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 France, with 1,237 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
501	France	1,237	0.040%	2.35x
502	Leech	1,237	0.040%	2.19x
503	Little	1,236	0.040%	0.75x
504	Conway	1,235	0.040%	1.90x
505	Boyle	1,232	0.040%	1.37x
506	Threlfall	1,231	0.040%	7.83x
507	Wainwright	1,231	0.040%	1.68x
508	Hatton	1,230	0.040%	1.81x
509	Topping	1,225	0.040%	5.13x
510	Aspden	1,224	0.040%	8.02x
511	Day	1,219	0.040%	0.37x
512	Southern	1,210	0.030%	3.78x
513	Metcalf	1,207	0.030%	1.72x
514	Morrison	1,201	0.030%	0.44x
515	Wells	1,200	0.030%	0.42x
516	Hodkinson	1,198	0.030%	4.90x
517	Dickenson	1,194	0.030%	2.27x
518	Cropper	1,186	0.030%	5.68x
519	Worrall	1,184	0.030%	2.69x
520	Potts	1,183	0.030%	1.02x
521	Rodgers	1,177	0.030%	1.24x
522	Lane	1,176	0.030%	0.49x
523	Bowden	1,173	0.030%	1.17x
524	Stafford	1,172	0.030%	1.59x
525	Finch	1,169	0.030%	1.01x
526	Cocker	1,163	0.030%	4.09x
527	Cowell	1,160	0.030%	2.34x
528	Oliver	1,160	0.030%	0.47x
529	Dalton	1,158	0.030%	1.46x
530	Charnley	1,155	0.030%	7.16x
531	Palmer	1,154	0.030%	0.28x
532	Gore	1,153	0.030%	2.95x
533	Griffin	1,152	0.030%	0.71x
534	Baxendale	1,151	0.030%	6.52x
535	Walkden	1,144	0.030%	7.33x
536	Halstead	1,143	0.030%	3.96x
537	Dugdale	1,141	0.030%	4.78x
538	Bromley	1,140	0.030%	2.14x
539	Carney	1,139	0.030%	3.63x
540	Smalley	1,139	0.030%	3.63x
541	Heyworth	1,134	0.030%	7.09x
542	Wignall	1,131	0.030%	6.39x
543	Jenkinson	1,130	0.030%	1.86x
544	Moores	1,130	0.030%	3.94x
545	Reed	1,130	0.030%	0.45x
546	Power	1,128	0.030%	2.43x
547	Coates	1,124	0.030%	0.87x
548	Holding	1,122	0.030%	3.65x
549	Fell	1,121	0.030%	2.30x
550	Morley	1,120	0.030%	0.81x
551	Warren	1,120	0.030%	0.48x
552	Dale	1,116	0.030%	0.76x
553	Davidson	1,115	0.030%	0.38x
554	Renshaw	1,115	0.030%	3.40x
555	Fielden	1,112	0.030%	5.50x
556	Croft	1,111	0.030%	1.36x
557	Arnold	1,110	0.030%	0.59x
558	Caldwell	1,109	0.030%	2.04x
559	Jordan	1,109	0.030%	0.72x
560	Knott	1,102	0.030%	1.60x
561	Procter	1,102	0.030%	2.45x
562	Hobson	1,100	0.030%	1.22x
563	Wardle	1,099	0.030%	1.64x
564	Frost	1,094	0.030%	0.56x
565	Jennings	1,092	0.030%	0.62x
566	Watkinson	1,092	0.030%	2.69x
567	Adamson	1,087	0.030%	1.19x
568	Bottomley	1,083	0.030%	1.88x
569	Wolstencroft	1,083	0.030%	7.98x
570	Long	1,081	0.030%	0.48x
571	Grant	1,078	0.030%	0.31x
572	Swarbrick	1,078	0.030%	7.97x
573	Driver	1,075	0.030%	1.67x
574	Earnshaw	1,074	0.030%	2.51x
575	Black	1,071	0.030%	0.48x
576	Broughton	1,070	0.030%	1.66x
577	Culshaw	1,070	0.030%	8.16x
578	Bate	1,068	0.030%	1.82x
579	Percival	1,064	0.030%	1.96x
580	Valentine	1,064	0.030%	2.39x
581	Duerden	1,063	0.030%	8.17x
582	Saunders	1,059	0.030%	0.33x
583	Varley	1,059	0.030%	2.22x
584	Catlow	1,056	0.030%	7.37x
585	Howorth	1,056	0.030%	6.81x
586	Jenkins	1,056	0.030%	0.26x
587	Kitchen	1,055	0.030%	1.79x
588	Daley	1,053	0.030%	2.58x
589	Beckett	1,052	0.030%	1.52x
590	Thomson	1,050	0.030%	0.23x
591	Waterhouse	1,050	0.030%	1.99x
592	Cottam	1,049	0.030%	4.97x
593	Garnett	1,046	0.030%	2.43x
594	Savage	1,044	0.030%	0.78x
595	Leonard	1,037	0.030%	1.38x
596	Casey	1,034	0.030%	2.02x
597	Jolly	1,030	0.030%	2.10x
598	Boyd	1,026	0.030%	0.84x
599	Kerr	1,026	0.030%	0.54x
600	Humphreys	1,025	0.030%	0.84x