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 Bigger, with 28 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
7201	Bigger	28	0.000%	2.63x
7202	Birchenall	28	0.000%	2.22x
7203	Birk	28	0.000%	1.41x
7204	Blacklidge	28	0.000%	5.26x
7205	Blessington	28	0.000%	2.52x
7206	Boow	28	0.000%	8.65x
7207	Bowkett	28	0.000%	0.58x
7208	Bransby	28	0.000%	1.26x
7209	Breakey	28	0.000%	5.15x
7210	Breese	28	0.000%	0.30x
7211	Brentnall	28	0.000%	0.44x
7212	Bromly	28	0.000%	1.72x
7213	Callen	28	0.000%	0.73x
7214	Carrall	28	0.000%	2.63x
7215	Cawood	28	0.000%	0.34x
7216	Chirnside	28	0.000%	1.24x
7217	Clarence	28	0.000%	2.09x
7218	Codd	28	0.000%	0.19x
7219	Connah	28	0.000%	1.08x
7220	Conoly	28	0.000%	1.97x
7221	Copper	28	0.000%	0.50x
7222	Corke	28	0.000%	0.27x
7223	Cropley	28	0.000%	0.51x
7224	Crutchley	28	0.000%	0.30x
7225	Daniell	28	0.000%	0.29x
7226	Dinwoodie	28	0.000%	0.75x
7227	Doeg	28	0.000%	2.99x
7228	Domville	28	0.000%	3.67x
7229	Donoughue	28	0.000%	2.44x
7230	Dooney	28	0.000%	6.54x
7231	Dryden	28	0.000%	0.13x
7232	Durkan	28	0.000%	3.67x
7233	Durr	28	0.000%	3.06x
7234	Eager	28	0.000%	0.58x
7235	Ebbs	28	0.000%	0.77x
7236	Edmond	28	0.000%	0.24x
7237	Emberton	28	0.000%	0.79x
7238	Emley	28	0.000%	4.75x
7239	Emmison	28	0.000%	4.17x
7240	Firman	28	0.000%	0.32x
7241	Fitzhugh	28	0.000%	0.76x
7242	Franey	28	0.000%	2.18x
7243	Fullwood	28	0.000%	0.48x
7244	Gaines	28	0.000%	0.45x
7245	Garbett	28	0.000%	0.21x
7246	Garrick	28	0.000%	0.53x
7247	Gath	28	0.000%	0.94x
7248	Getty	28	0.000%	2.00x
7249	Gilday	28	0.000%	1.83x
7250	Gooder	28	0.000%	0.71x
7251	Goodson	28	0.000%	0.16x
7252	Greenshields	28	0.000%	0.45x
7253	Greenslade	28	0.000%	0.14x
7254	Gribben	28	0.000%	1.10x
7255	Grimsditch	28	0.000%	3.97x
7256	Grosvenor	28	0.000%	0.36x
7257	Gundy	28	0.000%	1.91x
7258	Gwynne	28	0.000%	0.32x
7259	Haddy	28	0.000%	1.45x
7260	Hair	28	0.000%	0.21x
7261	Hamblin	28	0.000%	0.18x
7262	Hammon	28	0.000%	0.74x
7263	Hankins	28	0.000%	0.42x
7264	Hardern	28	0.000%	2.09x
7265	Hardstaff	28	0.000%	0.62x
7266	Hares	28	0.000%	0.38x
7267	Harrap	28	0.000%	1.16x
7268	Hawton	28	0.000%	0.96x
7269	Headland	28	0.000%	0.54x
7270	Helton	28	0.000%	2.95x
7271	Hesse	28	0.000%	1.37x
7272	Heward	28	0.000%	0.42x
7273	Hillidge	28	0.000%	4.17x
7274	Hillon	28	0.000%	2.81x
7275	Hindes	28	0.000%	0.79x
7276	Hodgen	28	0.000%	1.82x
7277	Hodgskinson	28	0.000%	4.84x
7278	Holyoak	28	0.000%	0.50x
7279	Hoye	28	0.000%	1.14x
7280	Hullock	28	0.000%	2.37x
7281	Hurdus	28	0.000%	4.32x
7282	Kenealy	28	0.000%	1.69x
7283	Keown	28	0.000%	1.63x
7284	Lamble	28	0.000%	0.69x
7285	Langston	28	0.000%	0.29x
7286	Levett	28	0.000%	0.18x
7287	Levison	28	0.000%	1.37x
7288	Lipman	28	0.000%	1.27x
7289	Lithgow	28	0.000%	0.46x
7290	Longbotham	28	0.000%	2.69x
7291	Lowell	28	0.000%	1.02x
7292	Lunney	28	0.000%	3.31x
7293	Macavoy	28	0.000%	5.90x
7294	Madely	28	0.000%	2.14x
7295	Marcus	28	0.000%	1.30x
7296	Mayon	28	0.000%	2.14x
7297	Mcmullen	28	0.000%	1.38x
7298	Mcnaught	28	0.000%	4.40x
7299	Medcalfe	28	0.000%	1.97x
7300	Meers	28	0.000%	0.76x