Top surnames from the 1881 census in Crawley, Oxfordshire

Crawley 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
SMITH1811.25007.97
WEAVER106.2500240.38
HICKS95.6250134.33
LEE85.000030.59
JAQUES85.0000677.97
COOK74.375022.03
BIGGS63.7500198.68
STRONG63.7500251.05
PRATLEY63.75001,333.33
STRATTON63.7500431.65
LOCK63.7500131.58
MARTIN53.125012.69
PEARSON53.125026.90
WINNING53.12501,388.89
WARD42.500011.44
HARRIS42.50009.84
ADAMS31.875012.72
DODSON31.8750241.94
HEMMINGS21.2500147.06
BUCKINGHAM21.250093.90
BEESLEY21.2500155.04
BRIDGEMAN21.2500338.98
COX10.62504.12
BEALL10.6250454.55
TOWNSEND10.625014.71
COLLINS10.62504.36
NEWMAN10.62508.40

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
WINNING0.161601388.8889
PRATLEY0.161601333.3333
JAQUES0.16160677.9661
BEALL0.16160454.5455
STRATTON0.16160431.6547
BRIDGEMAN0.16160338.9831
STRONG0.16160251.0460
DODSON0.16160241.9355
WEAVER0.16160240.3846
BIGGS0.16160198.6755
BEESLEY0.16160155.0388
HEMMINGS0.16160147.0588
HICKS0.16160134.3284
LOCK0.16160131.5789
BUCKINGHAM0.1616093.8967
LEE0.1616030.5927
PEARSON0.1616026.8962
COOK0.1616022.0264
TOWNSEND0.1616014.7059
ADAMS0.1616012.7226
MARTIN0.1616012.6871
WARD0.1616011.4449
HARRIS0.161609.8377
NEWMAN0.161608.4034
SMITH0.161607.9678
COLLINS0.161604.3554
COX0.161604.1237

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 160 people called WINNING in Crawley 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 1388.8889 in Crawley means that 1388.8889% of the people in Crawley on census day were called WINNING.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called WINNING 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 WINNING 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 WINNING 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 WINNING here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.16 in Crawley means that you are 0.16 times as likely to find someone with the surname of WINNING in Crawley than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Crawley in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  BEALL (1)  BEESLEY (2)  BIGGS (6)  BUSHEP (11)  BRIDGEMAN (2)  BUCKINGHAM (2)  COLLINS (1)  COOK (7)  COX (1)  DODSON (3)  FEREMAN (4)  HARRIS (4)  HEMMINGS (2)  HICKS (9)  JAQUES (8)  KENCH (3)  LEE (8)  LOCK (6)  MARTIN (5)  NEWMAN (1)  PARDOL (1)  PEARSON (5)  PRATLEY (6)  SYFORD (2)  SMITH (18)  SOUCH (5)  STRATTON (6)  STRONG (6)  TOWNSEND (1)  TUCKWELL (2)  WARD (4)  WEAVER (10)  WINNING (5)