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 Kirkham, with 1,559 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
401	Kirkham	1,559	0.050%	3.22x
402	Stevenson	1,556	0.040%	0.64x
403	West	1,556	0.040%	0.47x
404	Bardsley	1,553	0.040%	5.91x
405	Elliott	1,545	0.040%	0.53x
406	Ramsbottom	1,538	0.040%	6.57x
407	Wilding	1,535	0.040%	3.77x
408	Harper	1,516	0.040%	0.68x
409	Brady	1,514	0.040%	2.47x
410	Hindley	1,507	0.040%	5.28x
411	Lea	1,507	0.040%	2.20x
412	Leyland	1,501	0.040%	7.09x
413	Shuttleworth	1,499	0.040%	3.65x
414	Harvey	1,497	0.040%	0.40x
415	Birtwistle	1,495	0.040%	7.85x
416	Garside	1,495	0.040%	2.99x
417	Waring	1,495	0.040%	3.43x
418	Gordon	1,494	0.040%	0.68x
419	Snape	1,486	0.040%	4.65x
420	Ross	1,481	0.040%	0.39x
421	Lyons	1,479	0.040%	1.92x
422	Bury	1,478	0.040%	5.74x
423	Baines	1,474	0.040%	2.22x
424	Battersby	1,465	0.040%	5.98x
425	Wilde	1,464	0.040%	2.90x
426	Lever	1,455	0.040%	4.66x
427	Fitzpatrick	1,451	0.040%	2.86x
428	Park	1,449	0.040%	1.35x
429	Daniels	1,448	0.040%	1.33x
430	Nixon	1,443	0.040%	1.37x
431	Southworth	1,442	0.040%	8.12x
432	Worsley	1,433	0.040%	4.73x
433	Eastham	1,424	0.040%	8.05x
434	Ireland	1,421	0.040%	1.77x
435	Halsall	1,415	0.040%	7.75x
436	Read	1,415	0.040%	0.63x
437	Shorrock	1,415	0.040%	8.28x
438	Fenton	1,410	0.040%	2.04x
439	Pickles	1,410	0.040%	2.00x
440	Farnworth	1,407	0.040%	7.89x
441	Henderson	1,407	0.040%	0.37x
442	Wade	1,406	0.040%	1.01x
443	Hodgkinson	1,403	0.040%	2.36x
444	Hague	1,398	0.040%	2.56x
445	Hadfield	1,395	0.040%	2.89x
446	Andrews	1,392	0.040%	0.42x
447	Radcliffe	1,391	0.040%	3.45x
448	Roscoe	1,387	0.040%	6.45x
449	Coupe	1,383	0.040%	5.72x
450	Billington	1,376	0.040%	3.65x
451	Obrien	1,376	0.040%	2.69x
452	Gibbons	1,371	0.040%	1.23x
453	Maguire	1,371	0.040%	3.87x
454	Connolly	1,366	0.040%	3.39x
455	Seed	1,365	0.040%	5.45x
456	Clare	1,364	0.040%	2.72x
457	Todd	1,355	0.040%	0.77x
458	Nightingale	1,353	0.040%	2.32x
459	Hyde	1,346	0.040%	1.26x
460	Higginson	1,344	0.040%	3.87x
461	Myers	1,343	0.040%	1.49x
462	Vickers	1,339	0.040%	1.50x
463	Nutter	1,334	0.040%	5.05x
464	Rogerson	1,333	0.040%	3.13x
465	Monks	1,332	0.040%	4.75x
466	Tonge	1,332	0.040%	6.03x
467	Bird	1,326	0.040%	0.50x
468	Poole	1,326	0.040%	0.79x
469	Tyson	1,319	0.040%	2.92x
470	Chambers	1,318	0.040%	0.67x
471	Kenny	1,318	0.040%	3.18x
472	Kirby	1,318	0.040%	1.00x
473	Rose	1,318	0.040%	0.51x
474	Forrest	1,312	0.040%	1.47x
475	Grime	1,312	0.040%	7.21x
476	Hacking	1,304	0.040%	7.94x
477	Appleton	1,302	0.040%	2.40x
478	Brennan	1,302	0.040%	3.60x
479	Harrop	1,299	0.040%	3.29x
480	Eaton	1,298	0.040%	1.34x
481	Robertson	1,294	0.040%	0.22x
482	Wallace	1,280	0.040%	0.54x
483	Harding	1,277	0.040%	0.51x
484	Ryder	1,277	0.040%	2.13x
485	Hopwood	1,276	0.040%	3.23x
486	Fleming	1,275	0.040%	0.89x
487	Needham	1,271	0.040%	1.72x
488	Mooney	1,270	0.040%	3.16x
489	Kirkman	1,266	0.040%	5.71x
490	Ferguson	1,258	0.040%	0.51x
491	Aldred	1,255	0.040%	4.22x
492	Bannister	1,254	0.040%	2.10x
493	Calvert	1,252	0.040%	1.77x
494	Leather	1,249	0.040%	5.28x
495	Patterson	1,249	0.040%	1.03x
496	Pemberton	1,249	0.040%	2.84x
497	Woodcock	1,246	0.040%	1.26x
498	Ramsden	1,245	0.040%	1.97x
499	Faulkner	1,242	0.040%	1.32x
500	Openshaw	1,238	0.040%	7.35x