Top surnames from the 1881 census in Oakley, Buckinghamshire

Oakley is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Buckinghamshire

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
HAWES5914.01431,136.80
BROOKS348.076082.62
BOYLES163.80051,951.22
COLEMAN153.562971.50
SHIRLEY122.8504348.84
EMERY92.137897.93
MESSER81.9002650.41
WALKER81.90025.68
ORGAN81.9002476.19
PAULING81.90022,285.71
RAY71.662784.03
HERRING61.4252138.89
JACKMAN51.1876127.88
RIDGE51.1876169.49
FOREMAN30.712654.55
KIRBY30.712618.79
BLAKE30.712614.71
PRICE30.71264.07
BOYS30.7126181.82
BETTS30.712633.33
EDWARDS30.71262.56
GRIFFIN30.712615.14
CROOK20.475116.54
HIGGS20.475126.08
CLARIDGE20.475181.63
JENNINGS20.47519.37
COLLETT20.475137.04
LOADER20.475185.47
WEBB10.23751.75
BARNES10.23751.97
SAUNDERS10.23752.59
HATT10.2375111.11
BREWSTER10.237524.51
PARKER10.23751.25
GREEN10.23750.84
LOWE10.23753.17
ROSE10.23753.20
BULL10.23755.62
HARD10.2375131.58
GOOD10.237519.08

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PAULING0.424212285.7143
BOYLES0.424211951.2195
HAWES0.424211136.8015
MESSER0.42421650.4065
ORGAN0.42421476.1905
SHIRLEY0.42421348.8372
BOYS0.42421181.8182
RIDGE0.42421169.4915
HERRING0.42421138.8889
HARD0.42421131.5789
JACKMAN0.42421127.8772
HATT0.42421111.1111
EMERY0.4242197.9325
LOADER0.4242185.4701
RAY0.4242184.0336
BROOKS0.4242182.6245
CLARIDGE0.4242181.6327
COLEMAN0.4242171.4967
FOREMAN0.4242154.5455
COLLETT0.4242137.0370
BETTS0.4242133.3333
HIGGS0.4242126.0756
BREWSTER0.4242124.5098
GOOD0.4242119.0840
KIRBY0.4242118.7852
CROOK0.4242116.5426
GRIFFIN0.4242115.1439
BLAKE0.4242114.7131
JENNINGS0.424219.3721
WALKER0.424215.6766
BULL0.424215.6180
PRICE0.424214.0717
ROSE0.424213.2031
LOWE0.424213.1686
SAUNDERS0.424212.5900
EDWARDS0.424212.5569
BARNES0.424211.9732
WEBB0.424211.7522
PARKER0.424211.2489
GREEN0.424210.8435

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 421 people called PAULING in Oakley 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 2285.7143 in Oakley means that 2285.7143% of the people in Oakley on census day were called PAULING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PAULING 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 PAULING 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 PAULING 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 PAULING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.42 in Oakley means that you are 0.42 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PAULING in Oakley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Oakley in 1881

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

BARNES (1)  BETTS (3)  BLAKE (3)  BOYS (3)  BOYLES (16)  BREWSTER (1)  BROOKS (34)  BULL (1)  CIRTLAND (5)  CLARIDGE (2)  COLEMAN (15)  COLLETT (2)  CROOK (2)  DANBURY (1)  DARVILL (6)  EBORN (19)  EDWARDS (3)  EMERY (9)  FENEMORE (17)  FOREMAN (3)  GLADDY (16)  GOOD (1)  GOODGAME (2)  GOVIER (8)  GREEN (1)  GRIFFIN (3)  HARD (1)  HATT (1)  HATWELL (1)  HAWES (59)  HERRING (6)  HIGGS (2)  HUBBOCKS (3)  JACKMAN (5)  JENNINGS (2)  KIRBY (3)  LETLEY (3)  LOWE (1)  LOADER (2)  MEASEY (11)  MESSER (8)  MORTEMORE (23)  NAPPON (8)  NIXEY (26)  ORGAN (8)  PIESLEY (4)  PANTING (1)  PARKER (1)  PAULING (8)  PRICE (3)  PYM (10)  RAY (7)  RIDGE (5)  ROSE (1)  SAUNDERS (1)  SHIPPERLAY (1)  SHIPPERLEY (7)  SHIRLEY (12)  STRETTON (1)  WALKER (8)  WEBB (1) 

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