Top surnames from the 1881 census in Stanton St John, Oxfordshire

Stanton St John 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
COLWELL285.10021,573.03
WEBB254.553733.59
NEWELL244.3716276.82
GOODING193.4608408.60
WHARTON173.0965221.07
WALKER162.91448.71
MORTIMER162.9144139.37
YOUNG142.550111.87
WING142.5501405.80
WATTS122.185826.07
ALLEN122.185811.57
SMITH122.18581.55
BROWN112.00363.04
GARDNER101.821526.83
TURNER101.82156.54
MATHEWS91.639344.38
GIBBS81.457229.66
ALLAM81.45721,159.42
COOMBES81.4572136.29
HICKS81.457234.81
MAULE71.2750534.35
BENNETT71.27507.76
THOMSON71.27509.54
HIGGINS71.275025.22
COOKE71.275023.10
STEVENS71.275012.21
MASSEY61.092942.74
HARRIS50.91073.58
BISHOP50.910713.03
BAKER50.91074.16
SKINNER50.910717.94
ALLUM40.7286192.31
HINTON40.728654.27
LANE40.728610.57
PUSEY40.7286330.58
DUMBLETON40.7286377.36
KNOWLES40.728613.64
BLAKE40.728615.04
FROST40.728612.96
WHITING40.728637.84
BUSBY30.546451.90
PRICKETT30.5464200.00
CHAPMAN20.36432.57
RANDALL20.364311.63
SPINDLER20.3643363.64
HEATH20.36437.34
SHEPPERD20.364384.03
COLLETT20.364328.41
HAZELL20.364346.84
JONES20.36430.32

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COLWELL0.555491573.0337
ALLAM0.555491159.4203
TACKER0.55549909.0909
GIST0.55549909.0909
ALLMOND0.55549714.2857
MAULE0.55549534.3511
GOODING0.55549408.6022
WING0.55549405.7971
DUMBLETON0.55549377.3585
SPINDLER0.55549363.6364
PUSEY0.55549330.5785
SLAYMAKER0.55549312.5000
BAIL0.55549303.0303
NEWELL0.55549276.8166
DANDRIDGE0.55549238.0952
WHARTON0.55549221.0663
PRICKETT0.55549200.0000
HOGGINS0.55549192.3077
ALLUM0.55549192.3077
MORTIMER0.55549139.3728
COOMBES0.55549136.2862
ING0.55549111.1111
SHEPPERD0.5554984.0336
STURGES0.5554976.3359
WRIGHTON0.5554976.3359
PRATLEY0.5554964.9351
HINTON0.5554954.2741
BUSBY0.5554951.9031
EDNEY0.5554949.7512
HAZELL0.5554946.8384
SLATTER0.5554945.8716
PAXTON0.5554945.6621
MATHEWS0.5554944.3787
MASSEY0.5554942.7350
WHITING0.5554937.8430
HICKS0.5554934.8129
DUCK0.5554933.8983
HOCKLEY0.5554933.7838
BEASLEY0.5554933.6134
WEBB0.5554933.5931
GIBBS0.5554929.6626
COLLETT0.5554928.4091
GARDNER0.5554926.8312
WATTS0.5554926.0700
HIGGINS0.5554925.2161
MERRY0.5554924.3902
COOKE0.5554923.1023
SKINNER0.5554917.9404
PACKER0.5554917.3010
TANNER0.5554916.2338

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 549 people called COLWELL in Stanton St John 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 1573.0337 in Stanton St John means that 1573.0337% of the people in Stanton St John on census day were called COLWELL.

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

All the surnames recorded in Stanton St John in 1881

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

ALLEN (12)  ALLUM (4)  ALLAM (8)  ALLMOND (1)  ARNOLD (1)  AUSTIN-GOURLAY (4)  BADRICK (1)  BAKER (5)  BAIL (1)  BEASLEY (2)  BENNETT (7)  BISHOP (5)  BLAKE (4)  BRINKLER (2)  BROOKS (1)  BROWN (11)  BUSBY (3)  COLWELL (28)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHARLETT (1)  CLARKE (1)  COLLETT (2)  COOKE (7)  COOMBES (8)  COTTON (1)  COX (1)  DANDRIDGE (1)  DUCK (1)  DUMBLETON (4)  EDNEY (1)  FENEMORE (3)  FREEGAURD (1)  FROST (4)  GARDNER (10)  GIBBS (8)  GOODING (19)  GREEN (2)  GREENWOOD (1)  GIST (2)  GUNSTONE (4)  GUNSTON (6)  HARRIS (5)  HAZELL (2)  HAWKES (1)  HEATH (2)  HICKS (8)  HIGGINS (7)  HINTON (4)  HOCKLEY (1)  HOGGINS (1)  HOLDER (1)  HOOPER (2)  HUDSON (1)  ING (1)  JONES (2)  KEY (1)  KING (2)  KNOWLES (4)  LAMBOURN (7)  LANE (4)  LECTINGTON (1)  MASSEY (6)  MATHEWS (9)  MAULE (7)  MERRY (1)  MONCROFT (1)  MORBY (26)  MORRIS (1)  MORTIMER (16)  NAPPIN (4)  NEWELL (24)  PACKER (1)  PEESLEY (8)  PAXTON (2)  PHILLIPS (1)  PRATLEY (1)  PRICKETT (3)  PUSEY (4)  RANDALL (2)  RICHARDSON (1)  ROBBIT (1)  ROGERS (1)  SAWYER (1)  SCARSBROOK (4)  SHEPPERD (2)  SHELDON (1)  SKINNER (5)  SLATTER (1)  SLAYMAKER (1)  SMITH (12)  SPARROW (1)  SPINDLER (2)  STEVENS (7)  STURGES (1)  TACKER (1)  TANNER (2)  THOMSON (7)  TINARD (1)  TURNER (10)  WAKNELL (4)  WALKER (16)  WALTER (1)  WATERS (1)  WATTS (12)  WEBB (25)  WELCH (2)  WHARTON (17)  WHITE (1)  WHITING (4)  WINMILL (2)  WING (14)  WRIGHTON (1)  WYATT (1)  YAXLEY (8)  YOUNG (14) 

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