1881 census place

Liverpool surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Liverpool, 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

7,781 surnames are listed for Liverpool, Lancashire, covering 168,026 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Jones, with 3,442 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Liverpool

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	Frequency	Index
1	Jones	3,442	1.63%	1.44x
2	Smith	2,474	1.18%	0.83x
3	Williams	2,133	1.01%	1.41x
4	Murphy	1,787	0.850%	10.62x
5	Hughes	1,661	0.790%	2.82x
6	Kelly	1,605	0.760%	6.96x
7	Roberts	1,338	0.640%	1.69x
8	Davies	1,168	0.550%	1.09x
9	Brown	1,166	0.550%	0.84x
10	Evans	908	0.430%	0.99x
11	Burns	846	0.400%	5.99x
12	Taylor	840	0.400%	0.62x
13	Doyle	839	0.400%	16.37x
14	Wilson	821	0.390%	0.85x
15	Johnson	816	0.390%	1.15x
16	Walsh	814	0.390%	7.26x
17	Thompson	784	0.370%	1.24x
18	Edwards	724	0.340%	1.23x
19	Robinson	680	0.320%	1.01x
20	Murray	649	0.310%	2.49x
21	Connor	647	0.310%	10.41x
22	Thomas	639	0.300%	0.74x
23	Riley	562	0.270%	3.37x
24	White	536	0.250%	0.79x
25	Moore	526	0.250%	1.25x
26	Ryan	517	0.250%	7.92x
27	Dunn	516	0.250%	2.95x
28	Burke	509	0.240%	8.22x
29	Martin	508	0.240%	0.98x
30	Wright	507	0.240%	0.75x
31	Walker	503	0.240%	0.71x
32	Quinn	493	0.230%	12.25x
33	Carroll	485	0.230%	11.48x
34	Jackson	482	0.230%	0.82x
35	Morris	477	0.230%	1.02x
36	Campbell	474	0.230%	1.33x
37	Clarke	472	0.220%	1.11x
38	Parry	468	0.220%	2.92x
39	Green	465	0.220%	0.78x
40	Lewis	465	0.220%	0.84x
41	Scott	464	0.220%	0.87x
42	Harrison	455	0.220%	0.97x
43	Collins	451	0.210%	1.49x
44	Ward	449	0.210%	0.98x
45	Graham	442	0.210%	1.83x
46	Griffiths	434	0.210%	1.26x
47	Owens	431	0.200%	4.12x
48	Nolan	419	0.200%	14.59x
49	Lynch	397	0.190%	7.15x
50	Anderson	395	0.190%	0.95x
51	Lloyd	393	0.190%	1.60x
52	Woods	385	0.180%	2.90x
53	Shaw	381	0.180%	0.99x
54	Kennedy	379	0.180%	2.99x
55	Gallagher	377	0.180%	11.79x
56	Welsh	362	0.170%	4.34x
57	Duffy	358	0.170%	7.79x
58	Moran	352	0.170%	9.13x
59	King	347	0.160%	0.76x
60	Price	347	0.160%	0.94x
61	Turner	341	0.160%	0.58x
62	Bell	330	0.160%	0.83x
63	Byrne	329	0.160%	11.20x
64	Higgins	329	0.160%	3.09x
65	Fitzpatrick	324	0.150%	10.52x
66	Clark	323	0.150%	0.51x
67	Flynn	317	0.150%	7.87x
68	Hall	316	0.150%	0.51x
69	Allen	315	0.150%	0.79x
70	Hill	314	0.150%	0.59x
71	Obrien	313	0.150%	10.06x
72	Simpson	313	0.150%	0.85x
73	Miller	311	0.150%	0.83x
74	Cain	309	0.150%	7.07x
75	Connolly	309	0.150%	12.64x
76	Baker	308	0.150%	0.67x
77	Stewart	305	0.140%	0.93x
78	Ellis	296	0.140%	0.97x
79	Lee	291	0.140%	0.85x
80	Wood	285	0.140%	0.42x
81	Farrell	281	0.130%	7.04x
82	Harris	281	0.130%	0.53x
83	Mitchell	280	0.130%	0.66x
84	Watson	277	0.130%	0.57x
85	Carney	276	0.130%	14.50x
86	Mooney	274	0.130%	11.21x
87	Maguire	269	0.130%	12.50x
88	Bennett	261	0.120%	0.75x
89	Johnston	259	0.120%	1.52x
90	Fox	256	0.120%	1.31x
91	Owen	255	0.120%	1.02x
92	Cullen	253	0.120%	6.86x
93	Rimmer	253	0.120%	7.52x
94	Brady	251	0.120%	6.73x
95	Doran	251	0.120%	14.34x
96	Joyce	246	0.120%	4.76x
97	Phillips	246	0.120%	0.65x
98	Young	246	0.120%	0.54x
99	Hayes	243	0.120%	1.86x
100	Wilkinson	239	0.110%	0.74x