Top surnames from the 1881 census in Oxenton, Gloucestershire

Oxenton is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Gloucestershire

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
ROBERTS1813.235335.18
STEELE96.6176247.25
MARTIN85.882423.88
WAGSTAFF64.4118355.03
ASTON64.4118267.86
PRESTON64.411888.37
EVANS64.411810.10
OAKEY64.41181,875.00
CLARKE64.411821.77
JACKSON64.411815.79
BECKLEY53.67651,428.57
SHIELD42.9412645.16
GARDNER42.941243.34
ATTWOOD42.9412296.30
STANTON42.9412147.60
PARSONS42.941238.72
BELCHER32.2059182.93
HOBBS32.205960.61
JAMES21.47067.49
GREEN21.47065.22
POTTER21.470622.68
WITTS21.4706487.80
LEWIS21.47065.59
JONES10.73530.65
PAGE10.73539.20
CRESSWELL10.735369.93
PUGH10.735319.23
GIBBINS10.735396.15
DREW10.735327.86
NEALE10.735330.96

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
OAKEY0.141361875.0000
BECKLEY0.141361428.5714
SHIELD0.14136645.1613
WITTS0.14136487.8049
WAGSTAFF0.14136355.0296
ATTWOOD0.14136296.2963
ASTON0.14136267.8571
STEELE0.14136247.2527
BELCHER0.14136182.9268
STANTON0.14136147.6015
GIBBINS0.1413696.1538
PRESTON0.1413688.3652
CRESSWELL0.1413669.9301
HOBBS0.1413660.6061
GARDNER0.1413643.3369
PARSONS0.1413638.7222
ROBERTS0.1413635.1837
NEALE0.1413630.9598
DREW0.1413627.8552
MARTIN0.1413623.8806
POTTER0.1413622.6757
CLARKE0.1413621.7707
PUGH0.1413619.2308
JACKSON0.1413615.7853
EVANS0.1413610.0959
PAGE0.141369.1996
JAMES0.141367.4878
LEWIS0.141365.5928
GREEN0.141365.2219
JONES0.141360.6492

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 136 people called OAKEY in Oxenton 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 1875.0000 in Oxenton means that 1875.0000% of the people in Oxenton on census day were called OAKEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called OAKEY 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 OAKEY 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 OAKEY 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 OAKEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Oxenton means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of OAKEY in Oxenton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Oxenton in 1881

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

ASTON (6)  ATTWOOD (4)  BELCHER (3)  BECKLEY (5)  BODNAM (1)  CLARKE (6)  CRESSWELL (1)  DREW (1)  EVANS (6)  GARDNER (4)  GIBBINS (1)  GREEN (2)  HOBBS (3)  JACKSON (6)  JAMES (2)  JONES (1)  LEWIS (2)  MARTIN (8)  NEALE (1)  OAKEY (6)  PAGE (1)  PARSONS (4)  POTTER (2)  PRESTON (6)  PUGH (1)  ROBERTS (18)  SHIELD (4)  STANTON (4)  STEELE (9)  UPSTONE (1)  WAGSTAFF (6)  WASHBOURNE (9)  WITTS (2) 

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