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 Draper, with 1,023 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
601	Draper	1,023	0.030%	1.25x
602	Lunt	1,023	0.030%	4.58x
603	Crawford	1,018	0.030%	0.60x
604	Gorton	1,018	0.030%	4.73x
605	Tyrer	1,014	0.030%	6.63x
606	Darbyshire	1,012	0.030%	5.50x
607	May	1,012	0.030%	0.46x
608	Noble	1,010	0.030%	0.70x
609	Wolfenden	1,008	0.030%	6.22x
610	Henry	1,007	0.030%	1.15x
611	Fishwick	1,005	0.030%	5.81x
612	Nield	1,005	0.030%	4.22x
613	Peel	1,003	0.030%	1.61x
614	Hogan	1,002	0.030%	2.88x
615	Hayhurst	999	0.030%	6.59x
616	Grindrod	998	0.030%	7.18x
617	Hopkinson	998	0.030%	1.76x
618	Fitzgerald	997	0.030%	1.65x
619	Rigg	996	0.030%	3.42x
620	Holgate	994	0.030%	3.46x
621	Hopkins	993	0.030%	0.48x
622	Charnock	990	0.030%	5.98x
623	Farrington	990	0.030%	3.32x
624	Freeman	987	0.030%	0.45x
625	Redfern	985	0.030%	2.04x
626	Sweeney	983	0.030%	2.12x
627	Lonsdale	982	0.030%	3.42x
628	Stubbs	978	0.030%	1.07x
629	Welch	976	0.030%	0.80x
630	Monk	970	0.030%	1.33x
631	Craven	969	0.030%	1.45x
632	Doran	969	0.030%	3.36x
633	Rooney	968	0.030%	3.13x
634	Wharton	965	0.030%	1.99x
635	Aspin	962	0.030%	6.89x
636	Speakman	961	0.030%	6.03x
637	Woodhouse	960	0.030%	1.17x
638	Donnelly	958	0.030%	2.20x
639	Barratt	957	0.030%	1.36x
640	Orrell	956	0.030%	7.41x
641	Oakes	955	0.030%	1.90x
642	Stones	954	0.030%	2.31x
643	Cavanagh	952	0.030%	3.64x
644	Lund	949	0.030%	2.53x
645	Rowland	949	0.030%	0.96x
646	Astley	945	0.030%	4.11x
647	Whitfield	943	0.030%	1.36x
648	Maden	942	0.030%	7.43x
649	Hammond	940	0.030%	0.48x
650	Rawcliffe	936	0.030%	6.76x
651	Pugh	932	0.030%	0.70x
652	Brookes	931	0.030%	1.14x
653	Guest	930	0.030%	1.26x
654	Hirst	929	0.030%	0.82x
655	Cullen	925	0.030%	1.52x
656	Joyce	923	0.030%	1.08x
657	Watts	922	0.030%	0.32x
658	Woodhead	922	0.030%	1.42x
659	Cole	919	0.030%	0.29x
660	Hull	919	0.030%	1.27x
661	Talbot	916	0.030%	1.06x
662	Cassidy	912	0.030%	2.15x
663	Coleman	911	0.030%	0.53x
664	Foy	911	0.030%	3.18x
665	Hitchen	911	0.030%	3.86x
666	Austin	909	0.030%	0.54x
667	Doherty	909	0.030%	3.21x
668	Townley	909	0.030%	4.16x
669	Page	906	0.030%	0.33x
670	Rice	901	0.030%	0.84x
671	Douglas	896	0.030%	0.53x
672	Salisbury	896	0.030%	2.60x
673	Tetlow	895	0.030%	6.55x
674	Hale	888	0.030%	0.71x
675	Kellett	884	0.030%	2.93x
676	Mawdsley	884	0.030%	8.08x
677	Mort	882	0.030%	5.27x
678	Irving	881	0.030%	1.14x
679	Conroy	880	0.030%	3.42x
680	Meadows	880	0.030%	1.82x
681	Richmond	875	0.030%	1.15x
682	Sagar	875	0.030%	6.22x
683	Connell	873	0.030%	1.45x
684	Oldfield	872	0.030%	1.52x
685	Whelan	872	0.030%	3.71x
686	Kemp	871	0.030%	0.45x
687	Collinson	870	0.030%	2.14x
688	Dunkerley	870	0.030%	7.24x
689	Dillon	868	0.030%	2.53x
690	Wall	868	0.030%	0.72x
691	Moorhouse	866	0.030%	2.02x
692	Roach	863	0.020%	1.69x
693	Livsey	861	0.020%	7.02x
694	Dolan	860	0.020%	2.85x
695	Diggle	856	0.020%	6.75x
696	Barnett	854	0.020%	0.55x
697	Gough	854	0.020%	0.84x
698	Mayor	853	0.020%	5.63x
699	Towers	853	0.020%	2.12x
700	Leeming	852	0.020%	3.97x