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Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wardington, Oxfordshire

Wardington 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
WATTS447.108284.78
BAKER162.584811.80
HIRONS142.2617703.52
REYNOLDS132.100224.24
COWLEY121.9386105.45
WARD121.93868.87
DAVIS121.93868.82
JONES101.61551.43
CAMPION101.6155230.41
BUTLER101.615516.57
MANDER91.4540439.02
CAPEL91.4540491.80
BILLINGTON91.4540133.73
THORPE91.454036.78
LINES91.4540136.99
SABIN91.4540616.44
BATEMAN81.292450.03
LOVEDAY81.2924211.64
BONHAM81.2924496.89
BRAIN71.1309105.42
ROBINSON71.13093.55
LORD71.130924.53
ISHAM71.13091,555.56
WILKINS71.130925.58
WILSON71.13092.46
WIGGINS71.1309104.79
SPENCER71.130912.39
STANTON60.969348.62
BENNETT60.96935.90
WALTON60.969313.77
WESTON50.807819.80
HERITAGE50.8078215.52
CARTER50.80784.81
STEVENS50.80787.74
EAVES50.8078148.37
CARPENTER50.807823.55
ALLEN40.64623.42
JUDGE40.646259.79
CARTWRIGHT40.646216.96
SCOTT40.64622.55
GASSON40.6462261.44
ALCOCK40.646244.79
TOMPKINS40.646274.91
CHERRY40.646263.09
STACEY40.646228.78
BARNETT40.646214.33
TREADWELL40.6462248.45
JOB40.6462213.90
WILLIAMS30.48470.67
RIDGE30.484769.28

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
ISHAM0.626191555.5556
HIRONS0.62619703.5176
SABIN0.62619616.4384
HURLSTON0.62619500.0000
BONHAM0.62619496.8944
CAPEL0.62619491.8033
MANDER0.62619439.0244
GASSON0.62619261.4379
TREADWELL0.62619248.4472
QUINNEY0.62619232.5581
CAMPION0.62619230.4147
HERITAGE0.62619215.5172
JOB0.62619213.9037
LOVEDAY0.62619211.6402
DUDDY0.62619175.4386
EAVES0.62619148.3680
WOLFF0.62619147.0588
WALLEN0.62619136.9863
LINES0.62619136.9863
BILLINGTON0.62619133.7296
COWLEY0.62619105.4482
BRAIN0.62619105.4217
WIGGINS0.62619104.7904
BOOTE0.62619103.0928
ACKERMAN0.6261995.2381
QUARTERMAN0.6261992.5926
HAYCOCK0.6261986.4553
WATTS0.6261984.7784
WELBURN0.6261981.9672
TOMPKINS0.6261974.9064
RIDGE0.6261969.2841
MERRY0.6261964.7948
CHERRY0.6261963.0915
JUDGE0.6261959.7907
BLISS0.6261952.7704
BATEMAN0.6261950.0313
ROOT0.6261949.5050
STANTON0.6261948.6224
WOODFIELD0.6261947.6190
ALCOCK0.6261944.7928
EGGLETON0.6261940.9836
PEACHEY0.6261940.3226
HEMMINGS0.6261937.9507
THORPE0.6261936.7797
SUMNER0.6261929.9401
STACEY0.6261928.7770
WILKINS0.6261925.5848
ADKINS0.6261924.8139
LORD0.6261924.5270
REYNOLDS0.6261924.2447

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 619 people called ISHAM in Wardington 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 1555.5556 in Wardington means that 1555.5556% of the people in Wardington on census day were called ISHAM.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called ISHAM 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 ISHAM 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 ISHAM 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 ISHAM here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.62 in Wardington means that you are 0.62 times as likely to find someone with the surname of ISHAM in Wardington than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wardington in 1881

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

ADKINS (1)  ACKERMAN (1)  ALCOCK (4)  ALLEN (4)  ARCHER (1)  BAKER (16)  BARCLAY (3)  BARNETT (4)  BATEMAN (8)  BAZLEY (4)  BENNETT (6)  BIDDIN (6)  BILLINGTON (9)  BLISS (2)  BLEAY (1)  BODDINGTON (14)  BONHAM (8)  BOOTE (1)  BRAGGINS (3)  BRAIN (7)  BREWER (1)  BROUGHTON (1)  BUFFERY (3)  BUTLER (10)  CARPENTER (5)  CARTER (5)  CARTWRIGHT (4)  CHAMBERLAIN (1)  CAMPION (10)  CAPEL (9)  CHATER (2)  CHECKLEY (2)  CHERRY (4)  CLEAVER (1)  CLIFFORD (1)  COLE (1)  COLEMAN (2)  COOKNELL (25)  COOPER (1)  COWLEY (12)  DAVIS (12)  DUDDY (1)  DOUGLAS (3)  EAVES (5)  EAGLESTONE (3)  EGGLETON (1)  ELDRIDGE (1)  FISHER (2)  FLOWERS (1)  FORD (1)  FRENCH (1)  GASSON (4)  GODFREY (2)  GOLBY (5)  GOUGH (1)  GREGORY (2)  GUNN (2)  HALL (1)  HANCOCK (2)  HARRIS (1)  HAYCOCK (3)  HEAD (1)  HEMMINGS (2)  HERITAGE (5)  HIGGS (1)  HILL (2)  HILLIER (1)  HIRONS (14)  HURLSTON (1)  INNS (2)  ISHAM (7)  JOB (4)  JONES (10)  JUDGE (4)  KEMNELL (3)  KIMNELL (18)  LINES (9)  LONG (1)  LORD (7)  LOVEDAY (8)  LOVELL (1)  LYMATH (7)  MAINWOOD (9)  MANDER (9)  MERRY (3)  MILLER (1)  MOSS (2)  NASH (1)  PARGETER (4)  PAVIOUR (1)  PEACHEY (1)  PECKOVER (7)  QUARTERMAN (1)  QUINNEY (2)  RADBOURNE (8)  REYNOLDS (13)  RIDGE (3)  ROBINSON (7)  RALPH (1)  ROOT (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SABIN (9)  SANDERS (1)  SCHATZLAIN (1)  SCOTT (4)  SPENCER (7)  STACEY (4)  STANTON (6)  STEVENS (5)  SUMNER (3)  SWANWICK (3)  TAYLOR (1)  TEBBY (3)  TEBBEY (2)  THORPE (9)  TOMPKINS (4)  TOWNSEND (1)  TREADWELL (4)  TURNER (2)  TYSOE (6)  UTTING (1)  WADE (1)  WALKER (1)  WALTON (6)  WARD (12)  WATSON (2)  WATTS (44)  WELBURN (1)  WESCAR (2)  WESTON (5)  WALLEN (1)  WIGGINS (7)  WILKINS (7)  WILLIAMS (3)  WILSON (7)  WOLFF (1)  WOODFIELD (1)  YATES (2)