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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Milton Under Wychwood, Oxfordshire

Milton Under Wychwood 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
MILES607.1770121.63
GROVES354.1866148.94
SMITH242.87082.03
BAUGHAN232.75123,026.32
TOWNSEND222.631661.95
STRINGER202.3923120.12
PRATLEY202.3923854.70
BARNES202.392319.87
WATTS192.272727.10
TIMMS172.0335201.42
SILMAN161.91393,137.25
DORE131.5550296.13
HOWSE121.4354371.52
WILKES121.435482.82
RAWLINS111.3158226.34
CATTELL111.3158472.10
WATERS101.196229.77
GARDNER101.196217.62
BURSON101.19622,777.78
BUTLER101.196212.27
WHEELER91.076617.83
HARRIS91.07664.24
MOSS91.076617.47
EAMES80.9569139.37
HAINES80.956941.32
GORTON80.9569154.14
SLATTER80.9569240.96
CARTER80.95695.70
JACKSON80.95693.42
COX80.95696.31
WIDDOWS80.9569544.22
YEATMAN70.8373555.56
REYNOLDS70.83739.67
WILLIAMS70.83731.17
PUFFETT70.83731,428.57
CASTLE70.837342.14
MILLS60.71775.53
HANKINS60.7177377.36
NEVILL60.7177196.72
GREENAWAY50.598195.24
CLACK50.5981150.60
PITTS50.598158.28
FREEMAN50.59819.37
COOMBS50.598135.39
BURWELL50.5981847.46
HOPKINS50.59819.93
WEST50.59816.21
WRIGHT50.59811.86
FRANKLIN50.598118.01
GOMM50.5981227.27

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SILMAN0.848363137.2549
BAUGHAN0.848363026.3158
BURSON0.848362777.7778
PUFFETT0.848361428.5714
PRATLEY0.84836854.7009
BURWELL0.84836847.4576
YEATMAN0.84836555.5556
WIDDOWS0.84836544.2177
CATTELL0.84836472.1030
HANKINS0.84836377.3585
HOWSE0.84836371.5170
DORE0.84836296.1276
CALCUTT0.84836285.7143
SLATTER0.84836240.9639
GOMM0.84836227.2727
RAWLINS0.84836226.3374
DOWLAND0.84836222.2222
BATTS0.84836215.8273
TIMMS0.84836201.4218
NEVILL0.84836196.7213
MULLIS0.84836186.3354
GORTON0.84836154.1426
CLACK0.84836150.6024
GROVES0.84836148.9362
HEARNE0.84836142.8571
ACKERMAN0.84836140.8451
EAMES0.84836139.3728
STEED0.84836124.3781
MILES0.84836121.6298
STRINGER0.84836120.1201
GREENAWAY0.8483695.2381
BURMAN0.8483690.0901
WILKES0.8483682.8157
SKIDMORE0.8483681.4332
THOMS0.8483667.1141
TOWNSEND0.8483661.9544
KEEL0.8483660.6061
BLISS0.8483658.5938
PITTS0.8483658.2751
MICHELL0.8483650.2513
ALDEN0.8483646.5116
WILLETT0.8483645.5235
CASTLE0.8483642.1433
HAINES0.8483641.3223
GILLARD0.8483641.2655
POLE0.8483638.6100
DIX0.8483636.3636
COOMBS0.8483635.3857
EDEN0.8483635.3357
HACK0.8483634.2466

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 836 people called SILMAN in Milton Under Wychwood 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 3137.2549 in Milton Under Wychwood means that 3137.2549% of the people in Milton Under Wychwood on census day were called SILMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SILMAN 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 SILMAN 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 SILMAN 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 SILMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.84 in Milton Under Wychwood means that you are 0.84 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SILMAN in Milton Under Wychwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Milton Under Wychwood in 1881

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

ACKERMAN (2)  ALDEN (1)  ALDSWORTH (1)  ANSELL (1)  BAILEY (3)  BAINES (3)  BARNES (20)  BATTS (3)  BAUGHAN (23)  BEAL (1)  BECK (1)  BEDWIN (1)  BLISS (3)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (2)  BROWNING (3)  BRUNSDON (6)  BURMAN (3)  BURSON (10)  BURWELL (5)  BUTLER (10)  CALCUTT (3)  CARPENTER (3)  CARR (1)  CARTER (8)  CASTLE (7)  CATTELL (11)  CLACK (5)  CLEMENTS (3)  CLIFFORD (4)  COLE (1)  COULLING (2)  COOMBS (5)  COOMBES (3)  CORBETT (1)  COX (8)  CURTIS (2)  DAVIS (1)  DEACON (1)  DIX (3)  DORE (13)  DOWLAND (1)  DRUETT (2)  EAMES (8)  EDEN (3)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (2)  FARBROTHER (6)  FRANKLIN (5)  FREEMAN (5)  GARDNER (10)  GARDINER (1)  GERNDT (1)  GIBSON (1)  GILBERT (4)  GILLARD (3)  GILLETT (3)  GOMM (5)  GORTON (8)  GREENAWAY (5)  GRIFFIN (3)  GROVES (35)  HACK (1)  HAMBLIN (1)  HANKINS (6)  HARRIS (9)  HASTINGS (1)  HAWCUTT (4)  HAWKINS (1)  HAIGH (1)  HAINES (8)  HEARNE (4)  HERBERT (2)  HOPKINS (5)  HOWSE (12)  HUDSON (1)  HUMPHREY (1)  IRELAND (4)  JACKSON (8)  JANAWAY (1)  JOHNSON (2)  CASE (1)  KEEL (1)  LAMBERT (2)  LAPWORTH (2)  LONGSHAW (1)  MADDOX (1)  MILES (60)  MILLS (6)  MICHELL (2)  MOBEY (6)  MORRIS (1)  MOSS (9)  MOURBEY (3)  MULLIS (3)  NEVILL (6)  NEWMAN (2)  PUFFETT (7)  PARGETER (8)  PAROLOE (13)  PARSLOE (2)  PAINE (1)  PAYNE (1)  PITTS (5)  POLE (1)  PORTER (1)  PRATLEY (20)  PUDDLE (8)  RADBONE (1)  RATHBAND (29)  REYNOLDS (7)  RIGBY (1)  ROBERTS (1)  RAWLINGS (2)  RAWLINS (11)  SILMAN (16)  SIMMS (3)  SKIDMORE (5)  SLATTER (8)  SMITH (24)  STEED (5)  STEEL (3)  STRAFFORD (3)  STRINGER (20)  THOMS (1)  TYMMS (2)  TIMMS (17)  TOWNSEND (22)  TUCKWELL (2)  UPTON (3)  VENVELL (9)  WALKER (2)  WALLIS (1)  WATERS (10)  WATTS (19)  WEST (5)  WHEELER (9)  WIDDOWS (8)  WILKES (12)  WILLETT (3)  WILLIAMS (7)  WOOLLIAMS (2)  WILLIAMSON (1)  WOODWARD (3)  WRIGHT (5)  WAITE (2)  YEATMAN (7)