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 Corkill, with 78 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
3901	Corkill	78	0.000%	0.89x
3902	Cotterell	78	0.000%	0.53x
3903	Denison	78	0.000%	0.59x
3904	Dickie	78	0.000%	0.29x
3905	Donley	78	0.000%	2.72x
3906	Fawkes	78	0.000%	0.89x
3907	Fieldhouse	78	0.000%	0.47x
3908	Flintoff	78	0.000%	2.11x
3909	Furnival	78	0.000%	1.28x
3910	Gelderd	78	0.000%	4.92x
3911	Halsted	78	0.000%	3.12x
3912	Kenna	78	0.000%	2.36x
3913	Lakeland	78	0.000%	5.96x
3914	Lennard	78	0.000%	1.00x
3915	Lowton	78	0.000%	2.89x
3916	Messenger	78	0.000%	0.29x
3917	Mowbray	78	0.000%	0.54x
3918	Mulhall	78	0.000%	4.78x
3919	Oakden	78	0.000%	1.23x
3920	Occleshaw	78	0.000%	7.41x
3921	Phizacklea	78	0.000%	6.67x
3922	Sawrey	78	0.000%	5.43x
3923	Shelly	78	0.000%	0.97x
3924	Spink	78	0.000%	0.28x
3925	Sumners	78	0.000%	2.51x
3926	Truman	78	0.000%	0.36x
3927	Whittall	78	0.000%	1.09x
3928	Winters	78	0.000%	0.53x
3929	Ablett	77	0.000%	1.05x
3930	Aird	77	0.000%	0.43x
3931	Ashbrook	77	0.000%	2.42x
3932	Batley	77	0.000%	0.51x
3933	Beetham	77	0.000%	1.34x
3934	Benjamin	77	0.000%	0.42x
3935	Blakeman	77	0.000%	0.76x
3936	Brownrigg	77	0.000%	1.72x
3937	Buchan	77	0.000%	0.17x
3938	Burden	77	0.000%	0.17x
3939	Burslem	77	0.000%	2.94x
3940	Cearns	77	0.000%	6.79x
3941	Christopherson	77	0.000%	3.02x
3942	Coburn	77	0.000%	1.17x
3943	Constable	77	0.000%	0.20x
3944	Cranston	77	0.000%	0.55x
3945	Dainty	77	0.000%	0.81x
3946	Donegan	77	0.000%	2.22x
3947	Garsden	77	0.000%	8.53x
3948	Garvin	77	0.000%	2.49x
3949	Gillon	77	0.000%	0.87x
3950	Jewell	77	0.000%	0.21x
3951	Locket	77	0.000%	1.95x
3952	Marchbank	77	0.000%	1.58x
3953	Meikle	77	0.000%	0.31x
3954	Mill	77	0.000%	0.37x
3955	Ogrady	77	0.000%	2.69x
3956	Pearse	77	0.000%	0.21x
3957	Pointon	77	0.000%	0.53x
3958	Ragan	77	0.000%	1.36x
3959	Ruffley	77	0.000%	7.00x
3960	Scattergood	77	0.000%	0.83x
3961	Spurr	77	0.000%	0.53x
3962	Townshend	77	0.000%	0.72x
3963	Turpin	77	0.000%	0.41x
3964	Weatherby	77	0.000%	1.56x
3965	Wimpenny	77	0.000%	1.58x
3966	Becket	76	0.000%	1.08x
3967	Birnie	76	0.000%	0.52x
3968	Broadfoot	76	0.000%	0.92x
3969	Conlin	76	0.000%	1.18x
3970	Crick	76	0.000%	0.37x
3971	Cusack	76	0.000%	2.06x
3972	Docker	76	0.000%	1.12x
3973	Ducker	76	0.000%	0.93x
3974	Eagles	76	0.000%	0.78x
3975	Fitzmaurice	76	0.000%	2.37x
3976	Gettings	76	0.000%	2.22x
3977	Gooch	76	0.000%	0.25x
3978	Greenhall	76	0.000%	2.87x
3979	Hallett	76	0.000%	0.18x
3980	Hennesey	76	0.000%	2.56x
3981	Hollin	76	0.000%	3.40x
3982	Hoskin	76	0.000%	0.49x
3983	Houson	76	0.000%	3.65x
3984	Killip	76	0.000%	1.93x
3985	Macbeth	76	0.000%	2.35x
3986	Mackereth	76	0.000%	2.35x
3987	Megson	76	0.000%	1.35x
3988	Nisbet	76	0.000%	0.21x
3989	Paulden	76	0.000%	5.71x
3990	Pott	76	0.000%	0.96x
3991	Rawlings	76	0.000%	0.15x
3992	Rayson	76	0.000%	0.77x
3993	Stamp	76	0.000%	0.30x
3994	Sutherst	76	0.000%	5.43x
3995	Suthurst	76	0.000%	8.53x
3996	Ashe	75	0.000%	2.30x
3997	Beanland	75	0.000%	1.06x
3998	Bevins	75	0.000%	1.74x
3999	Early	75	0.000%	0.58x
4000	Fairburn	75	0.000%	0.84x