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 Hayward, with 439 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
1201	Hayward	439	0.010%	0.30x
1202	Swain	439	0.010%	0.66x
1203	Tate	439	0.010%	0.66x
1204	Bainbridge	438	0.010%	0.90x
1205	Croasdale	438	0.010%	7.97x
1206	Field	437	0.010%	0.25x
1207	Humphries	437	0.010%	0.56x
1208	Stringfellow	437	0.010%	4.84x
1209	Yarwood	437	0.010%	3.10x
1210	Cliffe	436	0.010%	2.00x
1211	Dunne	436	0.010%	3.86x
1212	Elliot	436	0.010%	0.49x
1213	Scowcroft	436	0.010%	8.17x
1214	Smithies	435	0.010%	3.53x
1215	Cowan	434	0.010%	0.61x
1216	Grogan	433	0.010%	3.42x
1217	Hickson	433	0.010%	1.81x
1218	Tracey	433	0.010%	1.97x
1219	Donaldson	432	0.010%	0.44x
1220	North	432	0.010%	0.38x
1221	Harling	431	0.010%	2.89x
1222	Kavanagh	431	0.010%	3.22x
1223	Anders	430	0.010%	6.84x
1224	Barron	430	0.010%	0.80x
1225	Helsby	430	0.010%	6.68x
1226	Mannion	430	0.010%	4.77x
1227	Litherland	428	0.010%	5.45x
1228	Moffatt	428	0.010%	1.92x
1229	Counsell	427	0.010%	4.95x
1230	Dootson	427	0.010%	8.54x
1231	Drake	427	0.010%	0.42x
1232	Hooper	427	0.010%	0.29x
1233	Oddie	427	0.010%	6.48x
1234	Orr	427	0.010%	0.73x
1235	Groves	426	0.010%	0.44x
1236	Hooley	426	0.010%	2.56x
1237	Macdonald	426	0.010%	0.31x
1238	Sugden	426	0.010%	1.06x
1239	Chappell	425	0.010%	0.73x
1240	English	425	0.010%	0.65x
1241	Neville	425	0.010%	1.03x
1242	Paterson	424	0.010%	0.18x
1243	Judge	423	0.010%	1.13x
1244	Conner	422	0.010%	1.57x
1245	Healy	422	0.010%	1.84x
1246	Tucker	421	0.010%	0.22x
1247	Caunce	420	0.010%	8.25x
1248	Hulton	420	0.010%	6.10x
1249	Mottram	420	0.010%	2.24x
1250	Olive	420	0.010%	3.37x
1251	Rawson	420	0.010%	1.11x
1252	Rushworth	420	0.010%	1.47x
1253	Stopford	420	0.010%	5.71x
1254	Hey	419	0.010%	1.36x
1255	Ingram	419	0.010%	0.40x
1256	Acton	418	0.010%	2.08x
1257	Cranshaw	418	0.010%	6.60x
1258	Myerscough	418	0.010%	8.10x
1259	Rowbottom	418	0.010%	2.02x
1260	Adshead	417	0.010%	2.76x
1261	Lockett	417	0.010%	1.66x
1262	Quirk	417	0.010%	2.53x
1263	Calland	416	0.010%	7.60x
1264	Farrer	416	0.010%	1.81x
1265	Gibbon	416	0.010%	1.18x
1266	Rankin	416	0.010%	0.81x
1267	Wilcox	416	0.010%	0.64x
1268	Oconnor	415	0.010%	2.09x
1269	Wildman	415	0.010%	1.96x
1270	Brough	414	0.010%	0.98x
1271	Fearnley	414	0.010%	1.96x
1272	Garvey	414	0.010%	3.34x
1273	Neild	414	0.010%	4.69x
1274	Waite	414	0.010%	0.58x
1275	Gilmore	413	0.010%	2.03x
1276	Hand	413	0.010%	0.99x
1277	Martland	413	0.010%	8.22x
1278	Quigley	413	0.010%	2.33x
1279	Raby	413	0.010%	2.48x
1280	Dodgson	412	0.010%	2.45x
1281	Muir	412	0.010%	0.31x
1282	Brocklehurst	411	0.010%	2.17x
1283	Brotherton	411	0.010%	2.33x
1284	Charles	411	0.010%	0.57x
1285	Ackers	410	0.010%	6.66x
1286	Forsyth	410	0.010%	0.55x
1287	Hassall	410	0.010%	1.89x
1288	Sixsmith	410	0.010%	7.07x
1289	Wynn	410	0.010%	1.36x
1290	Bulcock	409	0.010%	6.96x
1291	Cooney	409	0.010%	2.84x
1292	Kerfoot	409	0.010%	5.98x
1293	Mahoney	409	0.010%	1.10x
1294	Montgomery	409	0.010%	0.74x
1295	Skinner	409	0.010%	0.23x
1296	Weir	409	0.010%	0.45x
1297	Woolfenden	409	0.010%	8.22x
1298	Birtles	408	0.010%	3.39x
1299	Charlesworth	408	0.010%	0.91x
1300	Dent	408	0.010%	0.62x