Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yarnton, Oxfordshire

Yarnton 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
COX207.168547.30
HALL207.168524.37
AXTELL113.94273,235.29
BUTLER113.942740.44
WALTON93.225845.82
MORGAN82.867414.42
WESTBURY82.86741,052.63
SWADLING72.50903,043.48
HUGHES72.50908.95
MILLS72.509019.35
PEACOCK62.150560.30
BILES62.1505833.33
FRENCH51.792136.71
JONES51.79211.58
HILL41.43375.63
WHITING41.433774.49
HOWSE41.4337370.37
PHIPPS41.433796.85
EDMUNDS41.4337109.89
ROSE41.433719.33
PHILLIPS31.07536.01
NEVILLE31.075390.36
LAURANCE31.0753405.41
WALKER31.07533.21
PRESCOTT31.075376.14
LANGFORD20.716845.56
COLLETT20.716855.87
OSBORN20.716834.48
CAMPBELL20.71684.24
BROOKS10.35843.67
HARPER10.35845.60
REED10.35844.91
PILE10.358477.52
BRAIN10.358433.44
FOWLER10.35846.28
SMITH10.35840.25
QUARTERMAN10.3584204.08
BROWN10.35840.54
HAZELL10.358446.08
GREEN10.35841.27
TIMMS10.358435.46
HOLTON10.358469.44

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
AXTELL0.282793235.2941
SWADLING0.282793043.4783
WESTBURY0.282791052.6316
BILES0.28279833.3333
LAURANCE0.28279405.4054
HOWSE0.28279370.3704
QUARTERMAN0.28279204.0816
EDMUNDS0.28279109.8901
PHIPPS0.2827996.8523
NEVILLE0.2827990.3614
PILE0.2827977.5194
PRESCOTT0.2827976.1421
WHITING0.2827974.4879
HOLTON0.2827969.4444
PEACOCK0.2827960.3015
COLLETT0.2827955.8659
COX0.2827947.3037
HAZELL0.2827946.0829
WALTON0.2827945.8248
LANGFORD0.2827945.5581
BUTLER0.2827940.4412
FRENCH0.2827936.7107
TIMMS0.2827935.4610
OSBORN0.2827934.4828
BRAIN0.2827933.4448
HALL0.2827924.3665
MILLS0.2827919.3477
ROSE0.2827919.3330
MORGAN0.2827914.4196
HUGHES0.282798.9537
FOWLER0.282796.2775
PHILLIPS0.282796.0096
HILL0.282795.6290
HARPER0.282795.5991
REED0.282794.9092
CAMPBELL0.282794.2355
BROOKS0.282793.6670
WALKER0.282793.2120
JONES0.282791.5824
GREEN0.282791.2728
BROWN0.282790.5437
SMITH0.282790.2539

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 279 people called AXTELL in Yarnton 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 3235.2941 in Yarnton means that 3235.2941% of the people in Yarnton on census day were called AXTELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called AXTELL 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 AXTELL 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 AXTELL 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 AXTELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.28 in Yarnton means that you are 0.28 times as likely to find someone with the surname of AXTELL in Yarnton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yarnton in 1881

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

AXTELL (11)  BALLIME (1)  BEAVINGTON (4)  BILES (6)  BRAIN (1)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (1)  BUTLER (11)  CAMPBELL (2)  CHARLET (1)  CHARLETT (19)  CHARLOTTE (6)  COLLETT (2)  COX (20)  CRAPPER (3)  DUGLAS (1)  DUNSBY (12)  EDMUNDS (4)  FENEMORE (2)  FOWLER (1)  FRENCH (5)  GREEN (1)  HALL (20)  HARPER (1)  HAZELL (1)  HEWER (1)  HILL (4)  HOLTON (1)  HOWSE (4)  HUGHES (7)  JONES (5)  LANGFORD (2)  LAURANCE (3)  LAMMAS (9)  MALINGS (3)  MILLS (7)  MORGAN (8)  NEVILLE (3)  NORRIDGE (5)  OSBORN (2)  PEESLEY (1)  PEACOCK (6)  PHILLIPS (3)  PHIPPS (4)  PILE (1)  PREEDY (6)  PRESCOTT (3)  PROSER (1)  QUARTERMAN (1)  QUAINTON (8)  REED (1)  ROSE (4)  SAVINGS (4)  SAVOURY (1)  SMITH (1)  SWADLING (7)  TIMMS (1)  TOLLATT (1)  WALKER (3)  WALTON (9)  WESTBURY (8)  WHITING (4)