Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hampton Gay, Oxfordshire

Hampton Gay 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
PRATT820.0000347.83
MORRIS717.500078.65
TAYLOR410.000015.64
ADAMS37.500050.93
MARTIN25.000020.30
HOLLIS25.0000363.64
PEARSON12.500021.51
SHIRLEY12.5000303.03
CLARKE12.500012.33

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
HOLLIS0.0440363.6364
PRATT0.0440347.8261
SHIRLEY0.0440303.0303
MORRIS0.044078.6517
ADAMS0.044050.9338
PEARSON0.044021.5054
MARTIN0.044020.3046
TAYLOR0.044015.6372
CLARKE0.044012.3305

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 40 people called HOLLIS in Hampton Gay 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 363.6364 in Hampton Gay means that 363.6364% of the people in Hampton Gay on census day were called HOLLIS.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called HOLLIS 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 HOLLIS 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 HOLLIS 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 HOLLIS here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.04 in Hampton Gay means that you are 0.04 times as likely to find someone with the surname of HOLLIS in Hampton Gay than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hampton Gay in 1881

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

ADAMS (3)  BIDDEL (7)  CLARKE (1)  HOLLIS (2)  HUMPHRIS (4)  MARTIN (2)  MORRIS (7)  PEARSON (1)  PRATT (8)  SHIRLEY (1)  TAYLOR (4)