Top surnames from the 1881 census in Westwell, Oxfordshire

Westwell 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
DAY1913.9706148.44
HICKS107.3529175.75
PINNELL96.61764,500.00
PRATLEY85.88242,105.26
FRANCIS85.882498.77
BAGNALL75.1471598.29
HYDE75.1471167.46
WITTS64.41181,463.41
WHITE42.94129.15
MILES42.941249.88
JANES42.9412459.77
HALL42.941210.00
JAMES42.941214.98
BASTON32.20591,034.48
ADAMS32.205914.97
WINFIELD32.2059265.49
STEPHENS32.205939.74
BOUCHER32.2059416.67
TANNER32.205998.36
RANDALL21.470646.95
LONG21.470622.68
HOPKINS21.470624.42
SMITH21.47061.04
WINTERTON10.7353322.58
LEGG10.735344.44
JACKSON10.73532.63
SWINFORD10.73531,666.67
TIMMS10.735372.99
ARCHER10.735317.76
WIGGINS10.735368.03

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
PINNELL0.141364500.0000
PRATLEY0.141362105.2632
SWINFORD0.141361666.6667
WITTS0.141361463.4146
BASTON0.141361034.4828
BAGNALL0.14136598.2906
JANES0.14136459.7701
BOUCHER0.14136416.6667
WINTERTON0.14136322.5806
WINFIELD0.14136265.4867
HICKS0.14136175.7469
HYDE0.14136167.4641
DAY0.14136148.4375
FRANCIS0.1413698.7654
TANNER0.1413698.3607
TIMMS0.1413672.9927
WIGGINS0.1413668.0272
MILES0.1413649.8753
RANDALL0.1413646.9484
LEGG0.1413644.4444
STEPHENS0.1413639.7351
HOPKINS0.1413624.4200
LONG0.1413622.6757
ARCHER0.1413617.7620
JAMES0.1413614.9757
ADAMS0.1413614.9701
HALL0.141369.9975
WHITE0.141369.1491
JACKSON0.141362.6309
SMITH0.141361.0416

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 136 people called PINNELL in Westwell 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 4500.0000 in Westwell means that 4500.0000% of the people in Westwell on census day were called PINNELL.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called PINNELL 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 PINNELL 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 PINNELL 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 PINNELL here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.14 in Westwell means that you are 0.14 times as likely to find someone with the surname of PINNELL in Westwell than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Westwell in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  ARCHER (1)  BAGNALL (7)  BASSON (1)  BASTON (3)  BRISSY (1)  BOUCHER (3)  DAY (19)  FRANCIS (8)  HALL (4)  HICKS (10)  HOPKINS (2)  HYDE (7)  JACKSON (1)  JAMES (4)  JANES (4)  LEGG (1)  LONG (2)  MILES (4)  PINNELL (9)  PRATLEY (8)  RANDALL (2)  SMITH (2)  STEPHENS (3)  SWINFORD (1)  TANNER (3)  TIMMS (1)  TRINDER (7)  WITTS (6)  WHITE (4)  WIGGINS (1)  WINFIELD (3)  WINTERTON (1) 

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