Top surnames from the 1881 census in Hardwick, Oxfordshire

Hardwick 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
AYERS158.52271,415.09
BAILEY126.818245.27
COLLINS116.250043.56
BEASLEY73.9773366.49
HINTON73.9773296.61
COOMBS63.4091201.34
CLACK63.4091857.14
PINNOCK63.40911,071.43
NORTON63.4091102.56
HIRONS63.40911,052.63
HEATH52.840957.21
HAMLET52.84091,666.67
MOUNTAIN42.2727320.00
PHILLIPS42.272712.70
WOOD42.27277.13
COSIER31.70453,333.33
HADLAND31.70451,034.48
DENTON31.704592.88
MIDDLETON31.704532.47
BROGDEN31.7045517.24
ALLEN21.13646.02
CLARKE21.13645.61
WIDDOWS21.1364645.16
WATSON21.13644.90
BECKFORD21.13642,000.00
COWLEY21.136461.73
HORWOOD10.5682120.48
BURDETT10.568280.65
SIDE10.56821,666.67
BENNET10.568241.15
MORRIS10.56822.55
HOLDER10.568242.19
BROOKS10.56825.81
GODFREY10.568219.16
CARPENTER10.568216.56
TAYLOR10.56820.89
PICKETT10.568270.92
GALLOP10.5682178.57

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
COSIER0.181763333.3333
BECKFORD0.181762000.0000
SIDE0.181761666.6667
HAMLET0.181761666.6667
AYERS0.181761415.0943
PINNOCK0.181761071.4286
HIRONS0.181761052.6316
HADLAND0.181761034.4828
CLACK0.18176857.1429
WIDDOWS0.18176645.1613
BROGDEN0.18176517.2414
BEASLEY0.18176366.4921
MOUNTAIN0.18176320.0000
HINTON0.18176296.6102
COOMBS0.18176201.3423
GALLOP0.18176178.5714
HORWOOD0.18176120.4819
NORTON0.18176102.5641
DENTON0.1817692.8793
BURDETT0.1817680.6452
PICKETT0.1817670.9220
COWLEY0.1817661.7284
HEATH0.1817657.2082
BAILEY0.1817645.2659
COLLINS0.1817643.5644
HOLDER0.1817642.1941
BENNET0.1817641.1523
MIDDLETON0.1817632.4675
GODFREY0.1817619.1571
CARPENTER0.1817616.5563
PHILLIPS0.1817612.7024
WOOD0.181767.1327
ALLEN0.181766.0150
BROOKS0.181765.8140
CLARKE0.181765.6085
WATSON0.181764.8984
MORRIS0.181762.5523
TAYLOR0.181760.8885

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 176 people called COSIER in Hardwick 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 3333.3333 in Hardwick means that 3333.3333% of the people in Hardwick on census day were called COSIER.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called COSIER 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 COSIER 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 COSIER 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 COSIER here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.18 in Hardwick means that you are 0.18 times as likely to find someone with the surname of COSIER in Hardwick than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Hardwick in 1881

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

ALLEN (2)  AYERSS (1)  BAILEY (12)  BEASLEY (7)  BECKFORD (2)  BECKINGSOLS (?) (2)  BENNET (1)  BREAKSPEAR (4)  BROGDEN (3)  BROOKS (1)  BURDETT (1)  COLCUTT (1)  CARPENTER (1)  CLACK (6)  CLARKE (2)  COLLINS (11)  COOMBS (6)  COSIER (3)  COWLEY (2)  DEAKMAN (1)  DENTON (3)  AYERS (15)  GALLOP (1)  GODFREY (1)  HADLAND (3)  HAMLET (5)  HORWOOD (1)  HATWELL (13)  HEATH (5)  HINTON (7)  HIRONS (6)  HOLDER (1)  IVINGS (4)  MIDDLETON (3)  MORRIS (1)  MOUNTAIN (4)  NORTON (6)  PHILLIPS (4)  PICKETT (1)  PINNOCK (6)  SHIRKIFFS (2)  SIDE (1)  SOUCH (4)  TAYLOR (1)  TRINDER (1)  WATSON (2)  WIDDOWS (2)  WOOD (4)