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 Payton, with 82 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
3801	Payton	82	0.000%	0.59x
3802	Rollins	82	0.000%	1.08x
3803	Scholefield	82	0.000%	0.83x
3804	Solomon	82	0.000%	0.35x
3805	Wake	82	0.000%	0.29x
3806	Wilbraham	82	0.000%	1.60x
3807	Wooler	82	0.000%	1.34x
3808	Yeomans	82	0.000%	0.29x
3809	Ayres	81	0.000%	0.17x
3810	Batchelor	81	0.000%	0.14x
3811	Blamire	81	0.000%	2.09x
3812	Crookes	81	0.000%	0.54x
3813	Crump	81	0.000%	0.22x
3814	Fearnhead	81	0.000%	6.79x
3815	Files	81	0.000%	3.03x
3816	Finnerty	81	0.000%	4.24x
3817	Gillard	81	0.000%	0.27x
3818	Gittens	81	0.000%	1.50x
3819	Gooden	81	0.000%	2.06x
3820	Gowers	81	0.000%	0.86x
3821	Halley	81	0.000%	0.62x
3822	Holiday	81	0.000%	0.83x
3823	Jamison	81	0.000%	1.17x
3824	Joule	81	0.000%	2.63x
3825	Mcconnell	81	0.000%	3.57x
3826	Merrill	81	0.000%	0.81x
3827	Mumford	81	0.000%	0.24x
3828	Oniel	81	0.000%	2.68x
3829	Rickard	81	0.000%	0.34x
3830	Roney	81	0.000%	1.17x
3831	Sandbach	81	0.000%	1.75x
3832	Stewardson	81	0.000%	2.19x
3833	Tallon	81	0.000%	2.88x
3834	Telfer	81	0.000%	0.39x
3835	Towns	81	0.000%	0.73x
3836	Udall	81	0.000%	1.25x
3837	Wilcocks	81	0.000%	1.11x
3838	Willcox	81	0.000%	0.43x
3839	Allott	80	0.000%	0.64x
3840	Barrott	80	0.000%	3.53x
3841	Blagg	80	0.000%	1.27x
3842	Corley	80	0.000%	1.51x
3843	Cumpstey	80	0.000%	8.64x
3844	Dobbie	80	0.000%	0.53x
3845	Dogherty	80	0.000%	3.16x
3846	Feeley	80	0.000%	2.63x
3847	Frame	80	0.000%	0.36x
3848	Hartland	80	0.000%	0.53x
3849	Ibison	80	0.000%	7.20x
3850	Laytham	80	0.000%	6.46x
3851	Leatham	80	0.000%	1.76x
3852	Maynard	80	0.000%	0.15x
3853	Meagher	80	0.000%	3.88x
3854	Michael	80	0.000%	0.43x
3855	Newland	80	0.000%	0.39x
3856	Orrett	80	0.000%	6.28x
3857	Penlington	80	0.000%	2.75x
3858	Sergent	80	0.000%	2.18x
3859	Spinks	80	0.000%	0.34x
3860	Stocker	80	0.000%	0.43x
3861	Thelwell	80	0.000%	2.43x
3862	Whitter	80	0.000%	3.13x
3863	Wilkin	80	0.000%	0.42x
3864	Allsopp	79	0.000%	0.56x
3865	Baillie	79	0.000%	0.22x
3866	Bowerbank	79	0.000%	2.61x
3867	Brice	79	0.000%	0.28x
3868	Cardus	79	0.000%	4.32x
3869	Dalzell	79	0.000%	1.76x
3870	Dicken	79	0.000%	0.81x
3871	Dodge	79	0.000%	0.58x
3872	Fanning	79	0.000%	2.15x
3873	Gallager	79	0.000%	2.71x
3874	Gibney	79	0.000%	3.46x
3875	Gow	79	0.000%	0.29x
3876	Groome	79	0.000%	1.45x
3877	Herron	79	0.000%	0.64x
3878	Howells	79	0.000%	0.09x
3879	Jacks	79	0.000%	1.00x
3880	Janson	79	0.000%	1.40x
3881	Keeffe	79	0.000%	2.69x
3882	Lavender	79	0.000%	0.36x
3883	Malony	79	0.000%	2.55x
3884	Mcnamara	79	0.000%	2.61x
3885	Mitchinson	79	0.000%	0.89x
3886	Morrey	79	0.000%	1.21x
3887	Moulden	79	0.000%	1.83x
3888	Mullan	79	0.000%	1.26x
3889	Nevitt	79	0.000%	1.76x
3890	Pickover	79	0.000%	6.04x
3891	Rielly	79	0.000%	1.58x
3892	Stancliffe	79	0.000%	2.15x
3893	Stanford	79	0.000%	0.27x
3894	Waddilove	79	0.000%	3.54x
3895	Whitwell	79	0.000%	0.77x
3896	Aspen	78	0.000%	7.32x
3897	Carline	78	0.000%	1.25x
3898	Caswell	78	0.000%	0.46x
3899	Clews	78	0.000%	0.50x
3900	Colvin	78	0.000%	0.65x