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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Steeple Barton, Oxfordshire

Steeple Barton 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
MATTHEWS353.821043.80
CLEAVER222.4017283.14
HAWKINS212.292631.66
NEWMAN192.074227.90
SMITH192.07421.47
GRIMSLEY171.85591,888.89
BAKER171.85598.47
HARPER151.637625.58
BAYLISS151.6376129.42
STEWART141.52849.77
CLARK131.41924.72
GIBSON131.419211.69
GARDNER131.419220.91
PROFFIT131.41923,333.33
BUTLER121.310013.44
WILKINS121.310029.64
HOLLIS121.310094.64
WHITE121.31004.08
HALL121.31004.45
LUING121.310013,333.33
FRANKLIN111.200936.16
BARRETT111.200917.88
HAYNES111.200933.66
THOMAS111.20092.91
BUCKINGHAM111.200990.09
PARSONS101.091714.37
GAMAGE101.09172,325.58
BASSETT90.982562.98
NICHOLLS90.982518.81
PROFIT90.98251,607.14
HARLEY80.873467.74
SODEN70.7642466.67
PEACHEY70.7642190.22
WEST70.76427.94
WOOLFORD60.6550181.82
HADLAND60.6550402.68
STEVENS60.65506.27
BROOM60.655053.14
ASH60.655039.66
TIMS60.6550298.51
BRAIN60.655061.10
CASTLE60.655032.97
STEWARD60.655050.98
WILLETT60.655083.10
SOLLIS60.6550645.16
SIMSON60.6550252.10
PAINE50.545939.65
COLES50.545915.67
ABRAHAM50.545955.31
CURTIS50.54599.62

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUING0.9291613333.3333
PROFFIT0.929163333.3333
GAMAGE0.929162325.5814
GRIMSLEY0.929161888.8889
PROFIT0.929161607.1429
SOLLIS0.92916645.1613
SODEN0.92916466.6667
HADLAND0.92916402.6846
PROFFITT0.92916329.6703
TIMS0.92916298.5075
CROSLEY0.92916283.6879
CLEAVER0.92916283.1403
SIMSON0.92916252.1008
CATO0.92916241.9355
PRATLEY0.92916194.5525
PEACHEY0.92916190.2174
WOOLFORD0.92916181.8182
BOWELL0.92916157.8947
EVETTS0.92916138.8889
BAYLISS0.92916129.4219
VICKERMAN0.92916122.6994
AKERS0.92916112.3596
CAPEL0.92916110.7011
RAINBOW0.92916105.2632
LAMPORT0.92916105.2632
HOLLIS0.9291694.6372
RYMAN0.9291690.9091
BUCKINGHAM0.9291690.0901
COGGINS0.9291683.6820
WILLETT0.9291683.1025
PETT0.9291679.6813
CANNING0.9291676.8049
TURVEY0.9291669.7674
STURDY0.9291668.7285
HARLEY0.9291667.7392
CORDER0.9291663.2911
BASSETT0.9291662.9811
BRAIN0.9291661.0998
KILBY0.9291658.2524
ABRAHAM0.9291655.3097
BROOM0.9291653.1444
STEWARD0.9291650.9771
DUFFIELD0.9291650.3145
JARRATT0.9291647.3934
GIBBARD0.9291645.2489
MATTHEWS0.9291643.8048
MOLE0.9291642.1941
ASH0.9291639.6563
PAINE0.9291639.6511
CHURCHILL0.9291636.7985

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 916 people called LUING in Steeple Barton 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 13333.3333 in Steeple Barton means that 13333.3333% of the people in Steeple Barton on census day were called LUING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUING 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 LUING 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 LUING 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 LUING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.92 in Steeple Barton means that you are 0.92 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUING in Steeple Barton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Steeple Barton in 1881

