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 Hoare, with 114 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
301	Hoare	114	0.060%	3.24x
302	Stockford	114	0.060%	77.25x
303	Benfield	113	0.060%	21.64x
304	Trafford	113	0.060%	15.62x
305	Strange	112	0.060%	5.79x
306	Langford	111	0.060%	3.91x
307	Draper	110	0.060%	2.59x
308	Kent	110	0.060%	1.45x
309	Sheppard	110	0.060%	1.76x
310	Simons	110	0.060%	4.62x
311	Church	109	0.060%	2.77x
312	Cowley	109	0.060%	3.29x
313	Dean	109	0.060%	0.87x
314	Knibbs	109	0.060%	24.68x
315	Lamb	109	0.060%	1.15x
316	Manning	109	0.060%	1.90x
317	Scarsbrook	109	0.060%	99.43x
318	Simpson	109	0.060%	0.35x
319	Hirons	108	0.060%	18.64x
320	Slade	108	0.060%	3.00x
321	Lines	107	0.060%	5.59x
322	Widdows	107	0.060%	33.70x
323	Horne	106	0.060%	2.70x
324	Paintin	106	0.060%	118.11x
325	Pittaway	106	0.060%	30.50x
326	Ashby	105	0.060%	3.47x
327	Coombes	105	0.060%	5.44x
328	Waite	105	0.060%	2.80x
329	Ball	104	0.060%	0.70x
330	Cooke	104	0.060%	1.04x
331	Gardiner	104	0.060%	2.01x
332	Richards	104	0.060%	0.38x
333	Gould	103	0.060%	1.58x
334	Hounslow	103	0.060%	42.64x
335	Humphries	103	0.060%	2.53x
336	Stratford	103	0.060%	8.32x
337	Tustain	103	0.060%	110.33x
338	Coggins	102	0.060%	21.65x
339	Fitchett	102	0.060%	23.29x
340	Kimber	102	0.060%	5.94x
341	Painting	102	0.060%	67.46x
342	Scott	102	0.060%	0.22x
343	Dyer	101	0.060%	1.45x
344	Frost	101	0.060%	1.00x
345	Peachey	101	0.060%	13.95x
346	Perrin	101	0.060%	5.47x
347	Sawyer	101	0.060%	3.04x
348	Tubb	101	0.060%	13.49x
349	Jakeman	100	0.060%	20.02x
350	Walter	100	0.060%	3.62x
351	Osborne	99	0.050%	1.15x
352	Woods	99	0.050%	0.87x
353	Arnold	98	0.050%	1.01x
354	Kilby	98	0.050%	9.65x
355	Blackwell	97	0.050%	2.95x
356	Dodd	97	0.050%	1.32x
357	Dunn	97	0.050%	0.65x
358	Grimsley	97	0.050%	54.96x
359	Vernon	97	0.050%	3.27x
360	Walters	97	0.050%	1.13x
361	Basson	96	0.050%	42.61x
362	Fathers	96	0.050%	39.35x
363	Finch	96	0.050%	1.60x
364	Holliday	96	0.050%	4.06x
365	Hopcraft	96	0.050%	59.03x
366	Hutchings	96	0.050%	2.83x
367	Tolley	96	0.050%	10.18x
368	Collis	95	0.050%	5.09x
369	Douglas	95	0.050%	1.09x
370	Godwin	95	0.050%	4.07x
371	Millin	95	0.050%	45.71x
372	Painter	95	0.050%	3.84x
373	Poole	95	0.050%	1.09x
374	Wharton	95	0.050%	3.76x
375	Wilkinson	95	0.050%	0.35x
376	Beasley	94	0.050%	4.81x
377	Bridges	94	0.050%	3.28x
378	Maycock	94	0.050%	11.24x
379	Shaw	93	0.050%	0.28x
380	Sims	93	0.050%	1.72x
381	Bonner	92	0.050%	5.80x
382	Dumbleton	92	0.050%	26.33x
383	Gale	92	0.050%	1.70x
384	Hawes	92	0.050%	4.13x
385	Mobbs	92	0.050%	13.58x
386	Stroud	92	0.050%	4.93x
387	Tidmarsh	92	0.050%	25.62x
388	Viner	92	0.050%	15.70x
389	Carey	91	0.050%	2.68x
390	Eustace	91	0.050%	18.00x
391	Rawlings	91	0.050%	3.45x
392	Baughan	90	0.050%	54.53x
393	Burton	90	0.050%	0.59x
394	Goddard	90	0.050%	1.24x
395	Grace	90	0.050%	3.72x
396	Hawkes	90	0.050%	3.09x
397	Hester	90	0.050%	13.40x
398	Hitchcox	90	0.050%	73.96x
399	Morby	90	0.050%	40.38x
400	Munt	90	0.050%	20.84x