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 Tracy, with 158 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
2501	Tracy	158	0.000%	1.65x
2502	Walling	158	0.000%	2.28x
2503	Woolfall	158	0.000%	7.07x
2504	Ardern	157	0.000%	2.15x
2505	Bickerton	157	0.000%	1.08x
2506	Earle	157	0.000%	0.73x
2507	Fleet	157	0.000%	0.68x
2508	Hambleton	157	0.000%	1.11x
2509	Nabb	157	0.000%	7.49x
2510	Sweetman	157	0.000%	1.27x
2511	Tootle	157	0.000%	6.92x
2512	Tyler	157	0.000%	0.15x
2513	Angus	156	0.000%	0.31x
2514	Armstead	156	0.000%	2.87x
2515	Bains	156	0.000%	1.81x
2516	Brundrett	156	0.000%	4.40x
2517	Dumbell	156	0.000%	5.69x
2518	Head	156	0.000%	0.18x
2519	Holman	156	0.000%	0.32x
2520	Lavery	156	0.000%	1.64x
2521	Lindsey	156	0.000%	0.88x
2522	Mccann	156	0.000%	3.39x
2523	Mccormick	156	0.000%	4.13x
2524	Ash	155	0.000%	0.27x
2525	Bracken	155	0.000%	2.71x
2526	Corry	155	0.000%	2.29x
2527	Linton	155	0.000%	0.54x
2528	Mark	155	0.000%	0.89x
2529	Mead	155	0.000%	0.19x
2530	Tomkins	155	0.000%	0.43x
2531	Trippier	155	0.000%	8.58x
2532	Wardleworth	155	0.000%	7.88x
2533	Whitehurst	155	0.000%	1.41x
2534	Bithell	154	0.000%	3.09x
2535	Bryce	154	0.000%	0.44x
2536	Cowper	154	0.000%	1.01x
2537	Dalby	154	0.000%	0.55x
2538	Langan	154	0.000%	2.89x
2539	Mayer	154	0.000%	0.77x
2540	Musgrave	154	0.000%	0.73x
2541	Shearer	154	0.000%	0.35x
2542	Birks	153	0.000%	0.67x
2543	Breeze	153	0.000%	0.71x
2544	Bridges	153	0.000%	0.28x
2545	Childs	153	0.000%	0.24x
2546	Consterdine	153	0.000%	6.26x
2547	Gatley	153	0.000%	2.57x
2548	Hays	153	0.000%	1.03x
2549	Quine	153	0.000%	2.08x
2550	Railton	153	0.000%	1.67x
2551	Roden	153	0.000%	0.94x
2552	Urmson	153	0.000%	6.88x
2553	Asquith	152	0.000%	0.75x
2554	Bone	152	0.000%	0.24x
2555	Brewster	152	0.000%	0.45x
2556	Burnes	152	0.000%	2.42x
2557	Edmunds	152	0.000%	0.34x
2558	Forber	152	0.000%	8.16x
2559	Hackney	152	0.000%	1.01x
2560	Heatley	152	0.000%	1.84x
2561	Higginbotham	152	0.000%	1.70x
2562	Mathers	152	0.000%	0.74x
2563	Pender	152	0.000%	1.35x
2564	Randles	152	0.000%	1.94x
2565	Seel	152	0.000%	4.35x
2566	Shaughnessy	152	0.000%	3.70x
2567	Stoddart	152	0.000%	0.53x
2568	Borrows	151	0.000%	3.02x
2569	Christy	151	0.000%	2.06x
2570	Coppock	151	0.000%	2.08x
2571	Court	151	0.000%	0.34x
2572	Embley	151	0.000%	4.98x
2573	Gratton	151	0.000%	1.09x
2574	Hailwood	151	0.000%	6.98x
2575	Hardiker	151	0.000%	8.36x
2576	Mccabe	151	0.000%	4.45x
2577	Medcalf	151	0.000%	1.12x
2578	Plumb	151	0.000%	0.54x
2579	Shufflebottom	151	0.000%	2.41x
2580	Sleigh	151	0.000%	1.95x
2581	Smallshaw	151	0.000%	7.25x
2582	Warden	151	0.000%	0.61x
2583	Whitmore	151	0.000%	0.50x
2584	Widdall	151	0.000%	7.05x
2585	Woosey	151	0.000%	7.50x
2586	Basnett	150	0.000%	3.46x
2587	Bulmer	150	0.000%	0.55x
2588	Coulthard	150	0.000%	0.78x
2589	Hamill	150	0.000%	2.53x
2590	Holker	150	0.000%	6.58x
2591	Kirkwood	150	0.000%	0.48x
2592	Moreland	150	0.000%	1.96x
2593	Mould	150	0.000%	0.51x
2594	Plummer	150	0.000%	0.32x
2595	Skidmore	150	0.000%	0.59x
2596	Bolland	149	0.000%	1.30x
2597	Cresswell	149	0.000%	0.41x
2598	Fearn	149	0.000%	0.58x
2599	Highfield	149	0.000%	1.54x
2600	Key	149	0.000%	0.31x