Top surnames from the 1881 census in Horley, Oxfordshire

Horley 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
VARNEY3511.11112,121.21
GUNN237.3016298.31
COLEMAN196.0317121.02
GARDNER144.444465.48
MASSEY134.1270161.49
SAUL123.8095745.34
GRIFFIN123.809580.97
SMITH113.49212.47
WALDEN103.1746432.90
FOX103.174634.19
SHARMAN92.8571207.37
BENNETT82.539715.45
WOOLDRIDGE82.5397465.12
BAYLISS72.2222175.44
HALL61.90486.47
BARTLETT51.587336.26
WINFIELD51.5873190.84
HAYNES51.587344.48
BRYAN51.587363.94
LUCAS51.587334.34
STAMP51.5873215.52
MANDER41.2698380.95
STOWE41.2698434.78
BERRY41.269816.01
HIRONS30.9524297.03
COLES30.952427.35
MATTHEWS30.952410.92
BAYLESS30.95241,875.00
DOVE20.634955.56
CLARKE20.63493.13
JEFFS20.634980.97
TAYLOR20.63490.99
JACKSON10.31751.14
COOP10.317597.09
PEARSON10.31752.73
HANCOCK10.31756.98
BRADLEY10.31753.95
LINNELL10.3175140.85
HUNT10.31752.39
DANCER10.3175147.06
RUSSELL10.31752.60
WIGGINS10.317529.41
GIBBS10.31756.46
DYER10.31758.20
SAVAGE10.31758.26
HITCHCOCK10.317527.55
COWLEY10.317517.27
PELL10.317556.50
HARRIS10.31751.25
WARR10.317555.87

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
VARNEY0.323152121.2121
BAYLESS0.323151875.0000
SAUL0.32315745.3416
WOOLDRIDGE0.32315465.1163
STOWE0.32315434.7826
WALDEN0.32315432.9004
MANDER0.32315380.9524
GUNN0.32315298.3139
HIRONS0.32315297.0297
STAMP0.32315215.5172
SHARMAN0.32315207.3733
WINFIELD0.32315190.8397
BAYLISS0.32315175.4386
MASSEY0.32315161.4907
DANCER0.32315147.0588
LINNELL0.32315140.8451
COLEMAN0.32315121.0191
COOP0.3231597.0874
JEFFS0.3231580.9717
GRIFFIN0.3231580.9717
GARDNER0.3231565.4818
BRYAN0.3231563.9386
PELL0.3231556.4972
WARR0.3231555.8659
DOVE0.3231555.5556
HAYNES0.3231544.4840
BARTLETT0.3231536.2582
LUCAS0.3231534.3407
FOX0.3231534.1880
BRAIN0.3231529.5858
WIGGINS0.3231529.4118
HITCHCOCK0.3231527.5482
COLES0.3231527.3473
COWLEY0.3231517.2712
BERRY0.3231516.0064
BENNETT0.3231515.4530
LOCK0.3231511.1483
MATTHEWS0.3231510.9170
SAVAGE0.323158.2645
DYER0.323158.1967
HANCOCK0.323156.9784
HALL0.323156.4746
GIBBS0.323156.4599
BRADLEY0.323153.9541
CLARKE0.323153.1333
PEARSON0.323152.7330
RUSSELL0.323152.6008
SMITH0.323152.4732
HUNT0.323152.3901
HARRIS0.323151.2492

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 315 people called VARNEY in Horley 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 2121.2121 in Horley means that 2121.2121% of the people in Horley on census day were called VARNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called VARNEY 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 VARNEY 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 VARNEY 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 VARNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Horley means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of VARNEY in Horley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Horley in 1881

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

BARTLETT (5)  BAYLESS (3)  BAYLISS (7)  BENNETT (8)  BERRY (4)  BRADLEY (1)  BRAIN (1)  BRYAN (5)  CADD (6)  CATCHPOOL (3)  CLARKE (2)  COLES (3)  COLEMAN (19)  COOP (1)  COWLEY (1)  DANCER (1)  DOVE (2)  DYER (1)  FENEMORE (3)  FOX (10)  GARDNER (14)  GIBBS (1)  GRIFFIN (12)  GUNN (23)  HALL (6)  HANCOCK (1)  HARRIS (1)  HAYNES (5)  HEAVEN (7)  HIRONS (3)  HITCHCOCK (1)  HUNT (1)  JACKSON (1)  JEFFS (2)  JELFS (7)  LINNELL (1)  LOCK (1)  LUCAS (5)  MASSEY (13)  MATTHEWS (3)  MANDER (4)  PEARSON (1)  PELL (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SAUL (12)  SAVAGE (1)  SURCH (1)  SHARMAN (9)  SMITH (11)  STAMP (5)  STOWE (4)  TAYLOR (2)  VIGGERS (9)  WALDEN (10)  WARR (1)  VARNEY (35)  WIGGINS (1)  WINFIELD (5)  WOOLDRIDGE (8)