| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 5 |
| Channel Islands | 3 |
| Cheshire | 31 |
| Cornwall | 323 |
| Cumberland | 11 |
| Derbyshire | 51 |
| Devon | 9 |
| Dorset | 19 |
| Durham | 140 |
| Essex | 5 |
| Gloucestershire | 18 |
| Hampshire | 21 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 79 |
| Kent | 19 |
| Lancashire | 391 |
| Leicestershire | 1 |
| Lincolnshire | 83 |
| London | 62 |
| Middlesex | 5 |
| Northumberland | 13 |
| Norfolk | 5 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 64 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 2 |
| Surrey | 5 |
| Sussex | 2 |
| Staffordshire | 39 |
| Warwickshire | 26 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 15 |
| Worcestershire | 5 |
| Yorkshire | 1,444 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 1 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 1 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 1 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 470 |
| Coal Miner | 38 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 34 |
| House Servant | 30 |
| Labourer | 28 |
| Copper Miner | 26 |
| House Keeper | 22 |
| Cotton Weaver | 19 |
| Worsted Spinner | 18 |
| Servant | 17 |
| Dress Maker | 17 |
| Tin Miner | 15 |
| Butcher | 14 |
| Tailor | 14 |
| Stone Mason | 13 |
| General Servant | 13 |
| Laundress | 11 |
| Worsted Weaver | 11 |
| Blacksmith | 10 |
| Carter | 10 |
| Mine Labourer | 9 |
| Farm Labourer | 8 |
| Gardener | 8 |
| Tin & Copper Miner | 8 |
| Domestic Servant | 8 |
| 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