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 Simkin, with 7 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
1401	Simkin	7	0.010%	3.60x
1402	Sowerby	7	0.010%	1.40x
1403	Spratt	7	0.010%	1.36x
1404	Tees	7	0.010%	14.49x
1405	Tindle	7	0.010%	4.87x
1406	Toomey	7	0.010%	3.91x
1407	Valantine	7	0.010%	23.06x
1408	Vass	7	0.010%	2.22x
1409	Walder	7	0.010%	3.20x
1410	Williss	7	0.010%	12.15x
1411	Ainsley	6	0.010%	2.31x
1412	Alldred	6	0.010%	9.99x
1413	Amphlett	6	0.010%	4.80x
1414	Barrowclough	6	0.010%	3.66x
1415	Batson	6	0.010%	2.32x
1416	Beacon	6	0.010%	7.48x
1417	Beanland	6	0.010%	3.16x
1418	Belshaw	6	0.010%	3.39x
1419	Berwick	6	0.010%	1.61x
1420	Blenkhorn	6	0.010%	11.74x
1421	Bonser	6	0.010%	2.46x
1422	Boonham	6	0.010%	28.08x
1423	Bousfield	6	0.010%	3.30x
1424	Branigan	6	0.010%	9.27x
1425	Branson	6	0.010%	1.81x
1426	Brian	6	0.010%	1.39x
1427	Brimfield	6	0.010%	18.45x
1428	Brinley	6	0.010%	20.18x
1429	Bromilow	6	0.010%	4.67x
1430	Brownlow	6	0.010%	2.15x
1431	Buckles	6	0.010%	11.01x
1432	Bullon	6	0.010%	47.24x
1433	Busher	6	0.010%	10.70x
1434	Cadwallader	6	0.010%	3.21x
1435	Cartwell	6	0.010%	40.38x
1436	Comer	6	0.010%	2.51x
1437	Commons	6	0.010%	8.69x
1438	Connel	6	0.010%	3.52x
1439	Connely	6	0.010%	3.51x
1440	Convey	6	0.010%	20.62x
1441	Corbridge	6	0.010%	6.61x
1442	Coulston	6	0.010%	6.31x
1443	Crerar	6	0.010%	3.32x
1444	Cumpstey	6	0.010%	24.22x
1445	Cunliff	6	0.010%	18.45x
1446	Dobinson	6	0.010%	2.46x
1447	Duval	6	0.010%	8.04x
1448	Eamer	6	0.010%	14.91x
1449	Eckersley	6	0.010%	1.03x
1450	Fagan	6	0.010%	1.36x
1451	Fairley	6	0.010%	1.32x
1452	Fellowes	6	0.010%	3.92x
1453	Finnigan	6	0.010%	1.66x
1454	Flatley	6	0.010%	13.74x
1455	Flyn	6	0.010%	5.25x
1456	Gibon	6	0.010%	161.73x
1457	Gittens	6	0.010%	4.16x
1458	Gleason	6	0.010%	21.78x
1459	Goad	6	0.010%	3.17x
1460	Goulbourn	6	0.010%	16.42x
1461	Greenough	6	0.010%	2.56x
1462	Harkes	6	0.010%	10.53x
1463	Harren	6	0.010%	69.28x
1464	Hazlehurst	6	0.010%	3.78x
1465	Helman	6	0.010%	12.67x
1466	Hennigan	6	0.010%	19.37x
1467	Heptonstall	6	0.010%	6.87x
1468	Higginbotham	6	0.010%	2.51x
1469	Hinckley	6	0.010%	5.84x
1470	Hitchin	6	0.010%	2.68x
1471	Holker	6	0.010%	9.83x
1472	Ismay	6	0.010%	6.23x
1473	Ivers	6	0.010%	11.96x
1474	Jowitt	6	0.010%	3.47x
1475	Kayley	6	0.010%	22.02x
1476	Kevill	6	0.010%	23.63x
1477	Lambourne	6	0.010%	2.44x
1478	Langhorn	6	0.010%	5.07x
1479	Larbey	6	0.010%	34.62x
1480	Lawless	6	0.010%	1.80x
1481	Lenard	6	0.010%	7.37x
1482	Liptrott	6	0.010%	12.26x
1483	Lovejoy	6	0.010%	2.95x
1484	Lowdon	6	0.010%	4.59x
1485	Loynd	6	0.010%	10.20x
1486	Lundie	6	0.010%	3.73x
1487	Mackey	6	0.010%	1.70x
1488	Maitland	6	0.010%	1.00x
1489	Mallet	6	0.010%	3.19x
1490	Margetson	6	0.010%	7.81x
1491	Marton	6	0.010%	3.52x
1492	Masterson	6	0.010%	3.09x
1493	Mccullough	6	0.010%	41.24x
1494	Mckay	6	0.010%	2.70x
1495	Middlehurst	6	0.010%	4.75x
1496	Montague	6	0.010%	1.29x
1497	Mulgrew	6	0.010%	13.36x
1498	Nevett	6	0.010%	13.55x
1499	Noonan	6	0.010%	3.76x
1500	Oboyle	6	0.010%	18.63x