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 Ashurst, with 851 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
701	Ashurst	851	0.020%	6.94x
702	Vaughan	850	0.020%	0.72x
703	Marland	849	0.020%	7.04x
704	Bullock	845	0.020%	0.75x
705	Street	845	0.020%	1.04x
706	Willis	845	0.020%	0.46x
707	Flanagan	844	0.020%	3.11x
708	Jepson	843	0.020%	2.49x
709	Mann	843	0.020%	0.46x
710	Kenworthy	841	0.020%	3.65x
711	Sharrock	840	0.020%	7.77x
712	Peters	839	0.020%	0.69x
713	Lang	837	0.020%	1.08x
714	Haydock	832	0.020%	7.61x
715	Prince	829	0.020%	1.06x
716	Fogg	828	0.020%	4.11x
717	Vernon	828	0.020%	1.45x
718	Egan	827	0.020%	2.88x
719	Stevens	825	0.020%	0.23x
720	Stringer	825	0.020%	1.19x
721	Twist	823	0.020%	4.80x
722	Halliday	821	0.020%	1.15x
723	Siddall	820	0.020%	3.23x
724	Maloney	819	0.020%	2.86x
725	Payne	819	0.020%	0.26x
726	Stephens	819	0.020%	0.43x
727	Waters	819	0.020%	0.59x
728	Pearce	818	0.020%	0.26x
729	Leaver	817	0.020%	3.66x
730	Gorman	816	0.020%	1.95x
731	Broadhurst	814	0.020%	2.32x
732	Coward	813	0.020%	2.05x
733	Storey	811	0.020%	0.92x
734	Gartside	810	0.020%	5.62x
735	Heath	810	0.020%	0.47x
736	Forster	807	0.020%	0.71x
737	Howe	807	0.020%	0.59x
738	Metcalfe	807	0.020%	1.02x
739	Pratt	807	0.020%	0.41x
740	Dickson	805	0.020%	0.63x
741	Tickle	805	0.020%	5.19x
742	Binns	804	0.020%	1.40x
743	Eccleston	803	0.020%	4.62x
744	Hawkins	802	0.020%	0.32x
745	Pomfret	802	0.020%	6.73x
746	Nicholls	801	0.020%	0.44x
747	Starkie	800	0.020%	7.21x
748	Bleasdale	799	0.020%	7.52x
749	Ormrod	799	0.020%	7.18x
750	Firth	794	0.020%	0.69x
751	Meadowcroft	794	0.020%	6.30x
752	Moon	793	0.020%	1.08x
753	Stone	793	0.020%	0.32x
754	Littler	792	0.020%	3.44x
755	Heald	791	0.020%	3.67x
756	Malone	789	0.020%	2.84x
757	Thorp	788	0.020%	1.68x
758	Haughton	785	0.020%	4.45x
759	Maxwell	783	0.020%	0.95x
760	Milner	783	0.020%	0.98x
761	Gilbert	779	0.020%	0.39x
762	Molloy	779	0.020%	4.12x
763	Bowers	777	0.020%	1.23x
764	Daly	773	0.020%	2.26x
765	Cowley	772	0.020%	1.21x
766	Holme	772	0.020%	4.81x
767	Callaghan	770	0.020%	1.96x
768	Wadsworth	770	0.020%	1.59x
769	Laycock	765	0.020%	1.61x
770	Thomason	765	0.020%	3.78x
771	Gleave	763	0.020%	5.23x
772	Carey	760	0.020%	1.16x
773	Crawshaw	757	0.020%	2.81x
774	Helm	757	0.020%	4.89x
775	Archer	755	0.020%	0.53x
776	Henshaw	755	0.020%	2.56x
777	Foley	754	0.020%	1.73x
778	Barry	751	0.020%	1.20x
779	Cryer	748	0.020%	3.92x
780	Lister	748	0.020%	0.76x
781	Farrow	746	0.020%	1.15x
782	Millington	746	0.020%	1.42x
783	Ainscough	745	0.020%	7.99x
784	Horton	744	0.020%	0.58x
785	Kendall	744	0.020%	1.00x
786	Foulkes	742	0.020%	2.30x
787	Lythgoe	742	0.020%	6.96x
788	Corless	741	0.020%	7.59x
789	Eaves	740	0.020%	3.92x
790	Bentham	738	0.020%	4.66x
791	Arrowsmith	736	0.020%	2.74x
792	Iddon	736	0.020%	8.41x
793	Alston	734	0.020%	3.25x
794	Braithwaite	733	0.020%	1.82x
795	Shackleton	733	0.020%	1.88x
796	Beaumont	732	0.020%	0.71x
797	Grimes	730	0.020%	1.82x
798	Butcher	729	0.020%	0.50x
799	Norton	729	0.020%	0.63x
800	Cardwell	728	0.020%	4.36x