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 Swainson, with 208 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
2101	Swainson	208	0.010%	3.17x
2102	Tongue	208	0.010%	1.79x
2103	Waddicor	208	0.010%	8.52x
2104	Ware	208	0.010%	0.36x
2105	Burn	207	0.010%	0.44x
2106	Carlin	207	0.010%	1.17x
2107	Fillingham	207	0.010%	2.89x
2108	Kiernan	207	0.010%	5.88x
2109	Mackey	207	0.010%	1.57x
2110	Pitt	207	0.010%	0.28x
2111	Stacey	207	0.010%	0.27x
2112	Wolfendale	207	0.010%	7.39x
2113	Bagley	206	0.010%	0.80x
2114	Gifford	206	0.010%	0.68x
2115	Houldsworth	206	0.010%	2.99x
2116	Lovett	206	0.010%	0.65x
2117	Marlow	206	0.010%	0.51x
2118	Partridge	206	0.010%	0.23x
2119	Simcock	206	0.010%	2.05x
2120	Hazlehurst	205	0.010%	3.45x
2121	Leece	205	0.010%	3.56x
2122	Marrow	205	0.010%	3.80x
2123	Mullineux	205	0.010%	5.79x
2124	Pattison	205	0.010%	0.37x
2125	Trotter	205	0.010%	0.56x
2126	Ayrton	204	0.010%	3.57x
2127	Brindley	204	0.010%	0.77x
2128	Parkington	204	0.010%	5.36x
2129	Tuson	204	0.010%	4.88x
2130	York	204	0.010%	0.45x
2131	Bryant	203	0.010%	0.14x
2132	Crosbie	203	0.010%	1.14x
2133	Gittins	203	0.010%	0.95x
2134	Hallows	203	0.010%	2.98x
2135	Jowett	203	0.010%	0.54x
2136	Leeson	203	0.010%	1.01x
2137	Mallon	203	0.010%	3.55x
2138	Patrick	203	0.010%	0.29x
2139	Suthers	203	0.010%	5.04x
2140	Campion	202	0.010%	0.83x
2141	Scanlon	202	0.010%	2.46x
2142	Tully	202	0.010%	1.09x
2143	Abrahams	201	0.010%	0.76x
2144	Caddick	201	0.010%	1.67x
2145	Eyres	201	0.010%	1.90x
2146	Hume	201	0.010%	0.41x
2147	Kilner	201	0.010%	1.39x
2148	Longshaw	201	0.010%	3.32x
2149	Mullineaux	201	0.010%	7.79x
2150	Parsonage	201	0.010%	2.29x
2151	Pickavance	201	0.010%	7.72x
2152	Spedding	201	0.010%	1.87x
2153	Cork	200	0.010%	0.78x
2154	Hannon	200	0.010%	3.72x
2155	Meek	200	0.010%	0.50x
2156	Scotson	200	0.010%	5.38x
2157	Sharratt	200	0.010%	1.86x
2158	Cumming	199	0.010%	0.30x
2159	Done	199	0.010%	1.67x
2160	Fearon	199	0.010%	2.29x
2161	Heaney	199	0.010%	3.34x
2162	Houston	199	0.010%	0.45x
2163	Hoyles	199	0.010%	3.33x
2164	Whyatt	199	0.010%	2.30x
2165	Creighton	198	0.010%	1.45x
2166	Peck	198	0.010%	0.34x
2167	Troughton	198	0.010%	1.77x
2168	Bourke	197	0.010%	2.33x
2169	Bowyer	197	0.010%	0.52x
2170	Brimelow	197	0.010%	7.09x
2171	Grindley	197	0.010%	2.04x
2172	Hayton	197	0.010%	1.16x
2173	Longden	197	0.010%	1.23x
2174	Markham	197	0.010%	0.48x
2175	Mcintyre	197	0.010%	2.84x
2176	Stretch	197	0.010%	2.53x
2177	Wearden	197	0.010%	8.51x
2178	Brade	196	0.010%	7.24x
2179	Cherry	196	0.010%	0.55x
2180	Hitchon	196	0.010%	6.75x
2181	Pickard	196	0.010%	0.41x
2182	Washington	196	0.010%	1.12x
2183	Clement	195	0.010%	0.56x
2184	Crowley	195	0.010%	0.87x
2185	Garratt	195	0.010%	0.55x
2186	Haythornthwaite	195	0.010%	6.56x
2187	Layfield	195	0.010%	3.09x
2188	Mulholland	195	0.010%	1.51x
2189	Stables	195	0.010%	1.47x
2190	Denham	194	0.010%	0.63x
2191	Flannagan	194	0.010%	2.76x
2192	Halewood	194	0.010%	5.94x
2193	Mangnall	194	0.010%	8.51x
2194	Shephard	194	0.010%	0.58x
2195	Wheeldon	194	0.010%	1.13x
2196	Yardley	194	0.010%	0.88x
2197	Lumb	193	0.010%	0.59x
2198	Maiden	193	0.010%	2.03x
2199	Mossop	193	0.010%	2.06x
2200	Rylands	193	0.010%	4.03x