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 Hayward, with 155 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
201	Hayward	155	0.090%	2.02x
202	Prior	155	0.090%	3.71x
203	Kirby	154	0.090%	2.25x
204	Betts	153	0.080%	3.97x
205	Clifford	153	0.080%	4.13x
206	Coppock	153	0.080%	40.57x
207	Hitchman	153	0.080%	25.76x
208	Eden	151	0.080%	8.24x
209	May	151	0.080%	1.31x
210	Quarterman	151	0.080%	48.02x
211	Carpenter	150	0.080%	2.42x
212	Drinkwater	149	0.080%	8.37x
213	Golder	149	0.080%	30.39x
214	Calcutt	148	0.080%	65.52x
215	Moore	148	0.080%	0.41x
216	Shayler	147	0.080%	81.08x
217	Akers	146	0.080%	16.66x
218	Hobbs	146	0.080%	2.22x
219	Bryan	145	0.080%	3.24x
220	Cleaver	145	0.080%	9.48x
221	Neville	145	0.080%	6.76x
222	North	145	0.080%	2.42x
223	Lovegrove	143	0.080%	13.60x
224	Robins	143	0.080%	3.74x
225	Baylis	142	0.080%	7.50x
226	Dawson	142	0.080%	0.71x
227	Gunn	142	0.080%	3.21x
228	Harrison	142	0.080%	0.35x
229	Hemmings	142	0.080%	9.25x
230	Savage	142	0.080%	2.05x
231	Wakelin	142	0.080%	21.41x
232	Betteridge	141	0.080%	17.34x
233	Curtis	141	0.080%	1.38x
234	Eeles	141	0.080%	71.36x
235	Marshall	140	0.080%	0.46x
236	Nutt	140	0.080%	10.74x
237	Seymour	140	0.080%	3.80x
238	Hutt	139	0.080%	17.98x
239	Upton	138	0.080%	4.01x
240	Warner	138	0.080%	2.10x
241	Farmer	137	0.080%	2.43x
242	Lane	136	0.080%	1.09x
243	Thompson	136	0.080%	0.25x
244	Adkins	135	0.070%	11.49x
245	Atkins	135	0.070%	2.00x
246	Ford	135	0.070%	0.77x
247	Harding	135	0.070%	1.03x
248	Hone	135	0.070%	21.95x
249	Alder	134	0.070%	10.39x
250	Gomm	134	0.070%	28.23x
251	Greenaway	134	0.070%	11.84x
252	Bowell	133	0.070%	35.61x
253	Cherry	133	0.070%	7.20x
254	Porter	133	0.070%	0.98x
255	Wilks	133	0.070%	4.69x
256	Judge	132	0.070%	6.77x
257	Merry	132	0.070%	9.79x
258	Spencer	132	0.070%	0.80x
259	Hollis	131	0.070%	5.25x
260	Horwood	131	0.070%	15.31x
261	Howes	131	0.070%	4.15x
262	Newell	131	0.070%	4.60x
263	Randall	131	0.070%	2.32x
264	Dale	130	0.070%	1.71x
265	Gilkes	130	0.070%	50.78x
266	Neighbour	130	0.070%	27.01x
267	Preston	130	0.070%	1.44x
268	Clinch	129	0.070%	24.76x
269	Read	129	0.070%	1.11x
270	Rouse	129	0.070%	4.99x
271	Edgington	128	0.070%	25.98x
272	Honey	128	0.070%	11.56x
273	Paxton	128	0.070%	8.90x
274	Blencowe	127	0.070%	55.48x
275	Bryant	127	0.070%	1.65x
276	Collier	126	0.070%	2.09x
277	Hayes	126	0.070%	1.12x
278	Massey	126	0.070%	2.73x
279	Barnett	125	0.070%	1.54x
280	Lester	125	0.070%	4.40x
281	Witney	125	0.070%	39.15x
282	Parish	124	0.070%	4.46x
283	Heritage	123	0.070%	18.20x
284	Varney	123	0.070%	13.03x
285	Jordan	122	0.070%	1.53x
286	Horn	121	0.070%	2.95x
287	Elliott	120	0.070%	0.78x
288	Haines	120	0.070%	2.87x
289	Howard	120	0.070%	0.68x
290	Bowler	119	0.070%	5.40x
291	Hurst	119	0.070%	1.85x
292	Lawrence	119	0.070%	1.02x
293	Messenger	119	0.070%	8.55x
294	Wilsdon	118	0.070%	71.49x
295	Gough	116	0.060%	2.19x
296	Tims	116	0.060%	29.31x
297	Bunce	115	0.060%	8.56x
298	Leach	115	0.060%	1.54x
299	Watkins	115	0.060%	1.05x
300	Baston	114	0.060%	29.66x