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 Ackroyd, with 192 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
2201	Ackroyd	192	0.010%	0.59x
2202	Aldridge	192	0.010%	0.29x
2203	Challinor	192	0.010%	1.57x
2204	Chatburn	192	0.010%	4.62x
2205	Crewdson	192	0.010%	5.03x
2206	Cudworth	192	0.010%	3.78x
2207	Gadd	192	0.010%	0.83x
2208	Garforth	192	0.010%	1.98x
2209	Geddes	192	0.010%	0.46x
2210	Horrobin	192	0.010%	4.89x
2211	Ritson	192	0.010%	1.38x
2212	Bartlett	191	0.010%	0.13x
2213	Penketh	191	0.010%	6.02x
2214	Astbury	190	0.010%	1.17x
2215	Bertwistle	190	0.010%	8.51x
2216	Cartmel	190	0.010%	4.91x
2217	Dyke	190	0.010%	0.55x
2218	Felton	190	0.010%	0.80x
2219	Franks	190	0.010%	0.44x
2220	Jardine	190	0.010%	0.59x
2221	Kirkland	190	0.010%	0.62x
2222	Lovatt	190	0.010%	0.79x
2223	Mulloy	190	0.010%	3.71x
2224	Rollinson	190	0.010%	1.02x
2225	Sandford	190	0.010%	0.77x
2226	Aspey	189	0.010%	4.23x
2227	Calverley	189	0.010%	2.58x
2228	Doolan	189	0.010%	2.78x
2229	Edmonds	189	0.010%	0.29x
2230	German	189	0.010%	1.17x
2231	Lock	189	0.010%	0.19x
2232	Sheffield	189	0.010%	1.04x
2233	Snelson	189	0.010%	2.40x
2234	Allman	188	0.010%	1.16x
2235	Appleyard	188	0.010%	0.59x
2236	Banner	188	0.010%	0.99x
2237	Boothroyd	188	0.010%	1.05x
2238	Hardie	188	0.010%	0.42x
2239	Latimer	188	0.010%	1.41x
2240	Muldoon	188	0.010%	2.75x
2241	Phillipson	188	0.010%	1.46x
2242	Rock	188	0.010%	0.95x
2243	Roughsedge	188	0.010%	6.97x
2244	Sherwin	188	0.010%	1.01x
2245	Slattery	188	0.010%	3.15x
2246	Aitken	187	0.010%	0.21x
2247	Carty	187	0.010%	2.30x
2248	Gaunt	187	0.010%	0.55x
2249	Mcdermott	187	0.010%	3.01x
2250	Moffat	187	0.010%	0.30x
2251	William	187	0.010%	0.63x
2252	Castle	186	0.010%	0.27x
2253	Floyd	186	0.010%	0.56x
2254	Hesmondhalgh	186	0.010%	7.95x
2255	Hinchliffe	186	0.010%	0.62x
2256	Moreton	186	0.010%	0.72x
2257	Pollock	186	0.010%	0.37x
2258	Wiggans	186	0.010%	6.43x
2259	Ewing	185	0.010%	0.58x
2260	Harley	185	0.010%	0.41x
2261	Hyslop	185	0.010%	0.93x
2262	Loynd	185	0.010%	8.41x
2263	Mcmahon	185	0.010%	3.27x
2264	Millard	185	0.010%	0.32x
2265	Nevin	185	0.010%	2.66x
2266	Orford	185	0.010%	2.15x
2267	Rooke	185	0.010%	0.72x
2268	Bellamy	184	0.010%	0.36x
2269	Churchill	184	0.010%	0.45x
2270	Dransfield	184	0.010%	1.51x
2271	Everett	184	0.010%	0.30x
2272	Hitchmough	184	0.010%	6.23x
2273	Kippax	184	0.010%	5.39x
2274	Minshull	184	0.010%	2.48x
2275	Povey	184	0.010%	0.88x
2276	Torkington	184	0.010%	3.60x
2277	Wilkes	184	0.010%	0.31x
2278	Church	183	0.010%	0.24x
2279	Earl	183	0.010%	0.40x
2280	Frazer	183	0.010%	0.68x
2281	Isaac	183	0.010%	0.42x
2282	Leslie	183	0.010%	0.32x
2283	Longbottom	183	0.010%	0.59x
2284	Ormesher	183	0.010%	8.15x
2285	Plumpton	183	0.010%	2.91x
2286	Ronson	183	0.010%	5.32x
2287	Sargeant	183	0.010%	0.67x
2288	Antrobus	182	0.010%	2.63x
2289	Benyon	182	0.010%	4.20x
2290	Brew	182	0.010%	2.09x
2291	Fyles	182	0.010%	7.94x
2292	Garland	182	0.010%	0.40x
2293	Barritt	181	0.010%	2.00x
2294	Higgs	181	0.010%	0.29x
2295	Hoggarth	181	0.010%	2.12x
2296	Mayo	181	0.010%	0.68x
2297	Mutch	181	0.010%	1.17x
2298	Ramsay	181	0.010%	0.20x
2299	Wallworth	181	0.010%	5.56x
2300	Warriner	181	0.010%	1.78x