Top surnames from the 1881 census in Wychwood, Oxfordshire

Wychwood 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
PRATLEY209.38973,333.33
DORE146.57281,250.00
LOCK136.1033214.52
KEARSE115.164327,500.00
WALLER104.6948186.22
WILLIAMS104.69486.54
TOOLEY94.22541,216.22
BENFIELD83.75591,290.32
HANKS73.2864673.08
CLARIDGE62.8169483.87
SAUNDERS62.816930.71
STEED52.3474490.20
HOPE52.347468.97
WIGGINS52.3474217.39
CHANDLER52.347473.10
PRIOR52.3474101.42
MILLS41.877914.48
HOWSE41.8779487.80
FUNNELL31.4085254.24
MARKHAM31.4085118.11
WEBB31.408510.39
MORRIS31.40856.33
CLEMENTS20.939028.29
HADLAND20.9390571.43
EAYRS20.93902,857.14
JACKSON10.46951.68
WREN10.469543.29
LAKE10.469521.19
TUBB10.4695113.64
PERKINS10.469510.44
EMPSON10.4695217.39
BILES10.4695181.82
HOWE10.469511.96
WILKINSON10.46953.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KEARSE0.2121327500.0000
PRATLEY0.212133333.3333
EAYRS0.212132857.1429
BENFIELD0.212131290.3226
DORE0.212131250.0000
TOOLEY0.212131216.2162
HANKS0.21213673.0769
HADLAND0.21213571.4286
STEED0.21213490.1961
HOWSE0.21213487.8049
CLARIDGE0.21213483.8710
FUNNELL0.21213254.2373
EMPSON0.21213217.3913
WIGGINS0.21213217.3913
LOCK0.21213214.5215
WALLER0.21213186.2197
BILES0.21213181.8182
MARKHAM0.21213118.1102
TUBB0.21213113.6364
PRIOR0.21213101.4199
CHANDLER0.2121373.0994
HOPE0.2121368.9655
WREN0.2121343.2900
SAUNDERS0.2121330.7062
CLEMENTS0.2121328.2885
LAKE0.2121321.1864
MILLS0.2121314.4823
HOWE0.2121311.9617
PERKINS0.2121310.4384
WEBB0.2121310.3914
WILLIAMS0.212136.5355
MORRIS0.212136.3278
WILKINSON0.212133.0769
JACKSON0.212131.6798

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 213 people called KEARSE in Wychwood 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 27500.0000 in Wychwood means that 27500.0000% of the people in Wychwood on census day were called KEARSE.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KEARSE 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 KEARSE 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 KEARSE 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 KEARSE here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.21 in Wychwood means that you are 0.21 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KEARSE in Wychwood than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Wychwood in 1881

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

BEECHEY (11)  BENFIELD (8)  BILES (1)  BROADIS (4)  CALVERTT (9)  CHANDLER (5)  CLARIDGE (6)  CLEMENTS (2)  DORE (14)  EMPSON (1)  EAYRS (2)  FUNNELL (3)  GREENHALF (1)  HADLAND (2)  HANKS (7)  HOBBIS (3)  HOPE (5)  HOWSE (4)  HOWE (1)  JACKSON (1)  KEARSE (11)  LAKE (1)  LOCK (13)  MARKHAM (3)  MILLS (4)  MORRIS (3)  PAINTIN (7)  PERKINS (1)  PRATLEY (20)  PRIOR (5)  SAUNDERS (6)  SHAYLER (3)  STEED (5)  TOOLEY (9)  TUBB (1)  WALLER (10)  WEBB (3)  WIGGINS (5)  WILKINSON (1)  WILLIAMS (10)  WILSDON (1)  WREN (1)