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 Hargrave, with 72 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
4101	Hargrave	72	0.000%	0.65x
4102	Hoghton	72	0.000%	6.91x
4103	Ivers	72	0.000%	3.84x
4104	Keough	72	0.000%	3.02x
4105	Landers	72	0.000%	1.31x
4106	Lightbourne	72	0.000%	6.16x
4107	Linford	72	0.000%	0.78x
4108	Magrath	72	0.000%	1.97x
4109	Otoole	72	0.000%	3.47x
4110	Pidgeon	72	0.000%	0.62x
4111	Ratchford	72	0.000%	3.14x
4112	Roddy	72	0.000%	2.15x
4113	Royles	72	0.000%	3.60x
4114	Skerratt	72	0.000%	2.30x
4115	Swailes	72	0.000%	1.87x
4116	Thatcher	72	0.000%	0.23x
4117	Blyth	71	0.000%	0.13x
4118	Bowdon	71	0.000%	2.04x
4119	Branson	71	0.000%	0.57x
4120	Carless	71	0.000%	0.77x
4121	Cockayne	71	0.000%	0.68x
4122	Condron	71	0.000%	4.20x
4123	Cornforth	71	0.000%	0.90x
4124	Cruikshank	71	0.000%	1.37x
4125	Dobb	71	0.000%	1.57x
4126	Donnely	71	0.000%	1.32x
4127	Eales	71	0.000%	0.41x
4128	Gillmore	71	0.000%	2.14x
4129	Godbert	71	0.000%	8.52x
4130	Hearn	71	0.000%	0.15x
4131	Holehouse	71	0.000%	2.84x
4132	Hopkin	71	0.000%	0.26x
4133	Horbury	71	0.000%	2.30x
4134	Keely	71	0.000%	2.01x
4135	Kettlewell	71	0.000%	0.67x
4136	Killey	71	0.000%	1.37x
4137	Kitts	71	0.000%	2.21x
4138	Kneen	71	0.000%	1.35x
4139	Langdon	71	0.000%	0.26x
4140	Lyth	71	0.000%	1.47x
4141	Mcdermot	71	0.000%	3.45x
4142	Meyer	71	0.000%	0.63x
4143	Montague	71	0.000%	0.41x
4144	Moston	71	0.000%	2.00x
4145	Mullholland	71	0.000%	1.71x
4146	Nettleton	71	0.000%	0.48x
4147	Newport	71	0.000%	0.40x
4148	Rawling	71	0.000%	0.56x
4149	Savin	71	0.000%	1.65x
4150	Sayle	71	0.000%	1.01x
4151	Seaman	71	0.000%	0.26x
4152	Slaney	71	0.000%	0.66x
4153	Vance	71	0.000%	1.08x
4154	Wheelhouse	71	0.000%	0.91x
4155	Wiltshire	71	0.000%	0.15x
4156	Woodruffe	71	0.000%	1.79x
4157	Archibald	70	0.000%	0.23x
4158	Barnet	70	0.000%	0.42x
4159	Beckwith	70	0.000%	0.34x
4160	Berresford	70	0.000%	1.07x
4161	Birchenough	70	0.000%	1.19x
4162	Brownley	70	0.000%	3.17x
4163	Bywater	70	0.000%	0.40x
4164	Catteral	70	0.000%	8.52x
4165	Chalk	70	0.000%	0.31x
4166	Chappel	70	0.000%	0.46x
4167	Cockrane	70	0.000%	1.84x
4168	Corney	70	0.000%	0.61x
4169	Cowie	70	0.000%	0.17x
4170	Culley	70	0.000%	0.48x
4171	Davie	70	0.000%	0.22x
4172	Dawe	70	0.000%	0.23x
4173	Evison	70	0.000%	0.64x
4174	Fenlon	70	0.000%	5.26x
4175	Forester	70	0.000%	0.70x
4176	Foxall	70	0.000%	0.71x
4177	Furber	70	0.000%	0.79x
4178	Hamlett	70	0.000%	1.70x
4179	Hession	70	0.000%	5.21x
4180	Hopson	70	0.000%	0.77x
4181	Jeffs	70	0.000%	0.26x
4182	Jenkin	70	0.000%	0.26x
4183	Jewitt	70	0.000%	0.60x
4184	Kilbride	70	0.000%	2.00x
4185	Lazenby	70	0.000%	0.43x
4186	Leahy	70	0.000%	1.30x
4187	Leggett	70	0.000%	0.26x
4188	Liversedge	70	0.000%	1.11x
4189	Marron	70	0.000%	2.65x
4190	Mckeown	70	0.000%	4.03x
4191	Mullany	70	0.000%	2.47x
4192	Rawes	70	0.000%	2.69x
4193	Relph	70	0.000%	1.21x
4194	Rosenberg	70	0.000%	1.47x
4195	Royston	70	0.000%	0.68x
4196	Skelland	70	0.000%	5.50x
4197	Stonier	70	0.000%	1.14x
4198	Thom	70	0.000%	0.23x
4199	Ault	69	0.000%	0.86x
4200	Berisford	69	0.000%	2.24x