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 Exton, with 170 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
501	Exton	170	0.040%	10.87x
502	Hughes	170	0.040%	0.13x
503	Squires	170	0.040%	2.57x
504	Boulton	169	0.040%	2.01x
505	Patrick	169	0.040%	1.82x
506	Capes	168	0.040%	16.86x
507	Keightley	168	0.040%	15.54x
508	Kettle	168	0.040%	4.11x
509	Leeson	168	0.040%	6.20x
510	Mackinder	168	0.040%	41.91x
511	Moss	168	0.040%	0.58x
512	Shipley	168	0.040%	4.07x
513	Stanley	168	0.040%	0.94x
514	Theaker	168	0.040%	15.41x
515	Whittaker	168	0.040%	0.76x
516	Garton	167	0.040%	7.27x
517	Bontoft	166	0.040%	46.68x
518	May	166	0.040%	0.56x
519	Noble	166	0.040%	0.86x
520	Spalding	166	0.040%	4.96x
521	Stubley	166	0.040%	19.64x
522	Sylvester	166	0.040%	10.56x
523	Barr	165	0.040%	1.46x
524	Collingwood	165	0.040%	6.42x
525	Dove	165	0.040%	3.09x
526	Howitt	165	0.040%	9.55x
527	Hutson	165	0.040%	8.99x
528	Seymour	165	0.040%	1.73x
529	Appleyard	164	0.040%	3.84x
530	Frisby	164	0.040%	8.12x
531	Lord	164	0.040%	0.76x
532	Brewster	163	0.030%	3.60x
533	Brewer	162	0.030%	1.31x
534	Goodman	162	0.030%	1.19x
535	Houlden	162	0.030%	17.69x
536	Kirman	162	0.030%	39.20x
537	Pawson	162	0.030%	8.68x
538	Pogson	162	0.030%	9.14x
539	Sims	162	0.030%	1.16x
540	Bourne	161	0.030%	1.78x
541	Osborn	161	0.030%	1.66x
542	Bullimore	160	0.030%	16.21x
543	Bullock	160	0.030%	1.05x
544	Swallow	160	0.030%	3.40x
545	Coulbeck	159	0.030%	50.97x
546	Hackney	159	0.030%	7.81x
547	Ingamells	158	0.030%	47.56x
548	Stocks	158	0.030%	3.11x
549	Bradford	157	0.030%	1.72x
550	Cottingham	157	0.030%	12.61x
551	Bemrose	156	0.030%	35.85x
552	Elsom	156	0.030%	20.21x
553	Poole	156	0.030%	0.69x
554	Stevens	156	0.030%	0.32x
555	Wallhead	156	0.030%	44.65x
556	Cobb	155	0.030%	2.33x
557	Wheatley	155	0.030%	1.63x
558	Codling	154	0.030%	9.39x
559	Haynes	154	0.030%	0.92x
560	Parkin	154	0.030%	1.23x
561	Tuplin	154	0.030%	44.68x
562	Bateman	153	0.030%	1.27x
563	Bryan	153	0.030%	1.32x
564	Cade	153	0.030%	10.51x
565	Campbell	153	0.030%	0.19x
566	Humberstone	153	0.030%	16.77x
567	Kennington	153	0.030%	27.25x
568	Laughton	153	0.030%	6.74x
569	Pearce	153	0.030%	0.36x
570	Benson	152	0.030%	1.20x
571	Kirton	152	0.030%	7.13x
572	Nichols	152	0.030%	1.00x
573	Yates	152	0.030%	0.47x
574	Cottam	151	0.030%	5.31x
575	Thornton	151	0.030%	0.64x
576	Westoby	151	0.030%	22.41x
577	Batty	150	0.030%	2.10x
578	Petch	150	0.030%	7.25x
579	Beech	149	0.030%	2.16x
580	Bowers	149	0.030%	1.75x
581	Dunham	149	0.030%	6.26x
582	Hart	149	0.030%	0.37x
583	Wilcox	149	0.030%	1.69x
584	Brothwell	148	0.030%	40.21x
585	Glenn	148	0.030%	10.09x
586	Godfrey	148	0.030%	1.07x
587	Parr	148	0.030%	1.27x
588	Everatt	147	0.030%	33.31x
589	Fountain	147	0.030%	4.58x
590	Allenby	146	0.030%	21.97x
591	Barrand	146	0.030%	22.94x
592	Brader	146	0.030%	44.15x
593	Drewry	146	0.030%	20.94x
594	Havercroft	146	0.030%	42.55x
595	Hollingworth	146	0.030%	3.87x
596	Walter	146	0.030%	2.04x
597	Waltham	146	0.030%	21.82x
598	Warner	146	0.030%	0.86x
599	Gee	145	0.030%	1.22x
600	Norman	145	0.030%	0.67x