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 Blakeborough, with 58 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
4701	Blakeborough	58	0.000%	2.10x
4702	Brammall	58	0.000%	2.29x
4703	Bullin	58	0.000%	2.12x
4704	Cobley	58	0.000%	0.46x
4705	Code	58	0.000%	4.14x
4706	Coldwell	58	0.000%	0.38x
4707	Cordon	58	0.000%	1.34x
4708	Costain	58	0.000%	1.34x
4709	Crisp	58	0.000%	0.12x
4710	Curphey	58	0.000%	1.39x
4711	Dewsbury	58	0.000%	1.09x
4712	Doward	58	0.000%	3.63x
4713	Edgerley	58	0.000%	3.21x
4714	Ely	58	0.000%	0.32x
4715	Emsley	58	0.000%	0.58x
4716	Fairbank	58	0.000%	0.75x
4717	Gemmell	58	0.000%	0.28x
4718	Haden	58	0.000%	0.52x
4719	Heginbottom	58	0.000%	4.21x
4720	Hemming	58	0.000%	0.19x
4721	Iredale	58	0.000%	0.51x
4722	Jubb	58	0.000%	0.33x
4723	Lanagan	58	0.000%	3.43x
4724	Loader	58	0.000%	0.30x
4725	Locker	58	0.000%	0.67x
4726	Milling	58	0.000%	2.20x
4727	Padden	58	0.000%	1.97x
4728	Pell	58	0.000%	0.30x
4729	Petch	58	0.000%	0.38x
4730	Rain	58	0.000%	0.94x
4731	Risley	58	0.000%	1.34x
4732	Royal	58	0.000%	0.59x
4733	Sharpley	58	0.000%	1.31x
4734	Sheils	58	0.000%	2.90x
4735	Skelly	58	0.000%	0.89x
4736	Stack	58	0.000%	0.81x
4737	Stow	58	0.000%	0.38x
4738	Teal	58	0.000%	0.44x
4739	Tiernan	58	0.000%	4.28x
4740	Witton	58	0.000%	0.83x
4741	Wolstenholm	58	0.000%	3.58x
4742	Wrathall	58	0.000%	2.01x
4743	Bashall	57	0.000%	6.75x
4744	Batey	57	0.000%	0.42x
4745	Beardsall	57	0.000%	1.78x
4746	Beckitt	57	0.000%	1.53x
4747	Borthwick	57	0.000%	0.29x
4748	Bottom	57	0.000%	0.62x
4749	Brain	57	0.000%	0.15x
4750	Brothers	57	0.000%	0.85x
4751	Coakley	57	0.000%	2.02x
4752	Corbet	57	0.000%	0.60x
4753	Daltry	57	0.000%	3.22x
4754	Dell	57	0.000%	0.28x
4755	Delves	57	0.000%	0.92x
4756	Docherty	57	0.000%	0.11x
4757	Doig	57	0.000%	0.28x
4758	Fairfield	57	0.000%	1.34x
4759	Gallop	57	0.000%	0.52x
4760	Gillan	57	0.000%	0.47x
4761	Gillison	57	0.000%	3.82x
4762	Gwilliam	57	0.000%	0.43x
4763	Hanrahan	57	0.000%	2.74x
4764	Haran	57	0.000%	3.20x
4765	Hawkin	57	0.000%	0.76x
4766	Heseltine	57	0.000%	0.75x
4767	Kibble	57	0.000%	0.55x
4768	Langham	57	0.000%	0.38x
4769	Latus	57	0.000%	2.97x
4770	Liggett	57	0.000%	4.36x
4771	Mallin	57	0.000%	1.21x
4772	Maltby	57	0.000%	0.29x
4773	Margison	57	0.000%	3.57x
4774	Murtha	57	0.000%	4.14x
4775	Nairn	57	0.000%	0.33x
4776	New	57	0.000%	0.19x
4777	Orange	57	0.000%	0.96x
4778	Penington	57	0.000%	3.94x
4779	Pettitt	57	0.000%	0.31x
4780	Priestnall	57	0.000%	3.33x
4781	Pughe	57	0.000%	0.77x
4782	Riddick	57	0.000%	1.01x
4783	Rutledge	57	0.000%	1.08x
4784	Scally	57	0.000%	2.30x
4785	Spalding	57	0.000%	0.23x
4786	Tilly	57	0.000%	0.54x
4787	Toomey	57	0.000%	0.85x
4788	Toplis	57	0.000%	0.85x
4789	Westerman	57	0.000%	0.50x
4790	Whatmore	57	0.000%	0.76x
4791	Adderley	56	0.000%	0.97x
4792	Agar	56	0.000%	0.42x
4793	Baddeley	56	0.000%	0.73x
4794	Band	56	0.000%	0.71x
4795	Baskerville	56	0.000%	0.68x
4796	Belcher	56	0.000%	0.13x
4797	Biddle	56	0.000%	0.22x
4798	Brailsford	56	0.000%	0.46x
4799	Brennen	56	0.000%	2.62x
4800	Brisco	56	0.000%	2.75x