1881 census county

Oxfordshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Oxfordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

6,729 surnames are listed for Oxfordshire, covering 165,875 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 2,988 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Oxfordshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	2,988	1.66%	1.17x
2	Harris	1,817	1.01%	3.96x
3	Green	1,380	0.760%	2.72x
4	Taylor	1,146	0.640%	0.99x
5	Cox	1,103	0.610%	4.03x
6	Jones	1,029	0.570%	0.50x
7	Webb	878	0.490%	3.59x
8	Brown	857	0.480%	0.72x
9	White	829	0.460%	1.43x
10	King	793	0.440%	2.02x
11	Turner	790	0.440%	1.57x
12	Butler	781	0.430%	4.44x
13	Cooper	765	0.420%	1.74x
14	Gardner	758	0.420%	6.19x
15	Hall	750	0.420%	1.41x
16	Wheeler	733	0.410%	6.73x
17	Williams	678	0.380%	0.52x
18	Walker	674	0.370%	1.12x
19	Allen	664	0.370%	1.95x
20	Carter	635	0.350%	2.10x
21	Busby	626	0.350%	32.94x
22	Hunt	622	0.340%	2.60x
23	Baker	599	0.330%	1.52x
24	Johnson	595	0.330%	0.98x
25	Ward	578	0.320%	1.47x
26	Cook	576	0.320%	1.61x
27	Davis	557	0.310%	1.41x
28	Clarke	551	0.310%	1.51x
29	Stevens	546	0.300%	2.90x
30	Bennett	520	0.290%	1.75x
31	Brooks	513	0.280%	2.91x
32	Adams	511	0.280%	1.92x
33	Pratley	491	0.270%	97.03x
34	Franklin	478	0.270%	7.98x
35	Watts	477	0.260%	3.15x
36	Hill	471	0.260%	1.03x
37	Timms	467	0.260%	25.65x
38	Robinson	462	0.260%	0.80x
39	Young	451	0.250%	1.16x
40	Morris	450	0.250%	1.12x
41	Haynes	443	0.250%	6.88x
42	Wells	440	0.240%	2.93x
43	Parker	432	0.240%	1.26x
44	Barrett	427	0.240%	3.52x
45	Rogers	415	0.230%	1.77x
46	Hicks	411	0.230%	5.44x
47	Castle	394	0.220%	10.99x
48	Saunders	392	0.220%	2.37x
49	Wyatt	386	0.210%	7.29x
50	Wilkins	385	0.210%	4.83x
51	Buckingham	381	0.210%	15.84x
52	West	381	0.210%	2.19x
53	Long	376	0.210%	3.21x
54	Miles	373	0.210%	3.50x
55	Day	370	0.210%	2.18x
56	Payne	370	0.210%	2.28x
57	Clark	369	0.200%	0.68x
58	French	369	0.200%	4.19x
59	Wright	369	0.200%	0.64x
60	Collett	363	0.200%	15.69x
61	Woodward	363	0.200%	4.08x
62	Hedges	360	0.200%	17.44x
63	Griffin	348	0.190%	4.10x
64	Bartlett	345	0.190%	4.37x
65	Keen	342	0.190%	9.46x
66	Wiggins	342	0.190%	17.58x
67	Fox	332	0.180%	1.98x
68	Bishop	328	0.180%	2.60x
69	Hughes	327	0.180%	0.65x
70	Evans	324	0.180%	0.41x
71	Powell	323	0.180%	1.44x
72	Matthews	320	0.180%	2.03x
73	Stone	320	0.180%	2.45x
74	Thomas	320	0.180%	0.43x
75	Collins	318	0.180%	1.23x
76	Hawkins	318	0.180%	2.43x
77	Phipps	317	0.180%	11.88x
78	Phillips	309	0.170%	0.96x
79	Belcher	305	0.170%	14.04x
80	Berry	304	0.170%	2.12x
81	Edwards	304	0.170%	0.60x
82	Freeman	295	0.160%	2.56x
83	Walton	295	0.160%	2.32x
84	Faulkner	290	0.160%	5.93x
85	Pratt	290	0.160%	2.80x
86	Shepherd	289	0.160%	2.19x
87	Barnes	288	0.160%	1.33x
88	Price	286	0.160%	0.91x
89	Trinder	286	0.160%	40.51x
90	Palmer	285	0.160%	1.34x
91	Pearce	283	0.160%	1.71x
92	Roberts	283	0.160%	0.42x
93	Willis	282	0.160%	2.94x
94	Gibbs	277	0.150%	3.13x
95	Lewis	275	0.150%	0.58x
96	Rose	272	0.150%	2.03x
97	Clack	271	0.150%	37.77x
98	Parsons	271	0.150%	1.98x
99	Coleman	270	0.150%	3.00x
100	Page	269	0.150%	1.87x