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 Davison, with 500 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
1101	Davison	500	0.010%	0.40x
1102	Kidd	499	0.010%	0.71x
1103	Swan	499	0.010%	0.56x
1104	Wray	499	0.010%	1.07x
1105	Gillett	497	0.010%	1.36x
1106	Milligan	497	0.010%	1.22x
1107	Orme	497	0.010%	1.72x
1108	Beardsworth	496	0.010%	7.88x
1109	Gould	495	0.010%	0.40x
1110	Burnett	494	0.010%	0.52x
1111	Cope	493	0.010%	0.63x
1112	Turnbull	492	0.010%	0.34x
1113	Bayley	490	0.010%	0.88x
1114	Lindsay	490	0.010%	0.43x
1115	Atkins	489	0.010%	0.38x
1116	Keating	489	0.010%	2.85x
1117	Allcock	488	0.010%	1.30x
1118	Moorcroft	488	0.010%	4.24x
1119	Sellers	487	0.010%	1.83x
1120	Kirkpatrick	486	0.010%	1.63x
1121	Osborne	486	0.010%	0.29x
1122	Whipp	486	0.010%	4.35x
1123	Beech	485	0.010%	0.95x
1124	Alker	484	0.010%	7.57x
1125	Hackett	484	0.010%	1.19x
1126	Byrom	483	0.010%	5.13x
1127	Corrigan	483	0.010%	3.11x
1128	Whitham	482	0.010%	2.39x
1129	Maddock	481	0.010%	1.52x
1130	Roby	481	0.010%	5.73x
1131	Thornber	480	0.010%	5.65x
1132	Blair	479	0.010%	0.53x
1133	Gardiner	479	0.010%	0.48x
1134	Hay	479	0.010%	0.38x
1135	Higgin	479	0.010%	5.76x
1136	Lawless	479	0.010%	3.84x
1137	Meredith	479	0.010%	0.68x
1138	Parkin	479	0.010%	0.51x
1139	Boulton	478	0.010%	0.77x
1140	Howson	478	0.010%	2.21x
1141	Kearns	478	0.010%	4.42x
1142	Mahon	477	0.010%	3.10x
1143	Disley	474	0.010%	6.81x
1144	Lester	474	0.010%	0.87x
1145	Bramwell	473	0.010%	2.42x
1146	Foden	473	0.010%	3.10x
1147	Hanlon	472	0.010%	2.95x
1148	Cawley	471	0.010%	2.57x
1149	Farmer	471	0.010%	0.43x
1150	Hood	471	0.010%	0.49x
1151	Strickland	471	0.010%	1.70x
1152	Corbett	470	0.010%	0.69x
1153	Goodman	470	0.010%	0.46x
1154	Tasker	470	0.010%	1.28x
1155	Jump	466	0.010%	7.83x
1156	Coyle	465	0.010%	1.98x
1157	Cartmell	464	0.010%	6.66x
1158	Barr	463	0.010%	0.55x
1159	Durkin	463	0.010%	3.06x
1160	Hetherington	463	0.010%	1.06x
1161	Case	461	0.010%	1.33x
1162	Simister	461	0.010%	5.09x
1163	Slinger	461	0.010%	4.40x
1164	Uttley	461	0.010%	2.76x
1165	Pass	459	0.010%	2.71x
1166	Salmon	458	0.010%	0.58x
1167	Summers	458	0.010%	0.47x
1168	Dagnall	457	0.010%	6.08x
1169	Edgar	457	0.010%	0.86x
1170	Flinn	457	0.010%	2.18x
1171	Galloway	457	0.010%	0.77x
1172	Holcroft	457	0.010%	6.11x
1173	Kearney	457	0.010%	2.84x
1174	Windle	456	0.010%	2.32x
1175	Worden	456	0.010%	4.65x
1176	Downey	455	0.010%	1.86x
1177	Swindlehurst	455	0.010%	6.50x
1178	Clay	454	0.010%	0.64x
1179	Tobin	453	0.010%	3.26x
1180	Stead	452	0.010%	0.64x
1181	Whewell	450	0.010%	7.04x
1182	Duckett	449	0.010%	2.03x
1183	Hagan	449	0.010%	2.59x
1184	Starkey	449	0.010%	1.31x
1185	Willcock	449	0.010%	3.56x
1186	Cahill	448	0.010%	2.81x
1187	Salt	448	0.010%	0.87x
1188	Briscoe	447	0.010%	2.01x
1189	Langley	447	0.010%	0.59x
1190	Sherlock	447	0.010%	1.91x
1191	Buxton	446	0.010%	0.86x
1192	Markland	446	0.010%	5.75x
1193	Langton	445	0.010%	1.62x
1194	Holroyd	444	0.010%	1.15x
1195	Purcell	443	0.010%	1.84x
1196	Bingham	442	0.010%	0.87x
1197	Gorst	442	0.010%	5.85x
1198	Grice	440	0.010%	1.23x
1199	Hind	440	0.010%	1.01x
1200	Blackwell	439	0.010%	0.70x