1881 census place

Manchester surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Manchester, 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

5,889 surnames are listed for Manchester, Lancashire, covering 130,370 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 1,954 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Manchester

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	Smith	1,954	1.25%	0.89x
2	Jones	1,616	1.04%	0.92x
3	Taylor	1,255	0.810%	1.26x
4	Kelly	774	0.500%	4.53x
5	Brown	747	0.480%	0.73x
6	Williams	732	0.470%	0.65x
7	Johnson	687	0.440%	1.31x
8	Walker	677	0.430%	1.30x
9	Jackson	671	0.430%	1.54x
10	Hughes	594	0.380%	1.36x
11	Wood	590	0.380%	1.19x
12	Robinson	585	0.380%	1.18x
13	Hall	575	0.370%	1.25x
14	Davies	548	0.350%	0.69x
15	Thompson	540	0.350%	1.16x
16	Wilson	540	0.350%	0.75x
17	Roberts	532	0.340%	0.91x
18	Riley	517	0.330%	4.19x
19	Burns	496	0.320%	4.74x
20	Turner	494	0.320%	1.14x
21	Murphy	462	0.300%	3.71x
22	Booth	455	0.290%	2.96x
23	Harrison	426	0.270%	1.23x
24	Morris	424	0.270%	1.22x
25	Edwards	414	0.270%	0.95x
26	Wright	409	0.260%	0.82x
27	Wilkinson	394	0.250%	1.66x
28	Shaw	392	0.250%	1.37x
29	Green	385	0.250%	0.88x
30	Cooper	378	0.240%	1.00x
31	Allen	366	0.230%	1.24x
32	White	366	0.230%	0.73x
33	Lee	358	0.230%	1.41x
34	Ward	341	0.220%	1.00x
35	Howarth	340	0.220%	4.54x
36	Evans	338	0.220%	0.50x
37	Fletcher	335	0.210%	1.88x
38	Whittaker	335	0.210%	4.54x
39	Burke	333	0.210%	7.26x
40	Barlow	327	0.210%	3.88x
41	Hill	326	0.210%	0.82x
42	Holland	321	0.210%	2.89x
43	Holt	321	0.210%	3.08x
44	Bailey	305	0.200%	1.30x
45	Yates	296	0.190%	2.76x
46	Howard	294	0.190%	1.92x
47	Martin	293	0.190%	0.76x
48	Connor	292	0.190%	6.34x
49	Campbell	290	0.190%	1.10x
50	Farrell	290	0.190%	9.81x
51	Barnes	287	0.180%	1.53x
52	Carroll	286	0.180%	9.14x
53	Williamson	284	0.180%	2.03x
54	Ogden	283	0.180%	6.42x
55	Walsh	275	0.180%	3.31x
56	Mitchell	273	0.180%	0.86x
57	Owen	273	0.180%	1.48x
58	Carter	272	0.170%	1.04x
59	Kennedy	271	0.170%	2.88x
60	Moran	271	0.170%	9.49x
61	Moore	265	0.170%	0.85x
62	Thomas	261	0.170%	0.41x
63	Clarke	259	0.170%	0.82x
64	Ryan	257	0.160%	5.32x
65	Quinn	256	0.160%	8.59x
66	Doyle	254	0.160%	6.69x
67	Richardson	245	0.160%	0.92x
68	Clark	244	0.160%	0.52x
69	Buckley	243	0.160%	2.86x
70	King	242	0.160%	0.71x
71	Lewis	241	0.150%	0.59x
72	Mason	236	0.150%	1.13x
73	Higgins	235	0.150%	2.98x
74	Rogers	235	0.150%	1.16x
75	Mellor	231	0.150%	4.21x
76	Pearson	231	0.150%	1.28x
77	Royle	228	0.150%	11.12x
78	Warburton	226	0.150%	5.88x
79	Welsh	226	0.150%	3.66x
80	Davis	225	0.140%	0.66x
81	Whitehead	225	0.140%	2.14x
82	Ellis	220	0.140%	0.97x
83	Lynch	218	0.140%	5.30x
84	Collins	216	0.140%	0.97x
85	Murray	215	0.140%	1.11x
86	Bell	213	0.140%	0.73x
87	Dean	213	0.140%	1.97x
88	Hayes	213	0.140%	2.20x
89	Watson	213	0.140%	0.59x
90	Brady	209	0.130%	7.57x
91	Butterworth	209	0.130%	3.73x
92	Nolan	209	0.130%	9.83x
93	Ashworth	208	0.130%	3.34x
94	Chadwick	208	0.130%	3.05x
95	Foster	208	0.130%	1.00x
96	Dawson	206	0.130%	1.20x
97	Phillips	206	0.130%	0.74x
98	Parker	205	0.130%	0.69x
99	Scott	203	0.130%	0.51x
100	Fox	200	0.130%	1.38x