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 Flanagan, with 17 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
801	Flanagan	17	0.020%	2.34x
802	Godbert	17	0.020%	76.23x
803	Hankinson	17	0.020%	5.58x
804	Kearney	17	0.020%	3.95x
805	Kilshaw	17	0.020%	13.79x
806	Knowling	17	0.020%	45.76x
807	Langtree	17	0.020%	40.67x
808	Lewty	17	0.020%	54.37x
809	Linford	17	0.020%	6.92x
810	Lonsdale	17	0.020%	2.21x
811	Marquis	17	0.020%	10.58x
812	Maudsley	17	0.020%	6.46x
813	Mcdonald	17	0.020%	2.26x
814	Otley	17	0.020%	10.87x
815	Phillipson	17	0.020%	4.94x
816	Place	17	0.020%	3.50x
817	Rawsthorne	17	0.020%	14.33x
818	Ridley	17	0.020%	0.95x
819	Sefton	17	0.020%	5.58x
820	Silcock	17	0.020%	4.38x
821	Simons	17	0.020%	1.39x
822	Thornber	17	0.020%	7.48x
823	Town	17	0.020%	3.70x
824	Welsby	17	0.020%	7.15x
825	Whelan	17	0.020%	2.71x
826	Whewell	17	0.020%	9.94x
827	Winn	17	0.020%	1.89x
828	Ainscow	16	0.020%	14.64x
829	Beetham	16	0.020%	10.37x
830	Bonny	16	0.020%	9.97x
831	Callaghan	16	0.020%	1.52x
832	Collis	16	0.020%	1.67x
833	Daley	16	0.020%	1.47x
834	Dougal	16	0.020%	9.46x
835	Fitzsimmons	16	0.020%	7.05x
836	Hawarth	16	0.020%	32.30x
837	Healey	16	0.020%	1.06x
838	Hilling	16	0.020%	13.21x
839	Hopwood	16	0.020%	1.51x
840	Knagg	16	0.020%	63.02x
841	Latus	16	0.020%	31.12x
842	Lightbourne	16	0.020%	51.17x
843	Mulligan	16	0.020%	3.08x
844	Mullineaux	16	0.020%	23.17x
845	Oneil	16	0.020%	1.72x
846	Procter	16	0.020%	1.33x
847	Rigg	16	0.020%	2.05x
848	Sandwell	16	0.020%	21.44x
849	Sisson	16	0.020%	6.56x
850	Sturzaker	16	0.020%	132.45x
851	Tidyman	16	0.020%	42.35x
852	Tyson	16	0.020%	1.32x
853	Wallbank	16	0.020%	5.56x
854	Westall	16	0.020%	7.67x
855	Whitman	16	0.020%	8.54x
856	Wiseman	16	0.020%	1.26x
857	Yare	16	0.020%	32.71x
858	Altham	15	0.020%	12.98x
859	Brewster	15	0.020%	1.67x
860	Bulger	15	0.020%	14.86x
861	Bury	15	0.020%	2.18x
862	Busby	15	0.020%	1.54x
863	Coggins	15	0.020%	6.19x
864	Cummins	15	0.020%	1.90x
865	Dolphin	15	0.020%	4.34x
866	Farrer	15	0.020%	2.44x
867	Foxcroft	15	0.020%	10.93x
868	Grantham	15	0.020%	2.63x
869	Harrall	15	0.020%	64.60x
870	Hines	15	0.020%	1.90x
871	Hoban	15	0.020%	16.94x
872	Livsey	15	0.020%	4.57x
873	Malone	15	0.020%	2.02x
874	Marlow	15	0.020%	1.38x
875	Mayer	15	0.020%	2.81x
876	Molyneaux	15	0.020%	9.05x
877	Moorcroft	15	0.020%	4.87x
878	Pilling	15	0.020%	1.34x
879	Rooney	15	0.020%	1.81x
880	Scholes	15	0.020%	1.40x
881	Shackleton	15	0.020%	1.44x
882	Topham	15	0.020%	2.21x
883	Townson	15	0.020%	3.85x
884	Valentine	15	0.020%	1.26x
885	Whitwell	15	0.020%	5.47x
886	Worsick	15	0.020%	38.15x
887	Ash	14	0.020%	0.91x
888	Aspinwall	14	0.020%	15.17x
889	Bagot	14	0.020%	10.79x
890	Barwise	14	0.020%	17.39x
891	Boast	14	0.020%	7.52x
892	Bowes	14	0.020%	1.64x
893	Byrne	14	0.020%	1.08x
894	Carling	14	0.020%	6.02x
895	Chatburn	14	0.020%	12.59x
896	Cherry	14	0.020%	1.47x
897	Curry	14	0.020%	1.05x
898	Fairhurst	14	0.020%	1.84x
899	Fitzpatrick	14	0.020%	1.03x
900	Foreman	14	0.020%	1.15x