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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire

Aston Rowant 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
WHITE294.482213.94
HATTON274.1731212.60
CHURCH203.0912141.64
NORTH182.782183.92
SURMAN172.62751,164.38
DRINKWATER162.4730250.78
SMITH142.16381.53
JONES142.16381.91
MEEKS142.16381,261.26
LOVEDAY132.0093329.11
YOUNG121.85478.63
CROXFORD111.7002769.23
WIXON111.70025,789.47
HARDING101.545621.35
DOVER101.5456343.64
COPUS91.39101,525.42
QUARTERMAN91.3910796.46
FLEET91.3910207.37
FLETCHER81.236510.83
COX81.23658.16
WALLINGTON81.2365396.04
MARKHAM71.081990.91
MARTIN71.08194.39
CHAPMAN60.92746.53
BROADWAY60.9274454.55
MORLEY60.927423.20
BARNETT60.927420.56
CHILTON60.9274115.38
OAKLEY50.772836.50
TURNER50.77282.78
LOADER50.7728138.89
STICKLEY50.7728515.46
SEYMOUR40.618230.26
NEWITT40.6182380.95
GREEN40.61822.20
DAY40.61826.57
HILL40.61822.43
BROWN40.61820.94
PUSEY40.6182281.69
HARDY40.618210.32
DAVIS40.61822.81
FAWELL40.61821,379.31
HARRIS40.61822.43
MAY40.61829.71
CLARK40.61822.06
WILD30.463711.38
WAKELING30.4637121.46
DITTON30.4637697.67
BUCKLAND30.463743.80
LAMBORNE30.46371,500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
DORA0.6564715000.0000
RISHER0.6564710000.0000
WIXON0.656475789.4737
COPUS0.656471525.4237
LAMBORNE0.656471500.0000
FAWELL0.656471379.3103
MEEKS0.656471261.2613
SURMAN0.656471164.3836
QUARTERMAN0.65647796.4602
CROXFORD0.65647769.2308
DITTON0.65647697.6744
BRIAR0.65647625.0000
MUNGER0.65647588.2353
BRITNELL0.65647526.3158
STICKLEY0.65647515.4639
STOPS0.65647476.1905
BROADWAY0.65647454.5455
WALLINGTON0.65647396.0396
HAMP0.65647392.1569
NEWITT0.65647380.9524
DOVER0.65647343.6426
LOVEDAY0.65647329.1139
KEARSEY0.65647285.7143
PUSEY0.65647281.6901
DRINKWATER0.65647250.7837
PLASTOW0.65647243.9024
SHEPERD0.65647232.5581
BAREFOOT0.65647222.2222
HATTON0.65647212.5984
FLEET0.65647207.3733
CHURCH0.65647141.6431
LOADER0.65647138.8889
HAZLEWOOD0.65647136.9863
WAKELING0.65647121.4575
CHILTON0.65647115.3846
FAIREY0.65647107.5269
DODWELL0.6564795.2381
TIBBLES0.6564791.7431
MARKHAM0.6564790.9091
NORTH0.6564783.9161
HOLLIER0.6564778.1250
STRATFORD0.6564767.5676
IBBOTSON0.6564767.5676
MOULDING0.6564764.1026
BASTIN0.6564758.1395
BURNHAM0.6564750.2513
BUCKLAND0.6564743.7956
TILBURY0.6564740.1606
OAKLEY0.6564736.4964
HORWOOD0.6564732.5733

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 647 people called DORA in Aston Rowant 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 Aston Rowant means that 15000.0000% of the people in Aston Rowant on census day were called DORA.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called DORA 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 DORA 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 DORA 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 DORA here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.65 in Aston Rowant means that you are 0.65 times as likely to find someone with the surname of DORA in Aston Rowant than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Aston Rowant in 1881

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

ANDREWS (2)  ANSTISS (2)  ANSTIN (1)  APPBLE (1)  AUGAR (1)  BAREFOOT (1)  BARNETT (6)  BATTY (2)  BASTIN (1)  BISHOP (1)  BRITNALL (21)  BRITNELL (3)  BRIAR (1)  BROADWAY (6)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (4)  BRUMHAM (2)  BUCKLAND (3)  BURNHAM (2)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CHAPMAN (6)  CHENNY (1)  CHILTON (6)  CHOWNS (3)  CHURCH (20)  CLARK (4)  COLLIER (1)  COPUS (9)  CORNISH (1)  COX (8)  CROWDY (13)  CROXFORD (11)  DAVIS (4)  DAY (4)  DELAFIELD (4)  DEVERELL (4)  DITTON (3)  DODWELL (1)  DORA (3)  DOVER (10)  DRAKE (1)  DRINKWATER (16)  DRUT (1)  ELLIOTT (1)  ELLIS (2)  FAIREY (1)  FILBEE (2)  FENEMORE (1)  FLEET (9)  FLETCHER (8)  FAWELL (4)  GIBSON (3)  GREEN (4)  GREGORY (2)  HALL (1)  HOLLIDAY (1)  HAMP (2)  HARDING (10)  HARDY (4)  HARMAN (1)  HARRIS (4)  HORWOOD (1)  HATTON (27)  HAZLEWOOD (2)  HEDGES (1)  HILL (4)  HOBBS (2)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLIER (1)  HOLT (2)  IBBERSTON (1)  IBBOTSON (3)  JENNINGS (1)  JONES (14)  KEARSEY (1)  KENT (3)  CARREW (1)  LAMBORNE (3)  LANBOURN (5)  LEACH (3)  LOVEDAY (13)  LOW (3)  LOADER (5)  LUCAS (2)  MARKHAM (7)  MARLOW (1)  MARTIN (7)  MAY (4)  MEEKS (14)  MEEKES (4)  MORLEY (6)  MOULDING (1)  MUNGER (1)  NEWITT (4)  NICHOLS (1)  NORTH (18)  OAKLEY (5)  ORWOOD (5)  PEARCE (2)  PEARKS (1)  PERKINS (1)  PIDDINGTON (9)  PLASTOW (1)  PLUMRIDGE (6)  PEARTON (5)  PUSEY (4)  QUARTERMAIN (2)  QUARTERMAINE (20)  QUARTERMAN (9)  RISHER (1)  ROGERS (1)  ROSE (2)  ROSS (1)  SEWELL (2)  SEYMOUR (4)  SHEE (4)  SHEPERD (1)  SHIMELL (4)  SIARE (1)  SILVER (1)  SMITH (14)  STEVENS (3)  STEPHENS (1)  STICKLEY (5)  STRATFORD (3)  STOPS (1)  SURMAN (17)  TAYLOR (1)  TIBBLES (1)  TIBLES (1)  TILBURY (1)  TURNER (5)  WAKELING (3)  WAKELIN (WAKELLIN) (2)  WAKELLIN (1)  WALLINGTON (8)  WALINGTON (6)  WHITE (29)  WIXON (11)  WILD (3)  WILLOTT (4)  YOUNG (12)