Top surnames from the 1881 census in Woolvercot, Oxfordshire

Woolvercot 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
COLLETT506.8213531.91
ROBINSON273.683511.55
ALLEN202.728514.44
ROWLAND192.592191.21
SAXTON182.4557415.70
WARMINGTON162.18281,176.47
STONE162.182830.19
WREN131.7735163.73
HOWARD131.773518.07
LINES131.7735167.10
HASTINGS121.6371128.48
THOMPSON111.50075.01
JONES111.50071.33
SIMMS101.3643119.90
INNES101.364388.11
GREEN101.36434.84
WOODWARD101.364327.65
HEWLETT101.3643218.34
MITCHELL101.36436.73
BEESLEY91.2278152.80
TRAFFORD81.0914272.11
LEWIS81.09144.15
MOTT81.0914144.40
BAGNELL81.09141,666.67
GEORGE81.091418.60
BUSTIN70.95501,044.78
HICKS70.955022.82
HEDGES70.955083.43
BARSON70.9550510.95
OLIVER70.955013.39
DRINKWATER70.955096.82
WILLIAMS70.95501.33
NORRIS70.955022.24
FRENCH70.955019.56
CHAMBERLAIN70.955035.11
CARTER70.95505.69
MICHELL60.8186171.92
HOUSE60.818662.89
TAYLOR60.81861.28
LOVERIDGE60.8186228.14
JACKSON60.81862.93
SODEN60.8186500.00
HALL50.68212.32
AVERY50.682140.65
SHIRLEY50.682183.47
PARSONS40.54577.18
MAJOR40.545740.44
EAST40.545735.09
BEAVIS40.5457133.33
NEWMAN40.54577.34

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BAGNELL0.737331666.6667
WARMINGTON0.737331176.4706
BUSTIN0.737331044.7761
REIS0.737331000.0000
COLLETT0.73733531.9149
BARSON0.73733510.9489
SODEN0.73733500.0000
SAXTON0.73733415.7044
CASTELL0.73733317.4603
BEMAN0.73733312.5000
TRAFFORD0.73733272.1088
LOVERIDGE0.73733228.1369
AXTELL0.73733222.2222
SILMAN0.73733222.2222
HEWLETT0.73733218.3406
CAPELL0.73733181.8182
GALES0.73733178.5714
MICHELL0.73733171.9198
LINES0.73733167.0951
WREN0.73733163.7280
QUARTERMAN0.73733156.2500
BEESLEY0.73733152.8014
EDGINGTON0.73733150.0000
MOTT0.73733144.4043
STACY0.73733140.8451
BEAVIS0.73733133.3333
HASTINGS0.73733128.4797
SIMMS0.73733119.9041
DRINKWATER0.7373396.8188
PENSON0.7373396.1538
MUMBY0.7373395.2381
ROWLAND0.7373391.2146
READE0.7373390.9091
INNES0.7373388.1057
SHIRLEY0.7373383.4725
HEDGES0.7373383.4327
PATIENCE0.7373372.9927
DASH0.7373371.4286
HOUSE0.7373362.8931
GADD0.7373361.4754
BOWERMAN0.7373346.0829
MONEY0.7373345.6621
CORKE0.7373345.0450
AVERY0.7373340.6504
MAJOR0.7373340.4449
BAYLIS0.7373339.0117
WHARTON0.7373338.9484
CHAMBERLAIN0.7373335.1053
EAST0.7373335.0877
MORE0.7373335.0877

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 733 people called BAGNELL in Woolvercot 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 1666.6667 in Woolvercot means that 1666.6667% of the people in Woolvercot on census day were called BAGNELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BAGNELL 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 BAGNELL 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 BAGNELL 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 BAGNELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.73 in Woolvercot means that you are 0.73 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BAGNELL in Woolvercot than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Woolvercot in 1881

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

ALLEN (20)  ALSOP (1)  AVERY (5)  AXTELL (2)  BAGNELL (8)  BARSON (7)  BAYLIS (3)  BEESLEY (9)  BEAVIS (4)  BEMAN (1)  BOWERMAN (1)  BROWN (3)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  BUNCE (1)  BURBOROUGH (6)  BUSTIN (7)  BUTLER (1)  CARTER (7)  CASTELL (4)  CASTLE (3)  CHAMBERLAIN (7)  CAPELL (2)  CHARLOTT (5)  CHESHIRE (1)  COLLETT (50)  COLLIER (2)  COLLIS (1)  CORKE (1)  COSTAR (6)  CURTIS (2)  DASH (1)  DIXON (2)  DREWITT (19)  DRINKWATER (7)  EAST (4)  EDGINGTON (3)  FORD (4)  FRANCIS (1)  FRENCH (7)  GADD (3)  GEORGE (8)  GOODALL (1)  GREEN (10)  GRIFFIN (3)  HALL (5)  HAMBRIDGE (7)  HARWOOD (3)  HASTINGS (12)  HEWLETT (10)  HEWETT (1)  HICKS (7)  HIGGINS (1)  HEDGES (7)  HILL (2)  HILSDON (5)  HOOKHAM (2)  HOPCRAFT (3)  HOWARD (13)  HOUSE (6)  HUNT (3)  INNES (10)  INNESS (5)  JACKSON (6)  JANES (1)  GESSEY (7)  JONES (11)  KING (4)  LEWIS (8)  LINES (13)  LOVEGROVE (2)  LOVERIDGE (6)  MAPSON (3)  MAJOR (4)  MERRITT (1)  MATTHEWS (4)  MEDCRAFT (11)  MITCHELL (10)  MICHELL (6)  MONEY (2)  MORE (2)  MORRIS (2)  MOTT (8)  MUMBY (2)  NEWMAN (4)  NICHOLLS (3)  NORRIS (7)  OLIVER (7)  PAINTING (2)  PARSONS (4)  PATIENCE (1)  PENSON (1)  PETTIPHER (1)  PETTY (1)  POLECOCK (1)  PRIOR (2)  QUARTERMAN (2)  RADFORD (2)  REDPATH (1)  REIS (2)  READE (2)  RICE (1)  ROBINSON (27)  RODWELL (1)  ROWLAND (19)  SALFORD (3)  SAVINS (3)  SAXTON (18)  SHIRLEY (5)  SILMAN (1)  SIMMS (10)  SLADE (3)  SMITH (3)  SODEN (6)  STACY (3)  STANLEY (3)  STONE (16)  TAPLING (1)  TAYLOR (6)  THOMAS (1)  THOMPSON (11)  TIMMS (1)  TRAFFORD (8)  TRINDER (6)  WAINE (5)  GALES (2)  WARD (1)  WARMINGTON (16)  WATTS (2)  WELLS (1)  WEST (1)  WHARTON (4)  WHITE (2)  WHITING (3)  WYLD (6)  WILLIAMS (7)  WIRDMAN (1)  WOODWARD (10)  WREN (13)