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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 Elston, with 13 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.

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1901Elston131.49x
1902Emmett130.86x
1903Fiddler133.34x
1904Frogley138.67x
1905Gerring138.99x
1906Gibbens135.30x
1907Goody132.50x
1908Grimshaw130.43x
1909Grove130.62x
1910Hackett130.61x
1911Halfacre139.59x
1912Hallam130.39x
1913Harrington130.38x
1914Hatten136.72x
1915Haydon131.15x
1916Hemings1315.75x
1917Hiatt137.68x
1918Hollowell136.56x
1919Hopes135.28x
1920Horseman134.06x
1921Hurcomb1329.57x
1922Jenkin130.91x
1923Jessop130.61x
1924Jordon131.60x
1925Litten1311.13x
1926Lunn130.56x
1927Mark131.43x
1928Mayhew130.87x
1929Mcdonnell139.14x
1930Mears130.76x
1931Millett131.82x
1932Musson131.46x
1933Neate132.60x
1934Nevill131.97x
1935Newberry131.76x
1936Oborne1310.18x
1937Owens130.15x
1938Parsley135.45x
1939Peake130.75x
1940Pease131.90x
1941Pettyfer1355.34x
1942Piercey137.96x
1943Piercy132.00x
1944Pigott131.88x
1945Probets1335.39x
1946Purnell131.37x
1947Randell131.15x
1948Ridley130.37x
1949Sexton130.84x
1950Sheen131.08x
1951Shelley130.93x
1952Shore130.67x
1953Simkins132.33x
1954Snell130.38x
1955Spiller131.27x
1956Stamp130.98x
1957Stonehill1342.33x
1958Stuart130.30x
1959Sturgess131.26x
1960Surrage1317.55x
1961Surridge132.41x
1962Sutherland130.14x
1963Sweetman132.02x
1964Trendall1319.27x
1965Tritton136.35x
1966Turvey131.53x
1967Wale131.50x
1968Warman131.54x
1969Westall133.20x
1970Whiteman131.12x
1971Whitman133.57x
1972Woodhouse130.30x
1973Woolford132.00x
1974Worrell133.29x
1975Acott126.19x
1976Alcorn128.51x
1977Alford120.78x
1978Amor122.78x
1979Anker127.60x
1980Arnett123.58x
1981Baily121.05x
1982Beecham122.48x
1983Bentley120.16x
1984Bridgewater122.86x
1985Briggs120.12x
1986Broome121.34x
1987Bunyan122.23x
1988Cawston128.89x
1989Colman120.71x
1990Croft120.28x
1991Cuss125.58x
1992Dear120.90x
1993Dewe1211.32x
1994Dickinson120.16x
1995Dillon120.67x
1996Dodson120.86x
1997Eagleton125.46x
1998Eels1218.97x
1999Elms121.75x
2000Emerson120.96x