Top surnames from the 1881 census in Shifford, Oxfordshire

Shifford 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
WALLIS1521.4286632.91
WEARING1318.57146,190.48
BROWN1014.285721.67
FITCHETT1014.28575,882.35
JACKSON68.571430.67
SULLIVAN34.2857102.04
COLLIS11.4286138.89
BROCK11.4286123.46
KING11.42866.55
HOLLAND11.428620.08
FIDLER11.4286222.22
TURNER11.42865.13
CLARKE11.42867.05
SHARPS11.42862,000.00
GARLICK11.4286161.29
CROSS11.428620.75
TURK11.4286555.56
PROVIS11.42862,000.00
HOLLIS11.4286103.09

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WEARING0.07706190.4762
FITCHETT0.07705882.3529
PROVIS0.07702000.0000
SHARPS0.07702000.0000
WALLIS0.0770632.9114
TURK0.0770555.5556
FIDLER0.0770222.2222
GARLICK0.0770161.2903
COLLIS0.0770138.8889
BROCK0.0770123.4568
HOLLIS0.0770103.0928
SULLIVAN0.0770102.0408
JACKSON0.077030.6748
BROWN0.077021.6732
CROSS0.077020.7469
HOLLAND0.077020.0803
CLARKE0.07707.0522
KING0.07706.5531
TURNER0.07705.1308

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 70 people called WEARING in Shifford 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 6190.4762 in Shifford means that 6190.4762% of the people in Shifford on census day were called WEARING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WEARING 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 WEARING 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 WEARING 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 WEARING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.07 in Shifford means that you are 0.07 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WEARING in Shifford than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Shifford in 1881

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

BROCK (1)  BROWN (10)  CLARKE (1)  COLLIS (1)  CROSS (1)  FIDLER (1)  FITCHETT (10)  GARLICK (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLIS (1)  JACKSON (6)  KING (1)  PROVIS (1)  SHARPS (1)  SULLIVAN (3)  TURK (1)  TURNER (1)  WALLIS (15)  WEARING (13)