1881 census place

Preston surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Preston, 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

2,586 surnames are listed for Preston, Lancashire, covering 76,161 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Furness, with 14 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Preston

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
901	Furness	14	0.020%	1.89x
902	Gaunt	14	0.020%	1.53x
903	Gilbertson	14	0.020%	5.16x
904	Glen	14	0.020%	1.53x
905	Grayston	14	0.020%	10.61x
906	Grice	14	0.020%	1.46x
907	Hackett	14	0.020%	1.28x
908	Haythornthwaite	14	0.020%	17.59x
909	Higginbottom	14	0.020%	2.31x
910	Hindson	14	0.020%	8.51x
911	Horan	14	0.020%	5.15x
912	Horsfall	14	0.020%	1.50x
913	Hoskinson	14	0.020%	29.74x
914	Judge	14	0.020%	1.40x
915	Kirkman	14	0.020%	2.36x
916	Lawler	14	0.020%	3.36x
917	Leary	14	0.020%	1.67x
918	Mahoney	14	0.020%	1.41x
919	Mashiter	14	0.020%	19.74x
920	Mccann	14	0.020%	11.39x
921	Munroe	14	0.020%	5.58x
922	Odonnell	14	0.020%	2.35x
923	Postlethwaite	14	0.020%	3.98x
924	Quin	14	0.020%	1.41x
925	Snowden	14	0.020%	1.70x
926	Stanhope	14	0.020%	6.30x
927	Stansfield	14	0.020%	0.98x
928	Stocks	14	0.020%	1.39x
929	Stothert	14	0.020%	49.14x
930	Thorp	14	0.020%	1.11x
931	Torrance	14	0.020%	3.42x
932	Trafford	14	0.020%	3.76x
933	Wardley	14	0.020%	6.02x
934	Woodacre	14	0.020%	48.11x
935	Bedworth	13	0.010%	24.84x
936	Beggs	13	0.010%	10.47x
937	Billsborough	13	0.010%	95.45x
938	Borwick	13	0.010%	16.02x
939	Colman	13	0.010%	1.51x
940	Corless	13	0.010%	4.98x
941	Coyne	13	0.010%	2.65x
942	Crookall	13	0.010%	28.18x
943	Crozier	13	0.010%	2.99x
944	Davy	13	0.010%	1.14x
945	Dougherty	13	0.010%	3.63x
946	Edelston	13	0.010%	49.98x
947	Finsley	13	0.010%	87.48x
948	Gifford	13	0.010%	1.61x
949	Highfield	13	0.010%	5.02x
950	Hobin	13	0.010%	22.94x
951	Huck	13	0.010%	14.18x
952	Jenson	13	0.010%	17.06x
953	Leatherland	13	0.010%	13.00x
954	Levett	13	0.010%	3.19x
955	Longton	13	0.010%	9.90x
956	Martland	13	0.010%	9.67x
957	Molloy	13	0.010%	2.57x
958	Nowell	13	0.010%	2.99x
959	Oxendale	13	0.010%	36.19x
960	Pierce	13	0.010%	0.95x
961	Ridge	13	0.010%	2.00x
962	Scowcroft	13	0.010%	9.11x
963	Scragg	13	0.010%	4.32x
964	Seward	13	0.010%	2.55x
965	Slinger	13	0.010%	4.64x
966	Tunney	13	0.010%	16.27x
967	Westley	13	0.010%	3.41x
968	Wildman	13	0.010%	2.29x
969	Wylie	13	0.010%	1.20x
970	Armistead	12	0.010%	6.94x
971	Attwater	12	0.010%	15.50x
972	Backhouse	12	0.010%	1.74x
973	Bilsborrow	12	0.010%	47.85x
974	Broad	12	0.010%	1.02x
975	Cavanagh	12	0.010%	1.72x
976	Clement	12	0.010%	1.28x
977	Connelly	12	0.010%	1.39x
978	Corker	12	0.010%	5.29x
979	Cornthwaite	12	0.010%	7.54x
980	Crabb	12	0.010%	1.25x
981	Cruse	12	0.010%	4.47x
982	Denham	12	0.010%	1.47x
983	Dillon	12	0.010%	1.31x
984	Donnelly	12	0.010%	1.03x
985	Dunckley	12	0.010%	17.38x
986	Eatough	12	0.010%	11.17x
987	Frodsham	12	0.010%	10.42x
988	Fullalove	12	0.010%	22.93x
989	Gutteridge	12	0.010%	2.55x
990	Hague	12	0.010%	0.82x
991	Hardacre	12	0.010%	5.46x
992	Harmer	12	0.010%	1.31x
993	Joy	12	0.010%	1.54x
994	Keighley	12	0.010%	2.42x
995	Knighton	12	0.010%	3.69x
996	Livingstone	12	0.010%	1.39x
997	Luckraft	12	0.010%	47.26x
998	Lythgoe	12	0.010%	4.21x
999	Magill	12	0.010%	18.28x
1000	Maher	12	0.010%	3.52x