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 Knagg, with 53 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
5001	Knagg	53	0.000%	5.58x
5002	Leeman	53	0.000%	1.05x
5003	Loughran	53	0.000%	1.50x
5004	Mackrell	53	0.000%	1.05x
5005	Macpherson	53	0.000%	0.24x
5006	Mcmaster	53	0.000%	3.75x
5007	Mcmillan	53	0.000%	1.46x
5008	Ogilvie	53	0.000%	0.16x
5009	Omara	53	0.000%	4.53x
5010	Oram	53	0.000%	0.20x
5011	Peate	53	0.000%	1.16x
5012	Peirce	53	0.000%	0.45x
5013	Ralston	53	0.000%	0.45x
5014	Riches	53	0.000%	0.13x
5015	Rivett	53	0.000%	0.41x
5016	Rothery	53	0.000%	0.41x
5017	Shane	53	0.000%	1.62x
5018	Southwood	53	0.000%	0.53x
5019	Such	53	0.000%	0.71x
5020	Terrell	53	0.000%	0.91x
5021	Torrance	53	0.000%	0.35x
5022	Troop	53	0.000%	1.58x
5023	Waites	53	0.000%	0.61x
5024	Westcott	53	0.000%	0.23x
5025	Wheatcroft	53	0.000%	0.51x
5026	Whitelegge	53	0.000%	5.87x
5027	Winskill	53	0.000%	1.91x
5028	Wolstanholme	53	0.000%	8.64x
5029	Woolf	53	0.000%	0.46x
5030	Astall	52	0.000%	5.55x
5031	Balls	52	0.000%	0.12x
5032	Birbeck	52	0.000%	0.96x
5033	Birket	52	0.000%	2.88x
5034	Blackstock	52	0.000%	1.02x
5035	Boult	52	0.000%	0.91x
5036	Brenan	52	0.000%	1.87x
5037	Bromfield	52	0.000%	0.64x
5038	Burdekin	52	0.000%	1.86x
5039	Calverly	52	0.000%	3.84x
5040	Cartner	52	0.000%	1.69x
5041	Cooling	52	0.000%	0.44x
5042	Coppell	52	0.000%	7.37x
5043	Cormack	52	0.000%	0.20x
5044	Couch	52	0.000%	0.25x
5045	Cripps	52	0.000%	0.15x
5046	Crossdale	52	0.000%	7.37x
5047	Cutting	52	0.000%	0.29x
5048	Dacey	52	0.000%	1.22x
5049	Dibble	52	0.000%	0.52x
5050	Doud	52	0.000%	2.98x
5051	Ennion	52	0.000%	4.28x
5052	Entwhistle	52	0.000%	4.49x
5053	Forman	52	0.000%	0.29x
5054	Francies	52	0.000%	2.58x
5055	Gastall	52	0.000%	8.64x
5056	Gelder	52	0.000%	0.54x
5057	Gillen	52	0.000%	2.09x
5058	Gilson	52	0.000%	0.48x
5059	Gold	52	0.000%	0.26x
5060	Gorner	52	0.000%	6.24x
5061	Guttridge	52	0.000%	0.76x
5062	Hatchman	52	0.000%	2.51x
5063	Hester	52	0.000%	0.40x
5064	Hiles	52	0.000%	0.66x
5065	Hobday	52	0.000%	0.37x
5066	Hodgin	52	0.000%	3.48x
5067	Hool	52	0.000%	3.87x
5068	Howker	52	0.000%	3.43x
5069	Kayley	52	0.000%	5.11x
5070	Keller	52	0.000%	1.07x
5071	Kelso	52	0.000%	0.64x
5072	Kew	52	0.000%	0.51x
5073	Kilpatrick	52	0.000%	0.29x
5074	Kingsley	52	0.000%	0.86x
5075	Lightburn	52	0.000%	2.84x
5076	Lishman	52	0.000%	0.73x
5077	Loft	52	0.000%	0.59x
5078	Melody	52	0.000%	5.62x
5079	Midwood	52	0.000%	1.08x
5080	Millwood	52	0.000%	1.08x
5081	Oneal	52	0.000%	1.52x
5082	Plowright	52	0.000%	0.60x
5083	Pullan	52	0.000%	0.38x
5084	Ryland	52	0.000%	0.60x
5085	Sealey	52	0.000%	0.46x
5086	Selkirk	52	0.000%	0.80x
5087	Shean	52	0.000%	1.11x
5088	Sheriden	52	0.000%	3.78x
5089	Sherriff	52	0.000%	0.49x
5090	Tarr	52	0.000%	0.41x
5091	Teague	52	0.000%	0.27x
5092	Tear	52	0.000%	1.06x
5093	Tippett	52	0.000%	0.43x
5094	Titley	52	0.000%	0.56x
5095	Tunnah	52	0.000%	1.92x
5096	Turvey	52	0.000%	0.32x
5097	Warnock	52	0.000%	0.69x
5098	Whitefield	52	0.000%	0.73x
5099	Wilford	52	0.000%	0.37x
5100	Archdeacon	51	0.000%	4.04x