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 Cheetham, with 41 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
401	Cheetham	41	0.040%	2.87x
402	Crowther	41	0.040%	1.49x
403	Gornall	41	0.040%	15.57x
404	Ibbotson	41	0.040%	6.48x
405	Parr	41	0.040%	1.78x
406	Starkie	41	0.040%	13.90x
407	Woodacre	41	0.040%	141.67x
408	Baines	40	0.040%	2.27x
409	Finch	40	0.040%	1.30x
410	Savage	40	0.040%	1.13x
411	Wild	40	0.040%	1.06x
412	Bretherton	39	0.040%	16.49x
413	Carroll	39	0.040%	2.11x
414	Eaves	39	0.040%	7.77x
415	Kellett	39	0.040%	4.86x
416	Leigh	39	0.040%	1.84x
417	Swift	39	0.040%	1.37x
418	Todd	39	0.040%	0.83x
419	Wignall	39	0.040%	8.28x
420	Ashcroft	38	0.040%	3.08x
421	Bilsborough	38	0.040%	39.80x
422	Bramley	38	0.040%	4.51x
423	Bridge	38	0.040%	2.03x
424	Corless	38	0.040%	14.64x
425	Gorse	38	0.040%	29.38x
426	Haslam	38	0.040%	2.71x
427	Lynch	38	0.040%	1.56x
428	Shutt	38	0.040%	11.43x
429	Walmesley	38	0.040%	34.76x
430	Crampton	37	0.040%	8.23x
431	Geldard	37	0.040%	20.02x
432	Giles	37	0.040%	1.05x
433	Mossop	37	0.040%	14.81x
434	Moulding	37	0.040%	16.66x
435	Ormrod	37	0.040%	12.49x
436	Rawlinson	37	0.040%	3.36x
437	Ryan	37	0.040%	1.29x
438	Shackleton	37	0.040%	3.56x
439	Strong	37	0.040%	2.69x
440	Crane	36	0.040%	1.85x
441	Dyer	36	0.040%	1.01x
442	Heatley	36	0.040%	16.39x
443	Horsfield	36	0.040%	5.82x
444	Baxendale	35	0.040%	7.45x
445	Colbert	35	0.040%	22.91x
446	Jardine	35	0.040%	4.07x
447	Laycock	35	0.040%	2.76x
448	Bateson	34	0.040%	5.89x
449	Brocklehurst	34	0.040%	6.76x
450	Galloway	34	0.040%	2.14x
451	Gradwell	34	0.040%	15.91x
452	Hardman	34	0.040%	1.83x
453	Hesmondhalgh	34	0.040%	54.65x
454	Higson	34	0.040%	5.77x
455	Kemp	34	0.040%	0.66x
456	Loynds	34	0.040%	115.02x
457	Redfern	34	0.040%	2.65x
458	Balshaw	33	0.040%	17.31x
459	Bottomley	33	0.040%	2.15x
460	Carus	33	0.040%	150.96x
461	Cotton	33	0.040%	1.50x
462	Coulthurst	33	0.040%	31.06x
463	Crabtree	33	0.040%	1.78x
464	Dearden	33	0.040%	3.65x
465	Fell	33	0.040%	2.55x
466	Gillett	33	0.040%	3.39x
467	Maguire	33	0.040%	3.50x
468	Ogden	33	0.040%	1.27x
469	Sandford	33	0.040%	5.03x
470	Bracewell	32	0.030%	9.62x
471	Casey	32	0.030%	2.35x
472	Charnock	32	0.030%	7.27x
473	Farren	32	0.030%	17.09x
474	Foy	32	0.030%	4.20x
475	Gerrard	32	0.030%	2.72x
476	Hanson	32	0.030%	1.08x
477	Higgins	32	0.030%	0.69x
478	Hogan	32	0.030%	3.45x
479	Hull	32	0.030%	1.66x
480	Moulden	32	0.030%	27.93x
481	Norman	32	0.030%	0.75x
482	Salter	32	0.030%	1.52x
483	Sourbutts	32	0.030%	78.13x
484	Townson	32	0.030%	8.27x
485	Caunce	31	0.030%	22.88x
486	Davenport	31	0.030%	1.77x
487	Denham	31	0.030%	3.81x
488	Doyle	31	0.030%	1.38x
489	Goodier	31	0.030%	9.40x
490	Healey	31	0.030%	2.06x
491	Hothersall	31	0.030%	26.99x
492	Killingbeck	31	0.030%	45.55x
493	Smithson	31	0.030%	3.51x
494	Wensley	31	0.030%	18.82x
495	Winkley	31	0.030%	24.49x
496	Bamford	30	0.030%	2.16x
497	Bland	30	0.030%	1.57x
498	Cane	30	0.030%	4.78x
499	Chadburn	30	0.030%	24.17x
500	Culshaw	30	0.030%	8.60x