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 Peplow, with 30 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
7001	Peplow	30	0.000%	0.64x
7002	Phillpotts	30	0.000%	1.32x
7003	Pountain	30	0.000%	1.76x
7004	Prentice	30	0.000%	0.07x
7005	Prockter	30	0.000%	1.46x
7006	Purnell	30	0.000%	0.17x
7007	Qualter	30	0.000%	4.99x
7008	Ramm	30	0.000%	0.59x
7009	Ramsbotham	30	0.000%	1.98x
7010	Reaves	30	0.000%	1.05x
7011	Roch	30	0.000%	0.79x
7012	Rodway	30	0.000%	0.28x
7013	Room	30	0.000%	0.65x
7014	Seale	30	0.000%	0.49x
7015	Sellors	30	0.000%	1.05x
7016	Skeat	30	0.000%	3.24x
7017	Slingsby	30	0.000%	0.31x
7018	Strutt	30	0.000%	0.28x
7019	Summerskill	30	0.000%	2.22x
7020	Tansley	30	0.000%	0.23x
7021	Thornicroft	30	0.000%	1.75x
7022	Tilbury	30	0.000%	0.22x
7023	Tuttle	30	0.000%	0.67x
7024	Varcoe	30	0.000%	0.52x
7025	Vere	30	0.000%	1.10x
7026	Vesty	30	0.000%	1.54x
7027	Wainhouse	30	0.000%	2.20x
7028	Waistell	30	0.000%	1.53x
7029	Weild	30	0.000%	3.46x
7030	Wight	30	0.000%	0.17x
7031	Woolrich	30	0.000%	0.85x
7032	Wormall	30	0.000%	1.39x
7033	Wyche	30	0.000%	2.73x
7034	Anton	29	0.000%	0.93x
7035	Back	29	0.000%	0.16x
7036	Baston	29	0.000%	0.39x
7037	Beamer	29	0.000%	3.39x
7038	Beeson	29	0.000%	0.21x
7039	Beetson	29	0.000%	3.06x
7040	Bellew	29	0.000%	1.51x
7041	Benedict	29	0.000%	3.80x
7042	Bould	29	0.000%	0.34x
7043	Boundy	29	0.000%	0.49x
7044	Boylen	29	0.000%	2.78x
7045	Brackenridge	29	0.000%	0.62x
7046	Branch	29	0.000%	0.16x
7047	Brannagan	29	0.000%	2.43x
7048	Brant	29	0.000%	0.21x
7049	Bremner	29	0.000%	0.10x
7050	Brisbane	29	0.000%	0.91x
7051	Broadbridge	29	0.000%	0.51x
7052	Brookman	29	0.000%	0.34x
7053	Brownless	29	0.000%	0.89x
7054	Bruffell	29	0.000%	7.60x
7055	Burghall	29	0.000%	3.48x
7056	Burkill	29	0.000%	0.95x
7057	Bustard	29	0.000%	2.02x
7058	Cadwallader	29	0.000%	0.42x
7059	Campell	29	0.000%	1.74x
7060	Capon	29	0.000%	0.21x
7061	Carmody	29	0.000%	1.70x
7062	Carol	29	0.000%	1.90x
7063	Castles	29	0.000%	1.37x
7064	Chiswell	29	0.000%	0.68x
7065	Colquhoun	29	0.000%	0.14x
7066	Cording	29	0.000%	0.72x
7067	Cottingham	29	0.000%	0.31x
7068	Cringle	29	0.000%	1.15x
7069	Crippen	29	0.000%	2.24x
7070	Darcey	29	0.000%	1.19x
7071	Dargue	29	0.000%	0.96x
7072	Dew	29	0.000%	0.14x
7073	Dighton	29	0.000%	1.13x
7074	Donnellan	29	0.000%	4.18x
7075	Doolin	29	0.000%	3.17x
7076	Dring	29	0.000%	0.19x
7077	Dury	29	0.000%	0.88x
7078	Dye	29	0.000%	0.13x
7079	Ellard	29	0.000%	0.48x
7080	Eyton	29	0.000%	1.70x
7081	Fincham	29	0.000%	0.30x
7082	Fitzgibbon	29	0.000%	0.70x
7083	Frankish	29	0.000%	0.49x
7084	Fynn	29	0.000%	1.35x
7085	Gammon	29	0.000%	0.16x
7086	Gash	29	0.000%	0.41x
7087	Gate	29	0.000%	0.62x
7088	Gaukrodger	29	0.000%	1.54x
7089	Gault	29	0.000%	0.63x
7090	Gildert	29	0.000%	6.77x
7091	Gillick	29	0.000%	3.91x
7092	Glaze	29	0.000%	0.71x
7093	Gorrie	29	0.000%	0.39x
7094	Gourlay	29	0.000%	0.15x
7095	Greensmith	29	0.000%	0.31x
7096	Grenfell	29	0.000%	0.50x
7097	Hallman	29	0.000%	3.58x
7098	Hanbury	29	0.000%	0.47x
7099	Hardey	29	0.000%	0.97x
7100	Harty	29	0.000%	0.97x