1881 census place
Bury surnames in the 1881 census
This page ranks surnames recorded in Bury, Lancashire 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
1,252 surnames are listed for Bury, Lancashire, covering 28,016 people in the local records.
The leading surname here is Prager, with 6 people recorded in 1881.
Most common surnames in Bury
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 | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Prager | 6 | 126.05x |
| 702 | Quinlan | 6 | 6.88x |
| 703 | Ragan | 6 | 9.26x |
| 704 | Ridger | 6 | 63.97x |
| 705 | Roan | 6 | 21.10x |
| 706 | Rollinson | 6 | 2.81x |
| 707 | Rowles | 6 | 3.44x |
| 708 | Rudman | 6 | 7.54x |
| 709 | Satterthwaite | 6 | 8.83x |
| 710 | Savill | 6 | 3.20x |
| 711 | Seller | 6 | 10.00x |
| 712 | Shipcott | 6 | 61.35x |
| 713 | Tapper | 6 | 6.99x |
| 714 | Thornber | 6 | 6.18x |
| 715 | Train | 6 | 6.73x |
| 716 | Tremayne | 6 | 14.64x |
| 717 | Tuke | 6 | 11.52x |
| 718 | Urmston | 6 | 18.37x |
| 719 | Wahab | 6 | 379.75x |
| 720 | Waites | 6 | 6.03x |
| 721 | Waterworth | 6 | 3.49x |
| 722 | Wheildon | 6 | 44.51x |
| 723 | Whitely | 6 | 7.16x |
| 724 | Wilke | 6 | 64.86x |
| 725 | Airton | 5 | 25.21x |
| 726 | Archdeacon | 5 | 34.70x |
| 727 | Astles | 5 | 15.37x |
| 728 | Banister | 5 | 3.03x |
| 729 | Boast | 5 | 6.29x |
| 730 | Boshell | 5 | 38.20x |
| 731 | Burghall | 5 | 52.52x |
| 732 | Carley | 5 | 5.64x |
| 733 | Cartman | 5 | 17.27x |
| 734 | Catley | 5 | 5.88x |
| 735 | Catton | 5 | 3.90x |
| 736 | Causer | 5 | 8.44x |
| 737 | Cayton | 5 | 26.26x |
| 738 | Clavey | 5 | 39.40x |
| 739 | Combs | 5 | 6.45x |
| 740 | Cordingley | 5 | 3.66x |
| 741 | Corrie | 5 | 5.55x |
| 742 | Crapper | 5 | 5.67x |
| 743 | Darly | 5 | 48.50x |
| 744 | Denston | 5 | 25.72x |
| 745 | Dorning | 5 | 16.66x |
| 746 | Doubleday | 5 | 6.02x |
| 747 | Eckersley | 5 | 2.02x |
| 748 | Fazakerley | 5 | 14.22x |
| 749 | Fly | 5 | 42.99x |
| 750 | Fort | 5 | 5.37x |
| 751 | Genn | 5 | 40.65x |
| 752 | Glennon | 5 | 17.11x |
| 753 | Greenlees | 5 | 6.49x |
| 754 | Hanna | 5 | 7.98x |
| 755 | Harpin | 5 | 17.76x |
| 756 | Hesson | 5 | 38.20x |
| 757 | Holcroft | 5 | 5.85x |
| 758 | Howorth | 5 | 2.82x |
| 759 | Ikin | 5 | 9.67x |
| 760 | Kempson | 5 | 5.78x |
| 761 | Kilshaw | 5 | 9.50x |
| 762 | Kingham | 5 | 3.48x |
| 763 | Laugton | 5 | 70.03x |
| 764 | Leath | 5 | 20.11x |
| 765 | Lightbourn | 5 | 85.91x |
| 766 | Loughlin | 5 | 7.75x |
| 767 | Ludford | 5 | 10.99x |
| 768 | Mander | 5 | 3.80x |
| 769 | Mangnall | 5 | 19.19x |
| 770 | Marginson | 5 | 12.65x |
| 771 | Maudsley | 5 | 4.45x |
| 772 | Mawdsley | 5 | 4.00x |
| 773 | Moorby | 5 | 9.11x |
| 774 | Murrey | 5 | 4.66x |
| 775 | Nally | 5 | 32.05x |
| 776 | Odonald | 5 | 32.87x |
| 777 | Polding | 5 | 28.01x |
| 778 | Pollett | 5 | 12.48x |
| 779 | Poulston | 5 | 51.81x |
| 780 | Sankey | 5 | 3.05x |
| 781 | Scarlett | 5 | 3.72x |
| 782 | Scully | 5 | 4.09x |
| 783 | Shardlow | 5 | 9.20x |
| 784 | Shaws | 5 | 66.31x |
| 785 | Slee | 5 | 3.23x |
| 786 | Sloyan | 5 | 290.70x |
| 787 | Staniforth | 5 | 3.33x |
| 788 | Tallents | 5 | 60.98x |
| 789 | Tetley | 5 | 3.14x |
| 790 | Tongue | 5 | 3.77x |
| 791 | Treen | 5 | 13.18x |
| 792 | Tuer | 5 | 27.40x |
| 793 | Vick | 5 | 5.47x |
| 794 | Wolstenhulme | 5 | 29.31x |
| 795 | Yapp | 5 | 6.45x |
| 796 | Alty | 4 | 5.51x |
| 797 | Antrobus | 4 | 5.07x |
| 798 | Ashall | 4 | 7.14x |
| 799 | Barford | 4 | 3.95x |
| 800 | Beardshaw | 4 | 12.25x |