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 Richmond, with 86 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.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
201	Richmond	86	0.090%	4.26x
202	Bailey	85	0.090%	0.61x
203	Dugdale	85	0.090%	13.39x
204	Gorton	85	0.090%	14.85x
205	Greenhalgh	85	0.090%	4.50x
206	Metcalf	85	0.090%	4.55x
207	Pye	85	0.090%	6.16x
208	Leeming	82	0.090%	14.35x
209	Whittle	82	0.090%	4.08x
210	Aspinall	81	0.090%	6.38x
211	Beckett	80	0.090%	4.35x
212	Derbyshire	80	0.090%	8.32x
213	Gillibrand	80	0.090%	42.72x
214	Procter	80	0.090%	6.68x
215	Frankland	79	0.090%	11.56x
216	Newton	79	0.090%	1.12x
217	Sagar	79	0.090%	21.10x
218	Farnworth	78	0.080%	16.44x
219	Higginson	78	0.080%	8.45x
220	Murphy	78	0.080%	1.06x
221	Snape	78	0.080%	9.17x
222	Hayes	77	0.080%	1.34x
223	Law	77	0.080%	1.85x
224	Fenton	76	0.080%	4.13x
225	Swindlehurst	76	0.080%	40.79x
226	Nixon	75	0.080%	2.67x
227	Rigby	75	0.080%	2.80x
228	Howard	73	0.080%	0.81x
229	Johnston	73	0.080%	0.98x
230	Bibby	72	0.080%	7.23x
231	Butler	72	0.080%	0.80x
232	Byrne	72	0.080%	5.60x
233	Kennedy	72	0.080%	1.29x
234	Latham	72	0.080%	3.84x
235	Standing	72	0.080%	12.24x
236	Barrett	71	0.080%	1.15x
237	Bentley	71	0.080%	1.82x
238	Lancaster	71	0.080%	3.10x
239	Moss	71	0.080%	1.25x
240	Place	71	0.080%	14.68x
241	Pollard	71	0.080%	2.11x
242	Shuttleworth	71	0.080%	6.49x
243	Boyle	70	0.080%	2.93x
244	Beardsworth	69	0.070%	41.18x
245	Brogden	69	0.070%	22.65x
246	Chambers	69	0.070%	1.32x
247	Thornber	69	0.070%	30.52x
248	Farrell	68	0.070%	3.89x
249	Hodgkinson	68	0.070%	4.29x
250	Sanderson	68	0.070%	1.78x
251	Sumner	68	0.070%	4.55x
252	Ball	67	0.070%	0.88x
253	Connor	67	0.070%	2.46x
254	Leyland	67	0.070%	11.89x
255	Whiteside	67	0.070%	9.13x
256	Arkwright	66	0.070%	30.44x
257	Bates	66	0.070%	1.12x
258	Bradshaw	66	0.070%	1.74x
259	Chippendale	66	0.070%	33.07x
260	Clegg	66	0.070%	2.10x
261	Cutler	66	0.070%	5.75x
262	Bullen	65	0.070%	6.65x
263	Holding	65	0.070%	7.95x
264	Schofield	65	0.070%	1.30x
265	Threlfall	65	0.070%	15.54x
266	Towers	65	0.070%	6.08x
267	Croasdale	64	0.070%	43.75x
268	Hoyle	64	0.070%	3.01x
269	Westwell	64	0.070%	34.58x
270	Hodkinson	63	0.070%	9.68x
271	Nuttall	63	0.070%	2.71x
272	Woodcock	63	0.070%	2.39x
273	Blackledge	62	0.070%	24.95x
274	Conway	62	0.070%	3.59x
275	Edge	62	0.070%	3.90x
276	Edmondson	62	0.070%	5.82x
277	Greaves	62	0.070%	2.29x
278	Heys	62	0.070%	9.20x
279	Neville	62	0.070%	5.66x
280	Fox	61	0.070%	0.71x
281	Heaton	61	0.070%	2.76x
282	Jepson	61	0.070%	6.76x
283	Thornley	61	0.070%	5.96x
284	Waterhouse	61	0.070%	4.34x
285	Burrows	60	0.070%	1.49x
286	Dodd	60	0.070%	1.60x
287	Parkington	60	0.070%	59.22x
288	Sowerbutts	60	0.070%	55.35x
289	Airey	59	0.060%	8.41x
290	Bond	59	0.060%	1.21x
291	Clough	59	0.060%	2.87x
292	Higham	59	0.060%	6.28x
293	Salisbury	59	0.060%	6.44x
294	Sutton	59	0.060%	1.00x
295	Billington	58	0.060%	5.79x
296	Bowker	58	0.060%	6.45x
297	Eaton	58	0.060%	2.25x
298	Holland	58	0.060%	0.88x
299	Burton	57	0.060%	0.73x
300	Emmett	57	0.060%	7.38x