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 Peak, with 13 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
1001	Peak	13	0.010%	2.77x
1002	Pegler	13	0.010%	4.54x
1003	Pendleton	13	0.010%	3.14x
1004	Petrie	13	0.010%	0.98x
1005	Rawstron	13	0.010%	10.00x
1006	Reece	13	0.010%	1.33x
1007	Rudge	13	0.010%	1.48x
1008	Sands	13	0.010%	1.04x
1009	Sweeney	13	0.010%	0.87x
1010	Toppin	13	0.010%	12.75x
1011	Tracey	13	0.010%	1.83x
1012	Turton	13	0.010%	1.03x
1013	Wharmby	13	0.010%	5.97x
1014	Wooley	13	0.010%	1.82x
1015	Wylie	13	0.010%	1.00x
1016	Allmark	12	0.010%	10.81x
1017	Belfield	12	0.010%	4.23x
1018	Birtles	12	0.010%	3.09x
1019	Bleasby	12	0.010%	26.77x
1020	Brickles	12	0.010%	33.12x
1021	Bunnell	12	0.010%	28.69x
1022	Caley	12	0.010%	2.77x
1023	Cave	12	0.010%	0.75x
1024	Clapham	12	0.010%	1.24x
1025	Clement	12	0.010%	1.07x
1026	Commons	12	0.010%	14.40x
1027	Cordwell	12	0.010%	5.38x
1028	Doolan	12	0.010%	5.47x
1029	Dougan	12	0.010%	4.49x
1030	Eaves	12	0.010%	1.97x
1031	Fray	12	0.010%	6.37x
1032	Garratt	12	0.010%	1.06x
1033	Garry	12	0.010%	5.97x
1034	Gath	12	0.010%	12.45x
1035	Gavin	12	0.010%	2.17x
1036	Gentle	12	0.010%	3.26x
1037	Gleeson	12	0.010%	3.51x
1038	Glenny	12	0.010%	16.91x
1039	Gomersall	12	0.010%	4.41x
1040	Hallows	12	0.010%	5.46x
1041	Hickling	12	0.010%	2.00x
1042	Hollingsworth	12	0.010%	1.62x
1043	Horrobin	12	0.010%	9.48x
1044	Hutchins	12	0.010%	1.06x
1045	Jowett	12	0.010%	0.98x
1046	Judge	12	0.010%	0.99x
1047	Kellett	12	0.010%	1.23x
1048	Kerwin	12	0.010%	9.31x
1049	Larder	12	0.010%	6.82x
1050	Leah	12	0.010%	3.03x
1051	Lockett	12	0.010%	1.48x
1052	Lyms	12	0.010%	139.70x
1053	Millership	12	0.010%	14.47x
1054	Millward	12	0.010%	0.96x
1055	Nuttal	12	0.010%	6.78x
1056	Pendlebury	12	0.010%	1.67x
1057	Pinder	12	0.010%	0.89x
1058	Pleasant	12	0.010%	24.52x
1059	Pollock	12	0.010%	0.74x
1060	Pownall	12	0.010%	2.49x
1061	Rawlinson	12	0.010%	0.90x
1062	Sellars	12	0.010%	1.73x
1063	Sheridan	12	0.010%	1.78x
1064	Shrigley	12	0.010%	16.56x
1065	Sinkinson	12	0.010%	18.46x
1066	Spalding	12	0.010%	1.50x
1067	Spedding	12	0.010%	3.46x
1068	Standeven	12	0.010%	11.99x
1069	Starkey	12	0.010%	1.08x
1070	Sylvester	12	0.010%	3.19x
1071	Tandy	12	0.010%	2.26x
1072	Tarbuck	12	0.010%	6.44x
1073	Washington	12	0.010%	2.13x
1074	Wightman	12	0.010%	1.63x
1075	Wilton	12	0.010%	1.11x
1076	Winstanley	12	0.010%	1.07x
1077	Wray	12	0.010%	0.80x
1078	Ardern	11	0.010%	4.66x
1079	Ashforth	11	0.010%	5.66x
1080	Austerberry	11	0.010%	44.62x
1081	Avison	11	0.010%	6.80x
1082	Beadsworth	11	0.010%	47.50x
1083	Bent	11	0.010%	1.35x
1084	Bonney	11	0.010%	3.92x
1085	Brian	11	0.010%	2.11x
1086	Brinley	11	0.010%	30.67x
1087	Bucknall	11	0.010%	3.74x
1088	Cartner	11	0.010%	11.07x
1089	Clover	11	0.010%	3.44x
1090	Collinson	11	0.010%	0.84x
1091	Conn	11	0.010%	3.58x
1092	Conner	11	0.010%	1.27x
1093	Corrigan	11	0.010%	2.19x
1094	Devlin	11	0.010%	1.20x
1095	Dockray	11	0.010%	8.37x
1096	Dolan	11	0.010%	1.13x
1097	Donohue	11	0.010%	4.25x
1098	Dove	11	0.010%	0.86x
1099	Duffield	11	0.010%	1.13x
1100	Fennell	11	0.010%	2.10x