Top surnames from the 1881 census in Rousham, Oxfordshire

Rousham 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
GRIFFIN95.7692122.62
WINGROVE85.12821,739.13
BENNETT74.487227.30
WALTON74.487263.75
DORMER74.48721,627.91
GASCOIGNE74.4872972.22
BRAIN74.4872419.16
WOODS63.846260.98
OWEN63.846232.40
MALTBY63.8462674.16
SELF63.8462540.54
FOSTER42.564119.18
EUSTACE42.5641909.09
PARKINS42.5641476.19
WELLS42.564130.82
THOMAS42.56416.21
CRAWFORD31.923139.32
BOWELL31.9231937.50
PRESTON21.282125.67
WILKINS10.641014.51
BOLT10.641088.50
NORRIS10.641014.93
WATTS10.64107.65
LUING10.64105,000.00
TAYLOR10.64101.00
JACOBS10.641026.74
RUSSELL10.64105.25
HARDING10.64108.86
GIBBONS10.641019.96
BODLEY10.6410588.24
MONTEITH10.6410243.90
FAULKNER10.641023.64
LOCK10.641022.52
SURRIDGE10.6410212.77
HUTCHINSON10.641011.29
CLACK10.6410161.29
ROBERTS10.64101.70
BOWDEN10.641022.22
WEBB10.64104.73
BERNHARD10.64103,333.33
FACER10.6410322.58
KNIGHT10.64105.20
DAY10.64106.81
HEMMINGS10.641075.19
GRAHAM10.64105.58

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
LUING0.161565000.0000
BERNHARD0.161563333.3333
WINGROVE0.161561739.1304
DORMER0.161561627.9070
GASCOIGNE0.16156972.2222
BOWELL0.16156937.5000
EUSTACE0.16156909.0909
MALTBY0.16156674.1573
BODLEY0.16156588.2353
SELF0.16156540.5405
PARKINS0.16156476.1905
BRAIN0.16156419.1617
FACER0.16156322.5806
MONTEITH0.16156243.9024
SURRIDGE0.16156212.7660
CLACK0.16156161.2903
GRIFFIN0.16156122.6158
BOLT0.1615688.4956
HEMMINGS0.1615675.1880
WALTON0.1615663.7523
WOODS0.1615660.9756
CRAWFORD0.1615639.3185
OWEN0.1615632.3974
WELLS0.1615630.8166
BENNETT0.1615627.3011
JACOBS0.1615626.7380
PRESTON0.1615625.6739
FAULKNER0.1615623.6407
LOCK0.1615622.5225
BOWDEN0.1615622.2222
GIBBONS0.1615619.9601
FOSTER0.1615619.1755
NORRIS0.1615614.9254
WILKINS0.1615614.5138
HUTCHINSON0.1615611.2867
HARDING0.161568.8574
WATTS0.161567.6453
DAY0.161566.8074
THOMAS0.161566.2141
GRAHAM0.161565.5835
RUSSELL0.161565.2521
KNIGHT0.161565.2002
WEBB0.161564.7281
ROBERTS0.161561.7039
TAYLOR0.161561.0024

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 156 people called LUING in Rousham 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 5000.0000 in Rousham means that 5000.0000% of the people in Rousham on census day were called LUING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called LUING 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 LUING 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 LUING 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 LUING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Rousham means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of LUING in Rousham than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Rousham in 1881

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

ARLEBAR (1)  BERNHARD (1)  BENNETT (7)  BODLEY (1)  BOLT (1)  BOWDEN (1)  BOWELL (3)  BRAIN (7)  CLACK (1)  CRANWELL (1)  CRAWFORD (3)  DAY (1)  DORMER (7)  DOUTHWAITE (8)  EUSTACE (4)  FACER (1)  FAITHFUL (1)  FAULKNER (1)  FOSTER (4)  GASCOIGNE (7)  GIBBONS (1)  GRAHAM (1)  GRIFFIN (9)  HARDING (1)  HATWELL (1)  HEYDON (4)  HEMMINGS (1)  HUTCHINSON (1)  IBELL (4)  JACOBS (1)  KNIGHT (1)  LUING (1)  LOCK (1)  MALTBY (6)  MONTEITH (1)  NORRIS (1)  OWEN (6)  PARKINS (4)  PRESTON (2)  ROBERTS (1)  RUSSELL (1)  SHOULER (2)  SELF (6)  SOTEN (4)  SURRIDGE (1)  TAYLOR (1)  THOMAS (4)  WALTON (7)  WATTS (1)  WEBB (1)  WELLS (4)  WILKINS (1)  WINGROVE (8)  WOODS (6) 

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