Top surnames from the 1881 census in Broughton, Oxfordshire

Broughton 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
BAYLIS274.6472442.62
GREEN254.302915.28
GARDNER233.958758.32
GRANT213.614536.42
HARRIS172.926011.51
HUTCHINGS172.9260155.68
BUSBY152.5818245.10
TAYLOR152.58184.04
CARTER152.581815.38
DALE122.065448.88
PAGE111.893323.68
DUMBLETON101.7212884.96
LINES101.7212162.07
REYNOLDS101.721219.87
ASHBY101.7212102.56
ELLIOTT91.549118.26
AYRES91.5491111.66
WARD81.37696.30
TASKER71.2048113.27
SELLERS71.2048156.60
COOPER71.20484.95
NICHOLS71.204836.98
NICHOLLS61.032719.78
WILKINS61.032723.36
TRUSSELL61.03271,090.91
LOVELL50.860641.12
WARDEN50.8606120.48
KETCH50.86064,166.67
CARTWRIGHT50.860622.57
NEWITT50.8606526.32
WYATT50.860629.34
FRENCH40.688514.10
CLEAVER40.688581.14
GIBBS40.688514.02
BERRY40.68858.68
KIRBY40.688518.15
JONES40.68850.61
JENNINGS40.688513.58
MORRELL30.516454.95
RICHARDS30.51643.42
VARNEY30.516498.68
MILLER30.51642.89
FREMAN30.5164967.74
HUGHES30.51641.84
BUTLER30.51645.30
BENNETT30.51643.14
KING30.51642.37
GREGORY20.34424.91
WILLIAMS20.34420.48
ASH20.344220.83

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KETCH0.585814166.6667
TRUSSELL0.585811090.9091
FREMAN0.58581967.7419
DUMBLETON0.58581884.9558
NEWITT0.58581526.3158
BAYLIS0.58581442.6230
LEASON0.58581344.8276
BUSBY0.58581245.0980
LINES0.58581162.0746
SELLERS0.58581156.5996
HUTCHINGS0.58581155.6777
HANES0.58581149.2537
BARNACLE0.58581142.8571
HATTER0.58581140.8451
WARDEN0.58581120.4819
TASKER0.58581113.2686
AYRES0.58581111.6625
ASHBY0.58581102.5641
VARNEY0.5858198.6842
CLEAVER0.5858181.1359
GASCOIGNE0.5858174.9064
CLERK0.5858166.6667
EVENS0.5858165.7895
GARDNER0.5858158.3164
BUTTLER0.5858156.8182
MORRELL0.5858154.9451
DALE0.5858148.8798
BURGIN0.5858143.8596
RING0.5858142.3729
LOVELL0.5858141.1184
NICHOLS0.5858136.9783
BEAL0.5858136.6300
GRANT0.5858136.4204
COMPTON0.5858135.7782
SAUL0.5858133.6700
WYATT0.5858129.3427
STRATFORD0.5858125.0627
PAGE0.5858123.6814
WILKINS0.5858123.3645
CARTWRIGHT0.5858122.5734
SHIRLEY0.5858121.0526
ASH0.5858120.8333
REYNOLDS0.5858119.8689
NICHOLLS0.5858119.7759
HOLDING0.5858119.4175
ELLIOTT0.5858118.2556
KIRBY0.5858118.1488
GASKELL0.5858116.7785
WAITE0.5858116.5837
CARTER0.5858115.3799

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 581 people called KETCH in Broughton 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 4166.6667 in Broughton means that 4166.6667% of the people in Broughton on census day were called KETCH.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KETCH 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 KETCH 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 KETCH 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 KETCH here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.58 in Broughton means that you are 0.58 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KETCH in Broughton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Broughton in 1881

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

ASH (2)  ASHBY (10)  BAKER (1)  BARNACLE (1)  BARTON (1)  BAYLIS (27)  BAYLISS (1)  BEAL (2)  BENNETT (3)  BERRY (4)  BULL (2)  BULLOCK (2)  BURGIN (1)  BUSBY (15)  BUTTLER (1)  BUTLER (3)  BUTTLIN (5)  CARTER (15)  CARTWRIGHT (5)  CLERK (1)  CLEAVER (4)  CLINKETT (2)  CLUTTERBUCK (18)  COLES (1)  COMPTON (2)  COOLING (19)  COOPER (7)  COWLEY (1)  COX (1)  DALE (12)  DUMBLETON (10)  ELLIOTT (9)  EMBERD (1)  ENGLAND (1)  EVENS (1)  AYRES (9)  FAULKNER (2)  FREMAN (3)  FRENCH (4)  GARDNER (23)  GARLAND (1)  GASKELL (1)  GASCOIGNE (2)  GIBBS (4)  GILKS (4)  GOULT OR GONTS (10)  GOODE (1)  GRANT (21)  GREEN (25)  GREGORY (2)  GRETTON (1)  HARRIS (17)  HART (1)  HARVEY (1)  HATTER (1)  HANES (1)  HERBERT (2)  HERRIEFF (7)  HILTON (1)  HITCHCOX (7)  HITCHOX (3)  HOLDING (1)  HOLLAND (1)  HOLLOWAY (1)  HOUSE (1)  HUGHES (3)  HUTCHINGS (17)  JENNINGS (4)  JONES (4)  KETCH (5)  KING (3)  KIRBY (4)  LAMB (1)  LEASON (2)  LINES (10)  LOVELL (5)  MARTIN (1)  MILLER (3)  MORBY (15)  MORRELL (3)  NEWITT (5)  NEWETT (3)  NICHOLLS (6)  NICHOLS (7)  PAGE (11)  PARKER (1)  PLESTER (3)  PRICE (1)  QUINEY (1)  REYNOLDS (10)  RICHARDS (3)  RING (1)  ROBINSON (1)  SAUL (1)  SELLERS (7)  SHIRLEY (1)  SIMS (1)  SKELCHER (13)  SPRAGITS (1)  STRATFORD (1)  TASKER (7)  TAYLOR (15)  TRUSSELL (6)  WARD (8)  WARDEN (5)  VARNEY (3)  WHEELER (2)  WHITMILL (13)  WILKINS (6)  WILLIAMS (2)  WYATT (5)  WAITE (2) 

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