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 Marshall, with 181 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
101	Marshall	181	0.160%	0.96x
102	Dronsfield	179	0.160%	169.32x
103	Barker	178	0.160%	1.22x
104	Clarke	176	0.160%	0.78x
105	Spencer	173	0.150%	1.69x
106	Kenworthy	171	0.150%	22.97x
107	Lee	170	0.150%	0.93x
108	Lowe	170	0.150%	2.03x
109	Watson	166	0.150%	0.64x
110	Rhodes	165	0.150%	3.18x
111	Kelly	161	0.140%	1.31x
112	Radcliffe	160	0.140%	12.31x
113	Holland	157	0.140%	1.97x
114	Hadfield	156	0.140%	10.01x
115	Shepherd	155	0.140%	1.89x
116	Bailey	152	0.140%	0.90x
117	Hanson	152	0.140%	4.21x
118	Richardson	152	0.140%	0.80x
119	Halkyard	150	0.130%	117.06x
120	Knott	149	0.130%	6.72x
121	Barnes	144	0.130%	1.07x
122	Bentley	141	0.130%	2.98x
123	Mason	141	0.130%	0.94x
124	Scott	139	0.120%	0.49x
125	Hartley	136	0.120%	1.94x
126	Crompton	134	0.120%	7.12x
127	Sykes	134	0.120%	2.50x
128	Hurst	133	0.120%	3.33x
129	Allen	132	0.120%	0.62x
130	Hulme	132	0.120%	5.52x
131	Chapman	130	0.120%	0.82x
132	Hardman	130	0.120%	5.78x
133	Greenhalgh	129	0.120%	5.63x
134	Morris	128	0.110%	0.51x
135	Hargreaves	127	0.110%	2.72x
136	Crowther	126	0.110%	3.77x
137	Davenport	126	0.110%	5.94x
138	Owen	126	0.110%	0.95x
139	Parker	123	0.110%	0.58x
140	Beswick	122	0.110%	11.16x
141	Kenyon	122	0.110%	5.22x
142	Collinge	121	0.110%	16.18x
143	Seville	121	0.110%	67.62x
144	Holroyd	120	0.110%	9.65x
145	Bradshaw	119	0.110%	2.59x
146	Ingham	119	0.110%	4.28x
147	Worthington	119	0.110%	5.31x
148	Armitage	118	0.110%	4.14x
149	Bennett	118	0.110%	0.64x
150	Holmes	117	0.100%	0.86x
151	Boardman	116	0.100%	6.46x
152	Bolton	116	0.100%	2.41x
153	Moss	116	0.100%	1.68x
154	Pearson	116	0.100%	0.89x
155	Whitworth	115	0.100%	6.15x
156	Higgins	114	0.100%	2.02x
157	Hoyle	111	0.100%	4.30x
158	Seddon	110	0.100%	6.05x
159	Thorpe	110	0.100%	2.49x
160	Barratt	109	0.100%	4.80x
161	Dransfield	109	0.100%	27.71x
162	Hamer	108	0.100%	5.15x
163	Williamson	108	0.100%	1.08x
164	Bamford	107	0.100%	6.35x
165	Street	107	0.100%	4.09x
166	Burgess	106	0.090%	1.36x
167	Garlick	106	0.090%	10.76x
168	Ryan	106	0.090%	3.06x
169	Wallwork	106	0.090%	16.29x
170	Widdall	106	0.090%	153.38x
171	Carter	105	0.090%	0.56x
172	Crabtree	105	0.090%	4.66x
173	Farrow	105	0.090%	5.00x
174	Horrocks	105	0.090%	7.64x
175	Nuttall	105	0.090%	3.72x
176	Clayton	104	0.090%	1.71x
177	Heap	104	0.090%	5.48x
178	Marland	104	0.090%	26.71x
179	Armstrong	102	0.090%	1.19x
180	Barrett	102	0.090%	1.36x
181	Henthorn	102	0.090%	74.59x
182	Hudson	102	0.090%	1.11x
183	Dalton	101	0.090%	3.93x
184	Potter	100	0.090%	1.38x
185	Warburton	100	0.090%	3.62x
186	Hopwood	99	0.090%	7.77x
187	Fisher	98	0.090%	0.75x
188	Foster	98	0.090%	0.66x
189	Ratcliffe	98	0.090%	3.17x
190	Atkinson	97	0.090%	0.89x
191	Healey	97	0.090%	5.31x
192	Law	97	0.090%	1.92x
193	Wilde	97	0.090%	5.95x
194	Ramsden	96	0.090%	4.71x
195	Standring	96	0.090%	29.47x
196	Adams	95	0.080%	0.58x
197	Lomas	95	0.080%	4.60x
198	Yates	95	0.080%	1.24x
199	Butler	94	0.080%	0.86x
200	Marsland	93	0.080%	14.27x