Top surnames from the 1881 census in Bruern, Oxfordshire

Bruern is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Oxfordshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
PALMER921.4286181.82
SMITH819.047613.49
COOK37.142935.97
QUARTERMAN37.14294,285.71
BALDWIN24.7619111.73
GILLETT24.7619454.55
LANE12.381034.60
GEE12.381093.46
DYER12.381061.35
BROWN12.38103.61
HOPES12.38101,666.67
GARDNER12.381035.09
DAVIS12.381010.83
WEBB12.381017.57
BOULTON12.3810131.58
FIELDS12.3810500.00

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
QUARTERMAN0.04424285.7143
HOPES0.04421666.6667
FIELDS0.0442500.0000
GILLETT0.0442454.5455
PALMER0.0442181.8182
BOULTON0.0442131.5789
BALDWIN0.0442111.7318
GEE0.044293.4579
DYER0.044261.3497
COOK0.044235.9712
GARDNER0.044235.0877
LANE0.044234.6021
WEBB0.044217.5747
SMITH0.044213.4907
DAVIS0.044210.8342
BROWN0.04423.6114

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 42 people called QUARTERMAN in Bruern at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 4285.7143 in Bruern means that 4285.7143% of the people in Bruern on census day were called QUARTERMAN.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called QUARTERMAN in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called QUARTERMAN as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called QUARTERMAN here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called QUARTERMAN here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Bruern means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of QUARTERMAN in Bruern than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Bruern in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

BALDWIN (2)  BOULTON (1)  BROWN (1)  COOK (3)  DAVIS (1)  DYER (1)  FIELDS (1)  GARDNER (1)  GEE (1)  GILLETT (2)  HOPES (1)  HUCKVALE (5)  LANE (1)  PALMER (9)  QUARTERMAN (3)  SMITH (8)  WEBB (1)