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1881 census place

Blackburn surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

2,377 surnames are listed for Blackburn, Lancashire, covering 75,841 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Acker, with 2 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Blackburn

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1801Acker26.49x
1802Allon23.49x
1803Andre27.73x
1804Barne210.83x
1805Baths26.49x
1806Billsborough214.76x
1807Binney21.40x
1808Birkhead21.68x
1809Birley21.42x
1810Bithel24.48x
1811Blezard21.72x
1812Bolus23.98x
1813Book24.08x
1814Boyne21.38x
1815Braybrooke25.96x
1816Bryne21.37x
1817Bunyon27.64x
1818Busher23.59x
1819Cantwell21.88x
1820Charity21.85x
1821Charter21.12x
1822Cheesborough215.84x
1823Clementson21.65x
1824Clyde21.53x
1825Coady23.67x
1826Cockshoot24.51x
1827Coldrick22.62x
1828Collum26.84x
1829Colter26.01x
1830Conboy26.63x
1831Conray211.40x
1832Conry28.33x
1833Cooker24.19x
1834Cooks23.78x
1835Coverley23.23x
1836Crapper20.97x
1837Crean26.49x
1838Crosse22.01x
1839Crother210.65x
1840Crum23.80x
1841Cundall21.34x
1842Curly23.73x
1843Dennington22.05x
1844Desforges25.41x
1845Devenport21.17x
1846Dews20.94x
1847Dignum27.47x
1848Dolbear26.98x
1849Doody21.22x
1850Doud24.30x
1851Duglas25.32x
1852Durden21.74x
1853Dyle246.40x
1854Edelston27.73x
1855Ellinson29.69x
1856Elwell20.76x
1857Facer21.08x
1858Farraday24.78x
1859Faulkes22.45x
1860Fearnside22.46x
1861Fergus21.20x
1862Finneran212.25x
1863Fitzsimmons20.89x
1864Flaharty24.92x
1865Flavell20.73x
1866Follows21.04x
1867Formby21.89x
1868Franey25.85x
1869Furey27.06x
1870Garling26.63x
1871Gatens229.54x
1872Gelson27.92x
1873Gibbin22.80x
1874Gilbraith26.01x
1875Girvin26.18x
1876Glinn27.73x
1877Godkin27.64x
1878Goodare27.14x
1879Goolden27.30x
1880Gormer215.47x
1881Gorst20.99x
1882Gowan21.42x
1883Graney23.89x
1884Grisedale26.84x
1885Guile22.91x
1886Hallon27.92x
1887Hallworth20.84x
1888Hanslip25.04x
1889Hartly22.74x
1890Haslem23.17x
1891Haygarth22.26x
1892Heenan22.71x
1893Herne21.82x
1894Hickton22.34x
1895Hindes22.11x
1896Hinnigan212.25x
1897Hitchinson25.41x
1898Holand29.28x
1899Holtham21.60x
1900Hosty218.57x