We all know baby names can go in and out of fashion - but surnames less so.
Merseyside's 100 most common surnames include some obvious entries like Davies and Smith, but there are others that reveal a bit about our region's history. There are certain names that you hear all the time in our city, whether they come from the proud Irish heritage or are common in this part of the world.
Even if you think your surname is relatively unique, there's a chance you may share it with thousands of other people in the city. According to Historic UK, surnames weren’t widely used until after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
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The Normans introduced names like Robert, Richard and Henry, which became so popular that surnames had to be developed to distinguish between people with the same first name. They were used as a way of identifying a certain aspect of that individual, such as by trade, father's name, location of birth, and were not necessarily inherited.
By 1400 most English families, and those from Lowland Scotland, had adopted the use of hereditary surnames. Website Forebears has tons of data of census records, marriage licences, burial records, and notes on Government, agriculture and its history. So take a look and see if your name makes it.
100 most common surnames in Merseyside
1. Jones - 23,012
2. Smith - 16,276
3. Williams - 13,997
4. Davies - 10,149
5. Hughes - 9,787
6. Roberts - 9,571
7. Taylor - 8,219
8. Johnson - 6,715
9. Brown - 6,603
10. Murphy - 6,495
11. Evans - 6,206
12. Kelly - 6,088
13. Wilson - 5,802
14. Edwards - 5,191
15. Robinson - 4,985
16. Thomas - 4,966
17. Thompson - 4,522
18. Harrison - 4,360
19. Wright - 4,201
20. Clarke - 3,911
21. Morris - 3,673
22. Jackson - 3,655
23. Griffiths - 3,573
24. Walker - 3,545
25. Moore - 3,518
26. Green - 3,316
27. Lewis - 3,261
28. Walsh - 3,191
29. Woods - 3,149
30 White - 3,081
31. Lee - 3,072
32. Rimmer - 3,014
33. Campbell - 3,003
34. Murray - 2,968
35. Lloyd - 2,916
36. Martin - 2,897
37. Bennett - 2,860
38. Byrne - 2,846
39. Doyle - 2,756
40. Hill - 2,753
41. Morgan - 2,741
42. Parry - 2,691
43 Scott - 2,677
44. Owen - 2,598
45. Ward - 2,594
46. Price - 2,575
47. O'Brien - 2,546
48. Howard - 2,536
49. Owens - 2,522
50. Wood - 2,504
51. Shaw - 2,494
52. Riley - 2,487
53. Turner - 2,440
54. Hall - 2,360
55. Harris - 2,347
56. Burns - 2,344
57. Ellis - 2,328
58. Foster - 2,314
59. King - 2,243
60. Ryan - 2,231
61. Collins - 2,192
62. Miller - 2,076
63. Cooper - 2,075
64. Clark - 2,038
65. Bell - 2,031
66. Mitchell - 2,020
67. Parker - 1,991
68. Baker - 1,981
69. Allen - 1,977
70. Graham - 1,962
71. McDonald - 1,950
72. Anderson - 1,935
73. Holmes - 1,882
74. Ball - 1,878
75. Hayes - 1,874
76. Stewart - 1,848
77. Phillips - 1,837
78. Rigby - 1,831
79. James - 1,774
80. Richardson - 1,768
81. Burke - 1,764
82. Fletcher - 1,757
83. Kennedy - 1,724
84. Quinn - 1,714
85. O'Neill - 1,708
86. Carter - 1,675
87. Dixon - 1,673
88. Duffy - 1,662
89. Powell - 1,653
90. Houghton - 1,639
91. Atherton - 1,637
92. Farrell - 1,595
93. Moran - 1,589
94. Rogers - 1,578
95. Watson - 1,577
96. Mason - 1,571
97. Simpson - 1,561
98. Young - 1,560
99. Dunn - 1,558
100. Connolly -1,552
The top 50 surnames in England and the number of people who have them
1. Smith - 632,854
2. Jones - 380,439
3. Taylor - 293,387
4. Brown - 283,795
5. Williams - 271,532
6. Wilson - 195,974
7. Johnson - 191,454
8. Davies - 175,818
9. Patel - 166,747
10. Robinson - 161,345
11. Wright - 159,044
12. Thompson - 157,859
13. Evans - 154,661
14. Walker - 151,806
15. White - 149,521
16. Roberts - 145,964
17. Green - 143,422
18. Hall - 141,454
19. Thomas - 138,978
20. Clarke - 135,417
21. Jackson - 134,658
22. Wood - 132,216
23. Harris - 131,638
24. Edwards - 128,848
25. Turner - 127,933
26. Martin - 123,987
27. Cooper - 122,070
28. Hill - 118,613
29. Ward - 116,268
30. Hughes - 116,131
31. Moore - 115,697
32. Clark - 114,204
33. King - 112,569
34. Harrison - 111,247
35. Lewis - 110,925
36. Baker - 110,252
37. Lee - 106,730
38. Allen - 105,396
39. Morris - 104,537
40. Khan - 102,864
41. Scott - 102,407
42. Watson - 98,554
43. Davis - 96,234
44. Parker - 95,779
45. James - 90,940
46. Bennett - 90,598
47. Young - 88,507
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