Top surnames from the 1881 census in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire

Spelsbury 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
STURDY203.66971,156.07
FOWLER193.486261.05
HALL162.93589.98
CLARK142.56888.55
MITCHELL132.385311.76
WILLIAMS122.20183.07
PEACOCK112.018356.61
HARRIS112.01837.94
HOWSE101.8349473.93
CROSS101.834926.66
CLARIDGE101.8349315.46
DAVIS91.65147.52
WEST91.651417.15
BAKER91.65147.54
COX91.651410.90
LEECH81.467990.09
BARKER71.28449.81
RICE71.284441.37
BENFIELD71.2844443.04
GARDINER71.284444.70
THOMPSON71.28444.29
HAWKINS61.100915.21
SMITH61.10090.78
HARLING61.1009256.41
PRATLEY61.1009392.16
KNIGHT61.10098.93
STONE61.100915.23
HARRISON61.10094.96
NIELD61.1009160.43
SAVAGE50.917423.88
MARTIN50.91743.72
BRAIN50.917485.47
HOLYFIELD40.73392,666.67
PRATT40.733912.78
BECK40.733931.40
GIBBINS40.733995.69
ARNOLD40.733913.61
CORBETT40.733937.45
FAULKNER40.733927.08
EAST40.733947.23
SHEPPERD40.7339169.49
BUTCHER40.733917.41
HIRONS40.7339228.57
QUARTERMAN40.7339421.05
COOK40.73393.69
BELL40.73393.91
STATE40.73391,600.00
DRINKWATER40.733974.35
RIGBY30.550518.98
CONNEY30.55054,285.71

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
CONNEY0.555454285.7143
HOLYFIELD0.555452666.6667
STATE0.555451600.0000
STURDY0.555451156.0694
HOWSE0.55545473.9336
BENFIELD0.55545443.0380
QUARTERMAN0.55545421.0526
PRATLEY0.55545392.1569
CLARIDGE0.55545315.4574
MOULDEN0.55545294.1176
HARLING0.55545256.4103
HIRONS0.55545228.5714
BOWELL0.55545176.9912
SHEPPERD0.55545169.4915
COVEY0.55545166.6667
NIELD0.55545160.4278
HOLIDAY0.55545130.7190
HIGHLEY0.55545113.6364
TOOLEY0.55545105.8201
GIBBINS0.5554595.6938
LEECH0.5554590.0901
MACGREGOR0.5554587.7193
EMPSON0.5554585.4701
BRAIN0.5554585.4701
ROOK0.5554580.6452
DRINKWATER0.5554574.3494
CLEAVER0.5554564.9351
FOWLER0.5554561.0540
JOB0.5554560.6061
PEACOCK0.5554556.6135
LAY0.5554549.3827
EAST0.5554547.2255
WALPOLE0.5554546.7290
GARDINER0.5554544.6999
RICE0.5554541.3712
BRIAN0.5554539.3701
CORBETT0.5554537.4532
DORE0.5554534.9650
KITCHEN0.5554532.3276
HEDGES0.5554532.1027
BECK0.5554531.3972
FLEET0.5554527.3224
FAULKNER0.5554527.0819
CROSS0.5554526.6596
SAVAGE0.5554523.8777
WILLOUGHBY0.5554521.0970
RIGBY0.5554518.9753
DILLON0.5554518.5529
BAYLIS0.5554517.4825
BUTCHER0.5554517.4140

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 545 people called CONNEY in Spelsbury 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 4285.7143 in Spelsbury means that 4285.7143% of the people in Spelsbury on census day were called CONNEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called CONNEY 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 CONNEY 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 CONNEY 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 CONNEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.55 in Spelsbury means that you are 0.55 times as likely to find someone with the surname of CONNEY in Spelsbury than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Spelsbury in 1881

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

ALLCOCK (1)  ALP OR ALFS (2)  ANDREWS (1)  ARNOLD (4)  AUSTIN (2)  BAKER (9)  BARKER (7)  BAYLIS (1)  BAYLISS (1)  BECK (4)  BEGGETT (5)  BELL (4)  BENFIELD (7)  BOODEN (7)  BURDEN (1)  BOWELL (2)  BRAIN (5)  BRIAN (1)  BRYAY (1)  BUTCHER (4)  BUTTON (1)  CHANDLLER (1)  CLARIDGE (10)  CLARK (14)  CLARKSON (1)  CLEAVER (3)  COLLINS (2)  CONNEY (3)  COOK (4)  CORBETT (4)  COVEY (1)  COX (9)  CROSS (10)  DAVIS (9)  DILLON (1)  DORE (1)  DRINKWATER (4)  DUCESTER (4)  EAST (4)  EMPSON (1)  EVANS (2)  FAULKNER (4)  FIELD (2)  FLEET (1)  FOWLER (19)  FOX (1)  GARDINER (7)  GIBBINS (4)  GOODWIN (2)  JORDAN (1)  HALL (16)  HOLIDAY (2)  HANNIS (14)  HARLING (6)  HARRIS (11)  HARRISON (6)  HAWKINS (6)  HAYWARD (1)  HEDGES (2)  HIGHLEY (1)  HIRONS (4)  HITCHCOX (17)  HOLYFIELD (4)  HOPE (1)  HOWSE (10)  IVINGS (4)  JOB (1)  KING (1)  KITCHEN (3)  KNIGHT (6)  LAINCHBURY (29)  LEECH (8)  LAY (2)  LOWE (1)  LUCKWELL (4)  MALINS (1)  MANDRILL (1)  MARGETTS (3)  MARGRETTS (MARGETTS) (8)  MARTIN (5)  MACGREGOR (2)  MIDGLEY (1)  MILLER (1)  MITCHELL (13)  MOULDEN (2)  MURPHY (1)  NIELD (6)  OLDACRE (1)  OWEN (1)  PAINTING (1)  PEACOCK (11)  PINFOLD (3)  PRATLEY (6)  PRATT (4)  QUARTERMAN (4)  RICE (7)  RIGBY (3)  ROOK (3)  SAMBALLS (1)  SAVAGE (5)  SHEPHERD (3)  SHEPPERD (4)  SMITH (6)  STATE (4)  STAYTE (1)  STONE (6)  STURDY (20)  THOMPSON (7)  THORNET (1)  TITCHENOR (2)  TOOLEY (2)  TRINDER (5)  WALPOLE (1)  WALSH (1)  WARREN (2)  WEST (9)  WILLCOCKS (4)  WILLIAMS (12)  WILLOUGHBY (1)  WEARDON (1) 

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