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 Forth, with 75 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
4001	Forth	75	0.000%	0.88x
4002	Grafton	75	0.000%	0.78x
4003	Handforth	75	0.000%	2.62x
4004	Haycock	75	0.000%	0.39x
4005	Isles	75	0.000%	0.80x
4006	Kinley	75	0.000%	1.87x
4007	Lyne	75	0.000%	0.49x
4008	Magill	75	0.000%	3.06x
4009	Mccoy	75	0.000%	3.18x
4010	Munday	75	0.000%	0.18x
4011	Onions	75	0.000%	0.39x
4012	Paynter	75	0.000%	0.77x
4013	Riddle	75	0.000%	0.26x
4014	Rymer	75	0.000%	0.90x
4015	Scarr	75	0.000%	1.14x
4016	Sheil	75	0.000%	3.04x
4017	Taft	75	0.000%	1.27x
4018	Thistleton	75	0.000%	3.26x
4019	Tunney	75	0.000%	2.51x
4020	Walpole	75	0.000%	0.55x
4021	Whalan	75	0.000%	4.24x
4022	Akister	74	0.000%	8.20x
4023	Birtwhistle	74	0.000%	1.93x
4024	Burgon	74	0.000%	1.64x
4025	Corrie	74	0.000%	0.94x
4026	Deason	74	0.000%	3.30x
4027	Eustace	74	0.000%	0.76x
4028	Geoghegan	74	0.000%	3.42x
4029	Hawes	74	0.000%	0.17x
4030	Hollinworth	74	0.000%	4.77x
4031	Hopton	74	0.000%	0.77x
4032	Hotchkiss	74	0.000%	0.90x
4033	Jobson	74	0.000%	0.36x
4034	Kilgour	74	0.000%	0.58x
4035	Leith	74	0.000%	0.41x
4036	Macfarlane	74	0.000%	0.37x
4037	Matheson	74	0.000%	0.16x
4038	Muller	74	0.000%	0.57x
4039	Ogle	74	0.000%	0.67x
4040	Peart	74	0.000%	0.37x
4041	Platts	74	0.000%	0.32x
4042	Pomfrett	74	0.000%	6.09x
4043	Remington	74	0.000%	1.51x
4044	Rowell	74	0.000%	0.24x
4045	Ruddock	74	0.000%	0.69x
4046	Rule	74	0.000%	0.31x
4047	Sage	74	0.000%	0.24x
4048	Suart	74	0.000%	4.00x
4049	Winchester	74	0.000%	0.56x
4050	Alstead	73	0.000%	8.41x
4051	Balmforth	73	0.000%	0.56x
4052	Borland	73	0.000%	0.49x
4053	Brazier	73	0.000%	0.22x
4054	Carden	73	0.000%	0.95x
4055	Chisholm	73	0.000%	0.15x
4056	Coggins	73	0.000%	0.81x
4057	Costigan	73	0.000%	2.64x
4058	Crossthwaite	73	0.000%	5.39x
4059	Curren	73	0.000%	2.60x
4060	Davitt	73	0.000%	3.50x
4061	Erskine	73	0.000%	0.34x
4062	Falshaw	73	0.000%	3.43x
4063	Fannon	73	0.000%	3.67x
4064	Harford	73	0.000%	0.65x
4065	Hutchison	73	0.000%	0.13x
4066	Light	73	0.000%	0.23x
4067	Marton	73	0.000%	1.15x
4068	Mclaughlin	73	0.000%	2.62x
4069	Mott	73	0.000%	0.28x
4070	Murthwaite	73	0.000%	4.74x
4071	Paley	73	0.000%	0.88x
4072	Pitchford	73	0.000%	0.66x
4073	Proudfoot	73	0.000%	0.48x
4074	Scarlett	73	0.000%	0.62x
4075	Staniforth	73	0.000%	0.56x
4076	Sunter	73	0.000%	1.40x
4077	Trimble	73	0.000%	2.72x
4078	Woan	73	0.000%	7.99x
4079	Abrams	72	0.000%	0.84x
4080	Banham	72	0.000%	0.41x
4081	Beardmore	72	0.000%	0.45x
4082	Beet	72	0.000%	1.46x
4083	Benbow	72	0.000%	0.52x
4084	Berrington	72	0.000%	1.15x
4085	Bleazard	72	0.000%	4.44x
4086	Cann	72	0.000%	0.22x
4087	Cavannah	72	0.000%	5.60x
4088	Chippindale	72	0.000%	4.44x
4089	Connely	72	0.000%	1.13x
4090	Crouch	72	0.000%	0.15x
4091	Dance	72	0.000%	0.26x
4092	Dempster	72	0.000%	0.30x
4093	Denson	72	0.000%	1.79x
4094	Dorrington	72	0.000%	0.66x
4095	Goldsworthy	72	0.000%	0.50x
4096	Greener	72	0.000%	0.71x
4097	Greenup	72	0.000%	3.34x
4098	Grove	72	0.000%	0.18x
4099	Haighton	72	0.000%	7.07x
4100	Hansen	72	0.000%	1.13x