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 Brydon, with 56 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
4801	Brydon	56	0.000%	0.51x
4802	Carlyle	56	0.000%	0.59x
4803	Clewes	56	0.000%	1.11x
4804	Clutton	56	0.000%	0.88x
4805	Coote	56	0.000%	0.33x
4806	Cottle	56	0.000%	0.33x
4807	Crosland	56	0.000%	0.45x
4808	Cruickshank	56	0.000%	0.14x
4809	Cunliff	56	0.000%	4.61x
4810	Curl	56	0.000%	0.83x
4811	Folds	56	0.000%	3.69x
4812	Gambles	56	0.000%	1.08x
4813	Glendinning	56	0.000%	0.42x
4814	Goldstraw	56	0.000%	1.15x
4815	Goodchild	56	0.000%	0.17x
4816	Goodhall	56	0.000%	0.53x
4817	Hazelhurst	56	0.000%	2.10x
4818	Heavey	56	0.000%	6.05x
4819	Herdman	56	0.000%	0.64x
4820	Howles	56	0.000%	2.12x
4821	Hyman	56	0.000%	0.81x
4822	Kilcourse	56	0.000%	8.64x
4823	Kilkenny	56	0.000%	2.07x
4824	Larner	56	0.000%	0.51x
4825	Liversidge	56	0.000%	0.64x
4826	London	56	0.000%	0.32x
4827	Loxham	56	0.000%	7.56x
4828	Lucy	56	0.000%	0.78x
4829	Maines	56	0.000%	5.69x
4830	Masheder	56	0.000%	6.82x
4831	Maxfield	56	0.000%	0.61x
4832	Mcelroy	56	0.000%	6.37x
4833	Mcknight	56	0.000%	3.81x
4834	Morphet	56	0.000%	2.34x
4835	Nally	56	0.000%	4.10x
4836	Noar	56	0.000%	5.83x
4837	Noland	56	0.000%	4.17x
4838	Oldroyd	56	0.000%	0.32x
4839	Panter	56	0.000%	0.48x
4840	Poynton	56	0.000%	0.97x
4841	Rawcliff	56	0.000%	6.45x
4842	Schmidt	56	0.000%	0.73x
4843	Slavin	56	0.000%	2.44x
4844	Spenser	56	0.000%	1.63x
4845	Stanway	56	0.000%	0.58x
4846	Strain	56	0.000%	0.84x
4847	Tew	56	0.000%	0.37x
4848	Timperly	56	0.000%	4.79x
4849	Vasey	56	0.000%	0.45x
4850	Vass	56	0.000%	0.48x
4851	Wicks	56	0.000%	0.11x
4852	Ainley	55	0.000%	0.40x
4853	Bartholomew	55	0.000%	0.20x
4854	Bermingham	55	0.000%	4.03x
4855	Bevington	55	0.000%	1.13x
4856	Birkhead	55	0.000%	1.23x
4857	Blacoe	55	0.000%	8.64x
4858	Blaney	55	0.000%	0.79x
4859	Bouch	55	0.000%	1.34x
4860	Brickell	55	0.000%	1.01x
4861	Brodrick	55	0.000%	1.26x
4862	Brooker	55	0.000%	0.13x
4863	Cartman	55	0.000%	2.17x
4864	Caufield	55	0.000%	2.30x
4865	Chivers	55	0.000%	0.18x
4866	Colton	55	0.000%	0.47x
4867	Combs	55	0.000%	0.81x
4868	Commons	55	0.000%	2.13x
4869	Cooley	55	0.000%	0.62x
4870	Crimes	55	0.000%	1.97x
4871	Dewar	55	0.000%	0.12x
4872	Farmery	55	0.000%	0.89x
4873	Feeny	55	0.000%	3.13x
4874	Flatley	55	0.000%	3.37x
4875	Gell	55	0.000%	0.60x
4876	Gothard	55	0.000%	0.83x
4877	Hammill	55	0.000%	1.53x
4878	Hardiman	55	0.000%	0.54x
4879	Hurtley	55	0.000%	4.40x
4880	Jarrett	55	0.000%	0.17x
4881	Jefferies	55	0.000%	0.14x
4882	Kirkbright	55	0.000%	1.48x
4883	Landon	55	0.000%	0.84x
4884	Lines	55	0.000%	0.15x
4885	Lobley	55	0.000%	0.79x
4886	Lynam	55	0.000%	1.44x
4887	Macintosh	55	0.000%	0.37x
4888	Mcleod	55	0.000%	0.96x
4889	Millican	55	0.000%	0.84x
4890	Mulliner	55	0.000%	1.12x
4891	Newhall	55	0.000%	2.54x
4892	Paris	55	0.000%	0.50x
4893	Pryce	55	0.000%	0.33x
4894	Pryor	55	0.000%	0.24x
4895	Roger	55	0.000%	0.46x
4896	Sansom	55	0.000%	0.24x
4897	Shiers	55	0.000%	2.15x
4898	Spears	55	0.000%	0.67x
4899	Steer	55	0.000%	0.14x
4900	Stonehewer	55	0.000%	2.76x