| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 3 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 6 |
| Cornwall | 317 |
| Cumberland | 11 |
| Derbyshire | 6 |
| Devon | 14 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 36 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 2 |
| Hampshire | 7 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 32 |
| Kent | 3 |
| Lancashire | 33 |
| Leicestershire | 8 |
| Lincolnshire | 5 |
| London | 22 |
| Middlesex | 1 |
| Northumberland | 5 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 0 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 9 |
| Warwickshire | 5 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 0 |
| Yorkshire | 40 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 3 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 22 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 7 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 121 |
| Tin Miner | 24 |
| Domestic Servant | 10 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 9 |
| Stone Mason | 9 |
| Farm Servant Indoor | 9 |
| Dress Maker | 8 |
| Annuitant | 8 |
| Farm Labourer | 8 |
| General Servant Domestic | 5 |
| House Keeper | 5 |
| Labourer | 5 |
| General Servant | 5 |
| Painter | 5 |
| Cotton Weaver | 4 |
| Farm Servant | 4 |
| Coal Miner | 4 |
| Farmers Son | 4 |
| Assistant | 4 |
| Charwoman | 4 |
| Fisherman | 4 |
| Pupil Teacher | 3 |
| Home Work | 3 |
| Shoe Maker | 3 |
| Machinest | 2 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Oats | 395 |
| William Oats | 382 |
| Mary Oats | 378 |
| John Oats | 365 |
| James Oats | 250 |
| Thomas Oats | 241 |
| Jane Oats | 223 |
| Richard Oats | 168 |
| Ann Oats | 122 |
| Sarah Oats | 105 |
| Grace Oats | 101 |
| George Oats | 91 |
| Margaret Oats | 80 |
| Eliza Oats | 71 |
| Catherine Oats | 58 |
| Joseph Oats | 57 |
| Ellen Oats | 55 |
| Henry Oats | 52 |
| Annie Oats | 50 |
| Samuel Oats | 49 |
| Charles Oats | 48 |
| Edward Oats | 45 |
| Martha Oats | 43 |
| Robert Oats | 42 |
| Nicholas Oats | 41 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oates | 80% | 28,994 |
| 2 | Oats | 100% | 5,019 |
| 3 | Toes | 25% | 1,226 |
| 4 | Eates | 60% | 1,061 |
| 5 | Tees | 25% | 534 |
| 6 | Tose | 0% | 474 |
| 7 | Toase | 40% | 357 |
| 8 | Tase | 25% | 351 |
| 9 | Eats | 75% | 233 |
| 10 | Toose | 20% | 195 |
| 11 | Toas | 50% | 170 |
| 12 | Touse | 20% | 137 |
| 13 | Tiso | 0% | 107 |
The surname Oats is the 2nd most popular variant of Oates.