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 Fenton, with 61 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
301	Fenton	61	0.070%	3.29x
302	Nutter	61	0.070%	8.63x
303	Tuson	61	0.070%	54.56x
304	Archer	60	0.060%	1.56x
305	Baldwin	60	0.060%	1.52x
306	Culshaw	60	0.060%	17.10x
307	Fox	60	0.060%	0.70x
308	Lawrenson	60	0.060%	22.98x
309	Moxham	60	0.060%	35.88x
310	Rawlinson	60	0.060%	5.43x
311	Stirzaker	60	0.060%	54.42x
312	Thornley	60	0.060%	5.83x
313	Dagger	59	0.060%	41.69x
314	Heald	59	0.060%	10.24x
315	Marsh	59	0.060%	0.89x
316	Woodhouse	59	0.060%	2.68x
317	Benson	58	0.060%	2.31x
318	Burton	58	0.060%	0.73x
319	Durham	58	0.060%	7.26x
320	Roe	58	0.060%	3.21x
321	Salter	58	0.060%	2.73x
322	Butcher	57	0.060%	1.46x
323	Grundy	57	0.060%	3.00x
324	Oldham	57	0.060%	3.50x
325	Roscoe	57	0.060%	9.90x
326	Sutton	57	0.060%	0.97x
327	Cunliffe	56	0.060%	4.85x
328	Gornall	56	0.060%	21.15x
329	Hobson	56	0.060%	2.33x
330	Marland	56	0.060%	17.35x
331	Reed	56	0.060%	0.83x
332	Ryan	56	0.060%	1.95x
333	Sherrington	56	0.060%	28.89x
334	Arkwright	55	0.060%	25.23x
335	Astley	55	0.060%	8.94x
336	Cocker	55	0.060%	7.23x
337	Counsell	55	0.060%	23.84x
338	Gerrard	55	0.060%	4.64x
339	Gillett	55	0.060%	5.62x
340	Hayhurst	55	0.060%	13.57x
341	Nolan	55	0.060%	4.35x
342	Pendlebury	55	0.060%	9.24x
343	Penswick	55	0.060%	201.83x
344	Sowerbutts	55	0.060%	50.46x
345	Ditchfield	54	0.060%	17.04x
346	Harwood	54	0.060%	2.17x
347	Kershaw	54	0.060%	1.81x
348	Maguire	54	0.060%	5.70x
349	Halliwell	53	0.060%	5.15x
350	Ireland	53	0.060%	2.46x
351	Loftus	53	0.060%	10.48x
352	Nuttall	53	0.060%	2.27x
353	Wiggins	53	0.060%	5.30x
354	Addison	52	0.060%	4.05x
355	Bramwell	52	0.060%	9.94x
356	Crossthwaite	52	0.060%	143.53x
357	Entwistle	52	0.060%	3.22x
358	Fish	52	0.060%	3.01x
359	Gallagher	52	0.060%	3.69x
360	Hoyle	52	0.060%	2.43x
361	Cottom	51	0.060%	31.98x
362	Goring	51	0.060%	18.46x
363	Lynch	51	0.060%	2.08x
364	Pennington	51	0.060%	3.71x
365	Beardsworth	50	0.050%	29.68x
366	Bentley	50	0.050%	1.27x
367	Boardman	50	0.050%	3.36x
368	Clegg	50	0.050%	1.58x
369	Dickson	50	0.050%	1.46x
370	Grimshaw	50	0.050%	3.23x
371	Hart	50	0.050%	0.63x
372	Moran	50	0.050%	2.94x
373	Roach	50	0.050%	3.66x
374	Wallace	50	0.050%	0.79x
375	Collinson	49	0.050%	4.50x
376	Dickenson	49	0.050%	3.49x
377	Fazackerley	49	0.050%	47.95x
378	Flynn	49	0.050%	2.76x
379	Hewitson	49	0.050%	8.94x
380	Goodier	48	0.050%	14.47x
381	Little	48	0.050%	1.09x
382	Marginson	48	0.050%	51.84x
383	Sutcliffe	48	0.050%	1.31x
384	Worswick	48	0.050%	39.34x
385	Barrett	47	0.050%	0.75x
386	Brierley	47	0.050%	2.85x
387	Briggs	47	0.050%	0.93x
388	Douglas	47	0.050%	1.05x
389	Latham	47	0.050%	2.49x
390	Malley	47	0.050%	17.46x
391	Smethurst	47	0.050%	6.62x
392	Thornton	47	0.050%	1.01x
393	Whittingham	47	0.050%	6.74x
394	Adamson	46	0.050%	1.88x
395	Boyle	46	0.050%	1.91x
396	Derbyshire	46	0.050%	4.76x
397	Egan	46	0.050%	5.98x
398	Greenall	46	0.050%	16.34x
399	Haslam	46	0.050%	3.27x
400	Hough	46	0.050%	2.88x