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 Conolly, with 17 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
801	Conolly	17	0.020%	5.02x
802	Cookson	17	0.020%	1.29x
803	Curry	17	0.020%	1.06x
804	Eckersall	17	0.020%	12.20x
805	Edgar	17	0.020%	0.99x
806	Felton	17	0.020%	2.21x
807	Frith	17	0.020%	1.52x
808	Gowers	17	0.020%	5.58x
809	Greenhough	17	0.020%	6.73x
810	Halstead	17	0.020%	1.83x
811	Heptonstall	17	0.020%	16.14x
812	Higginson	17	0.020%	1.52x
813	Hollinworth	17	0.020%	33.96x
814	Hooton	17	0.020%	4.40x
815	Horsfield	17	0.020%	2.26x
816	Howcroft	17	0.020%	4.79x
817	Langton	17	0.020%	1.92x
818	Lester	17	0.020%	0.97x
819	Melia	17	0.020%	6.33x
820	Melling	17	0.020%	2.46x
821	Oneil	17	0.020%	1.51x
822	Simms	17	0.020%	1.34x
823	Snape	17	0.020%	1.65x
824	Staley	17	0.020%	4.64x
825	Swailes	17	0.020%	13.66x
826	Thwaite	17	0.020%	6.74x
827	Tracy	17	0.020%	5.51x
828	Waldron	17	0.020%	1.72x
829	Addyman	16	0.010%	20.99x
830	Backhouse	16	0.010%	1.92x
831	Barns	16	0.010%	2.22x
832	Broderick	16	0.010%	4.32x
833	Chatterton	16	0.010%	2.52x
834	Childs	16	0.010%	0.78x
835	Cowley	16	0.010%	0.78x
836	Crawshaw	16	0.010%	1.84x
837	Creighton	16	0.010%	3.63x
838	Croasdale	16	0.010%	9.02x
839	Crossland	16	0.010%	1.63x
840	Crossman	16	0.010%	4.34x
841	Farrer	16	0.010%	2.16x
842	Fillingham	16	0.010%	6.92x
843	Finnigan	16	0.010%	3.66x
844	Flemming	16	0.010%	3.55x
845	Fullalove	16	0.010%	25.34x
846	Gaskell	16	0.010%	1.40x
847	Haslop	16	0.010%	20.11x
848	Herring	16	0.010%	1.39x
849	Kean	16	0.010%	2.11x
850	Longbottom	16	0.010%	1.61x
851	Marrison	16	0.010%	12.63x
852	Milnes	16	0.010%	1.62x
853	Molloy	16	0.010%	2.62x
854	Morland	16	0.010%	5.09x
855	Obrian	16	0.010%	4.36x
856	Ohara	16	0.010%	2.49x
857	Raftery	16	0.010%	24.61x
858	Ratcliff	16	0.010%	2.22x
859	Redfern	16	0.010%	1.03x
860	Roebuck	16	0.010%	2.11x
861	Rymer	16	0.010%	5.98x
862	Shaughnessy	16	0.010%	12.06x
863	Shepperd	16	0.010%	3.30x
864	Sweeting	16	0.010%	3.57x
865	Tasker	16	0.010%	1.35x
866	Warriner	16	0.010%	4.88x
867	Whelan	16	0.010%	2.11x
868	Bagnall	15	0.010%	1.56x
869	Bagshaw	15	0.010%	1.68x
870	Bayliffe	15	0.010%	47.24x
871	Bostock	15	0.010%	1.43x
872	Bowyer	15	0.010%	1.23x
873	Broadley	15	0.010%	1.98x
874	Cadman	15	0.010%	1.64x
875	Caldwell	15	0.010%	0.86x
876	Cardwell	15	0.010%	2.79x
877	Caton	15	0.010%	2.80x
878	Corns	15	0.010%	4.80x
879	Dagnall	15	0.010%	6.19x
880	Doherty	15	0.010%	1.64x
881	Downey	15	0.010%	1.90x
882	Duffin	15	0.010%	3.55x
883	Egan	15	0.010%	1.62x
884	Eglin	15	0.010%	14.14x
885	Everett	15	0.010%	0.75x
886	Farrand	15	0.010%	6.68x
887	Freel	15	0.010%	24.33x
888	Gudger	15	0.010%	41.83x
889	Hemingway	15	0.010%	2.00x
890	Henshall	15	0.010%	2.76x
891	Henshaw	15	0.010%	1.57x
892	Hussey	15	0.010%	1.33x
893	Kelsall	15	0.010%	2.66x
894	Kersley	15	0.010%	11.64x
895	Leake	15	0.010%	3.26x
896	Lofthouse	15	0.010%	1.80x
897	Longden	15	0.010%	2.90x
898	Marcroft	15	0.010%	13.66x
899	Marner	15	0.010%	15.75x
900	Mawdsley	15	0.010%	4.25x