1881 census place

Oldham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded 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

3,148 surnames are listed for Oldham, Lancashire, covering 92,791 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Maylor, with 15 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames 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
901	Maylor	15	0.010%	22.68x
902	Nally	15	0.010%	34.03x
903	Obrien	15	0.010%	0.91x
904	Pemberton	15	0.010%	1.06x
905	Rawsthorne	15	0.010%	10.48x
906	Riding	15	0.010%	1.99x
907	Rye	15	0.010%	3.45x
908	Speed	15	0.010%	1.67x
909	Stepney	15	0.010%	9.45x
910	Stockdale	15	0.010%	1.72x
911	Taft	15	0.010%	7.87x
912	Tongue	15	0.010%	4.01x
913	Topliss	15	0.010%	8.24x
914	Wardleworth	15	0.010%	23.62x
915	Wellens	15	0.010%	36.50x
916	Whiteman	15	0.010%	2.08x
917	Alderson	14	0.010%	0.90x
918	Arrowsmith	14	0.010%	1.61x
919	Atherton	14	0.010%	0.70x
920	Birmingham	14	0.010%	5.04x
921	Britain	14	0.010%	21.06x
922	Brotherton	14	0.010%	2.46x
923	Bunce	14	0.010%	1.68x
924	Byron	14	0.010%	3.42x
925	Crabb	14	0.010%	1.21x
926	Dennison	14	0.010%	1.62x
927	Dodgson	14	0.010%	2.58x
928	Euston	14	0.010%	30.72x
929	Fern	14	0.010%	4.01x
930	Gamble	14	0.010%	0.87x
931	Gorbutt	14	0.010%	63.52x
932	Halley	14	0.010%	3.33x
933	Hardacre	14	0.010%	5.28x
934	Hassall	14	0.010%	2.00x
935	Higson	14	0.010%	1.96x
936	Holme	14	0.010%	2.70x
937	Holroyde	14	0.010%	21.92x
938	Hopkin	14	0.010%	1.62x
939	Ikin	14	0.010%	9.58x
940	Irlam	14	0.010%	8.84x
941	Mallalien	14	0.010%	89.23x
942	Maule	14	0.010%	5.25x
943	Mcdonald	14	0.010%	1.54x
944	Midgley	14	0.010%	0.93x
945	Muldoon	14	0.010%	6.35x
946	Ramsbottom	14	0.010%	1.85x
947	Ready	14	0.010%	4.99x
948	Roddis	14	0.010%	6.78x
949	Seel	14	0.010%	12.41x
950	Sherratt	14	0.010%	2.18x
951	Shortridge	14	0.010%	19.32x
952	Slinger	14	0.010%	4.14x
953	Smalley	14	0.010%	1.38x
954	Southern	14	0.010%	1.36x
955	Starkie	14	0.010%	3.91x
956	Walling	14	0.010%	6.27x
957	Whitely	14	0.010%	5.91x
958	Whyatt	14	0.010%	5.02x
959	Worsnip	14	0.010%	26.21x
960	Asher	13	0.010%	2.75x
961	Baguley	13	0.010%	4.16x
962	Bastow	13	0.010%	3.52x
963	Bethel	13	0.010%	7.19x
964	Brelsford	13	0.010%	13.33x
965	Burk	13	0.010%	3.23x
966	Butterfield	13	0.010%	0.87x
967	Caine	13	0.010%	2.77x
968	Carty	13	0.010%	4.95x
969	Challinor	13	0.010%	3.30x
970	Charnley	13	0.010%	2.50x
971	Clancy	13	0.010%	3.99x
972	Cocking	13	0.010%	2.40x
973	Cornwall	13	0.010%	2.73x
974	Cowper	13	0.010%	2.65x
975	Devonport	13	0.010%	4.24x
976	Donnelly	13	0.010%	0.92x
977	Elder	13	0.010%	1.10x
978	Furniss	13	0.010%	2.62x
979	Gregson	13	0.010%	0.84x
980	Hankinson	13	0.010%	3.54x
981	Henstock	13	0.010%	9.53x
982	Higginbottom	13	0.010%	1.78x
983	Hodkin	13	0.010%	10.71x
984	Keating	13	0.010%	2.35x
985	Kerry	13	0.010%	1.72x
986	Langan	13	0.010%	7.55x
987	Leeson	13	0.010%	2.00x
988	Loynds	13	0.010%	36.25x
989	Lyne	13	0.010%	2.65x
990	Mahon	13	0.010%	2.62x
991	Mansley	13	0.010%	12.34x
992	Markland	13	0.010%	5.19x
993	Mcmahon	13	0.010%	7.12x
994	Mcmanus	13	0.010%	13.23x
995	Mumford	13	0.010%	1.20x
996	Murry	13	0.010%	2.20x
997	Nutter	13	0.010%	1.52x
998	Overton	13	0.010%	1.20x
999	Paine	13	0.010%	0.84x
1000	Parkes	13	0.010%	0.57x