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 Winter, with 365 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
1401	Winter	365	0.010%	0.30x
1402	Lightbown	364	0.010%	8.64x
1403	Kenney	363	0.010%	1.90x
1404	Boydell	362	0.010%	6.68x
1405	Butterfield	362	0.010%	0.78x
1406	Irvine	362	0.010%	0.47x
1407	Lodge	362	0.010%	0.57x
1408	Moody	362	0.010%	0.40x
1409	Pedder	362	0.010%	2.97x
1410	Pinnington	362	0.010%	6.29x
1411	Byron	361	0.010%	2.85x
1412	Finnigan	361	0.010%	2.67x
1413	Ashall	360	0.010%	7.33x
1414	Garstang	360	0.010%	7.48x
1415	Nugent	360	0.010%	1.96x
1416	Irlam	359	0.010%	7.31x
1417	Tierney	359	0.010%	2.51x
1418	Rowan	358	0.010%	1.60x
1419	Stirrup	358	0.010%	6.86x
1420	Middlehurst	357	0.010%	7.56x
1421	Smart	357	0.010%	0.23x
1422	Upton	357	0.010%	0.54x
1423	Duff	356	0.010%	0.58x
1424	Holliday	356	0.010%	0.78x
1425	Knox	356	0.010%	0.60x
1426	Parkes	356	0.010%	0.50x
1427	Parks	356	0.010%	0.99x
1428	Alderson	355	0.010%	0.74x
1429	Bevan	355	0.010%	0.42x
1430	Brogden	355	0.010%	3.10x
1431	Duffey	355	0.010%	2.86x
1432	Place	355	0.010%	1.95x
1433	Sherratt	355	0.010%	1.78x
1434	Tootill	355	0.010%	7.57x
1435	Worswick	355	0.010%	7.78x
1436	Egerton	354	0.010%	2.08x
1437	Rees	354	0.010%	0.12x
1438	Routledge	354	0.010%	1.20x
1439	Teasdale	354	0.010%	1.21x
1440	Winrow	354	0.010%	7.74x
1441	Hothersall	353	0.010%	8.18x
1442	Mee	353	0.010%	1.34x
1443	Salthouse	353	0.010%	7.19x
1444	Banister	352	0.010%	2.44x
1445	Gillespie	351	0.010%	0.64x
1446	Leary	351	0.010%	1.12x
1447	Bromiley	350	0.010%	7.77x
1448	Wyatt	350	0.010%	0.34x
1449	Flaherty	349	0.010%	3.27x
1450	Millward	349	0.010%	0.90x
1451	Nuttal	349	0.010%	6.36x
1452	Prestwich	349	0.010%	7.41x
1453	Rathbone	349	0.010%	1.81x
1454	Feeney	348	0.010%	2.96x
1455	Huddleston	348	0.010%	3.59x
1456	Ramsdale	348	0.010%	4.19x
1457	Ritchie	348	0.010%	0.29x
1458	Ryding	348	0.010%	7.37x
1459	Donohue	347	0.010%	4.33x
1460	Cochrane	346	0.010%	0.64x
1461	Henshall	346	0.010%	2.06x
1462	Sheldon	346	0.010%	0.66x
1463	Woodall	346	0.010%	1.24x
1464	Atkin	344	0.010%	0.74x
1465	Blakeley	344	0.010%	2.39x
1466	Fay	344	0.010%	2.37x
1467	Gaffney	344	0.010%	2.93x
1468	Hardacre	344	0.010%	4.19x
1469	Kendal	344	0.010%	2.54x
1470	Traynor	344	0.010%	4.20x
1471	Cliff	342	0.010%	1.13x
1472	Henthorn	342	0.010%	8.07x
1473	Bedford	341	0.010%	0.41x
1474	Godfrey	341	0.010%	0.33x
1475	Hoole	341	0.010%	3.04x
1476	Rawstron	341	0.010%	8.47x
1477	Trickett	341	0.010%	2.27x
1478	Drummond	340	0.010%	0.49x
1479	Lennon	340	0.010%	2.78x
1480	Mosley	340	0.010%	1.04x
1481	Brierly	339	0.010%	4.66x
1482	Farley	339	0.010%	0.78x
1483	Rylance	339	0.010%	6.57x
1484	Sutherland	339	0.010%	0.19x
1485	Terry	339	0.010%	0.38x
1486	Mackay	338	0.010%	0.27x
1487	Robertshaw	338	0.010%	1.19x
1488	Ainscow	337	0.010%	8.25x
1489	Brookfield	337	0.010%	3.38x
1490	Mortimer	337	0.010%	0.46x
1491	Newell	337	0.010%	0.62x
1492	Wiseman	337	0.010%	0.71x
1493	Eckersall	336	0.010%	7.78x
1494	Rush	336	0.010%	0.90x
1495	Smyth	336	0.010%	1.04x
1496	Wren	336	0.010%	0.90x
1497	Fitzsimmons	335	0.010%	3.95x
1498	Kinsey	335	0.010%	1.48x
1499	Scholfield	335	0.010%	3.80x
1500	Curry	334	0.010%	0.67x