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 Prescot, with 283 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
1701	Prescot	283	0.010%	6.49x
1702	Armistead	282	0.010%	4.37x
1703	Bowes	282	0.010%	0.89x
1704	Bowler	282	0.010%	0.67x
1705	Cornthwaite	282	0.010%	4.74x
1706	Durham	282	0.010%	0.94x
1707	Ennis	282	0.010%	2.98x
1708	Mullins	282	0.010%	0.85x
1709	Coulthurst	281	0.010%	7.04x
1710	Downes	281	0.010%	0.66x
1711	Hurley	281	0.010%	0.70x
1712	Gaskill	280	0.010%	4.53x
1713	Goodall	280	0.010%	0.38x
1714	Hewitson	280	0.010%	1.37x
1715	Rossall	280	0.010%	8.31x
1716	Rycroft	280	0.010%	2.82x
1717	Tillotson	280	0.010%	2.09x
1718	Davey	279	0.010%	0.20x
1719	Matthew	279	0.010%	1.07x
1720	Neil	279	0.010%	0.61x
1721	Ridehalgh	279	0.010%	7.58x
1722	Livesley	278	0.010%	5.75x
1723	Sparks	278	0.010%	0.53x
1724	Taberner	278	0.010%	6.88x
1725	Fleetwood	277	0.010%	2.29x
1726	Brownhill	276	0.010%	2.27x
1727	Winn	276	0.010%	0.82x
1728	Cornall	275	0.010%	5.49x
1729	Gorse	275	0.010%	5.66x
1730	Leicester	275	0.010%	3.53x
1731	Southward	275	0.010%	3.79x
1732	Wigglesworth	275	0.010%	1.60x
1733	Axon	274	0.010%	3.17x
1734	Boyes	274	0.010%	0.76x
1735	Cotterill	274	0.010%	0.90x
1736	Scully	274	0.010%	2.56x
1737	Seville	274	0.010%	4.94x
1738	Waugh	274	0.010%	0.58x
1739	Brennand	273	0.010%	5.20x
1740	Crossland	273	0.010%	0.90x
1741	Cuthbert	273	0.010%	0.55x
1742	Gamble	273	0.010%	0.55x
1743	Langford	273	0.010%	0.50x
1744	Lowther	273	0.010%	1.29x
1745	Ravenscroft	273	0.010%	2.32x
1746	Selby	273	0.010%	0.66x
1747	Bramhall	272	0.010%	2.47x
1748	Linney	272	0.010%	2.49x
1749	Bright	270	0.010%	0.39x
1750	Clapham	270	0.010%	0.90x
1751	Gregg	270	0.010%	1.11x
1752	Hardcastle	270	0.010%	0.88x
1753	Holloway	270	0.010%	0.25x
1754	Keen	270	0.010%	0.39x
1755	Chorley	269	0.010%	2.29x
1756	Gratrix	269	0.010%	6.47x
1757	Stocks	269	0.010%	0.71x
1758	Thistlethwaite	269	0.010%	4.79x
1759	Willacy	269	0.010%	7.50x
1760	Pike	268	0.010%	0.27x
1761	Tong	268	0.010%	2.19x
1762	Britton	267	0.010%	0.43x
1763	Downham	267	0.010%	2.70x
1764	Duke	267	0.010%	0.66x
1765	Horn	267	0.010%	0.34x
1766	Mackenzie	267	0.010%	0.28x
1767	Dawes	266	0.010%	0.56x
1768	Holbrook	266	0.010%	1.06x
1769	Inman	266	0.010%	1.13x
1770	Meakin	266	0.010%	0.98x
1771	Mitchel	266	0.010%	0.79x
1772	Murdock	266	0.010%	2.12x
1773	Shacklady	266	0.010%	8.04x
1774	Swallow	266	0.010%	0.76x
1775	Veevers	266	0.010%	7.82x
1776	Warbrick	265	0.010%	6.71x
1777	Aspinwall	264	0.010%	7.65x
1778	Fothergill	264	0.010%	1.33x
1779	Ohare	264	0.010%	3.10x
1780	Walch	264	0.010%	4.97x
1781	Dagger	263	0.010%	4.97x
1782	Merrick	263	0.010%	1.02x
1783	Ramsey	263	0.010%	0.70x
1784	Tootell	263	0.010%	6.01x
1785	Walley	263	0.010%	1.61x
1786	Baird	262	0.010%	0.35x
1787	Cash	261	0.010%	1.14x
1788	Johns	261	0.010%	0.29x
1789	Kane	261	0.010%	0.93x
1790	Obrian	261	0.010%	2.29x
1791	Rowlinson	261	0.010%	2.41x
1792	Sherwood	261	0.010%	0.59x
1793	Mottershead	260	0.010%	2.24x
1794	Smedley	260	0.010%	0.92x
1795	Wylie	260	0.010%	0.64x
1796	Dunbar	259	0.010%	0.65x
1797	Hodges	259	0.010%	0.25x
1798	Ashburner	258	0.010%	5.28x
1799	Dronsfield	258	0.010%	7.88x
1800	Sager	258	0.010%	5.17x