Top surnames from the 1881 census in Somerton, Oxfordshire

Somerton 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
GOLDER4011.62794,301.08
TAYLOR205.81409.09
GREEN195.523319.61
ANDREWS164.651248.54
MOORE154.360521.81
BAYLISS144.0698321.84
PLUMB113.1977395.68
WALTON113.197745.44
GIBBARD102.90701,204.82
MITCHELL102.907014.33
SMITH82.32561.65
BERRIDGE82.3256444.44
NASH72.034944.14
HITCHCOCK72.0349176.32
RICHARDSON72.034911.95
HORWOOD72.0349429.45
ALLEN72.034910.77
LOOKER61.7442588.24
GIBBONS61.744254.25
MARLOW61.7442148.51
HOPKINS51.453524.14
HARPER51.453522.71
CROSS51.453521.12
BALDWIN41.162827.27
ADAMS41.16287.89
HALL41.16283.95
KING30.87214.00
HYDE30.872128.36
BILLINGTON30.872180.21
JUSTICE30.8721344.83
PULLIN30.8721245.90
TILTON20.58142,500.00
GROVES20.581420.68
GRAVES20.581438.31
GIBBS20.581411.83
GODWIN20.581444.94
STEEL10.29077.13
CLARKE10.29071.43
LYFORD10.2907333.33
ROUSE10.290720.28
BLOXHAM10.290789.29
POWELL10.29072.33
WILKINS10.29076.58
BRYANT10.29076.80
GRIFFIN10.29076.18
PORTER10.29073.87
BARNES10.29072.41
MOORS10.2907117.65
HIRONS10.290790.91
STEVENS10.29072.78

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GOLDER0.343444301.0753
TILTON0.343442500.0000
GIBBARD0.343441204.8193
LOOKER0.34344588.2353
BERRIDGE0.34344444.4444
HORWOOD0.34344429.4479
PLUMB0.34344395.6835
JUSTICE0.34344344.8276
LYFORD0.34344333.3333
BAYLISS0.34344321.8391
PULLIN0.34344245.9016
RUDDLE0.34344181.8182
HADLAND0.34344178.5714
HITCHCOCK0.34344176.3224
MARLOW0.34344148.5149
MOORS0.34344117.6471
HIRONS0.3434490.9091
BLOXHAM0.3434489.2857
BILLINGTON0.3434480.2139
GIBBONS0.3434454.2495
ANDREWS0.3434448.5437
WALTON0.3434445.4358
GODWIN0.3434444.9438
NASH0.3434444.1362
GRAVES0.3434438.3142
HYDE0.3434428.3554
BALDWIN0.3434427.2665
HOPKINS0.3434424.1429
BROAD0.3434422.8833
HARPER0.3434422.7066
JUDD0.3434422.3714
MOORE0.3434421.8055
CROSS0.3434421.1238
GROVES0.3434420.6825
CLIFTON0.3434420.5339
ROUSE0.3434420.2840
GREEN0.3434419.6139
MITCHELL0.3434414.3308
LAKE0.3434413.1234
RICHARDSON0.3434411.9536
GIBBS0.3434411.8343
ALLEN0.3434410.7725
TAYLOR0.343449.0913
ADAMS0.343447.8911
STEEL0.343447.1327
BRYANT0.343446.8027
WILKINS0.343446.5789
GRIFFIN0.343446.1767
KING0.343444.0016
HALL0.343443.9526

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 344 people called GOLDER in Somerton 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 4301.0753 in Somerton means that 4301.0753% of the people in Somerton on census day were called GOLDER.

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

All the surnames recorded in Somerton in 1881

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

ACKRILL (1)  ADAMS (4)  ALLEN (7)  ANDREWS (16)  BABBAGE (1)  BALDWIN (4)  BARNES (1)  BAYLISS (14)  BERRIDGE (8)  BILLINGTON (3)  BLAYGROVE (1)  BLOXHAM (1)  BROAD (1)  BRYANT (1)  BERRILL (1)  CLARKE (1)  CLIFTON (1)  CROSS (5)  GIBBARD (10)  GIBBONS (6)  GIBBS (2)  GOLDER (40)  GODWIN (2)  GRAVES (2)  GREEN (19)  GRIFFIN (1)  GROVES (2)  HADLAND (1)  ALLABARTON (13)  HALL (4)  HARPER (5)  HORWOOD (7)  HIRONS (1)  HITCHCOCK (7)  HOPKINS (5)  HAWTYN (1)  HYDE (3)  JUDD (1)  JUSTICE (3)  KING (3)  LAKE (1)  LOOKER (6)  LYFORD (1)  MARLOW (6)  MITCHELL (10)  MOORE (15)  MOORS (1)  NASH (7)  PLESTED (1)  PLUMB (11)  PORTER (1)  POWELL (1)  PULLIN (3)  PURSSEL (3)  RICHARDSON (7)  ROUSE (1)  RUDDLE (1)  SKUCE (2)  SMITH (8)  STEEL (1)  STEVENS (1)  STOCKFORD (2)  SOMERTON (5)  TAYLOR (20)  TILTON (2)  WAINE (6)  WALTON (11)  WILKINS (1)