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 Finegan, with 62 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
4501	Finegan	62	0.000%	2.10x
4502	Fury	62	0.000%	1.98x
4503	Garnet	62	0.000%	1.71x
4504	Gilder	62	0.000%	0.68x
4505	Grealey	62	0.000%	5.10x
4506	Hagarty	62	0.000%	2.96x
4507	Harkin	62	0.000%	1.74x
4508	Huntley	62	0.000%	0.25x
4509	Keene	62	0.000%	0.30x
4510	Kissack	62	0.000%	1.27x
4511	Lakin	62	0.000%	0.31x
4512	Laws	62	0.000%	0.16x
4513	Lincoln	62	0.000%	0.24x
4514	Machell	62	0.000%	1.43x
4515	Mantle	62	0.000%	0.34x
4516	Melbourne	62	0.000%	0.88x
4517	Millburn	62	0.000%	1.54x
4518	Monahan	62	0.000%	2.46x
4519	Mountford	62	0.000%	0.20x
4520	Oreilly	62	0.000%	2.51x
4521	Postlewaite	62	0.000%	4.25x
4522	Radcliff	62	0.000%	1.92x
4523	Ridding	62	0.000%	1.82x
4524	Rochford	62	0.000%	1.85x
4525	Southam	62	0.000%	0.43x
4526	Sucksmith	62	0.000%	3.41x
4527	Tabern	62	0.000%	8.50x
4528	Toulmin	62	0.000%	4.09x
4529	Tupman	62	0.000%	2.06x
4530	Weightman	62	0.000%	0.46x
4531	Wickham	62	0.000%	0.26x
4532	Woollam	62	0.000%	2.19x
4533	Arundale	61	0.000%	1.87x
4534	Banton	61	0.000%	1.17x
4535	Bellman	61	0.000%	1.77x
4536	Blackburne	61	0.000%	2.56x
4537	Boot	61	0.000%	0.37x
4538	Box	61	0.000%	0.22x
4539	Boyers	61	0.000%	3.01x
4540	Burch	61	0.000%	0.23x
4541	Carus	61	0.000%	7.42x
4542	Catherall	61	0.000%	0.96x
4543	Cavannagh	61	0.000%	6.67x
4544	Clift	61	0.000%	0.32x
4545	Colwell	61	0.000%	0.54x
4546	Compston	61	0.000%	3.99x
4547	Compton	61	0.000%	0.18x
4548	Cooksey	61	0.000%	0.77x
4549	Denbigh	61	0.000%	2.90x
4550	Derry	61	0.000%	0.40x
4551	Dougan	61	0.000%	0.74x
4552	Durrant	61	0.000%	0.11x
4553	Findlow	61	0.000%	2.16x
4554	Fulham	61	0.000%	3.99x
4555	Gaughan	61	0.000%	1.75x
4556	Gomersall	61	0.000%	0.72x
4557	Grave	61	0.000%	1.23x
4558	Gurney	61	0.000%	0.17x
4559	Hawke	61	0.000%	0.31x
4560	Hedgecock	61	0.000%	1.26x
4561	Horsefall	61	0.000%	3.56x
4562	Hoskins	61	0.000%	0.18x
4563	Huston	61	0.000%	2.30x
4564	Judd	61	0.000%	0.14x
4565	Kirkley	61	0.000%	1.45x
4566	Lethbridge	61	0.000%	0.60x
4567	Ling	61	0.000%	0.19x
4568	Ludlam	61	0.000%	0.83x
4569	Merryweather	61	0.000%	0.78x
4570	Midgeley	61	0.000%	2.27x
4571	Padmore	61	0.000%	1.16x
4572	Reese	61	0.000%	0.75x
4573	Roland	61	0.000%	1.08x
4574	Sedgewick	61	0.000%	1.32x
4575	Shakespeare	61	0.000%	0.48x
4576	Shandley	61	0.000%	4.51x
4577	Shingler	61	0.000%	0.82x
4578	Souter	61	0.000%	0.32x
4579	Spragg	61	0.000%	0.62x
4580	Starr	61	0.000%	0.36x
4581	Story	61	0.000%	0.28x
4582	Tompson	61	0.000%	0.82x
4583	Torr	61	0.000%	0.82x
4584	Warrener	61	0.000%	1.02x
4585	Weedall	61	0.000%	2.80x
4586	Wyld	61	0.000%	0.92x
4587	Alford	60	0.000%	0.20x
4588	Asten	60	0.000%	3.78x
4589	Balderson	60	0.000%	0.91x
4590	Bark	60	0.000%	1.13x
4591	Barrows	60	0.000%	0.69x
4592	Bayman	60	0.000%	2.57x
4593	Billing	60	0.000%	0.31x
4594	Daggers	60	0.000%	7.86x
4595	Dauber	60	0.000%	4.89x
4596	Dodding	60	0.000%	6.82x
4597	Durrans	60	0.000%	1.80x
4598	Faragher	60	0.000%	1.35x
4599	Ganley	60	0.000%	2.43x
4600	Gass	60	0.000%	1.09x