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 Tomkin, with 27 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
7501	Tomkin	27	0.000%	0.85x
7502	Tooth	27	0.000%	0.27x
7503	Tuite	27	0.000%	3.70x
7504	Wafer	27	0.000%	4.58x
7505	Warling	27	0.000%	5.98x
7506	Weatherill	27	0.000%	0.34x
7507	Welling	27	0.000%	0.55x
7508	Wheldon	27	0.000%	0.47x
7509	Whitman	27	0.000%	0.39x
7510	Willcocks	27	0.000%	0.19x
7511	Winwood	27	0.000%	0.46x
7512	Womack	27	0.000%	0.44x
7513	Woodbridge	27	0.000%	0.19x
7514	Ackerly	26	0.000%	5.23x
7515	Agan	26	0.000%	3.35x
7516	Aikman	26	0.000%	0.36x
7517	Alfrey	26	0.000%	3.74x
7518	Allday	26	0.000%	0.57x
7519	Allender	26	0.000%	1.07x
7520	Allister	26	0.000%	1.84x
7521	Angel	26	0.000%	0.17x
7522	Arkle	26	0.000%	0.55x
7523	Atack	26	0.000%	0.52x
7524	Bach	26	0.000%	0.68x
7525	Barney	26	0.000%	0.32x
7526	Barson	26	0.000%	0.40x
7527	Batson	26	0.000%	0.27x
7528	Beagan	26	0.000%	3.94x
7529	Berryman	26	0.000%	0.14x
7530	Blackstone	26	0.000%	1.00x
7531	Blackwall	26	0.000%	1.65x
7532	Blundel	26	0.000%	2.96x
7533	Borrow	26	0.000%	0.81x
7534	Boulter	26	0.000%	0.15x
7535	Bovill	26	0.000%	1.08x
7536	Bow	26	0.000%	0.32x
7537	Brabner	26	0.000%	1.90x
7538	Brear	26	0.000%	0.50x
7539	Breslin	26	0.000%	1.90x
7540	Britain	26	0.000%	1.26x
7541	Broadfield	26	0.000%	0.99x
7542	Buckler	26	0.000%	0.24x
7543	Bullon	26	0.000%	5.48x
7544	Bussey	26	0.000%	0.22x
7545	Carlile	26	0.000%	0.51x
7546	Carradus	26	0.000%	1.78x
7547	Chalton	26	0.000%	1.81x
7548	Chamberlin	26	0.000%	0.23x
7549	Chesterton	26	0.000%	0.48x
7550	Churchouse	26	0.000%	1.43x
7551	Clapperton	26	0.000%	0.32x
7552	Clarkin	26	0.000%	2.42x
7553	Cluney	26	0.000%	4.32x
7554	Cockerton	26	0.000%	0.45x
7555	Coghill	26	0.000%	0.38x
7556	Conduit	26	0.000%	1.02x
7557	Cornelius	26	0.000%	0.26x
7558	Cotham	26	0.000%	2.36x
7559	Cozens	26	0.000%	0.17x
7560	Cribb	26	0.000%	0.49x
7561	Crute	26	0.000%	1.06x
7562	Cumberlidge	26	0.000%	1.54x
7563	Cuningham	26	0.000%	1.05x
7564	Dancer	26	0.000%	0.35x
7565	Darrah	26	0.000%	2.88x
7566	Decosta	26	0.000%	5.92x
7567	Degnan	26	0.000%	1.35x
7568	Denholm	26	0.000%	0.18x
7569	Dewey	26	0.000%	0.18x
7570	Dews	26	0.000%	0.32x
7571	Dodman	26	0.000%	0.48x
7572	Don	26	0.000%	0.33x
7573	Dukes	26	0.000%	0.20x
7574	Eade	26	0.000%	0.16x
7575	Eadsforth	26	0.000%	6.42x
7576	Edgecombe	26	0.000%	0.51x
7577	Eldon	26	0.000%	1.16x
7578	Elison	26	0.000%	2.96x
7579	Elly	26	0.000%	2.14x
7580	Evanson	26	0.000%	0.66x
7581	Farrant	26	0.000%	0.13x
7582	Fear	26	0.000%	0.17x
7583	Featherston	26	0.000%	0.79x
7584	Finneran	26	0.000%	4.24x
7585	Flaharty	26	0.000%	1.70x
7586	Flockton	26	0.000%	0.73x
7587	Freeland	26	0.000%	0.28x
7588	Garthwaite	26	0.000%	0.39x
7589	Gaythorpe	26	0.000%	2.74x
7590	Gibbens	26	0.000%	0.55x
7591	Giddings	26	0.000%	0.16x
7592	Gilston	26	0.000%	2.92x
7593	Goldstein	26	0.000%	0.37x
7594	Goodram	26	0.000%	2.71x
7595	Granville	26	0.000%	0.52x
7596	Greenhill	26	0.000%	0.17x
7597	Greves	26	0.000%	1.02x
7598	Griffies	26	0.000%	2.67x
7599	Griggs	26	0.000%	0.10x
7600	Guilfoyle	26	0.000%	2.01x