1881 census place

Middleton In Oldham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Middleton In Oldham, Lancashire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

289 surnames are listed for Middleton In Oldham, Lancashire, covering 6,172 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Taylor, with 340 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Middleton In Oldham

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Taylor	340	3.27%	5.12x
2	Hilton	264	2.54%	73.89x
3	Partington	177	1.70%	120.02x
4	Howarth	166	1.60%	33.24x
5	Heywood	161	1.55%	77.86x
6	Fitton	156	1.50%	133.46x
7	Ogden	156	1.50%	53.08x
8	Booth	133	1.28%	12.97x
9	Jacques	122	1.17%	138.45x
10	Wild	101	0.970%	23.85x
11	Holt	97	0.930%	13.94x
12	Thorpe	94	0.900%	22.87x
13	Hardman	93	0.890%	44.48x
14	Collinge	90	0.870%	129.53x
15	Butterworth	86	0.830%	23.04x
16	Kenyon	78	0.750%	35.94x
17	Kay	74	0.710%	13.70x
18	Boardman	72	0.690%	43.17x
19	Grundy	71	0.680%	33.37x
20	Schofield	70	0.670%	12.42x
21	Scholes	68	0.650%	56.43x
22	Smithies	68	0.650%	183.78x
23	Wellens	65	0.630%	1701.57x
24	Kent	63	0.610%	14.39x
25	Wrigley	63	0.610%	47.91x
26	Fielding	61	0.590%	26.29x
27	Halliwell	60	0.580%	52.02x
28	Ashton	59	0.570%	11.59x
29	Ingham	59	0.570%	22.82x
30	Smethurst	59	0.570%	74.14x
31	Cheetham	58	0.560%	36.06x
32	Buckley	54	0.520%	9.54x
33	Tattersall	54	0.520%	37.42x
34	Greenhalgh	52	0.500%	24.43x
35	Bamford	51	0.490%	32.60x
36	Beswick	48	0.460%	47.25x
37	Lees	46	0.440%	9.98x
38	Tetlow	46	0.440%	112.22x
39	Stansfield	45	0.430%	28.04x
40	Barlow	43	0.410%	7.66x
41	Huddart	42	0.400%	234.51x
42	Ramsden	42	0.400%	22.16x
43	Oldham	41	0.390%	22.45x
44	Fallows	40	0.380%	80.26x
45	Lomas	40	0.380%	20.83x
46	Wolstenholme	39	0.380%	47.02x
47	Ashworth	37	0.360%	8.92x
48	Kershaw	37	0.360%	11.04x
49	Whittaker	37	0.360%	7.52x
50	Andrew	36	0.350%	10.93x
51	Thornley	35	0.340%	30.34x
52	Whitworth	35	0.340%	20.16x
53	Jaques	34	0.330%	44.22x
54	Worrall	34	0.330%	25.73x
55	Mather	33	0.320%	12.81x
56	Heaton	32	0.310%	12.87x
57	Lancashire	32	0.310%	128.77x
58	Stott	31	0.300%	9.55x
59	Crowther	30	0.290%	9.67x
60	Pendleton	30	0.290%	78.08x
61	Saxon	30	0.290%	87.06x
62	Forrest	27	0.260%	10.08x
63	Horrocks	25	0.240%	19.58x
64	Harrop	24	0.230%	20.30x
65	Marcroft	24	0.230%	235.29x
66	Radcliffe	24	0.230%	19.88x
67	Duckworth	23	0.220%	11.45x
68	Pickup	23	0.220%	17.11x
69	Royle	23	0.220%	16.82x
70	Standing	23	0.220%	34.70x
71	Bastow	22	0.210%	64.08x
72	Beet	22	0.210%	149.15x
73	Isherwood	22	0.210%	18.29x
74	Wroe	22	0.210%	51.37x
75	Albinson	21	0.200%	338.16x
76	Moult	21	0.200%	96.07x
77	Fairbrother	20	0.190%	33.84x
78	Lomax	20	0.190%	13.63x
79	Nutt	20	0.190%	26.63x
80	Hopwood	19	0.180%	16.04x
81	Stock	19	0.180%	14.69x
82	Stringer	19	0.180%	9.18x
83	Tonge	19	0.180%	28.71x
84	Worsley	18	0.170%	19.82x
85	Davenport	17	0.160%	8.63x
86	Ramsbottom	17	0.160%	24.21x
87	Cocker	16	0.150%	18.77x
88	Horridge	16	0.150%	61.70x
89	Horrox	16	0.150%	200.50x
90	Hulton	16	0.150%	77.48x
91	Ridings	16	0.150%	69.32x
92	Steeple	16	0.150%	256.00x
93	Helliwell	15	0.140%	15.66x
94	Jagger	15	0.140%	18.22x
95	Topham	15	0.140%	19.75x
96	Artingstall	14	0.130%	217.05x
97	Brogden	14	0.130%	40.78x
98	Jessop	14	0.130%	11.35x
99	Dronsfield	13	0.130%	132.38x
100	Grime	13	0.130%	23.83x