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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire

Steeple Aston 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
BARRETT213.079245.85
WESTON172.492761.11
KNIGHT162.346019.03
BOWLER152.1994180.07
BOLTON152.199451.07
GAMMAGE152.19941,562.50
FRANKS152.1994176.47
NELSON142.052842.39
STEVENS142.052819.66
CLARIDGE131.9062328.28
WOODS101.466323.26
BRYANT101.466334.32
FOSTER101.466310.97
KEYS101.4663294.99
ALLEN101.46637.76
HARRIS91.31965.19
CROSS91.319619.18
BISHOP91.319618.88
AUSTIN91.319626.99
DUNN91.319615.87
PLUMMER81.173087.82
MOBBS81.1730312.50
HORN81.173051.61
NEEDLE81.17301,142.86
COLLINS71.02647.15
WHEELER71.026417.00
MUMFORD71.0264106.22
SPACKMAN71.0264350.00
GRACE71.026476.67
STOCKLEY60.8798204.08
MAYCOCK60.8798189.87
PALMER60.87987.46
WALKER60.87982.63
BEESLEY60.8798109.49
COOKE60.879815.94
BRAIN60.879882.08
POTTER50.733111.30
ELMORE50.7331515.46
PEARCE50.73317.98
HURST50.733120.53
NORMAN50.733115.82
SPENCER50.73318.03
BUTLER50.73317.52
SOLLIS50.7331724.64
EYRE50.733161.12
BLOOMFIELD50.733157.67
BELCHER50.733160.90
SOUTHAM40.5865140.35
GARDNER40.58658.64
WILLETT40.586574.49

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
GAMMAGE0.686821562.5000
NEEDLE0.686821142.8571
SOLLIS0.68682724.6377
ELMORE0.68682515.4639
SPACKMAN0.68682350.0000
CLARIDGE0.68682328.2828
MOBBS0.68682312.5000
KEYS0.68682294.9853
JUSTICE0.68682231.2139
STOCKLEY0.68682204.0816
TURRELL0.68682194.1748
MAYCOCK0.68682189.8734
BOWLER0.68682180.0720
FRANKS0.68682176.4706
SOUTHAM0.68682140.3509
BEESLEY0.68682109.4891
HINKS0.68682107.9137
MUMFORD0.68682106.2215
OGLE0.6868291.7431
WESTMORELAND0.6868290.9091
PLUMMER0.6868287.8156
HEMINGWAY0.6868287.5274
BRAIN0.6868282.0793
KERBY0.6868280.0000
SANDELL0.6868280.0000
CREEK0.6868279.3651
GRACE0.6868276.6703
WILLETT0.6868274.4879
EYRE0.6868261.1247
WESTON0.6868261.1071
BELCHER0.6868260.9013
BUSHNELL0.6868260.6061
LUCKETT0.6868258.8235
BLOOMFIELD0.6868257.6701
HORN0.6868251.6129
BOLTON0.6868251.0725
BROCK0.6868250.5051
WHITLOCK0.6868249.2611
WING0.6868246.6200
BARRETT0.6868245.8515
NELSON0.6868242.3857
SKIDMORE0.6868239.9202
BURGIN0.6868237.4532
SLATTER0.6868236.9004
RAINBOW0.6868235.3357
BRYANT0.6868234.3171
TEW0.6868233.4448
PAIN0.6868232.6264
COLLIS0.6868228.3688
AUSTIN0.6868226.9946

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 682 people called GAMMAGE in Steeple Aston 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 1562.5000 in Steeple Aston means that 1562.5000% of the people in Steeple Aston on census day were called GAMMAGE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called GAMMAGE 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 GAMMAGE 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 GAMMAGE 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 GAMMAGE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.68 in Steeple Aston means that you are 0.68 times as likely to find someone with the surname of GAMMAGE in Steeple Aston than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Steeple Aston in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ALLEN (10)  ALLIBONE (1)  ALLITT (1)  ALSTON (1)  ARCHER (1)  AUSTIN (9)  BAGOT (1)  BALL (1)  BANKS (2)  BARRETT (21)  BEESLEY (6)  BELCHER (5)  BISHOP (9)  BLABEY (3)  BLAKE (1)  BLOOMFIELD (5)  BOFFIN (1)  BOLTON (15)  BOWLER (15)  BRAIN (6)  BROOKES (3)  BROCK (4)  BROWN (1)  BRYANT (10)  BUDD (1)  BURGESS (1)  BURGIN (1)  BUSHNELL (1)  BUTLER (5)  CAULKETT (1)  CASTLE (1)  CHANDLER (1)  CHECKLEY (2)  CLARIDGE (13)  CLAYDON (2)  CLIFFORD (3)  COLES (1)  COLLINS (7)  COLLIS (2)  COOKE (6)  COOLING (2)  COOPER (1)  COX (1)  CREEK (1)  CROSS (9)  DUNN (9)  DURRAN (19)  EAST (1)  EAGLESTONE (2)  ELMORE (5)  EYRE (5)  FELL (1)  FIELD (2)  FINCH (4)  FENEMORE (15)  FOSTER (10)  FRANKS (15)  GADSFIELD (1)  GAMMAGE (15)  GARDNER (4)  GILKS (27)  GOBY (1)  GOUCH (1)  JORDAN (3)  GRACE (7)  GRAHAM (1)  HARRIS (9)  HAWKES (2)  HAYNES (2)  HEATH (1)  HEMINGWAY (4)  HICKS (4)  HIGGINS (2)  HILL (4)  HINKS (3)  HOPCRAFT (6)  HORN (8)  HUCKWELL (1)  HUDSON (2)  HURST (5)  IBELL (2)  JAMES (1)  JONES (3)  JUSTICE (4)  KAY (1)  KINZETT (3)  KEYS (10)  KING (2)  KERBY (1)  KNIGHT (16)  LANSBURY (4)  LUCAS (1)  LUCKETT (1)  MARKHAM (1)  MASON (1)  MAYCOCK (6)  MIDDLETON (1)  MILLACHIP (1)  MOBBS (8)  MOLE (1)  MUMFORD (7)  NEALE (3)  NEEDLE (8)  NELSON (14)  NORMAN (5)  OGLE (2)  PALMER (6)  PARROTT (1)  PARSONS (1)  PAIN (2)  PEARCE (5)  PENSTONE (1)  PETERS (2)  PETTIFER (1)  PITTAWAY (4)  PLUMMER (8)  POTTER (5)  RAINBOW (1)  ROGERS (1)  SANDELL (1)  SCRAGG (4)  SKEY (1)  SKIDMORE (2)  SLATTER (1)  SMITH (1)  SOLLIS (5)  SOUTHAM (4)  SPACKMAN (7)  SPENCER (5)  SPOONER (1)  STEVENS (14)  STEWART (1)  STOCKLEY (6)  TEW (1)  THOMPSON (1)  TOMLINS (1)  TURNER (4)  TURRELL (4)  WALKER (6)  WALTON (3)  WARD (1)  WEBB (2)  WELLS (4)  WEST (1)  WESTMORELAND (1)  WESTON (17)  WHEELER (7)  WHITLOCK (2)  WILKINS (3)  WILLETT (4)  WING (2)  WISE (1)  WOODS (10)  WODHAM (8)  WYATT (3)