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 Hills, with 98 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
3401	Hills	98	0.000%	0.10x
3402	Kempster	98	0.000%	0.81x
3403	Layton	98	0.000%	0.35x
3404	Longson	98	0.000%	2.52x
3405	Plumbley	98	0.000%	2.91x
3406	Revill	98	0.000%	0.63x
3407	Samson	98	0.000%	0.40x
3408	Widdowson	98	0.000%	0.53x
3409	Winterburn	98	0.000%	1.02x
3410	Alldred	97	0.000%	4.32x
3411	Badger	97	0.000%	0.48x
3412	Bayliss	97	0.000%	0.22x
3413	Cuncliffe	97	0.000%	7.42x
3414	Denby	97	0.000%	0.67x
3415	Downie	97	0.000%	0.24x
3416	Fee	97	0.000%	1.65x
3417	Fountain	97	0.000%	0.41x
3418	Furniss	97	0.000%	0.63x
3419	Greenway	97	0.000%	0.38x
3420	Hancox	97	0.000%	0.37x
3421	Harland	97	0.000%	0.34x
3422	Harman	97	0.000%	0.19x
3423	Hawthorne	97	0.000%	1.20x
3424	Hellewell	97	0.000%	1.12x
3425	Howlett	97	0.000%	0.21x
3426	Joseph	97	0.000%	0.35x
3427	Monkhouse	97	0.000%	1.20x
3428	Noblet	97	0.000%	7.69x
3429	Paxton	97	0.000%	0.35x
3430	Sayers	97	0.000%	0.25x
3431	Staunton	97	0.000%	2.44x
3432	Stell	97	0.000%	1.76x
3433	Trow	97	0.000%	1.11x
3434	Astle	96	0.000%	0.85x
3435	Balderstone	96	0.000%	4.44x
3436	Balfour	96	0.000%	0.40x
3437	Baugh	96	0.000%	0.77x
3438	Broady	96	0.000%	3.23x
3439	Burchall	96	0.000%	2.75x
3440	Coffee	96	0.000%	2.22x
3441	Collett	96	0.000%	0.22x
3442	Cruise	96	0.000%	2.85x
3443	Dewsnap	96	0.000%	1.83x
3444	Falconer	96	0.000%	0.23x
3445	Hartly	96	0.000%	3.50x
3446	Hattersley	96	0.000%	0.97x
3447	Laird	96	0.000%	0.25x
3448	Ormsby	96	0.000%	2.27x
3449	Pitts	96	0.000%	0.27x
3450	Rigley	96	0.000%	2.02x
3451	Rome	96	0.000%	1.41x
3452	Rowen	96	0.000%	2.68x
3453	Stackhouse	96	0.000%	2.25x
3454	Staton	96	0.000%	1.43x
3455	Bayliff	95	0.000%	4.53x
3456	Brock	95	0.000%	0.24x
3457	Coutts	95	0.000%	0.27x
3458	Duckers	95	0.000%	2.56x
3459	Duncalf	95	0.000%	2.72x
3460	Ellams	95	0.000%	3.02x
3461	Glazebrook	95	0.000%	1.53x
3462	Goodfellow	95	0.000%	0.31x
3463	Harter	95	0.000%	5.04x
3464	Jarman	95	0.000%	0.29x
3465	Langhorn	95	0.000%	2.15x
3466	Nathan	95	0.000%	0.82x
3467	Pears	95	0.000%	0.60x
3468	Shanley	95	0.000%	2.66x
3469	Shepperd	95	0.000%	0.63x
3470	Stockwell	95	0.000%	0.46x
3471	Sutcliff	95	0.000%	1.91x
3472	Tyldsley	95	0.000%	7.74x
3473	Adam	94	0.000%	0.16x
3474	Bryden	94	0.000%	0.64x
3475	Carrick	94	0.000%	0.38x
3476	Dix	94	0.000%	0.27x
3477	Foreman	94	0.000%	0.21x
3478	Jenks	94	0.000%	0.79x
3479	Kingston	94	0.000%	0.29x
3480	Kirwan	94	0.000%	4.51x
3481	Landless	94	0.000%	6.15x
3482	Levi	94	0.000%	1.16x
3483	Mackin	94	0.000%	1.80x
3484	Massam	94	0.000%	3.50x
3485	Mcbride	94	0.000%	3.58x
3486	Mcmanus	94	0.000%	3.09x
3487	Moyle	94	0.000%	0.56x
3488	Normington	94	0.000%	1.08x
3489	Patefield	94	0.000%	4.78x
3490	Robert	94	0.000%	0.55x
3491	Scaife	94	0.000%	0.61x
3492	Spratt	94	0.000%	0.49x
3493	Stamper	94	0.000%	1.20x
3494	Steadman	94	0.000%	0.44x
3495	Stoddard	94	0.000%	1.65x
3496	Vipond	94	0.000%	1.90x
3497	Wellock	94	0.000%	2.42x
3498	Worsick	94	0.000%	6.40x
3499	Wrench	94	0.000%	0.81x
3500	Armour	93	0.000%	0.43x