Top surnames from the 1881 census in Chesterton, Oxfordshire

Chesterton 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
KERWOOD268.074517,333.33
ANDREWS268.074584.28
BUTLER247.453476.43
SMITH123.72672.64
HOLLAND123.726752.36
HAYWARD103.105672.83
FREEMAN103.105648.64
JAKEMAN92.79501,011.24
TANNER92.7950124.65
COX72.173914.34
EAST72.1739139.72
CRUTCH61.86343,157.89
METCALFE61.863481.63
BEASLEY61.8634171.92
HOWELL61.863444.22
YOUNG61.86348.67
EMBERLIN51.552816,666.67
RENN51.55287,142.86
HOLT41.242218.55
BLACKWELL30.931751.11
KING30.93174.27
WHARTON30.931766.52
TOWNSEND30.931721.93
BUCKLE30.931785.71
HOUSE20.621147.73
PRITCHETT20.6211259.74
TREDWELL20.6211800.00
FOSTER20.62114.65
GOMM20.6211235.29
FORTUNE20.6211119.05
NELSON20.621112.82
GREEN20.62112.21
JONES20.62110.55
SCOTT10.31061.23
YEATMAN10.3106208.33
FIELD10.31066.24
ALCOCK10.310621.51
HITCHMAN10.310694.34
HATHAWAY10.310659.88
TIMMS10.310630.77
COGGINS10.3106119.05
GOUGH10.310610.59
SOUTHALL10.310640.98
RYMAN10.3106256.41
NORTH10.31069.37
HILL10.31061.22
MAYCOCK10.310667.11
HALE10.31068.66
TAYLOR10.31060.49
CLARKE10.31061.53

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
KERWOOD0.3232217333.3333
EMBERLIN0.3232216666.6667
RENN0.323227142.8571
CRUTCH0.323223157.8947
JAKEMAN0.323221011.2360
TREDWELL0.32322800.0000
PRITCHETT0.32322259.7403
RYMAN0.32322256.4103
GOMM0.32322235.2941
YEATMAN0.32322208.3333
BEASLEY0.32322171.9198
EAST0.32322139.7206
TANNER0.32322124.6537
FORTUNE0.32322119.0476
COGGINS0.32322119.0476
HITCHMAN0.3232294.3396
BUCKLE0.3232285.7143
ANDREWS0.3232284.2788
METCALFE0.3232281.6327
BUTLER0.3232276.4331
HAYWARD0.3232272.8332
MAYCOCK0.3232267.1141
WHARTON0.3232266.5188
TURVEY0.3232266.2252
TOMBS0.3232261.7284
HATHAWAY0.3232259.8802
HOLLAND0.3232252.3560
BLACKWELL0.3232251.1073
FREEMAN0.3232248.6381
HOUSE0.3232247.7327
HOWELL0.3232244.2152
SOUTHALL0.3232240.9836
TIMMS0.3232230.7692
TOWNSEND0.3232221.9298
COWELL0.3232221.6920
ALCOCK0.3232221.5054
HOLT0.3232218.5529
COX0.3232214.3443
NELSON0.3232212.8205
GOUGH0.3232210.5932
NORTH0.323229.3721
YOUNG0.323228.6743
HALE0.323228.6580
FIELD0.323226.2422
FOSTER0.323224.6458
KING0.323224.2747
SMITH0.323222.6394
GREEN0.323222.2058
LEE0.323221.9004
CLARKE0.323221.5326

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 322 people called KERWOOD in Chesterton 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 17333.3333 in Chesterton means that 17333.3333% of the people in Chesterton on census day were called KERWOOD.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called KERWOOD 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 KERWOOD 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 KERWOOD 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 KERWOOD here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.32 in Chesterton means that you are 0.32 times as likely to find someone with the surname of KERWOOD in Chesterton than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Chesterton in 1881

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

ALCOCK (1)  ALMBREW (1)  ANDREWS (26)  BEASLEY (6)  BLACKWELL (3)  BODDINGTON (7)  BUCKLE (3)  BUTLER (24)  CASEMORE (4)  CLARK (1)  CLARKE (CLARK) (2)  CLARKE (1)  COGGINS (1)  COWELL (1)  COX (7)  CRUTCH (6)  EAST (7)  EMBERLIN (5)  FIELD (1)  FORTUNE (2)  FOSTER (2)  FREEMAN (10)  GOMM (2)  GOUGH (1)  GREEN (2)  HALE (1)  HATHAWAY (1)  HAYWARD (10)  HILL (1)  HITCHMAN (1)  HOLLAND (12)  HOLT (4)  HOPCRAFT (6)  HOUSE (2)  HOWELL (6)  INWOOD (6)  JAKEMAN (9)  JONES (2)  KIBLE (1)  KERWOOD (26)  KING (3)  LAPPER (8)  LEE (1)  MAYCOCK (1)  MALINGS (1)  METCALFE (6)  NELSON (2)  NORTH (1)  PRITCHETT (2)  RYMAN (1)  SCARSBROOK (13)  SCOTT (1)  SMITH (12)  SOUTHALL (1)  STONBRIDGE (5)  TANNER (9)  TAYLOR (1)  TIMMS (1)  TOMBS (1)  TOWNSEND (3)  TREDWELL (2)  TUFFERY (1)  TUFFREY (7)  TURVEY (1)  WHARTON (3)  RENN (5)  YATEMAN (9)  YEATMAN (1)  YOUNG (6)