1881 census county

Isle of Man surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Isle of Man in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

2,238 surnames are listed for Isle of Man, covering 48,141 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Kelly, with 2,118 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Isle of Man

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Kelly	2,118	3.90%	35.65x
2	Quayle	1,349	2.49%	375.72x
3	Corlett	1,139	2.10%	368.33x
4	Moore	944	1.74%	8.70x
5	Clague	882	1.63%	456.73x
6	Christian	873	1.61%	162.26x
7	Cain	790	1.46%	70.12x
8	Quirk	637	1.17%	246.77x
9	Watterson	632	1.17%	359.68x
10	Cannell	612	1.13%	260.88x
11	Corkill	611	1.13%	444.98x
12	Shimmin	609	1.12%	421.28x
13	Kermode	554	1.02%	428.33x
14	Cubbon	531	0.980%	482.90x
15	Cowley	524	0.970%	52.52x
16	Kneale	517	0.950%	401.96x
17	Kewley	506	0.930%	328.23x
18	Bridson	503	0.930%	411.35x
19	Teare	493	0.910%	414.22x
20	Craine	492	0.910%	395.91x
21	Crellin	482	0.890%	337.65x
22	Callow	474	0.870%	140.90x
23	Clucas	474	0.870%	364.95x
24	Corrin	474	0.870%	388.24x
25	Callister	446	0.820%	407.64x
26	Radcliffe	440	0.810%	69.82x
27	Cowin	418	0.770%	383.31x
28	Fargher	412	0.760%	460.39x
29	Sayle	404	0.740%	368.01x
30	Quine	390	0.720%	337.98x
31	Caine	384	0.710%	169.04x
32	Clarke	377	0.690%	3.43x
33	Collister	359	0.660%	405.28x
34	Gale	357	0.660%	21.96x
35	Gelling	325	0.600%	376.11x
36	Kissack	323	0.600%	423.55x
37	Kneen	321	0.590%	390.32x
38	Cowell	312	0.580%	40.17x
39	Lace	306	0.560%	298.45x
40	Costain	304	0.560%	448.71x
41	Faragher	295	0.540%	424.09x
42	Gawne	293	0.540%	455.61x
43	Garrett	278	0.510%	22.57x
44	Brew	276	0.510%	202.06x
45	Killey	270	0.500%	331.98x
46	Creer	269	0.500%	353.58x
47	Curphey	269	0.500%	412.51x
48	Gill	265	0.490%	6.90x
49	Quilliam	254	0.470%	373.91x
50	Skillicorn	251	0.460%	360.84x
51	Caley	244	0.450%	116.11x
52	Kennaugh	243	0.450%	442.70x
53	Cottier	238	0.440%	311.31x
54	Maddrell	234	0.430%	483.87x
55	Bell	231	0.430%	2.27x
56	Killip	221	0.410%	357.78x
57	Kinrade	217	0.400%	413.10x
58	Taggart	217	0.400%	105.92x
59	Harrison	202	0.370%	1.68x
60	Corris	187	0.340%	378.16x
61	Crebbin	186	0.340%	450.36x
62	Kinvig	178	0.330%	509.15x
63	Cleator	172	0.320%	329.69x
64	Joughin	166	0.310%	359.39x
65	Morrison	163	0.300%	3.82x
66	Corkish	161	0.300%	440.01x
67	Looney	161	0.300%	187.51x
68	Fayle	160	0.290%	477.47x
69	Boyde	158	0.290%	215.91x
70	Wade	157	0.290%	7.23x
71	Smith	156	0.290%	0.20x
72	Gell	150	0.280%	105.21x
73	Taylor	150	0.280%	0.43x
74	Cowle	139	0.260%	220.49x
75	Jones	137	0.250%	0.22x
76	Hampton	136	0.250%	15.88x
77	Kinley	136	0.250%	216.98x
78	Leece	135	0.250%	149.95x
79	Cannon	133	0.250%	13.54x
80	Cringle	132	0.240%	335.88x
81	Gorry	131	0.240%	408.61x
82	Crowe	130	0.240%	24.02x
83	Cretney	117	0.220%	386.78x
84	Hudson	115	0.210%	2.59x
85	Kewin	114	0.210%	452.74x
86	Cregeen	112	0.210%	399.00x
87	Coole	109	0.200%	139.62x
88	Mylchreest	109	0.200%	429.81x
89	Comish	108	0.200%	497.01x
90	Goldsmith	106	0.200%	12.58x
91	Martin	103	0.190%	0.77x
92	Nelson	103	0.190%	3.92x
93	Karran	101	0.190%	376.73x
94	Stowell	98	0.180%	77.62x
95	Lawson	96	0.180%	3.00x
96	Brown	95	0.180%	0.27x
97	Lewin	94	0.170%	21.49x
98	Anderson	93	0.170%	0.87x
99	Cashin	93	0.170%	318.82x
100	Johnson	92	0.170%	0.50x