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 Rowell, with 28 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
1201	Rowell	28	0.020%	1.78x
1202	Tripp	28	0.020%	3.18x
1203	Truby	28	0.020%	28.34x
1204	Venables	28	0.020%	2.21x
1205	Wain	28	0.020%	1.85x
1206	Wilcox	28	0.020%	0.82x
1207	Wilkes	28	0.020%	0.90x
1208	Willson	28	0.020%	1.38x
1209	Wixon	28	0.020%	53.42x
1210	Wooldridge	28	0.020%	2.84x
1211	Acock	27	0.020%	18.83x
1212	Alcock	27	0.020%	1.04x
1213	Booker	27	0.020%	1.25x
1214	Boulton	27	0.020%	0.83x
1215	Bright	27	0.020%	0.74x
1216	Burgis	27	0.020%	35.87x
1217	Egerton	27	0.020%	3.05x
1218	Henwood	27	0.020%	3.57x
1219	Hillsdon	27	0.020%	34.22x
1220	Kinchin	27	0.020%	20.85x
1221	Lyford	27	0.020%	17.11x
1222	Masters	27	0.020%	0.81x
1223	Merritt	27	0.020%	2.13x
1224	Nix	27	0.020%	5.80x
1225	Nixon	27	0.020%	0.49x
1226	Prentice	27	0.020%	1.27x
1227	Radbone	27	0.020%	57.47x
1228	Ratley	27	0.020%	19.57x
1229	Raymond	27	0.020%	2.59x
1230	Rhodes	27	0.020%	0.32x
1231	Sargeant	27	0.020%	1.90x
1232	Shurrock	27	0.020%	54.66x
1233	Sparrowhawk	27	0.020%	38.31x
1234	Stayte	27	0.020%	72.31x
1235	Stockley	27	0.020%	3.47x
1236	Timberlake	27	0.020%	13.46x
1237	Tuck	27	0.020%	1.17x
1238	Turrell	27	0.020%	4.95x
1239	Wheatley	27	0.020%	0.73x
1240	Winchester	27	0.020%	3.93x
1241	Arthur	26	0.010%	0.66x
1242	Auger	26	0.010%	7.96x
1243	Bampton	26	0.010%	9.79x
1244	Birt	26	0.010%	3.40x
1245	Cresswell	26	0.010%	1.37x
1246	Dorsett	26	0.010%	10.68x
1247	Fortescue	26	0.010%	11.27x
1248	Galpin	26	0.010%	6.26x
1249	Grafton	26	0.010%	5.22x
1250	Hammond	26	0.010%	0.25x
1251	Hern	26	0.010%	7.88x
1252	Jelfs	26	0.010%	13.62x
1253	Kearsey	26	0.010%	26.81x
1254	Kerby	26	0.010%	7.89x
1255	Kyte	26	0.010%	8.48x
1256	Lapper	26	0.010%	26.16x
1257	Large	26	0.010%	1.40x
1258	Laurence	26	0.010%	1.01x
1259	Lawson	26	0.010%	0.24x
1260	Lindars	26	0.010%	88.11x
1261	Manley	26	0.010%	1.29x
1262	Midwinter	26	0.010%	9.68x
1263	Narroway	26	0.010%	39.96x
1264	Osman	26	0.010%	3.96x
1265	Peverell	26	0.010%	36.58x
1266	Prescott	26	0.010%	1.02x
1267	Radford	26	0.010%	0.76x
1268	Sandell	26	0.010%	7.85x
1269	Silver	26	0.010%	2.52x
1270	Stickley	26	0.010%	9.59x
1271	Stow	26	0.010%	3.26x
1272	Tarrant	26	0.010%	2.04x
1273	Tollett	26	0.010%	32.21x
1274	Toovey	26	0.010%	12.88x
1275	Arthurs	25	0.010%	9.10x
1276	Bellenger	25	0.010%	45.11x
1277	Borsberry	25	0.010%	153.85x
1278	Brotherton	25	0.010%	2.72x
1279	Crowdy	25	0.010%	22.80x
1280	Dunsdon	25	0.010%	28.05x
1281	Eeley	25	0.010%	125.88x
1282	Figg	25	0.010%	5.81x
1283	Greening	25	0.010%	2.49x
1284	Grubb	25	0.010%	2.24x
1285	Head	25	0.010%	0.57x
1286	Hewitt	25	0.010%	0.28x
1287	Iles	25	0.010%	1.80x
1288	Lansbury	25	0.010%	22.80x
1289	Lodge	25	0.010%	0.76x
1290	Lomas	25	0.010%	0.75x
1291	Meades	25	0.010%	11.31x
1292	Meredith	25	0.010%	0.69x
1293	Noble	25	0.010%	0.33x
1294	Powers	25	0.010%	3.40x
1295	Pullin	25	0.010%	3.90x
1296	Purbrick	25	0.010%	27.86x
1297	Rice	25	0.010%	0.45x
1298	Rippington	25	0.010%	58.47x
1299	Rockall	25	0.010%	28.24x
1300	Rodgers	25	0.010%	0.51x