Distribution of the Flack Surname in the UK

In the 1881 Census Index there are 2104 individuals with the surname Flack and 9 with the surname Flacke. The breakdown by county is as follows:

Distribution of Flack/Flacke according to the 1881 Census Index
COUNTY	ACTUAL	%
Essex	461	22%
Middlesex	431	20%
Cambridgeshire	359	17%
Suffolk	276	13%
Surrey	186	9%
Hertfordshire	64	3%
Kent	47	2%
Lancashire	38	2%
Norfolk	32	2%
Yorks W. Riding	26	1%
Berkshire	21	1%
Co. Durham	16	1%
Hampshire	17	1%
Cheshire	15	1%
Lincolnshire	15	1%
City of London	13	1%
Sussex	13	1%
Northamptonshire	11	1%

ACTUAL	COUNTIES (with less than 1%)
10	Nottinghamshire, Somerset.
9	Leicestershire.
5	Huntingdonshire, Lanarkshire, Monmouthshire.
4	Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire.
2	Fifeshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire.
1	Buckinghamshire, Cardiganshire, , Derbyshire, Glamorgan, Jersey, Midlothian, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Yorks E.Riding, Yorks N.Riding.

This means that over three quarters of all the Flacks in 1881 are found in just four counties: Essex, Middlesex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.

Looking at it by Poor Law Union, those having 20 individuals or more are:

Maps created using
"The British 19th Century Surname Atlas"
from Archer Software.

You can read more about the History of Poor Law Unions by visiting "The Workhouse" website.

Of the 4000 Flack births in the GRO Indexes between 1840 and 1899, two thirds occur in the three counties of London, Essex and Cambridgeshire.

article written by Denise Carr - June 2004