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 Bebbington, with 308 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
1601	Bebbington	308	0.010%	2.01x
1602	Roche	308	0.010%	2.10x
1603	Shea	308	0.010%	1.32x
1604	Stockdale	308	0.010%	1.14x
1605	Woodruff	308	0.010%	1.89x
1606	Bethell	307	0.010%	2.40x
1607	Drury	307	0.010%	0.56x
1608	Fazackerley	307	0.010%	8.04x
1609	Peak	307	0.010%	2.12x
1610	Rutherford	307	0.010%	0.36x
1611	Toft	307	0.010%	2.26x
1612	Blakey	306	0.010%	1.10x
1613	Bunting	306	0.010%	0.79x
1614	Colley	306	0.010%	0.70x
1615	Kinder	306	0.010%	2.10x
1616	Wilks	306	0.010%	0.56x
1617	Brannon	305	0.010%	3.16x
1618	Nowell	305	0.010%	1.87x
1619	Strong	305	0.010%	0.59x
1620	Winnard	305	0.010%	6.95x
1621	Dennett	304	0.010%	2.03x
1622	Humphrey	304	0.010%	0.33x
1623	Shone	304	0.010%	2.15x
1624	Withers	304	0.010%	0.53x
1625	Mitton	303	0.010%	2.98x
1626	Thornhill	303	0.010%	1.40x
1627	Warrington	303	0.010%	1.07x
1628	Bartley	302	0.010%	1.81x
1629	Clitheroe	302	0.010%	5.64x
1630	Huntington	302	0.010%	3.00x
1631	Millar	302	0.010%	0.24x
1632	Bickerstaff	301	0.010%	4.14x
1633	Bower	301	0.010%	0.47x
1634	Formby	301	0.010%	7.56x
1635	Forrester	301	0.010%	0.65x
1636	Brownbill	300	0.010%	7.90x
1637	Oakley	300	0.010%	0.41x
1638	Warhurst	300	0.010%	3.09x
1639	Forbes	299	0.010%	0.26x
1640	Tinker	299	0.010%	1.71x
1641	Brownlow	298	0.010%	2.85x
1642	Crowe	298	0.010%	0.86x
1643	Neale	297	0.010%	0.36x
1644	Perrin	297	0.010%	0.84x
1645	Broome	296	0.010%	1.72x
1646	Prior	296	0.010%	0.37x
1647	Smithson	296	0.010%	0.89x
1648	Stirzaker	296	0.010%	7.18x
1649	Wallis	296	0.010%	0.25x
1650	Carrol	295	0.010%	1.88x
1651	Devonport	295	0.010%	3.10x
1652	Keefe	295	0.010%	1.97x
1653	Ollerton	295	0.010%	8.38x
1654	Oxley	295	0.010%	0.61x
1655	Saville	295	0.010%	0.94x
1656	Whitehouse	295	0.010%	0.33x
1657	Bagot	294	0.010%	6.06x
1658	Clifford	294	0.010%	0.41x
1659	Munro	294	0.010%	0.19x
1660	Rawsthorne	294	0.010%	6.63x
1661	Seymour	294	0.010%	0.41x
1662	Cowen	293	0.010%	1.54x
1663	Hawley	293	0.010%	0.86x
1664	Hynes	293	0.010%	3.51x
1665	Keeley	293	0.010%	2.08x
1666	Breen	292	0.010%	2.98x
1667	Devlin	292	0.010%	1.03x
1668	Timperley	292	0.010%	3.78x
1669	Waller	292	0.010%	0.33x
1670	Aston	291	0.010%	0.51x
1671	Brocklebank	291	0.010%	3.44x
1672	Watmough	291	0.010%	3.45x
1673	Bonney	290	0.010%	3.34x
1674	Kean	290	0.010%	1.24x
1675	Gandy	288	0.010%	2.06x
1676	Chatterton	287	0.010%	1.46x
1677	Gardener	287	0.010%	0.46x
1678	Nicholas	287	0.010%	0.42x
1679	Roskell	287	0.010%	7.61x
1680	Shepley	287	0.010%	3.04x
1681	Courtney	286	0.010%	1.15x
1682	Hogarth	286	0.010%	1.25x
1683	Speight	286	0.010%	1.02x
1684	Stanworth	286	0.010%	5.18x
1685	Coulton	285	0.010%	2.34x
1686	Leah	285	0.010%	2.32x
1687	Neill	285	0.010%	1.24x
1688	Salter	285	0.010%	0.36x
1689	Sowerbutts	285	0.010%	7.00x
1690	Towler	285	0.010%	1.84x
1691	Blomley	284	0.010%	8.29x
1692	Bush	284	0.010%	0.33x
1693	Chesworth	284	0.010%	3.66x
1694	Mansfield	284	0.010%	0.44x
1695	Rowson	284	0.010%	2.27x
1696	Watkin	284	0.010%	0.94x
1697	Worth	284	0.010%	0.91x
1698	Bagnall	283	0.010%	0.95x
1699	Donovan	283	0.010%	0.51x
1700	Leighton	283	0.010%	0.76x