Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westcote Barton, Oxfordshire

Westcote 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
SMITH208.47466.00
STEWART166.779743.33
KERBY104.23732,325.58
JARVIS93.813684.99
CARPENTER93.8136111.25
CROSS83.389849.26
WILKS72.9661188.68
WILKINS62.542457.53
CASTLE62.5424127.93
TAGG52.1186555.56
KEEN52.1186105.71
BOLTON52.118649.21
SIMKINS52.1186684.93
MARSHALL52.118612.63
HOPES41.69491,250.00
PRESTON41.694933.93
CATO41.69491,250.00
FINCH41.694950.89
TOWNSEND41.694939.92
EATON41.694960.51
PEACHEY41.6949421.05
WHITE41.69495.27
BUSWELL41.6949579.71
DAVIS41.69497.71
COLES41.694948.66
CLARK41.69495.64
BRAIN31.2712118.58
COLE31.271213.95
GRIMSLEY31.27121,304.35
GILLAM31.2712329.67
WEBB31.27129.38
HALL20.84752.88
LOCKYER20.8475111.11
CUNNINGTON10.4237103.09
BERRY10.42375.34
MORRIS10.42371.90
CANNING10.423759.52
JEPSON10.423743.29
HAWKINS10.42375.85
WIXON10.42371,428.57
CLARKE10.42372.09
MOLE10.423754.64
EVANS10.42370.97
TAYLOR10.42370.66
SMYLIE10.42371,666.67
BETTLEY10.4237769.23
ROGERS10.42373.26
HARRIS10.42371.67
PARSONS10.42375.58
EDWARDS10.42371.52

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KERBY0.242362325.5814
SMYLIE0.242361666.6667
WIXON0.242361428.5714
GRIMSLEY0.242361304.3478
CATO0.242361250.0000
HOPES0.242361250.0000
BETTLEY0.24236769.2308
SIMKINS0.24236684.9315
BUSWELL0.24236579.7101
TAGG0.24236555.5556
PEACHEY0.24236421.0526
GILLAM0.24236329.6703
WILKS0.24236188.6792
CASTLE0.24236127.9318
BRAIN0.24236118.5771
CARPENTER0.24236111.2485
LOCKYER0.24236111.1111
KEEN0.24236105.7082
CUNNINGTON0.24236103.0928
JARVIS0.2423684.9858
EATON0.2423660.5144
CANNING0.2423659.5238
WILKINS0.2423657.5264
MOLE0.2423654.6448
FINCH0.2423650.8906
CROSS0.2423649.2611
BOLTON0.2423649.2126
COLES0.2423648.6618
STEWART0.2423643.3252
JEPSON0.2423643.2900
TOWNSEND0.2423639.9202
PRESTON0.2423633.9271
COLE0.2423613.9535
MARSHALL0.2423612.6326
WEBB0.242369.3779
DAVIS0.242367.7131
SMITH0.242366.0020
HAWKINS0.242365.8514
CLARK0.242365.6394
PARSONS0.242365.5772
BERRY0.242365.3390
WHITE0.242365.2729
ROGERS0.242363.2637
HALL0.242362.8806
CLARKE0.242362.0912
MORRIS0.242361.9037
HARRIS0.242361.6672
EDWARDS0.242361.5205
EVANS0.242360.9696
TAYLOR0.242360.6626

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 236 people called KERBY in Westcote 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 2325.5814 in Westcote Barton means that 2325.5814% of the people in Westcote Barton on census day were called KERBY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KERBY 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 KERBY 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 KERBY 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 KERBY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Westcote Barton means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KERBY in Westcote Barton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westcote Barton in 1881

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

BENGER (1)  BERRY (1)  BETTLEY (1)  BOLTON (5)  BRAIN (3)  BUSWELL (4)  CANNING (1)  CARPENTER (9)  CASTLE (6)  CATO (4)  CHADBON (3)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (1)  COLES (4)  COLE (3)  CROSS (8)  CUNNINGTON (1)  DAVIS (4)  EATON (4)  EDWARDS (1)  EVANS (1)  FINCH (4)  JEPSON (1)  GILLAM (3)  GRIMSLEY (3)  HALL (2)  HARRIS (1)  HAWKINS (1)  HOPES (4)  HOUNSLOW (16)  HUCKWELL (2)  HULLS (2)  JARVIS (9)  KEEN (5)  KERBY (10)  LOCKYER (2)  MARSHALL (5)  MORRIS (1)  MOLE (1)  PARSONS (1)  PEACHEY (4)  PRESTON (4)  PYMAN (2)  RYMILL (4)  ROGERS (1)  SECOLE (1)  SIMKINS (5)  SMYLIE (1)  SMITH (20)  STEWART (16)  TAGG (5)  TAYLOR (1)  TOWNSEND (4)  WEBB (3)  WHITE (4)  WIXON (1)  WILKS (7)  WILKINS (6)  WINDOES (2)  WOODFORDE (1)  WORVILL (2)