Top surnames from the 1881 census in Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire

Upper Gravenhurst 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
DENNIS5716.0563542.86
REDMAN298.1690620.99
CHAMBERLAIN257.0423258.80
RUTLAND257.04232,314.81
SMITH215.91554.19
FISHER195.352145.73
PARISH143.9437255.47
PECK133.6620216.67
COLLINS133.662025.52
HARE123.3803218.98
CASE102.8169281.69
JACKSON92.53529.07
BOTTOMS82.25351,290.32
BROTHERS51.4085735.29
HILLYARD51.4085555.56
ANDERSON41.12685.70
BAMFORD41.126874.91
PALLETT41.1268421.05
JORDAN41.126825.49
FRANCIS30.845114.18
GRUNDON30.84512,142.86
FLINT30.845147.10
ARMSTRONG30.845111.05
WHITEMORE30.84511,428.57
HARRADINE30.8451600.00
BRULEY30.845115,000.00
PAGE20.56347.05
ROGERS20.56344.34
PLOWMAN20.5634109.89
WHITMORE20.563464.10
MANN20.563410.70
FRENCH20.563411.54
PEACOCK10.28177.90
BURLEY10.281729.67
SIMKINS10.281790.91
BUNCE10.281737.88
ROBERTS10.28170.75
BREWER10.281710.62
CARTER10.28171.68

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BRULEY0.3635515000.0000
RUTLAND0.363552314.8148
GRUNDON0.363552142.8571
WHITEMORE0.363551428.5714
BOTTOMS0.363551290.3226
BROTHERS0.36355735.2941
REDMAN0.36355620.9850
HARRADINE0.36355600.0000
HILLYARD0.36355555.5556
DENNIS0.36355542.8571
PALLETT0.36355421.0526
CASE0.36355281.6901
CHAMBERLAIN0.36355258.7992
PARISH0.36355255.4745
HARE0.36355218.9781
PECK0.36355216.6667
PLOWMAN0.36355109.8901
SIMKINS0.3635590.9091
BAMFORD0.3635574.9064
WHITMORE0.3635564.1026
FLINT0.3635547.0958
FISHER0.3635545.7280
BUNCE0.3635537.8788
BURLEY0.3635529.6736
COLLINS0.3635525.5202
JORDAN0.3635525.4939
FRANCIS0.3635514.1844
FRENCH0.3635511.5407
ARMSTRONG0.3635511.0538
MANN0.3635510.6952
BREWER0.3635510.6157
JACKSON0.363559.0717
PEACOCK0.363557.8989
PAGE0.363557.0472
ANDERSON0.363555.7045
ROGERS0.363554.3393
SMITH0.363554.1896
CARTER0.363551.6781
ROBERTS0.363550.7488

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 355 people called BRULEY in Upper Gravenhurst 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 15000.0000 in Upper Gravenhurst means that 15000.0000% of the people in Upper Gravenhurst on census day were called BRULEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BRULEY 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 BRULEY 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 BRULEY 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 BRULEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.36 in Upper Gravenhurst means that you are 0.36 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BRULEY in Upper Gravenhurst than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Upper Gravenhurst in 1881

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

ALLSWORTH (2)  ANDERSON (4)  ARMSTRONG (3)  BAMFORD (4)  BURCKITT (5)  BOTTOMS (8)  BREWER (1)  BROTHERS (5)  BRULEY (3)  BUNCE (1)  BURBRAGE (2)  BURLEY (1)  CARTER (1)  CHAMBERLAIN (25)  COLLINS (13)  DENNIS (57)  FISHER (19)  FLINT (3)  FRANCIS (3)  FRENCH (2)  GOODHALL (18)  JORDAN (4)  GRUNDON (3)  HARE (12)  HARE ((HAIR)) (2)  HARRADINE (3)  HILLYARD (5)  JACKSON (9)  CASE (10)  KEFFORD (4)  MANN (2)  PAGE (2)  PALLETT (4)  PARISH (14)  PEACOCK (1)  PECK (13)  PLOWMAN (2)  REDMAN (29)  ROBERTS (1)  ROGERS (2)  RUTLAND (25)  SHIRLAND (1)  SIMKINS (1)  SMITH (21)  WHITMORE (2)  WHITEMORE (3)