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 Goulding, with 728 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
801	Goulding	728	0.020%	2.15x
802	Beesley	727	0.020%	2.61x
803	Rowlands	726	0.020%	0.84x
804	Bent	725	0.020%	2.87x
805	Birkett	724	0.020%	2.16x
806	Bullough	724	0.020%	6.81x
807	Greenall	723	0.020%	6.87x
808	Makinson	723	0.020%	7.29x
809	Shore	723	0.020%	1.94x
810	Whittam	723	0.020%	5.68x
811	Cronshaw	720	0.020%	8.36x
812	Turton	720	0.020%	1.85x
813	Sheridan	719	0.020%	3.45x
814	Bland	715	0.020%	0.99x
815	Delaney	715	0.020%	3.21x
816	Hutton	714	0.020%	0.69x
817	Armitage	713	0.020%	0.81x
818	Cotton	713	0.020%	0.86x
819	Goddard	713	0.020%	0.51x
820	Frankland	712	0.020%	2.77x
821	Parsons	712	0.020%	0.27x
822	Lawrenson	711	0.020%	7.29x
823	Mathews	710	0.020%	0.55x
824	Fallows	709	0.020%	4.27x
825	Weston	709	0.020%	0.50x
826	Guy	708	0.020%	0.93x
827	Blackledge	706	0.020%	7.56x
828	Oneill	705	0.020%	3.20x
829	Standring	704	0.020%	6.97x
830	Johnstone	703	0.020%	0.45x
831	Kent	703	0.020%	0.48x
832	Ditchfield	702	0.020%	5.93x
833	Swindells	702	0.020%	3.16x
834	Brockbank	700	0.020%	5.70x
835	Whiteley	697	0.020%	1.12x
836	Bancroft	696	0.020%	2.07x
837	Fairbrother	696	0.020%	3.53x
838	Winder	696	0.020%	3.06x
839	Batty	695	0.020%	1.31x
840	Handley	695	0.020%	1.19x
841	Shawcross	695	0.020%	6.05x
842	Crane	694	0.020%	0.95x
843	Newby	694	0.020%	2.00x
844	Boothman	693	0.020%	5.22x
845	Cohen	693	0.020%	1.27x
846	Corcoran	693	0.020%	4.15x
847	Kelley	692	0.020%	1.72x
848	Bracewell	691	0.020%	5.53x
849	Deakin	691	0.020%	1.44x
850	Rainford	691	0.020%	6.88x
851	Dooley	687	0.020%	3.22x
852	Lawrence	686	0.020%	0.30x
853	Townson	685	0.020%	4.71x
854	Redman	682	0.020%	1.49x
855	Devine	681	0.020%	1.97x
856	Higginbottom	681	0.020%	3.01x
857	Howell	681	0.020%	0.47x
858	Halton	680	0.020%	5.13x
859	Airey	679	0.020%	2.58x
860	Farrar	678	0.020%	1.47x
861	Chew	677	0.020%	3.84x
862	Coop	677	0.020%	5.97x
863	Simm	676	0.020%	5.04x
864	Stanton	673	0.020%	0.97x
865	Manning	672	0.020%	0.61x
866	Fraser	670	0.020%	0.22x
867	Cowburn	669	0.020%	5.30x
868	Curran	668	0.020%	2.30x
869	Foulds	667	0.020%	2.84x
870	Steele	667	0.020%	0.72x
871	Martindale	661	0.020%	3.32x
872	Buck	659	0.020%	0.89x
873	Stuart	659	0.020%	0.80x
874	Alexander	658	0.020%	0.36x
875	Crosby	656	0.020%	1.60x
876	Wroe	656	0.020%	4.59x
877	Costello	655	0.020%	3.10x
878	Sunderland	655	0.020%	1.65x
879	Peers	654	0.020%	3.23x
880	Howcroft	653	0.020%	5.94x
881	Maher	653	0.020%	5.12x
882	Goodier	651	0.020%	5.25x
883	Cannon	650	0.020%	1.04x
884	Alcock	648	0.020%	1.30x
885	Madden	648	0.020%	2.16x
886	Grace	647	0.020%	1.39x
887	Griffith	646	0.020%	0.57x
888	French	645	0.020%	0.38x
889	Larkin	645	0.020%	2.07x
890	Bryan	644	0.020%	0.75x
891	Newsham	644	0.020%	5.94x
892	Mullen	639	0.020%	1.93x
893	Drinkwater	637	0.020%	1.86x
894	Lingard	637	0.020%	2.90x
895	Plant	637	0.020%	0.83x
896	Roper	637	0.020%	0.88x
897	Rourke	635	0.020%	3.72x
898	Shields	635	0.020%	1.19x
899	Rutter	634	0.020%	1.20x
900	Bateson	631	0.020%	2.91x