Top surnames from the 1881 census in Grafton, Oxfordshire

Grafton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Oxfordshire

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
TEMPLE1117.18751,309.52
BENFIELD710.93753,684.21
WATTS710.9375130.35
CLACK57.81252,000.00
BALLARD57.8125520.83
GODWIN57.8125602.41
BROOKS46.250063.90
LEA46.2500317.46
AKERMAN34.68753,333.33
MAY34.687573.71
TAYLOR23.12504.89
TINSON11.56251,000.00
STEVENS11.562514.97
SPANSWICK11.56251,666.67
CALCUTT11.56251,250.00
SHARP11.562518.76

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BENFIELD0.06643684.2105
AKERMAN0.06643333.3333
CLACK0.06642000.0000
SPANSWICK0.06641666.6667
TEMPLE0.06641309.5238
CALCUTT0.06641250.0000
TINSON0.06641000.0000
GODWIN0.0664602.4096
BALLARD0.0664520.8333
LEA0.0664317.4603
WATTS0.0664130.3538
MAY0.066473.7101
BROOKS0.066463.8978
SHARP0.066418.7617
STEVENS0.066414.9701
TAYLOR0.06644.8864

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 64 people called BENFIELD in Grafton 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 Grafton means that 3684.2105% of the people in Grafton on census day were called BENFIELD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BENFIELD 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 BENFIELD 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 BENFIELD 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 BENFIELD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.06 in Grafton means that you are 0.06 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BENFIELD in Grafton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Grafton in 1881

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

AKERMAN (3)  BALLARD (5)  BENFIELD (7)  BROOKS (4)  CALCUTT (1)  CLACK (5)  GODWIN (5)  LEA (4)  MAY (3)  PAWLING (3)  SHARP (1)  SPANSWICK (1)  STEVENS (1)  TAYLOR (2)  TEMPLE (11)  TINSON (1)  WATTS (7)