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1881 census place

Prestwich surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Prestwich, 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

324 surnames are listed for Prestwich, Lancashire, covering 2,869 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Netherton, with 1 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Prestwich

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.

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301Netherton112.20x
302Nilson114.86x
303Omeara153.19x
304Ormandy111.90x
305Pendergast18.74x
306Pickstock112.20x
307Plumber115.20x
308Pomphrey131.25x
309Quine15.44x
310Railey196.15x
311Rake114.08x
312Scotson110.79x
313Shilcock113.12x
314Smitheram134.25x
315Stanier19.43x
316Suffolk110.72x
317Tillman111.25x
318Tippen123.87x
319Trelfa138.46x
320Trevitt110.86x
321Tyzack115.06x
322Waddingham17.53x
323Weeler138.02x
324Wyke111.74x