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 Else, with 48 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
5301	Else	48	0.000%	0.42x
5302	Ewan	48	0.000%	0.61x
5303	Faint	48	0.000%	1.60x
5304	Fernihough	48	0.000%	2.88x
5305	Finlayson	48	0.000%	0.12x
5306	Gidlow	48	0.000%	2.88x
5307	Graveson	48	0.000%	2.58x
5308	Greasley	48	0.000%	0.59x
5309	Hains	48	0.000%	0.81x
5310	Hanlan	48	0.000%	1.41x
5311	Hayley	48	0.000%	1.36x
5312	Hindson	48	0.000%	0.78x
5313	Holton	48	0.000%	0.27x
5314	Horden	48	0.000%	1.56x
5315	Hornsby	48	0.000%	0.21x
5316	Kealey	48	0.000%	2.30x
5317	Lill	48	0.000%	0.71x
5318	Lingham	48	0.000%	1.56x
5319	Maud	48	0.000%	0.62x
5320	Mccauley	48	0.000%	7.03x
5321	Mckee	48	0.000%	2.00x
5322	Mcwilliam	48	0.000%	5.39x
5323	Meeks	48	0.000%	0.81x
5324	Millhouse	48	0.000%	1.47x
5325	Nowlan	48	0.000%	1.98x
5326	Saddler	48	0.000%	0.46x
5327	Samples	48	0.000%	4.77x
5328	Sandy	48	0.000%	0.40x
5329	Sheriff	48	0.000%	0.50x
5330	Skirrow	48	0.000%	1.01x
5331	Smales	48	0.000%	0.52x
5332	Strafford	48	0.000%	0.95x
5333	Stratton	48	0.000%	0.16x
5334	Swettenham	48	0.000%	2.80x
5335	Sylvester	48	0.000%	0.41x
5336	Truscott	48	0.000%	0.25x
5337	Ure	48	0.000%	0.45x
5338	Veitch	48	0.000%	0.21x
5339	Wale	48	0.000%	0.29x
5340	Want	48	0.000%	0.68x
5341	Wellington	48	0.000%	0.29x
5342	Westell	48	0.000%	2.41x
5343	Whitehall	48	0.000%	0.75x
5344	Wickstead	48	0.000%	1.82x
5345	Wignal	48	0.000%	4.37x
5346	Willey	48	0.000%	0.15x
5347	Willshaw	48	0.000%	1.60x
5348	Woolstencroft	48	0.000%	6.01x
5349	Armitstead	47	0.000%	3.08x
5350	Asbury	47	0.000%	0.58x
5351	Auld	47	0.000%	0.23x
5352	Barnfather	47	0.000%	0.93x
5353	Bellard	47	0.000%	4.14x
5354	Bellington	47	0.000%	3.87x
5355	Betley	47	0.000%	2.65x
5356	Blaylock	47	0.000%	0.78x
5357	Blenkinsop	47	0.000%	0.48x
5358	Boucher	47	0.000%	0.26x
5359	Bowdler	47	0.000%	0.68x
5360	Bratherton	47	0.000%	4.41x
5361	Bucknall	47	0.000%	0.52x
5362	Bunney	47	0.000%	0.60x
5363	Busfield	47	0.000%	0.74x
5364	Cant	47	0.000%	0.22x
5365	Carberry	47	0.000%	2.04x
5366	Challenor	47	0.000%	1.38x
5367	Comber	47	0.000%	0.40x
5368	Couper	47	0.000%	0.30x
5369	Coverley	47	0.000%	2.02x
5370	Depledge	47	0.000%	0.85x
5371	Donbavand	47	0.000%	6.88x
5372	Ellerby	47	0.000%	0.83x
5373	Every	47	0.000%	0.91x
5374	Farington	47	0.000%	4.84x
5375	Fullard	47	0.000%	1.60x
5376	Grandidge	47	0.000%	5.34x
5377	Gribble	47	0.000%	0.38x
5378	Hallmark	47	0.000%	2.07x
5379	Hard	47	0.000%	0.75x
5380	Hegan	47	0.000%	4.41x
5381	Hewlett	47	0.000%	0.22x
5382	Hitchcock	47	0.000%	0.12x
5383	Keates	47	0.000%	0.42x
5384	Lyden	47	0.000%	1.88x
5385	Maine	47	0.000%	0.95x
5386	Marchington	47	0.000%	2.43x
5387	Masterton	47	0.000%	0.42x
5388	Mcdowell	47	0.000%	2.16x
5389	Nevill	47	0.000%	0.37x
5390	Norburn	47	0.000%	1.77x
5391	Northey	47	0.000%	0.56x
5392	Pimley	47	0.000%	6.34x
5393	Porteous	47	0.000%	0.20x
5394	Pottage	47	0.000%	1.32x
5395	Pryde	47	0.000%	0.49x
5396	Ramage	47	0.000%	0.24x
5397	Rathmill	47	0.000%	8.12x
5398	Reily	47	0.000%	1.48x
5399	Reston	47	0.000%	2.03x
5400	Ridsdale	47	0.000%	0.52x