1881 census county

Lincolnshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lincolnshire 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

10,760 surnames are listed for Lincolnshire, covering 426,590 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 8,117 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lincolnshire

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
1	Smith	8,117	1.74%	1.23x
2	Taylor	3,989	0.850%	1.34x
3	Robinson	3,965	0.850%	2.66x
4	Brown	3,955	0.850%	1.28x
5	Johnson	3,713	0.790%	2.37x
6	Wright	3,130	0.670%	2.09x
7	Wilson	2,794	0.600%	1.30x
8	Jackson	2,618	0.560%	2.01x
9	Clark	2,487	0.530%	1.77x
10	Green	2,270	0.490%	1.73x
11	Harrison	2,153	0.460%	2.08x
12	Thompson	2,095	0.450%	1.50x
13	Cook	2,036	0.440%	2.19x
14	Marshall	2,012	0.430%	2.57x
15	Parker	1,940	0.420%	2.18x
16	Walker	1,887	0.400%	1.21x
17	Hall	1,879	0.400%	1.37x
18	Ward	1,870	0.400%	1.83x
19	Wilkinson	1,767	0.380%	2.48x
20	Holmes	1,752	0.380%	3.08x
21	Hill	1,699	0.360%	1.43x
22	Chapman	1,678	0.360%	2.53x
23	Richardson	1,651	0.350%	2.08x
24	Dawson	1,641	0.350%	3.19x
25	Clarke	1,623	0.350%	1.71x
26	Watson	1,601	0.340%	1.48x
27	Bell	1,562	0.330%	1.78x
28	Atkinson	1,478	0.320%	3.25x
29	White	1,434	0.310%	0.96x
30	Foster	1,378	0.300%	2.21x
31	Simpson	1,355	0.290%	1.66x
32	Turner	1,275	0.270%	0.98x
33	King	1,264	0.270%	1.24x
34	Dixon	1,259	0.270%	2.46x
35	Scott	1,200	0.260%	1.02x
36	Cooper	1,160	0.250%	1.02x
37	Baker	1,132	0.240%	1.11x
38	Wood	1,084	0.230%	0.73x
39	Barker	1,081	0.230%	1.77x
40	Roberts	1,056	0.230%	0.60x
41	Burton	1,035	0.220%	2.60x
42	Pearson	1,003	0.210%	1.85x
43	Allen	986	0.210%	1.12x
44	Wells	972	0.210%	2.50x
45	Carter	967	0.210%	1.23x
46	Vickers	964	0.210%	8.04x
47	West	958	0.210%	2.13x
48	Ellis	954	0.200%	1.41x
49	Mason	934	0.200%	1.49x
50	Sharp	925	0.200%	2.38x
51	Shaw	912	0.200%	1.06x
52	Sharpe	911	0.200%	6.62x
53	Fletcher	875	0.190%	1.64x
54	Gray	875	0.190%	1.31x
55	Moore	871	0.190%	0.93x
56	Martin	843	0.180%	0.73x
57	Clayton	839	0.180%	3.30x
58	Cox	832	0.180%	1.18x
59	Atkin	814	0.170%	13.04x
60	Gibson	778	0.170%	1.37x
61	Briggs	752	0.160%	2.96x
62	Fox	750	0.160%	1.73x
63	Graves	728	0.160%	10.28x
64	Newton	725	0.160%	2.03x
65	Bailey	719	0.150%	1.02x
66	Porter	714	0.150%	2.04x
67	Baxter	712	0.150%	2.56x
68	Hunt	709	0.150%	1.14x
69	Dickinson	707	0.150%	3.54x
70	Chambers	702	0.150%	2.64x
71	Woods	702	0.150%	2.38x
72	Bradley	700	0.150%	1.87x
73	Palmer	678	0.150%	1.23x
74	Booth	676	0.140%	1.47x
75	Nicholson	668	0.140%	2.01x
76	Spencer	665	0.140%	1.56x
77	Rose	652	0.140%	1.88x
78	Bellamy	643	0.140%	9.44x
79	Young	640	0.140%	0.64x
80	Lee	639	0.140%	0.84x
81	Day	633	0.140%	1.44x
82	Drury	623	0.130%	8.40x
83	Fisher	618	0.130%	1.13x
84	Sutton	611	0.130%	2.05x
85	Croft	607	0.130%	5.50x
86	Hare	604	0.130%	8.38x
87	Gilbert	603	0.130%	2.27x
88	Brooks	597	0.130%	1.31x
89	Harris	597	0.130%	0.50x
90	Williamson	593	0.130%	1.42x
91	Barnes	592	0.130%	1.05x
92	Butler	588	0.130%	1.29x
93	Thorpe	586	0.130%	3.17x
94	Broughton	583	0.120%	6.69x
95	Curtis	574	0.120%	2.17x
96	Needham	570	0.120%	5.73x
97	Markham	565	0.120%	10.16x
98	Hudson	560	0.120%	1.46x
99	Mumby	560	0.120%	41.80x
100	Mitchell	558	0.120%	0.59x