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 Bosworth, with 64 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
4401	Bosworth	64	0.000%	0.31x
4402	Brannen	64	0.000%	1.58x
4403	Brickhill	64	0.000%	5.17x
4404	Cafferty	64	0.000%	3.18x
4405	Clancey	64	0.000%	1.91x
4406	Coar	64	0.000%	6.91x
4407	Coley	64	0.000%	0.31x
4408	Colligan	64	0.000%	2.12x
4409	Creswell	64	0.000%	0.58x
4410	Dailey	64	0.000%	1.34x
4411	Darley	64	0.000%	0.43x
4412	Darling	64	0.000%	0.19x
4413	Donahue	64	0.000%	3.59x
4414	Dowbiggin	64	0.000%	4.94x
4415	Dower	64	0.000%	1.49x
4416	Duddy	64	0.000%	2.02x
4417	Ecroyd	64	0.000%	6.01x
4418	Halfpenny	64	0.000%	0.83x
4419	Harden	64	0.000%	0.47x
4420	Kegan	64	0.000%	4.35x
4421	Lackey	64	0.000%	2.87x
4422	Linskey	64	0.000%	3.98x
4423	Lorimer	64	0.000%	0.46x
4424	Mulrooney	64	0.000%	3.14x
4425	Paisley	64	0.000%	0.83x
4426	Pickton	64	0.000%	3.43x
4427	Pybus	64	0.000%	0.62x
4428	Rhoden	64	0.000%	2.57x
4429	Sedden	64	0.000%	6.21x
4430	Sprout	64	0.000%	6.01x
4431	Steeple	64	0.000%	3.07x
4432	Tebay	64	0.000%	2.70x
4433	Tipton	64	0.000%	0.76x
4434	Tod	64	0.000%	0.47x
4435	Tool	64	0.000%	3.20x
4436	Tunstill	64	0.000%	4.46x
4437	Tye	64	0.000%	0.32x
4438	Vicars	64	0.000%	1.07x
4439	Barbour	63	0.000%	0.33x
4440	Basford	63	0.000%	0.60x
4441	Batho	63	0.000%	1.76x
4442	Boardley	63	0.000%	4.46x
4443	Bolt	63	0.000%	0.25x
4444	Bown	63	0.000%	0.33x
4445	Briercliffe	63	0.000%	8.37x
4446	Cleator	63	0.000%	1.89x
4447	Coleclough	63	0.000%	3.51x
4448	Copestake	63	0.000%	0.89x
4449	Coulston	63	0.000%	1.77x
4450	Crain	63	0.000%	1.94x
4451	Cundy	63	0.000%	0.70x
4452	Danby	63	0.000%	0.43x
4453	Daulby	63	0.000%	4.12x
4454	Dobbin	63	0.000%	1.16x
4455	Donavan	63	0.000%	1.99x
4456	Donnell	63	0.000%	1.77x
4457	Glendenning	63	0.000%	1.27x
4458	Hawkyard	63	0.000%	2.12x
4459	Huggins	63	0.000%	0.22x
4460	Manton	63	0.000%	0.43x
4461	Mayes	63	0.000%	0.19x
4462	Mcpherson	63	0.000%	1.38x
4463	Millner	63	0.000%	1.83x
4464	Moyers	63	0.000%	7.46x
4465	Mullaney	63	0.000%	2.39x
4466	Nickolson	63	0.000%	1.73x
4467	Parle	63	0.000%	5.39x
4468	Pennell	63	0.000%	0.63x
4469	Popplewell	63	0.000%	0.55x
4470	Priestman	63	0.000%	1.12x
4471	Prout	63	0.000%	0.37x
4472	Prowse	63	0.000%	0.40x
4473	Redfearn	63	0.000%	0.61x
4474	Ruddick	63	0.000%	0.76x
4475	Sanson	63	0.000%	1.44x
4476	Sewart	63	0.000%	4.54x
4477	Steed	63	0.000%	0.38x
4478	Swindley	63	0.000%	2.62x
4479	Timlin	63	0.000%	2.58x
4480	Trevitt	63	0.000%	1.71x
4481	Wait	63	0.000%	0.36x
4482	Wellings	63	0.000%	0.53x
4483	Aldren	62	0.000%	6.70x
4484	Ashford	62	0.000%	0.18x
4485	Bolderson	62	0.000%	4.09x
4486	Bunce	62	0.000%	0.24x
4487	Chase	62	0.000%	0.32x
4488	Colville	62	0.000%	0.52x
4489	Coughlan	62	0.000%	1.59x
4490	Council	62	0.000%	7.24x
4491	Cowin	62	0.000%	0.89x
4492	Craston	62	0.000%	5.64x
4493	Cregg	62	0.000%	4.39x
4494	Dane	62	0.000%	0.81x
4495	Dann	62	0.000%	0.28x
4496	Dimmock	62	0.000%	0.49x
4497	Donnolly	62	0.000%	2.13x
4498	Dowdall	62	0.000%	2.15x
4499	Fenny	62	0.000%	2.31x
4500	Finan	62	0.000%	2.60x