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1881 census place

Witney surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Witney, Oxfordshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

167 surnames are listed for Witney, Oxfordshire, covering 1,100 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Goldby, with 3 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Witney

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#SurnameTotalIndex
101Goldby3122.45x
102Lainchbury3232.56x
103Lanchbury3223.88x
104Luckett339.79x
105Midwinter366.82x
106Purdue397.40x
107Shayler399.01x
108Smitheman3428.57x
109Smythe351.37x
110Widdows356.50x
111Ashfield235.03x
112Batts239.92x
113Bedden2180.18x
114Birdseye2165.29x
115Buckner2108.70x
116Eeles260.61x
117Florey2120.48x
118Fyfield2232.56x
119Gerring282.64x
120Hurman2138.89x
121Mackrill274.07x
122Nobes238.84x
123Pincombe2136.05x
124Pritchell2714.29x
125Taphouse2133.33x
126Acock141.67x
127Ayriss1212.77x
128Berney184.75x
129Boffin158.14x
130Brinkler1107.53x
131Couling129.07x
132Duglas181.30x
133Eltham178.74x
134Embling144.84x
135Faulkes137.45x
136Fawdry166.67x
137Gartell1175.44x
138Grayham186.96x
139Hambridge130.58x
140Harbor173.53x
141Harrell142.55x
142Hathway122.78x
143Hawtin123.31x
144Headly190.09x
145Howel136.50x
146Ivings1138.89x
147Juckes191.74x
148Lidbetter158.14x
149Mattingley147.62x
150Michel138.61x
151Mobey183.33x
152Murden119.46x
153Paish166.23x
154Portman118.18x
155Probets1163.93x
156Rossi1107.53x
157Scarsbrook154.64x
158Shardlow124.15x
159Souch154.64x
160Spendlow181.97x
161Swinfield175.76x
162Swinford172.99x
163Thursfield123.36x
164Topley123.09x
165Upstone154.95x
166Wickins134.48x
167Woodlock1114.94x