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

ABHRAM (2)  ABRAHAM (5)  ADAMS (3)  AKERS (5)  ALLEN (3)  ALLISON (1)  ASH (6)  AVINS (1)  BADFISH (1)  BAKER (17)  BALL (1)  BARBER (2)  BARNARD (1)  BARRETT (11)  BARTON (1)  BASSETT (9)  BATEMAN (1)  BAYLISS (15)  BENNETT (5)  BIRD (4)  BOFFIN (3)  BOLTON (4)  BOWELL (3)  BOYS (1)  BRAIN (6)  BROCK (2)  BROOK (1)  BROOKS (4)  BROOM (6)  BUCKINGHAM (11)  BUSBY (1)  BUTLER (12)  CANNING (5)  CARPENTER (2)  CASTLE (6)  CATO (3)  CHADBON (6)  CHALK (2)  CAMPIN (1)  CAPEL (3)  CHURCHILL (4)  CLARK (13)  CLEAVER (22)  COGGINS (2)  COLES (5)  COLLINS (1)  COLLINSON (3)  COLLIS (2)  COLUN (1)  COOK (1)  CORDER (1)  CROSLEY (4)  CROWE (1)  CURTIS (5)  DANIELS (5)  DAVIS (3)  DRAPER (1)  DUFFIELD (4)  EAGELSTONE (7)  EBBORN (12)  EAGLESTONE (5)  SMITH ((EAGLESTONE)) (2)  EVETTS (1)  AYRES (3)  FENEMORE (4)  FORTISQUE (1)  FRANKLIN (11)  FRISH (1)  GAMAGE (10)  GARDNER (13)  JARRATT (1)  GIBBARD (1)  GIBBS (2)  JEPSON (3)  GIBSON (13)  GILLAM (1)  GOLBY (3)  GOULD (2)  GREEN (2)  GREGORY (5)  GRIMSLEY (17)  HADLAND (6)  HALL (12)  HANKS (1)  HARLEY (8)  HARPER (15)  HARRIS (4)  HAWKINS (21)  HAYNES (11)  HAYTER (1)  HEWITT (4)  HEDGES (1)  HINKS (1)  HIORNS (3)  HOARE (4)  HOLLIS (12)  HOLT (1)  HONEYBONE (1)  HOPCRAFT (2)  HOPE (2)  HOUNSLOW (18)  HUGHES (1)  HUMPHRIES (4)  IVINGS (1)  JAMES (1)  JEFFERY (5)  JEFFRIES (1)  JOHNSON (3)  KEEN (4)  KILBY (3)  KIRBY (5)  KNOTT (5)  LAMPORT (1)  LEWIS (1)  LUING (12)  LONG (4)  MARSH (5)  MASON (1)  MATTHEWS (35)  MINTON (1)  MORRIS (1)  MORTIMER (1)  MOLE (3)  NELDAR (6)  NEWMAN (19)  NICHOLLS (9)  NORTON (2)  PARSONS (10)  PAINE (5)  PEACHEY (7)  PERRIN (1)  PETT (2)  PRATLEY (5)  PREEDY (1)  PRICE (1)  PROBETTS (10)  PROFFITT (3)  PROFFIT (13)  PROFIT (9)  QUAINTON (1)  RAINBOW (4)  RASHFORT (7)  REEVES (3)  REYNOLDS (2)  RYMAN (1)  SALE (1)  SAVAGE (1)  SHURBORN (6)  SIMONS (1)  SIMSON (6)  SMITH (19)  SODEN (7)  SOLLIS (6)  SOUTHAM (1)  STEVENS (6)  STEWART (14)  STEWARD (6)  STOCKFORD (24)  STURDY (2)  THOMAS (11)  TIDMARSH (6)  TIMS (6)  TURVEY (3)  VICKERMAN (2)  WATTS (5)  WEST (7)  WHITE (12)  WILKINS (12)  WILLETT (6)  WOODRUFF (1)  WOOLFORD (6)  WOOLGROVE (11)  WORVILLE (5)  WYATT (2)