1881 census place

Prescot surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Prescot, 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

263 surnames are listed for Prescot, Lancashire, covering 2,839 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Lyon, with 86 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Prescot

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	Lyon	86	1.37%	65.46x
2	Atherton	75	1.20%	66.56x
3	Byron	72	1.15%	314.14x
4	Prescott	69	1.10%	78.04x
5	Mercer	62	0.990%	37.69x
6	Beesley	59	0.940%	117.09x
7	Stott	59	0.940%	30.13x
8	Preston	56	0.890%	17.88x
9	Chesworth	51	0.810%	363.51x
10	Case	49	0.780%	78.24x
11	Stockley	44	0.700%	162.66x
12	Finney	43	0.690%	79.13x
13	Eaton	39	0.620%	22.22x
14	Appleton	38	0.610%	38.67x
15	Rigby	35	0.560%	19.25x
16	Hewitt	34	0.540%	11.13x
17	Lawrenson	33	0.530%	186.97x
18	Molyneux	33	0.530%	68.94x
19	Denton	32	0.510%	27.78x
20	Leadbetter	32	0.510%	98.49x
21	Chorley	31	0.490%	146.02x
22	Scarisbrick	31	0.490%	546.74x
23	Dagnall	30	0.480%	220.75x
24	Parr	29	0.460%	18.52x
25	Welsby	29	0.460%	180.35x
26	Dyson	28	0.450%	13.79x
27	Heyes	28	0.450%	57.68x
28	Houghton	27	0.430%	12.32x
29	Renshall	27	0.430%	2347.83x
30	Gore	26	0.410%	36.73x
31	Ashcroft	25	0.400%	29.80x
32	Range	25	0.400%	694.44x
33	Brownbill	23	0.370%	334.79x
34	Platt	23	0.370%	13.86x
35	Carroll	22	0.350%	17.48x
36	Sephton	22	0.350%	134.89x
37	Barrow	21	0.340%	15.81x
38	Mutch	21	0.340%	75.03x
39	Fairhurst	20	0.320%	38.96x
40	Heaps	20	0.320%	73.26x
41	Mawdsley	20	0.320%	101.11x
42	Cavanagh	19	0.300%	40.18x
43	Critchley	19	0.300%	34.01x
44	Hobbins	19	0.300%	185.19x
45	Leyland	19	0.300%	49.60x
46	Makin	19	0.300%	35.29x
47	Abraham	18	0.290%	29.11x
48	Holcroft	18	0.290%	133.14x
49	Hornby	18	0.290%	25.21x
50	Melia	18	0.290%	119.60x
51	Travis	18	0.290%	24.48x
52	Copple	17	0.270%	580.20x
53	Pendleton	17	0.270%	73.37x
54	Waine	17	0.270%	109.61x
55	Barron	15	0.240%	15.45x
56	Birchall	15	0.240%	24.39x
57	Broderick	15	0.240%	72.32x
58	Halsall	15	0.240%	45.41x
59	Orford	15	0.240%	96.22x
60	Roughsedge	15	0.240%	307.38x
61	Balmer	14	0.220%	59.02x
62	Fillingham	14	0.220%	108.02x
63	Flinn	14	0.220%	36.99x
64	Murry	14	0.220%	42.25x
65	Rimmer	14	0.220%	13.98x
66	Roscoe	14	0.220%	35.98x
67	Scotson	14	0.220%	208.33x
68	Fairclough	13	0.210%	19.87x
69	Fleetwood	13	0.210%	59.50x
70	Pickavance	13	0.210%	276.01x
71	Sherratt	13	0.210%	36.11x
72	Alcock	12	0.190%	13.26x
73	Laurenson	12	0.190%	77.97x
74	Pownall	12	0.190%	44.36x
75	Roby	12	0.190%	79.05x
76	Rylance	12	0.190%	128.48x
77	Corns	11	0.180%	62.79x
78	Forber	11	0.180%	326.41x
79	Forshaw	11	0.180%	26.10x
80	Gleave	11	0.180%	41.67x
81	Molloy	11	0.180%	32.14x
82	Speight	11	0.180%	21.59x
83	Wycherley	11	0.180%	153.20x
84	Comer	10	0.160%	61.88x
85	Edwardson	10	0.160%	129.87x
86	Greene	10	0.160%	58.34x
87	Larkin	10	0.160%	17.76x
88	Loftus	10	0.160%	29.26x
89	Oppenheim	10	0.160%	408.16x
90	Sixsmith	10	0.160%	95.33x
91	Arrowsmith	9	0.140%	18.51x
92	Brandreth	9	0.140%	144.69x
93	Corley	9	0.140%	94.04x
94	Durkin	9	0.140%	32.89x
95	Lawler	9	0.140%	31.97x
96	Plumpton	9	0.140%	79.16x
97	Varey	9	0.140%	93.65x
98	Caley	8	0.130%	32.95x
99	Feeney	8	0.130%	37.58x
100	Burchall	7	0.110%	110.76x