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 Bridge, with 26 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
601	Bridge	26	0.030%	1.38x
602	Christian	26	0.030%	2.83x
603	Cooney	26	0.030%	6.75x
604	Gildert	26	0.030%	227.07x
605	Gillow	26	0.030%	37.49x
606	Grady	26	0.030%	4.25x
607	Halliday	26	0.030%	1.36x
608	Kellet	26	0.030%	13.04x
609	Lakeland	26	0.030%	74.31x
610	Lindley	26	0.030%	2.84x
611	Margerison	26	0.030%	15.13x
612	Patten	26	0.030%	4.47x
613	Patterson	26	0.030%	0.80x
614	Wharton	26	0.030%	2.00x
615	Winstanley	26	0.030%	2.79x
616	Wray	26	0.030%	2.09x
617	Anyon	25	0.030%	49.53x
618	Cain	25	0.030%	1.30x
619	Capstick	25	0.030%	9.15x
620	Chadderton	25	0.030%	11.10x
621	Cheetham	25	0.030%	1.74x
622	Chester	25	0.030%	2.20x
623	Doyle	25	0.030%	1.11x
624	Emmett	25	0.030%	3.22x
625	Hutton	25	0.030%	0.90x
626	Makinson	25	0.030%	9.42x
627	Obrien	25	0.030%	1.82x
628	Plumb	25	0.030%	3.33x
629	Scanlan	25	0.030%	11.98x
630	Westwell	25	0.030%	13.43x
631	Woolley	25	0.030%	1.36x
632	Beardwood	24	0.030%	32.03x
633	Croston	24	0.030%	13.64x
634	Dowling	24	0.030%	2.34x
635	Foley	24	0.030%	2.06x
636	Gibbons	24	0.030%	0.81x
637	Hoggarth	24	0.030%	10.52x
638	Ingram	24	0.030%	0.85x
639	Jump	24	0.030%	15.08x
640	Keefe	24	0.030%	6.00x
641	Marchbank	24	0.030%	18.36x
642	Noblet	24	0.030%	71.11x
643	Quinn	24	0.030%	1.35x
644	Reeder	24	0.030%	9.54x
645	Shires	24	0.030%	9.31x
646	Wearing	24	0.030%	8.46x
647	Wrigley	24	0.030%	2.05x
648	Barry	23	0.020%	1.37x
649	Bentham	23	0.020%	5.42x
650	Blacow	23	0.020%	53.06x
651	Brennan	23	0.020%	2.37x
652	Bullen	23	0.020%	2.34x
653	Burrow	23	0.020%	3.61x
654	Cornwall	23	0.020%	5.82x
655	Fellows	23	0.020%	1.83x
656	Hayton	23	0.020%	5.06x
657	Hollinghurst	23	0.020%	65.73x
658	Kendal	23	0.020%	6.36x
659	Laurenson	23	0.020%	10.10x
660	Oldfield	23	0.020%	1.50x
661	Sloane	23	0.020%	10.73x
662	Thistleton	23	0.020%	37.33x
663	Walmesley	23	0.020%	20.92x
664	Windle	23	0.020%	4.37x
665	Allison	22	0.020%	0.83x
666	Banister	22	0.020%	5.70x
667	Blackley	22	0.020%	8.75x
668	Blezard	22	0.020%	18.84x
669	Brady	22	0.020%	1.34x
670	Bromley	22	0.020%	1.54x
671	Cairns	22	0.020%	1.10x
672	Chaloner	22	0.020%	14.44x
673	Cockshott	22	0.020%	12.96x
674	Croasdale	22	0.020%	14.96x
675	Cumming	22	0.020%	1.24x
676	Dalton	22	0.020%	1.03x
677	Davenport	22	0.020%	1.25x
678	Dodgson	22	0.020%	4.88x
679	Elliot	22	0.020%	0.93x
680	Gardener	22	0.020%	1.32x
681	Hodgon	22	0.020%	68.97x
682	Houlding	22	0.020%	21.86x
683	Lodge	22	0.020%	1.30x
684	Mooney	22	0.020%	2.04x
685	Osbaldeston	22	0.020%	32.74x
686	Pemberton	22	0.020%	1.87x
687	Swan	22	0.020%	0.92x
688	Tierney	22	0.020%	5.75x
689	Treasure	22	0.020%	16.41x
690	Birtwistle	21	0.020%	4.12x
691	Cosgrove	21	0.020%	4.65x
692	Darwen	21	0.020%	40.60x
693	Doolan	21	0.020%	11.55x
694	Downham	21	0.020%	7.94x
695	Exton	21	0.020%	6.76x
696	Gaskell	21	0.020%	2.21x
697	Gent	21	0.020%	2.64x
698	Hesmondhalgh	21	0.020%	33.57x
699	Holgate	21	0.020%	2.73x
700	Holme	21	0.020%	4.89x