| Bedfordshire | 4 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 33 |
| Cambridgeshire | 13 |
| Channel Islands | 5 |
| Cheshire | 62 |
| Cornwall | 296 |
| Cumberland | 41 |
| Derbyshire | 67 |
| Devon | 50 |
| Dorset | 36 |
| Durham | 182 |
| Essex | 27 |
| Gloucestershire | 29 |
| Hampshire | 52 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 71 |
| Kent | 19 |
| Lancashire | 653 |
| Leicestershire | 2 |
| Lincolnshire | 71 |
| London | 230 |
| Middlesex | 8 |
| Northumberland | 63 |
| Norfolk | 3 |
| Northamptonshire | 11 |
| Nottinghamshire | 98 |
| Oxfordshire | 5 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 15 |
| Somerset | 24 |
| Surrey | 14 |
| Sussex | 7 |
| Staffordshire | 72 |
| Warwickshire | 34 |
| Westmorland | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 7 |
| Worcestershire | 22 |
| Yorkshire | 1,957 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 2 |
| Flintshire | 1 |
| Glamorgan | 15 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 5 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 869 |
| Coal Miner | 63 |
| Dress Maker | 39 |
| Domestic Servant | 33 |
| General Labourer | 27 |
| Annuitant | 25 |
| Cotton Weaver | 24 |
| General Servant | 24 |
| Labourer | 22 |
| Butcher | 18 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 18 |
| House Keeper | 17 |
| Joiner | 17 |
| Tin Miner | 17 |
| Charwoman | 15 |
| Stone Mason | 15 |
| Woollen Weaver | 15 |
| Worsted Weaver | 15 |
| Farm Labourer | 14 |
| File Cutter | 14 |
| Laundress | 13 |
| Grocer | 12 |
| Tailor | 12 |
| Iron Miner | 12 |
| General Servant Domestic | 11 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Oates | 2,077 |
| John Oates | 1,848 |
| William Oates | 1,609 |
| Elizabeth Oates | 1,259 |
| Sarah Oates | 1,078 |
| James Oates | 989 |
| George Oates | 982 |
| Thomas Oates | 977 |
| Ann Oates | 678 |
| Joseph Oates | 673 |
| Jane Oates | 538 |
| Annie Oates | 493 |
| Charles Oates | 446 |
| Hannah Oates | 396 |
| Margaret Oates | 392 |
| Ellen Oates | 368 |
| Henry Oates | 365 |
| Martha Oates | 351 |
| Eliza Oates | 343 |
| Alice Oates | 332 |
| Robert Oates | 323 |
| Emma Oates | 322 |
| Samuel Oates | 275 |
| Emily Oates | 270 |
| Frederick Oates | 269 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oates | 100% | 28,994 |
| 2 | Oats | 80% | 5,019 |
| 3 | Toes | 40% | 1,226 |
| 4 | Eates | 80% | 1,061 |
| 5 | Tees | 40% | 534 |
| 6 | Tose | 20% | 474 |
| 7 | Toase | 40% | 357 |
| 8 | Tase | 40% | 351 |
| 9 | Eats | 60% | 233 |
| 10 | Toose | 20% | 195 |
| 11 | Toas | 40% | 170 |
| 12 | Touse | 20% | 137 |
| 13 | Tiso | 20% | 107 |
The surname Oates is the most popular version of all its varients