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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 Witts, with 15 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1801Witts152.74x
1802Woodman150.75x
1803Abby1419.53x
1804Allright1422.79x
1805Allsop140.76x
1806Ambrose140.88x
1807Beavis141.90x
1808Biddle141.08x
1809Bing146.28x
1810Boss146.12x
1811Bough144.76x
1812Brandon141.53x
1813Brazier140.83x
1814Brind145.21x
1815Brindley141.02x
1816Caple146.72x
1817Child140.46x
1818Clewley148.27x
1819Close140.89x
1820Colborn1411.17x
1821Coventry141.96x
1822Creek144.21x
1823Crocker140.58x
1824Dancer143.61x
1825Doe141.62x
1826Dowman146.62x
1827Druett1433.21x
1828Elmore145.47x
1829Fleet141.16x
1830Goldsworthy141.88x
1831Goom1420.39x
1832Gorton141.25x
1833Goves14105.74x
1834Grist141.60x
1835Hanson140.24x
1836Haskins142.77x
1837Henson140.66x
1838Hickson141.12x
1839Hodge140.31x
1840Hookham146.96x
1841Horsman142.22x
1842Ingle141.90x
1843Inness1410.15x
1844Innis148.67x
1845Jeffreys141.30x
1846Juffs1418.30x
1847Kimble146.15x
1848Laurie140.90x
1849Layton140.97x
1850Lively1414.71x
1851Lloyde1415.19x
1852Loney145.46x
1853Melville140.74x
1854Norwood141.92x
1855Nutting144.25x
1856Osborn140.37x
1857Pacey141.99x
1858Panter142.29x
1859Parfett1411.50x
1860Pauling149.30x
1861Paxman1410.91x
1862Pettit140.98x
1863Piddington147.77x
1864Pipkin1411.50x
1865Pither144.84x
1866Pontin146.57x
1867Pottinger142.96x
1868Pruce1425.83x
1869Pryor141.16x
1870Pursey143.93x
1871Redford141.44x
1872Robarts147.85x
1873Sansome145.16x
1874Sellar143.27x
1875Siggers1410.56x
1876Sparks140.51x
1877Steff1440.78x
1878Stuchfield1468.36x
1879Swain140.40x
1880Turtle143.99x
1881Weeden143.76x
1882Wigley141.22x
1883Winnett1410.33x
1884Aldworth139.42x
1885Askew130.64x
1886Aston130.44x
1887Averill137.93x
1888Bayles133.65x
1889Bellinger134.77x
1890Blaby1330.83x
1891Blakeman132.45x
1892Bowyer130.66x
1893Brownlow132.39x
1894Bryden131.71x
1895Bryon137.27x
1896Buzzard1310.58x
1897Chillingworth138.56x
1898Curryer1335.97x
1899Dolley1313.32x
1900Elmes133.15x