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 Harney, with 15 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
1601	Harney	15	0.010%	16.38x
1602	Heaps	15	0.010%	2.21x
1603	Henson	15	0.010%	0.82x
1604	Houldsworth	15	0.010%	4.84x
1605	Hutchins	15	0.010%	0.95x
1606	Keeffe	15	0.010%	11.35x
1607	Kellett	15	0.010%	1.11x
1608	Kerkham	15	0.010%	110.86x
1609	Kirkup	15	0.010%	3.99x
1610	Kitson	15	0.010%	1.20x
1611	Longbottom	15	0.010%	1.08x
1612	Macauley	15	0.010%	6.09x
1613	Manson	15	0.010%	0.82x
1614	Mckenna	15	0.010%	7.08x
1615	Meagher	15	0.010%	16.19x
1616	Milligan	15	0.010%	0.82x
1617	Mould	15	0.010%	1.12x
1618	Murdock	15	0.010%	2.66x
1619	Nichol	15	0.010%	0.89x
1620	Openshaw	15	0.010%	1.98x
1621	Plumpton	15	0.010%	5.31x
1622	Podesta	15	0.010%	39.48x
1623	Podmore	15	0.010%	2.69x
1624	Reddish	15	0.010%	5.02x
1625	Rennie	15	0.010%	0.55x
1626	Ring	15	0.010%	2.37x
1627	Rowen	15	0.010%	9.33x
1628	Rudman	15	0.010%	4.79x
1629	Sale	15	0.010%	1.46x
1630	Scholfield	15	0.010%	3.78x
1631	Scully	15	0.010%	3.12x
1632	Skelhorn	15	0.010%	16.56x
1633	Sloan	15	0.010%	1.02x
1634	Swindles	15	0.010%	10.63x
1635	Tankard	15	0.010%	6.25x
1636	Washington	15	0.010%	1.91x
1637	Whaley	15	0.010%	2.86x
1638	Yearsley	15	0.010%	4.76x
1639	Yoxall	15	0.010%	5.93x
1640	Astley	14	0.010%	1.35x
1641	Bagley	14	0.010%	1.21x
1642	Baum	14	0.010%	5.81x
1643	Bellamy	14	0.010%	0.62x
1644	Bellfield	14	0.010%	9.06x
1645	Boden	14	0.010%	1.11x
1646	Boomer	14	0.010%	28.31x
1647	Brindley	14	0.010%	1.18x
1648	Brocklebank	14	0.010%	3.68x
1649	Broderick	14	0.010%	2.71x
1650	Bromiley	14	0.010%	6.91x
1651	Brotherton	14	0.010%	1.76x
1652	Budd	14	0.010%	0.71x
1653	Bunting	14	0.010%	0.80x
1654	Canning	14	0.010%	1.26x
1655	Carley	14	0.010%	4.01x
1656	Cary	14	0.010%	3.68x
1657	Chadderton	14	0.010%	3.70x
1658	Challiner	14	0.010%	18.05x
1659	Chilton	14	0.010%	1.12x
1660	Clynes	14	0.010%	21.52x
1661	Colling	14	0.010%	3.53x
1662	Cowlishaw	14	0.010%	5.19x
1663	Curry	14	0.010%	0.63x
1664	Dumville	14	0.010%	38.98x
1665	Emmanuel	14	0.010%	22.79x
1666	Fernley	14	0.010%	6.48x
1667	Flight	14	0.010%	5.20x
1668	Gandy	14	0.010%	2.23x
1669	Gent	14	0.010%	1.05x
1670	Gibbon	14	0.010%	0.89x
1671	Gilbody	14	0.010%	10.27x
1672	Glancey	14	0.010%	13.31x
1673	Goldman	14	0.010%	7.06x
1674	Gott	14	0.010%	2.07x
1675	Greenberg	14	0.010%	20.85x
1676	Greenway	14	0.010%	1.21x
1677	Gribble	14	0.010%	2.49x
1678	Grindrod	14	0.010%	2.24x
1679	Gunson	14	0.010%	4.65x
1680	Hallas	14	0.010%	2.41x
1681	Halstead	14	0.010%	1.08x
1682	Hannan	14	0.010%	2.83x
1683	Hennessey	14	0.010%	5.14x
1684	Hulston	14	0.010%	30.91x
1685	Kirwan	14	0.010%	14.94x
1686	Lanagan	14	0.010%	18.42x
1687	Laud	14	0.010%	9.64x
1688	Laverty	14	0.010%	6.10x
1689	Liggett	14	0.010%	23.80x
1690	Lindsey	14	0.010%	1.76x
1691	Lofthouse	14	0.010%	1.21x
1692	Makinson	14	0.010%	3.14x
1693	March	14	0.010%	0.83x
1694	Markham	14	0.010%	0.75x
1695	Matley	14	0.010%	6.83x
1696	Mayer	14	0.010%	1.56x
1697	Mayor	14	0.010%	2.05x
1698	Melville	14	0.010%	0.85x
1699	Moffett	14	0.010%	10.84x
1700	Newcombe	14	0.010%	1.28x