NameCensus.

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 Dumbell, with 2 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
201Dumbell240.32x
202Eagan227.55x
203Fannon255.56x
204Farrall216.12x
205Flannery216.05x
206Hadkinson2162.60x
207Highcock271.43x
208Hobin252.22x
209Hocker290.91x
210Losh2144.93x
211Nevitt224.69x
212Nyland295.69x
213Pascall227.93x
214Prescot225.35x
215Riby280.32x
216Rorke236.04x
217Swainston233.06x
218Bannan121.93x
219Berrell162.11x
220Bickerstaffe118.66x
221Bulger114.66x
222Carrole144.25x
223Cocklin116.31x
224Collington122.88x
225Covey114.56x
226Cuddy119.27x
227Culligan1133.33x
228Curly127.47x
229Dooly138.91x
230Dubois129.50x
231Fegan113.61x
232Fogerty129.15x
233Folan161.35x
234Forrister133.67x
235Gara1322.58x
236Gibbin120.58x
237Gruber1149.25x
238Hanaghan171.43x
239Hanratty128.99x
240Hargan170.42x
241Hartmann144.25x
242Hazleton142.19x
243Hollywell154.35x
244Jeffers118.45x
245Kennison178.13x
246Kerrigan18.85x
247Lidstone111.89x
248Mechan114.60x
249Odonnel124.75x
250Penlington119.05x
251Rhoden122.22x
252Serjeant119.12x
253Shannan130.40x
254Sheriden140.16x
255Stather117.18x
256Tarney145.05x
257Tiernan140.82x
258Tilston112.61x
259Torpey150.76x
260Totty115.46x
261Uzzell118.38x
262Whetnall1158.73x
263Wittle133.67x