1881 census county

Isle of Man surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Isle of Man in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

2,238 surnames are listed for Isle of Man, covering 48,141 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Oates, with 90 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Isle of Man

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
101	Oates	90	0.170%	10.65x
102	Kaye	89	0.160%	10.95x
103	Lowey	82	0.150%	312.26x
104	Carran	81	0.150%	251.24x
105	Crennell	81	0.150%	485.90x
106	Duggan	81	0.150%	19.51x
107	Howland	80	0.150%	43.17x
108	Stephen	78	0.140%	8.20x
109	Wood	78	0.140%	0.45x
110	Callin	76	0.140%	265.55x
111	Dawson	76	0.140%	1.27x
112	Roberts	76	0.140%	0.37x
113	Wilson	75	0.140%	0.30x
114	Woods	73	0.130%	2.13x
115	Campbell	69	0.130%	0.75x
116	Clark	68	0.130%	0.42x
117	Corteen	68	0.130%	447.07x
118	Duke	66	0.120%	10.47x
119	Robinson	65	0.120%	0.38x
120	Taubman	65	0.120%	358.92x
121	Vick	65	0.120%	51.93x
122	Hughes	64	0.120%	0.42x
123	Ellison	63	0.120%	5.50x
124	Kegg	63	0.120%	263.49x
125	Black	62	0.110%	1.76x
126	Cooper	62	0.110%	0.47x
127	Preston	62	0.110%	2.29x
128	Jackson	60	0.110%	0.40x
129	Fell	59	0.110%	7.74x
130	Thompson	59	0.110%	0.36x
131	Ward	59	0.110%	0.50x
132	Quinney	58	0.110%	76.97x
133	Allen	57	0.110%	0.56x
134	Boyd	57	0.110%	3.00x
135	Halsall	57	0.110%	19.94x
136	Watson	57	0.110%	0.45x
137	Roney	56	0.100%	51.87x
138	Sansbury	56	0.100%	276.13x
139	Murray	55	0.100%	0.82x
140	Todd	55	0.100%	1.99x
141	Skelly	53	0.100%	51.69x
142	Kay	52	0.100%	1.84x
143	Quane	52	0.100%	478.38x
144	Starkey	52	0.100%	9.66x
145	Simpson	51	0.090%	0.54x
146	Williams	51	0.090%	0.13x
147	Daugherty	50	0.090%	246.55x
148	Green	49	0.090%	0.32x
149	Murphey	49	0.090%	43.28x
150	White	49	0.090%	0.28x
151	Colvin	48	0.090%	25.53x
152	Cannan	47	0.090%	123.55x
153	Dobson	47	0.090%	1.96x
154	Gilmour	47	0.090%	6.12x
155	Hall	46	0.080%	0.29x
156	Fisher	44	0.080%	0.69x
157	Knight	42	0.080%	0.63x
158	Woodworth	42	0.080%	51.18x
159	Henry	41	0.080%	2.99x
160	Hinds	41	0.080%	10.96x
161	Stevenson	41	0.080%	1.08x
162	Walker	41	0.080%	0.23x
163	Archer	40	0.070%	1.78x
164	Kelley	40	0.070%	6.35x
165	Senogles	40	0.070%	298.51x
166	Wallace	40	0.070%	1.08x
167	Sheard	39	0.070%	7.85x
168	Davis	38	0.070%	0.32x
169	Harris	38	0.070%	0.28x
170	Skinner	38	0.070%	1.38x
171	Ball	37	0.070%	0.83x
172	Sharp	37	0.070%	0.82x
173	Burden	36	0.070%	5.18x
174	Collins	36	0.070%	0.46x
175	Dugdale	36	0.070%	9.64x
176	King	36	0.070%	0.30x
177	Thomson	36	0.070%	0.50x
178	Magee	35	0.060%	14.67x
179	Mitchell	35	0.060%	0.32x
180	Robertson	35	0.060%	0.39x
181	Davidson	34	0.060%	0.75x
182	Matthews	34	0.060%	0.72x
183	Rice	34	0.060%	2.02x
184	Stewart	34	0.060%	0.40x
185	Williamson	34	0.060%	0.70x
186	Bailey	33	0.060%	0.40x
187	Corkhill	33	0.060%	51.47x
188	Dougherty	33	0.060%	15.73x
189	Graham	33	0.060%	0.53x
190	Hodson	33	0.060%	2.94x
191	Holden	33	0.060%	1.11x
192	Turnbull	33	0.060%	1.44x
193	Walton	33	0.060%	0.86x
194	Carr	32	0.060%	0.82x
195	Coffey	32	0.060%	19.33x
196	Dodd	32	0.060%	1.45x
197	Hill	32	0.060%	0.23x
198	Oats	32	0.060%	26.13x
199	Redpath	32	0.060%	12.71x
200	Richards	32	0.060%	0.39x