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 Gerard, with 108 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
3201	Gerard	108	0.000%	1.83x
3202	Gormley	108	0.000%	2.67x
3203	Harkness	108	0.000%	0.56x
3204	Markey	108	0.000%	1.74x
3205	Mulroy	108	0.000%	3.82x
3206	Pickvance	108	0.000%	8.64x
3207	Pulford	108	0.000%	1.21x
3208	Quarmby	108	0.000%	1.18x
3209	Salkeld	108	0.000%	1.38x
3210	Shelton	108	0.000%	0.27x
3211	Winstanly	108	0.000%	7.41x
3212	Bass	107	0.000%	0.27x
3213	Batten	107	0.000%	0.33x
3214	Bean	107	0.000%	0.24x
3215	Birley	107	0.000%	2.02x
3216	Blinston	107	0.000%	6.04x
3217	Boothby	107	0.000%	1.09x
3218	Bott	107	0.000%	0.39x
3219	Brian	107	0.000%	0.66x
3220	Colbert	107	0.000%	1.86x
3221	Dow	107	0.000%	0.26x
3222	Dunkerly	107	0.000%	5.19x
3223	Farrall	107	0.000%	1.56x
3224	Glen	107	0.000%	0.31x
3225	Herring	107	0.000%	0.30x
3226	Houseman	107	0.000%	1.33x
3227	Langfield	107	0.000%	2.83x
3228	Mackintosh	107	0.000%	0.46x
3229	Oswald	107	0.000%	0.67x
3230	Pinkerton	107	0.000%	1.25x
3231	Tilston	107	0.000%	2.44x
3232	Whithead	107	0.000%	2.21x
3233	Allonby	106	0.000%	5.09x
3234	Boys	106	0.000%	0.78x
3235	Buckle	106	0.000%	0.28x
3236	Carley	106	0.000%	1.36x
3237	Craine	106	0.000%	1.33x
3238	Fazackerly	106	0.000%	8.10x
3239	Foote	106	0.000%	0.80x
3240	Fowles	106	0.000%	0.62x
3241	Granger	106	0.000%	0.30x
3242	Hammersley	106	0.000%	0.97x
3243	Hatfield	106	0.000%	0.43x
3244	Kerry	106	0.000%	0.45x
3245	Maley	106	0.000%	1.57x
3246	Marley	106	0.000%	0.53x
3247	Mattison	106	0.000%	1.91x
3248	Merchant	106	0.000%	0.45x
3249	Outram	106	0.000%	1.04x
3250	Pigott	106	0.000%	0.80x
3251	Pritt	106	0.000%	4.87x
3252	Rodgerson	106	0.000%	2.48x
3253	Scales	106	0.000%	0.52x
3254	Snow	106	0.000%	0.23x
3255	Anthony	105	0.000%	0.26x
3256	Barwise	105	0.000%	3.49x
3257	Birkenhead	105	0.000%	4.18x
3258	Blakemore	105	0.000%	0.71x
3259	Brazendale	105	0.000%	4.26x
3260	Edmonson	105	0.000%	2.83x
3261	Greene	105	0.000%	1.11x
3262	Gunson	105	0.000%	1.57x
3263	Houlding	105	0.000%	2.79x
3264	Kirwin	105	0.000%	5.13x
3265	Lockley	105	0.000%	0.80x
3266	Magnall	105	0.000%	7.89x
3267	Newhouse	105	0.000%	2.81x
3268	Nottingham	105	0.000%	1.13x
3269	Ord	105	0.000%	0.46x
3270	Philbin	105	0.000%	4.49x
3271	Prosser	105	0.000%	0.19x
3272	Smellie	105	0.000%	0.68x
3273	Sudlow	105	0.000%	3.61x
3274	Summersgill	105	0.000%	2.32x
3275	Tayler	105	0.000%	0.55x
3276	Alton	104	0.000%	1.10x
3277	Booker	104	0.000%	0.25x
3278	Burgoyne	104	0.000%	0.69x
3279	Buttler	104	0.000%	0.99x
3280	Cronkshaw	104	0.000%	8.64x
3281	East	104	0.000%	0.19x
3282	Ewart	104	0.000%	0.53x
3283	Geraghty	104	0.000%	3.27x
3284	Gunning	104	0.000%	0.82x
3285	Hocking	104	0.000%	0.37x
3286	Laidlaw	104	0.000%	0.34x
3287	Liddell	104	0.000%	0.33x
3288	Mallalieu	104	0.000%	3.94x
3289	Moir	104	0.000%	0.22x
3290	Pickett	104	0.000%	0.37x
3291	Shelley	104	0.000%	0.39x
3292	Swire	104	0.000%	3.00x
3293	Youds	104	0.000%	4.99x
3294	Bryning	103	0.000%	5.56x
3295	Creer	103	0.000%	2.12x
3296	Dodgeon	103	0.000%	8.64x
3297	Fairweather	103	0.000%	0.38x
3298	Goring	103	0.000%	1.00x
3299	Lundy	103	0.000%	1.71x
3300	Moloney	103	0.000%	2.76x