1881 census county

Lancashire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lancashire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

24,168 surnames are listed for Lancashire, covering 3,135,361 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 45,465 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lancashire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	45,465	1.31%	0.93x
2	Taylor	38,342	1.11%	1.73x
3	Jones	34,724	1.00%	0.88x
4	Jackson	18,242	0.530%	1.88x
5	Williams	18,213	0.530%	0.73x
6	Brown	17,335	0.500%	0.76x
7	Robinson	16,378	0.470%	1.48x
8	Wilson	15,643	0.450%	0.98x
9	Johnson	15,078	0.440%	1.29x
10	Roberts	14,387	0.420%	1.10x
11	Harrison	13,369	0.390%	1.74x
12	Davies	13,293	0.380%	0.75x
13	Thompson	13,089	0.380%	1.26x
14	Wood	13,015	0.380%	1.18x
15	Hughes	12,467	0.360%	1.28x
16	Walker	12,032	0.350%	1.04x
17	Hall	11,757	0.340%	1.15x
18	Shaw	11,616	0.340%	1.82x
19	Turner	11,591	0.330%	1.20x
20	Howarth	11,395	0.330%	6.84x
21	Holt	10,528	0.300%	4.54x
22	Wright	10,502	0.300%	0.94x
23	Green	10,442	0.300%	1.07x
24	Wilkinson	10,296	0.300%	1.95x
25	Ashworth	9,551	0.280%	6.91x
26	Evans	9,220	0.270%	0.61x
27	Yates	9,171	0.260%	3.85x
28	Holden	9,076	0.260%	4.78x
29	Morris	8,723	0.250%	1.13x
30	Riley	8,663	0.250%	3.16x
31	Kelly	8,522	0.250%	2.24x
32	Walsh	8,416	0.240%	4.56x
33	Booth	8,397	0.240%	2.46x
34	Lord	8,273	0.240%	5.18x
35	Whittaker	8,043	0.230%	4.90x
36	Schofield	7,978	0.230%	4.25x
37	Butterworth	7,951	0.230%	6.39x
38	Hargreaves	7,874	0.230%	5.45x
39	Parkinson	7,744	0.220%	4.66x
40	Chadwick	7,697	0.220%	5.08x
41	Hill	7,522	0.220%	0.85x
42	Hartley	7,518	0.220%	3.46x
43	Lee	7,497	0.220%	1.32x
44	Greenwood	7,302	0.210%	2.71x
45	Whitehead	7,269	0.210%	3.10x
46	Kay	7,249	0.210%	4.02x
47	Ward	7,223	0.210%	0.95x
48	Fletcher	7,205	0.210%	1.82x
49	Edwards	7,112	0.210%	0.74x
50	Barnes	6,968	0.200%	1.67x
51	Barlow	6,940	0.200%	3.71x
52	Parker	6,907	0.200%	1.05x
53	Thomas	6,841	0.200%	0.48x
54	Buckley	6,782	0.200%	3.59x
55	Murphy	6,743	0.190%	2.43x
56	Cooper	6,700	0.190%	0.79x
57	Howard	6,644	0.190%	1.95x
58	Ashton	6,643	0.190%	3.91x
59	Mills	6,493	0.190%	1.44x
60	Berry	6,452	0.190%	2.35x
61	Dawson	6,423	0.190%	1.68x
62	Simpson	6,355	0.180%	1.05x
63	Hilton	6,330	0.180%	5.31x
64	Clegg	6,116	0.180%	5.18x
65	Rigby	6,113	0.180%	6.08x
66	Clarke	5,951	0.170%	0.85x
67	Lowe	5,934	0.170%	2.28x
68	Nuttall	5,897	0.170%	6.75x
69	Watson	5,880	0.170%	0.73x
70	Haworth	5,782	0.170%	7.93x
71	Kershaw	5,768	0.170%	5.16x
72	Moore	5,728	0.170%	0.83x
73	Greenhalgh	5,630	0.160%	7.93x
74	Spencer	5,592	0.160%	1.77x
75	Atkinson	5,442	0.160%	1.61x
76	Martin	5,417	0.160%	0.63x
77	Richardson	5,410	0.160%	0.92x
78	White	5,393	0.160%	0.48x
79	Ogden	5,328	0.150%	5.44x
80	Bennett	5,308	0.150%	0.93x
81	Allen	5,154	0.150%	0.79x
82	Knowles	5,132	0.150%	2.77x
83	Stott	5,130	0.150%	4.74x
84	Wild	5,096	0.150%	3.61x
85	Woods	5,067	0.150%	2.32x
86	Carter	5,045	0.150%	0.87x
87	Foster	5,041	0.150%	1.09x
88	Miller	4,989	0.140%	0.80x
89	Bell	4,960	0.140%	0.76x
90	Pearson	4,953	0.140%	1.23x
91	Dixon	4,932	0.140%	1.30x
92	Clark	4,918	0.140%	0.47x
93	Barker	4,917	0.140%	1.08x
94	Burns	4,886	0.140%	2.10x
95	Bailey	4,821	0.140%	0.92x
96	Owen	4,791	0.140%	1.16x
97	Brooks	4,789	0.140%	1.41x
98	Lees	4,774	0.140%	3.11x
99	Slater	4,768	0.140%	2.27x
100	Sharples	4,748	0.140%	7.84x