1881 census place

Onchan surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Onchan, Isle of Man 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

487 surnames are listed for Onchan, Isle of Man, covering 9,445 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Kelly, with 569 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Onchan

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
1	Kelly	569	3.64%	33.25x
2	Cain	358	2.29%	110.32x
3	Quayle	266	1.70%	257.20x
4	Clague	258	1.65%	463.86x
5	Moore	248	1.59%	7.94x
6	Corlett	200	1.28%	224.54x
7	Cowin	197	1.26%	627.19x
8	Kewley	190	1.22%	427.83x
9	Cannell	183	1.17%	270.83x
10	Christian	171	1.09%	110.34x
11	Bridson	157	1.00%	445.77x
12	Cowley	157	1.00%	54.63x
13	Quine	152	0.970%	457.28x
14	Clucas	147	0.940%	392.94x
15	Corrin	144	0.920%	409.44x
16	Cubbon	143	0.920%	451.53x
17	Cowell	137	0.880%	61.23x
18	Creer	133	0.850%	606.75x
19	Kneale	122	0.780%	329.28x
20	Shimmin	118	0.760%	283.38x
21	Sayle	115	0.740%	363.69x
22	Crellin	114	0.730%	277.24x
23	Craine	113	0.720%	315.64x
24	Callow	111	0.710%	114.55x
25	Teare	109	0.700%	317.97x
26	Gelling	106	0.680%	425.87x
27	Skillicorn	106	0.680%	528.94x
28	Quirk	105	0.670%	141.20x
29	Clarke	101	0.650%	3.19x
30	Kermode	101	0.650%	271.07x
31	Corkill	99	0.630%	250.32x
32	Collister	94	0.600%	368.34x
33	Cottier	81	0.520%	367.85x
34	Gale	78	0.500%	16.66x
35	Taggart	77	0.490%	130.46x
36	Quilliam	76	0.490%	388.35x
37	Caine	72	0.460%	110.04x
38	Watterson	69	0.440%	136.34x
39	Kneen	66	0.420%	278.60x
40	Brew	64	0.410%	162.68x
41	Faragher	60	0.380%	299.40x
42	Kissack	60	0.380%	273.10x
43	Killey	59	0.380%	251.81x
44	Fargher	56	0.360%	217.22x
45	Curphey	55	0.350%	292.86x
46	Lewin	51	0.330%	40.47x
47	Callister	50	0.320%	158.63x
48	Garrett	50	0.320%	14.09x
49	Oates	49	0.310%	20.12x
50	Hampton	47	0.300%	19.05x
51	Kennaugh	46	0.290%	290.96x
52	Roney	43	0.280%	138.26x
53	Fayle	42	0.270%	435.23x
54	Gill	42	0.270%	3.80x
55	Lace	42	0.270%	142.23x
56	Caley	41	0.260%	67.74x
57	Archer	39	0.250%	6.03x
58	Gawne	38	0.240%	205.18x
59	Todd	38	0.240%	4.78x
60	Cringle	37	0.240%	326.86x
61	Kaye	35	0.220%	14.95x
62	Gell	34	0.220%	82.79x
63	Murphey	33	0.210%	101.20x
64	Corris	30	0.190%	210.67x
65	Karran	30	0.190%	388.60x
66	Killip	30	0.190%	168.63x
67	Stephen	29	0.190%	10.58x
68	Joughin	28	0.180%	210.53x
69	Kewin	28	0.180%	386.21x
70	Radcliffe	28	0.180%	15.42x
71	Cannon	27	0.170%	9.54x
72	Goldsmith	26	0.170%	10.71x
73	Stowell	24	0.150%	65.99x
74	Coole	23	0.150%	102.27x
75	Cretney	21	0.130%	241.10x
76	Duggan	21	0.130%	17.56x
77	Kinley	21	0.130%	116.34x
78	Proctor	21	0.130%	5.47x
79	Caren	20	0.130%	607.90x
80	Henry	20	0.130%	5.06x
81	Kinrade	20	0.130%	132.19x
82	Laughlin	20	0.130%	81.04x
83	Cowle	19	0.120%	104.63x
84	Vick	19	0.120%	52.69x
85	Burden	18	0.120%	9.00x
86	Corkish	18	0.120%	170.78x
87	Looney	18	0.120%	72.79x
88	Maddrell	18	0.120%	129.22x
89	Magee	18	0.120%	26.19x
90	Boyde	17	0.110%	80.65x
91	Costain	17	0.110%	87.13x
92	Dunkin	17	0.110%	112.73x
93	Nicholl	17	0.110%	20.80x
94	Agnew	16	0.100%	18.20x
95	Cavendish	16	0.100%	160.48x
96	Cleator	16	0.100%	106.45x
97	Kellett	16	0.100%	11.77x
98	Senogles	16	0.100%	414.51x
99	Tyson	16	0.100%	7.85x
100	Braid	15	0.100%	26.16x