Top surnames from the 1881 census in Holton, Oxfordshire

Holton 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
SLAYMAKER166.751111,428.57
KNIGHT166.751154.78
RING125.06331,250.00
MERRY104.2194564.97
MALONEY104.2194510.20
MARLOW83.3755287.77
SHEPHERD83.375546.06
PARKER72.953615.53
COOPER72.953612.14
HORWOOD72.9536625.00
MESSENGER72.9536382.51
GOODING62.5316298.51
WITHINGTON52.1097793.65
WASHINGTON52.1097420.17
COX52.109713.92
BYFORD41.6878373.83
JUSTICE41.6878666.67
HALL41.68785.74
BISCOE31.26581,875.00
GARDENER31.265870.59
YATES31.265818.42
TAYLOR20.84391.32
HAMDEN20.843910,000.00
BROWN20.84391.28
MORRIS20.84393.79
MASON20.84396.28
WHARTON20.843960.24
BACHELOR20.8439588.24
SMITH20.84390.60
BULL20.843919.96
SEARY10.4219769.23
WATTS10.42195.03
EDWARDS10.42191.51
PREST10.4219136.99
ANDREWS10.42194.40
KIMBER10.421944.25
COBB10.421929.67
PENNY10.421923.70
STACEY10.421918.80
MOTTS10.42191,000.00
GREENAWAY10.421967.11
WHITE10.42191.31
BAILEY10.42192.80
PORTER10.42195.62
TALBOT10.421916.95
CHALK10.421964.10
SPRIGGS10.421984.75
BURNHAM10.421968.49
WING10.421967.11
BRAYLEY10.4219400.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
SLAYMAKER0.2423711428.5714
HAMDEN0.2423710000.0000
BISCOE0.242371875.0000
RING0.242371250.0000
MOTTS0.242371000.0000
WITHINGTON0.24237793.6508
SEARY0.24237769.2308
JUSTICE0.24237666.6667
HORWOOD0.24237625.0000
BACHELOR0.24237588.2353
MERRY0.24237564.9718
MALONEY0.24237510.2041
WASHINGTON0.24237420.1681
BRAYLEY0.24237400.0000
MESSENGER0.24237382.5137
BYFORD0.24237373.8318
GOODING0.24237298.5075
MARLOW0.24237287.7698
PREST0.24237136.9863
FERRY0.24237133.3333
SPRIGGS0.2423784.7458
GARDENER0.2423770.5882
BURNHAM0.2423768.4932
WING0.2423767.1141
GREENAWAY0.2423767.1141
CHALK0.2423764.1026
WHARTON0.2423760.2410
KNIGHT0.2423754.7758
SHEPHERD0.2423746.0564
KIMBER0.2423744.2478
COBB0.2423729.6736
PENNY0.2423723.6967
CANNON0.2423723.3100
BULL0.2423719.9601
STACEY0.2423718.7970
YATES0.2423718.4162
TALBOT0.2423716.9492
PARKER0.2423715.5280
WILLS0.2423714.1044
COX0.2423713.9198
COOPER0.2423712.1422
HALE0.2423711.7647
POLLARD0.2423711.5741
STANLEY0.2423710.9769
GEORGE0.242377.1891
WARREN0.242376.3091
MASON0.242376.2755
HALL0.242375.7372
PORTER0.242375.6243
WATTS0.242375.0327

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 237 people called SLAYMAKER in Holton 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 11428.5714 in Holton means that 11428.5714% of the people in Holton on census day were called SLAYMAKER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called SLAYMAKER 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 SLAYMAKER 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 SLAYMAKER 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 SLAYMAKER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.24 in Holton means that you are 0.24 times as likely to find someone with the surname of SLAYMAKER in Holton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Holton in 1881

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

ANDREWS (1)  BEAK (1)  BAILEY (1)  BACHELOR (2)  BISCOE (3)  BRAYLEY (1)  BROWN (2)  BULL (2)  BURNHAM (1)  BYFORD (4)  CANNON (1)  CURRILL (5)  CHALK (1)  COBB (1)  COOPER (7)  COX (5)  EDWARDS (1)  FERRY (1)  FONGE (3)  FUNGE (3)  GARDENER (3)  GEORGE (1)  GOODING (6)  GREENAWAY (1)  HALE (1)  HALL (4)  HAMDEN (2)  HORWOOD (7)  JEACOCK (7)  JUSTICE (4)  KIMBER (1)  KNIGHT (16)  MALONEY (10)  MARLOW (8)  MASON (2)  MAUNDERS (4)  MERRY (10)  MESSENGER (7)  MIDWINTER (6)  MORRIS (2)  MOTTS (1)  PALMER (1)  PARKER (7)  PENNY (1)  POLLARD (1)  PORTER (1)  PREST (1)  PRICE (1)  RING (12)  SEARY (1)  SHEPHERD (8)  SLAYMAKER (16)  SMITH (2)  SOTHAM (7)  SPRIGGS (1)  STACEY (1)  STANLEY (1)  TALBOT (1)  TAYLOR (2)  THICK (1)  TYNDALE (2)  WARREN (1)  WASHINGTON (5)  WATTS (1)  WHARTON (2)  WHITE (1)  WILLS (1)  WING (1)  WITHINGTON (5)  YATES (3) 

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