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 Whittles, with 3 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
2401	Whittles	3	0.000%	1.70x
2402	Winrow	3	0.000%	2.03x
2403	Witworth	3	0.000%	8.64x
2404	Woolacott	3	0.000%	3.92x
2405	Woolstencroft	3	0.000%	11.64x
2406	Worsnop	3	0.000%	1.28x
2407	Worswick	3	0.000%	2.04x
2408	Wyne	3	0.000%	9.68x
2409	Akins	2	0.000%	6.95x
2410	Albinson	2	0.000%	2.99x
2411	Alpin	2	0.000%	6.45x
2412	Armatage	2	0.000%	2.43x
2413	Arundel	2	0.000%	0.90x
2414	Aspell	2	0.000%	7.33x
2415	Atlee	2	0.000%	3.80x
2416	Attack	2	0.000%	7.65x
2417	Aubery	2	0.000%	5.41x
2418	Backley	2	0.000%	6.86x
2419	Baddeley	2	0.000%	0.81x
2420	Barnfather	2	0.000%	1.23x
2421	Barstow	2	0.000%	1.03x
2422	Bartles	2	0.000%	7.76x
2423	Batkin	2	0.000%	2.88x
2424	Battrick	2	0.000%	2.65x
2425	Beardsworth	2	0.000%	0.98x
2426	Bedson	2	0.000%	1.51x
2427	Berisford	2	0.000%	2.01x
2428	Bermingham	2	0.000%	4.54x
2429	Blagbrough	2	0.000%	3.91x
2430	Blessington	2	0.000%	5.58x
2431	Blore	2	0.000%	1.45x
2432	Borrows	2	0.000%	1.24x
2433	Bottomly	2	0.000%	1.95x
2434	Boyter	2	0.000%	4.82x
2435	Brannigan	2	0.000%	1.79x
2436	Brears	2	0.000%	2.66x
2437	Brenan	2	0.000%	2.23x
2438	Brophy	2	0.000%	1.33x
2439	Bryne	2	0.000%	1.13x
2440	Burdekin	2	0.000%	2.21x
2441	Burkin	2	0.000%	2.17x
2442	Byne	2	0.000%	4.18x
2443	Byrns	2	0.000%	6.30x
2444	Cantrell	2	0.000%	1.30x
2445	Carol	2	0.000%	4.06x
2446	Carry	2	0.000%	2.36x
2447	Carthy	2	0.000%	1.16x
2448	Cashmore	2	0.000%	0.57x
2449	Cassel	2	0.000%	5.88x
2450	Cassiday	2	0.000%	2.76x
2451	Chamber	2	0.000%	2.48x
2452	Chantry	2	0.000%	1.24x
2453	Chapel	2	0.000%	1.39x
2454	Chapham	2	0.000%	13.39x
2455	Charlson	2	0.000%	4.32x
2456	Chatburn	2	0.000%	1.49x
2457	Churton	2	0.000%	3.33x
2458	Clary	2	0.000%	1.65x
2459	Clewes	2	0.000%	1.23x
2460	Clitheroe	2	0.000%	1.16x
2461	Collen	2	0.000%	1.91x
2462	Collister	2	0.000%	1.09x
2463	Connely	2	0.000%	0.97x
2464	Considine	2	0.000%	8.36x
2465	Cornforth	2	0.000%	0.78x
2466	Cosgrave	2	0.000%	3.57x
2467	Coulston	2	0.000%	1.74x
2468	Cronshaw	2	0.000%	0.72x
2469	Cropley	2	0.000%	1.12x
2470	Crossby	2	0.000%	2.12x
2471	Cryans	2	0.000%	18.47x
2472	Cunliff	2	0.000%	5.10x
2473	Currans	2	0.000%	4.74x
2474	Dain	2	0.000%	1.98x
2475	Dallow	2	0.000%	1.43x
2476	Dandy	2	0.000%	0.97x
2477	Dealey	2	0.000%	3.02x
2478	Debnam	2	0.000%	2.35x
2479	Delooze	2	0.000%	9.56x
2480	Dennet	2	0.000%	7.24x
2481	Dewan	2	0.000%	31.55x
2482	Diskin	2	0.000%	5.82x
2483	Dobbin	2	0.000%	1.14x
2484	Doleman	2	0.000%	2.26x
2485	Donaghue	2	0.000%	1.56x
2486	Donnely	2	0.000%	1.15x
2487	Donough	2	0.000%	3.22x
2488	Dorsey	2	0.000%	2.86x
2489	Dracup	2	0.000%	1.79x
2490	Dunhill	2	0.000%	1.91x
2491	Dutson	2	0.000%	1.77x
2492	Edgley	2	0.000%	1.13x
2493	Elkes	2	0.000%	4.82x
2494	Ellin	2	0.000%	3.13x
2495	Erwin	2	0.000%	2.82x
2496	Etchell	2	0.000%	6.61x
2497	Eyes	2	0.000%	5.46x
2498	Fitzerald	2	0.000%	25.51x
2499	Furnivall	2	0.000%	5.88x
2500	Gaffrey	2	0.000%	11.16x