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 Butt, with 93 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
3501	Butt	93	0.000%	0.21x
3502	Concannon	93	0.000%	3.72x
3503	Ellor	93	0.000%	4.46x
3504	Farron	93	0.000%	3.64x
3505	Fender	93	0.000%	1.76x
3506	Greenhow	93	0.000%	1.36x
3507	Hepburn	93	0.000%	0.30x
3508	Jeffery	93	0.000%	0.12x
3509	Lavell	93	0.000%	2.37x
3510	Mcdonough	93	0.000%	3.49x
3511	Ormston	93	0.000%	1.53x
3512	Range	93	0.000%	4.67x
3513	Sackfield	93	0.000%	7.96x
3514	Segar	93	0.000%	3.96x
3515	Skillicorn	93	0.000%	2.09x
3516	Spring	93	0.000%	0.55x
3517	Watterson	93	0.000%	0.83x
3518	Woodman	93	0.000%	0.24x
3519	Barnish	92	0.000%	6.36x
3520	Bloomer	92	0.000%	0.89x
3521	Bogle	92	0.000%	2.13x
3522	Charters	92	0.000%	0.97x
3523	Farrelly	92	0.000%	4.97x
3524	Greenlees	92	0.000%	1.36x
3525	Grieve	92	0.000%	0.23x
3526	Heeley	92	0.000%	0.60x
3527	Hutchings	92	0.000%	0.14x
3528	Ironfield	92	0.000%	8.64x
3529	Lindop	92	0.000%	1.14x
3530	Looker	92	0.000%	0.90x
3531	Mcgowan	92	0.000%	2.66x
3532	Olsen	92	0.000%	1.40x
3533	Piercy	92	0.000%	0.74x
3534	Saxton	92	0.000%	0.45x
3535	Stonehouse	92	0.000%	0.61x
3536	Templeton	92	0.000%	0.36x
3537	Toner	92	0.000%	2.13x
3538	Twemlow	92	0.000%	3.95x
3539	Westbrook	92	0.000%	0.57x
3540	Wrennall	92	0.000%	8.37x
3541	Audley	91	0.000%	2.77x
3542	Bargh	91	0.000%	3.40x
3543	Blackwood	91	0.000%	0.45x
3544	Carrigan	91	0.000%	1.35x
3545	Cochran	91	0.000%	0.69x
3546	Crabb	91	0.000%	0.25x
3547	Crocker	91	0.000%	0.20x
3548	Crooke	91	0.000%	1.95x
3549	Dearnley	91	0.000%	1.46x
3550	Evens	91	0.000%	1.00x
3551	Farran	91	0.000%	3.61x
3552	Gabriel	91	0.000%	0.99x
3553	Galbraith	91	0.000%	0.29x
3554	Garton	91	0.000%	0.53x
3555	Hobin	91	0.000%	4.30x
3556	Hockenhull	91	0.000%	2.55x
3557	Hooson	91	0.000%	1.34x
3558	Longstaff	91	0.000%	0.37x
3559	Loynds	91	0.000%	8.19x
3560	Mellody	91	0.000%	7.28x
3561	Molineux	91	0.000%	2.96x
3562	Murdoch	91	0.000%	0.15x
3563	Overend	91	0.000%	0.88x
3564	Quail	91	0.000%	2.22x
3565	Reddish	91	0.000%	1.37x
3566	Sudell	91	0.000%	5.96x
3567	Thacker	91	0.000%	0.36x
3568	Tuck	91	0.000%	0.20x
3569	Wheelan	91	0.000%	2.90x
3570	Branagan	90	0.000%	3.93x
3571	Broster	90	0.000%	1.57x
3572	Cockroft	90	0.000%	0.61x
3573	Condon	90	0.000%	0.94x
3574	Coup	90	0.000%	3.63x
3575	Dignam	90	0.000%	4.55x
3576	Eardley	90	0.000%	0.69x
3577	Fahy	90	0.000%	3.23x
3578	Gidman	90	0.000%	3.27x
3579	Hargreave	90	0.000%	2.04x
3580	Haslem	90	0.000%	3.79x
3581	Hinton	90	0.000%	0.19x
3582	Hodgins	90	0.000%	3.10x
3583	Holder	90	0.000%	0.19x
3584	Hooker	90	0.000%	0.30x
3585	Jinks	90	0.000%	0.62x
3586	Leake	90	0.000%	0.63x
3587	Lennox	90	0.000%	0.44x
3588	Peatfield	90	0.000%	3.47x
3589	Pullen	90	0.000%	0.20x
3590	Shatwell	90	0.000%	1.90x
3591	Somerville	90	0.000%	0.31x
3592	Swaine	90	0.000%	0.59x
3593	Woof	90	0.000%	1.61x
3594	Wylde	90	0.000%	1.26x
3595	Allwood	89	0.000%	0.63x
3596	Begley	89	0.000%	1.50x
3597	Corbridge	89	0.000%	2.62x
3598	Hewit	89	0.000%	1.62x
3599	Hoban	89	0.000%	2.69x
3600	Jukes	89	0.000%	0.43x