALLIS (2)  WELLS (6)  WILDMAN (7)  WILKERSON (1)  WILMOT (1)  WOOTTON (10)  WORKER (2)