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 Harrington, with 407 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
1301	Harrington	407	0.010%	0.62x
1302	Simms	407	0.010%	1.03x
1303	Wakefield	407	0.010%	0.66x
1304	Bushell	406	0.010%	1.21x
1305	Bold	405	0.010%	4.22x
1306	Littlewood	405	0.010%	0.91x
1307	Sankey	405	0.010%	2.82x
1308	Murry	404	0.010%	2.20x
1309	Pate	404	0.010%	2.81x
1310	Stock	404	0.010%	0.94x
1311	Maddocks	403	0.010%	1.90x
1312	Gavin	401	0.010%	2.34x
1313	Haddock	401	0.010%	1.80x
1314	Lancashire	401	0.010%	4.84x
1315	Frith	400	0.010%	1.16x
1316	Bromilow	399	0.010%	8.31x
1317	Carlisle	399	0.010%	2.19x
1318	Furness	399	0.010%	1.44x
1319	Grayson	399	0.010%	1.54x
1320	Mack	399	0.010%	1.14x
1321	Ohara	399	0.010%	2.00x
1322	Best	398	0.010%	0.43x
1323	Stockton	398	0.010%	1.89x
1324	Levy	397	0.010%	0.91x
1325	Sheppard	397	0.010%	0.33x
1326	Clements	396	0.010%	0.34x
1327	Dowd	396	0.010%	3.64x
1328	Vose	395	0.010%	7.07x
1329	Brearley	394	0.010%	1.82x
1330	Hesford	394	0.010%	7.60x
1331	Penny	394	0.010%	0.64x
1332	Sewell	394	0.010%	0.54x
1333	Thomasson	394	0.010%	6.26x
1334	Highton	393	0.010%	5.01x
1335	Woodburn	393	0.010%	3.58x
1336	Buchanan	391	0.010%	0.44x
1337	Curwen	391	0.010%	5.34x
1338	Odonnell	390	0.010%	1.75x
1339	Tyldesley	390	0.010%	8.36x
1340	Wilkins	390	0.010%	0.25x
1341	Caine	389	0.010%	2.68x
1342	Franklin	389	0.010%	0.34x
1343	Fallon	387	0.010%	3.02x
1344	Greenough	387	0.010%	4.42x
1345	Hicks	387	0.010%	0.27x
1346	Large	387	0.010%	1.08x
1347	Wills	387	0.010%	0.37x
1348	Withington	387	0.010%	4.23x
1349	Corlett	386	0.010%	1.95x
1350	Goulden	386	0.010%	3.16x
1351	Keegan	386	0.010%	3.35x
1352	Balmer	384	0.010%	2.93x
1353	Carrington	384	0.010%	1.05x
1354	Emery	384	0.010%	0.51x
1355	Malley	384	0.010%	3.82x
1356	Rafferty	384	0.010%	2.15x
1357	Quayle	383	0.010%	1.67x
1358	Sloan	383	0.010%	1.17x
1359	Boden	382	0.010%	1.36x
1360	Gresty	381	0.010%	4.49x
1361	Pickford	381	0.010%	1.35x
1362	Ascroft	380	0.010%	7.67x
1363	Danson	380	0.010%	4.91x
1364	Speak	380	0.010%	3.15x
1365	Cadman	379	0.010%	1.34x
1366	England	379	0.010%	0.53x
1367	Gibbs	379	0.010%	0.22x
1368	Magee	379	0.010%	2.49x
1369	Redhead	379	0.010%	2.01x
1370	Bowling	378	0.010%	2.95x
1371	Flint	378	0.010%	0.61x
1372	Coffey	376	0.010%	3.55x
1373	Hampton	375	0.010%	0.69x
1374	Kearsley	375	0.010%	4.63x
1375	Milnes	374	0.010%	1.22x
1376	Roscow	374	0.010%	8.04x
1377	Furlong	373	0.010%	3.08x
1378	Eyre	372	0.010%	0.90x
1379	Holdsworth	372	0.010%	0.64x
1380	Jervis	372	0.010%	1.40x
1381	Underwood	372	0.010%	0.40x
1382	Wallbank	372	0.010%	3.46x
1383	Wearing	372	0.010%	3.51x
1384	Whittingham	372	0.010%	1.43x
1385	Crank	371	0.010%	5.26x
1386	Crankshaw	371	0.010%	7.91x
1387	Capstick	370	0.010%	3.62x
1388	Hatch	370	0.010%	1.24x
1389	Kaye	370	0.010%	0.71x
1390	Blackshaw	369	0.010%	2.30x
1391	Broadley	369	0.010%	1.57x
1392	Giles	369	0.010%	0.28x
1393	Ralph	368	0.010%	0.70x
1394	Bagshaw	367	0.010%	1.33x
1395	Gent	366	0.010%	1.23x
1396	Helliwell	366	0.010%	1.15x
1397	Royds	366	0.010%	6.45x
1398	Crooks	365	0.010%	1.37x
1399	Horan	365	0.010%	3.59x
1400	Longton	365	0.010%	7.44x