Top surnames from the 1881 census in Harpsden, Oxfordshire

Harpsden 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
CARTER145.785134.47
SHEPHARD104.1322431.03
HILL93.719014.60
WHY72.89265,000.00
BOND72.892654.64
PHELAN72.89262,000.00
HIGGS62.4793136.05
ROBINS62.4793116.96
PAULIN52.06612,173.91
BROWN52.06613.13
WIGGINS52.0661191.57
GREEN52.06617.34
WISE52.066199.21
BROOKER41.6529136.99
HODGES41.652956.34
WARNER31.239734.01
HARMAN31.239783.10
CLEMENTS31.239737.36
WOODS31.239719.66
WHITE31.23973.86
WARREN31.239718.54
HIGGINS31.239724.51
WHEELER20.826413.69
COOPER20.82643.40
HEWS20.82641,176.47
STIMPSON20.8264183.49
WHITELOCK20.8264285.71
GIBBONS20.826425.71
WEST20.82648.58
SLAYMAKER20.82641,428.57
HOCKLEY20.8264152.67
PAVEY20.8264192.31
STORER10.413265.79
KEEN10.413220.62
GOODCHILD10.413242.55
BELCHER10.413234.36
HUISH10.4132270.27
SALTER10.413218.08
CHILD10.413224.33
PHIPPS10.413227.93
SWAIN10.413221.46
WILLIAMS10.41320.58
JONES10.41320.36
SEWELL10.413219.53
ROSE10.41325.57
TOMPSON10.4132192.31
CHANDLER10.413212.87
HERBERT10.413211.06
STREET10.413217.70
MINES10.4132333.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WHY0.242425000.0000
PAULIN0.242422173.9130
PHELAN0.242422000.0000
SLAYMAKER0.242421428.5714
HEWS0.242421176.4706
TACK0.24242769.2308
SHEPHARD0.24242431.0345
MINES0.24242333.3333
WHITELOCK0.24242285.7143
HUISH0.24242270.2703
TOMPSON0.24242192.3077
PAVEY0.24242192.3077
WIGGINS0.24242191.5709
STIMPSON0.24242183.4862
HOCKLEY0.24242152.6718
BROOKER0.24242136.9863
HIGGS0.24242136.0544
ROBINS0.24242116.9591
WISE0.2424299.2063
HARMAN0.2424283.1025
STORER0.2424265.7895
SAMSON0.2424257.8035
HODGES0.2424256.3380
BOND0.2424254.6448
FORDHAM0.2424251.2821
GOODCHILD0.2424242.5532
CHAMPION0.2424239.5257
CLEMENTS0.2424237.3599
CARTER0.2424234.4658
BELCHER0.2424234.3643
WARNER0.2424234.0136
PHIPPS0.2424227.9330
GIBBONS0.2424225.7069
HIGGINS0.2424224.5098
CHILD0.2424224.3309
CHILDS0.2424222.4719
SWAIN0.2424221.4592
KEEN0.2424220.6186
WOODS0.2424219.6592
SEWELL0.2424219.5313
WARREN0.2424218.5414
SALTER0.2424218.0832
STREET0.2424217.6991
HILL0.2424214.6009
WHEELER0.2424213.6893
CHANDLER0.2424212.8700
HERBERT0.2424211.0619
WEST0.242428.5837
GREEN0.242427.3368
HAWKINS0.242425.7078

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 242 people called WHY in Harpsden 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 Harpsden means that 5000.0000% of the people in Harpsden on census day were called WHY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WHY 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 WHY 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 WHY 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 WHY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Harpsden means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WHY in Harpsden than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Harpsden in 1881

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

BAGOT (4)  BELCHER (1)  BENNETT (1)  BOND (7)  BROOKER (4)  BROWN (5)  BORROUGH (4)  CARTER (14)  CHAMPION (1)  CHANDLER (1)  CHILD (1)  CHILDS (1)  CLEETER (4)  CLEATER (CLEETER) (8)  CLEMENTS (3)  COOPER (2)  CORDERY (2)  DANILLS (1)  EGGELTON (3)  EDNEY (EDNAY) (6)  EDNAY (1)  FORDHAM (1)  FULLAR (1)  FR...EM (1)  FRABWELL (1)  GIBBONS (2)  GOODCHILD (1)  GODDING (8)  GREEN (5)  HARMAN (3)  HAWKINS (1)  HERBERT (1)  HIBURNE (1)  HIGGINS (3)  HIGGS (6)  HILL (9)  HOCKLEY (2)  HODGES (4)  HEWS (2)  HUISH (1)  HUNTER (1)  JONES (1)  KEEN (1)  LIDDARD (3)  MINES (1)  PAULIN (5)  PAVEY (2)  PETHER (2)  PHELAN (7)  PHIPPS (1)  POWNEY (2)  ROBINS (6)  ROSE (1)  SALTER (1)  SAMSON (1)  SEWELL (1)  SHEPHARD (10)  SLAYMAKER (2)  STIMPSON (2)  STORER (1)  STREET (1)  SWAIN (1)  TACK (1)  TOMPSON (1)  TORNS OR TRONS (4)  TRONS OR TORNS (2)  TUCKWELL (6)  WARNER (3)  WARREN (3)  WHY (7)  WEST (2)  WHEELER (2)  WHITE (3)  WHITELOCK (2)  WIGGINS (5)  WILLIAMS (1)  WISE (5)  WOODS (3)  WOOD (WOODS) (12)