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 Chorlton, with 630 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
901	Chorlton	630	0.020%	5.59x
902	Maudsley	630	0.020%	6.40x
903	Hodge	629	0.020%	0.72x
904	Oates	629	0.020%	1.16x
905	Woolley	628	0.020%	0.91x
906	Monaghan	626	0.020%	2.49x
907	Tweedale	626	0.020%	5.96x
908	Emmett	625	0.020%	2.15x
909	Postlethwaite	625	0.020%	4.75x
910	Wheeler	624	0.020%	0.30x
911	Dempsey	623	0.020%	2.87x
912	Bateman	621	0.020%	0.69x
913	Gornall	621	0.020%	6.27x
914	Bowen	620	0.020%	0.43x
915	Mcdonald	619	0.020%	2.20x
916	Waterworth	619	0.020%	4.11x
917	Welsby	618	0.020%	6.95x
918	Loftus	617	0.020%	3.26x
919	Redford	617	0.020%	3.30x
920	Bretherton	615	0.020%	6.92x
921	Garlick	614	0.020%	2.01x
922	George	614	0.020%	0.30x
923	Logan	614	0.020%	0.75x
924	Regan	614	0.020%	1.73x
925	Cameron	611	0.020%	0.23x
926	Ashley	610	0.020%	1.05x
927	Norman	610	0.020%	0.38x
928	Westhead	610	0.020%	7.57x
929	Simmons	609	0.020%	0.43x
930	Short	608	0.020%	0.45x
931	Chadderton	605	0.020%	7.19x
932	Pendleton	605	0.020%	4.72x
933	Norbury	603	0.020%	3.44x
934	Sandiford	603	0.020%	6.50x
935	Sephton	603	0.020%	6.69x
936	Tipping	603	0.020%	3.05x
937	Bray	602	0.020%	0.52x
938	Brewer	602	0.020%	0.65x
939	Askew	600	0.020%	1.53x
940	Charlton	600	0.020%	0.60x
941	Darlington	600	0.020%	2.55x
942	Lindley	598	0.020%	1.75x
943	Dowling	597	0.020%	1.55x
944	Downs	597	0.020%	0.97x
945	Edmundson	596	0.020%	6.06x
946	Weaver	592	0.020%	0.66x
947	Marsland	591	0.020%	2.93x
948	Tinsley	591	0.020%	2.81x
949	Kelsall	590	0.020%	3.38x
950	Bradburn	589	0.020%	4.27x
951	Fawcett	589	0.020%	0.88x
952	Ridings	589	0.020%	7.65x
953	Astin	588	0.020%	5.85x
954	Ray	588	0.020%	0.86x
955	Etchells	586	0.020%	4.37x
956	Hanley	586	0.020%	2.05x
957	Oneil	585	0.020%	1.68x
958	Perkins	584	0.020%	0.37x
959	Allan	583	0.020%	0.27x
960	Philips	583	0.020%	0.91x
961	Pownall	583	0.020%	3.90x
962	Toole	581	0.020%	3.10x
963	Walters	580	0.020%	0.35x
964	Horsfall	579	0.020%	1.66x
965	Heaps	578	0.020%	3.83x
966	Reeves	578	0.020%	0.41x
967	Casson	577	0.020%	2.80x
968	Curtis	577	0.020%	0.29x
969	Sidebottom	576	0.020%	2.90x
970	Bullen	574	0.020%	1.56x
971	Saxon	573	0.020%	4.99x
972	Nickson	572	0.020%	5.55x
973	Slack	572	0.020%	1.05x
974	Herbert	570	0.020%	0.44x
975	Beard	569	0.020%	0.62x
976	Denton	569	0.020%	0.89x
977	Westwell	569	0.020%	8.18x
978	Hannah	568	0.020%	1.26x
979	Haynes	568	0.020%	0.46x
980	Horridge	567	0.020%	6.56x
981	Lofthouse	567	0.020%	2.20x
982	Calderbank	563	0.020%	7.17x
983	Newman	562	0.020%	0.22x
984	Finn	561	0.020%	1.77x
985	Rudd	559	0.020%	1.02x
986	Browne	558	0.020%	0.88x
987	Noon	558	0.020%	2.24x
988	Beattie	556	0.020%	0.75x
989	Lawler	556	0.020%	3.57x
990	Lupton	556	0.020%	2.22x
991	Melia	556	0.020%	6.68x
992	Carson	554	0.020%	1.45x
993	Jacques	554	0.020%	1.89x
994	Ridgway	554	0.020%	1.74x
995	Cummins	553	0.020%	1.87x
996	Farrimond	553	0.020%	8.47x
997	Hallam	552	0.020%	0.85x
998	Beck	551	0.020%	0.68x
999	Gradwell	551	0.020%	6.86x
1000	Roe	551	0.020%	0.82x