Top surnames from the 1881 census in Forest Hill, Oxfordshire

Forest Hill 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
HALL126.417121.81
RAY126.4171324.32
WATTS94.812857.40
EDWARDS73.743313.43
BAKER63.208614.64
WALKER63.20869.58
MERRY63.2086428.57
SIMMONS63.208678.64
WEBB52.673819.72
FOSTER52.673820.00
SAUNDERS52.673829.15
THORNE52.6738126.90
MASSEY52.6738104.60
JOHNSON52.67387.96
HARRIS52.673810.52
TRAFFORD52.6738666.67
THORNTON42.139042.55
TAGG42.1390563.38
HILL42.13908.40
SHARP31.604319.26
LANE31.604323.27
BARRETT31.604323.89
LOCKE31.6043178.57
BOLTON21.069524.84
RING21.0695263.16
BUNNING21.06951,000.00
EWERS21.06951,000.00
BROWN21.06951.62
WASHINGTON21.0695212.77
FRENCH21.069521.91
STOW10.5348120.48
JENNINGS10.534810.55
WILLOUGHBY10.534861.35
BISHOP10.53487.65
SMITH10.53480.38
GODFREY10.534818.02
TURNER10.53481.92
STRANGE10.534849.75
WEST10.53485.56
ROBINSON10.53481.68
MORRIS10.53482.40
THICKE10.53485,000.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
THICKE0.191875000.0000
BUNNING0.191871000.0000
EWERS0.191871000.0000
TRAFFORD0.19187666.6667
TAGG0.19187563.3803
MERRY0.19187428.5714
RAY0.19187324.3243
RING0.19187263.1579
WASHINGTON0.19187212.7660
LOCKE0.19187178.5714
THORNE0.19187126.9036
STOW0.19187120.4819
MASSEY0.19187104.6025
SIMMONS0.1918778.6370
WILLOUGHBY0.1918761.3497
WATTS0.1918757.3980
STRANGE0.1918749.7512
THORNTON0.1918742.5532
SAUNDERS0.1918729.1545
BOLTON0.1918724.8447
BARRETT0.1918723.8854
LANE0.1918723.2739
FRENCH0.1918721.9058
HALL0.1918721.8142
FOSTER0.1918720.0000
WEBB0.1918719.7239
SHARP0.1918719.2555
GODFREY0.1918718.0180
BAKER0.1918714.6449
EDWARDS0.1918713.4305
JENNINGS0.1918710.5485
HARRIS0.1918710.5219
WALKER0.191879.5847
HILL0.191878.3981
JOHNSON0.191877.9580
BISHOP0.191877.6511
WEST0.191875.5556
MORRIS0.191872.4021
TURNER0.191871.9212
ROBINSON0.191871.6773
BROWN0.191871.6225
SMITH0.191870.3787

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 187 people called THICKE in Forest Hill 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 5000.0000 in Forest Hill means that 5000.0000% of the people in Forest Hill on census day were called THICKE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called THICKE 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 THICKE 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 THICKE 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 THICKE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.19 in Forest Hill means that you are 0.19 times as likely to find someone with the surname of THICKE in Forest Hill than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Forest Hill in 1881

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

BAKER (6)  BARRETT (3)  BISHOP (1)  BOLTON (2)  BROWN (2)  BUNNING (2)  CARTWELL (1)  EATWELL (1)  EDWARDS (7)  EWERS (2)  FOSTER (5)  FRENCH (2)  GODFREY (1)  HALL (12)  HARRIS (5)  HILL (4)  HILSDON (1)  JANAWAY (1)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (5)  LANE (3)  LOCKE (3)  MASSEY (5)  MEON (1)  MERRY (6)  MORRIS (1)  NEAME (2)  RAY (12)  RING (2)  ROBINSON (1)  SAUNDERS (5)  SANDERS (SAUNDERS) (2)  SHARP (3)  SIMMONS (6)  SMITH (1)  SOANES (23)  STOW (1)  STRANGE (1)  STEBBINGS (1)  TAGG (4)  THICKE (1)  THORNE (5)  THORNTON (4)  TRAFFORD (5)  TURNER (1)  WALKER (6)  WASHINGTON (2)  WATTS (9)  WEBB (5)  WEST (1)  WILLOUGHBY (1)