1881 census place

Lancaster surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Lancaster, 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

838 surnames are listed for Lancaster, Lancashire, covering 10,158 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Gardner, with 212 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Lancaster

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
1	Gardner	212	1.03%	15.14x
2	Simpson	192	0.930%	5.32x
3	Parkinson	177	0.860%	17.89x
4	Jackson	176	0.850%	3.05x
5	Thompson	161	0.780%	2.61x
6	Hodgson	140	0.680%	9.79x
7	Parker	135	0.650%	3.44x
8	Harrison	131	0.640%	2.86x
9	Wilkinson	118	0.570%	3.75x
10	Atkinson	113	0.550%	5.62x
11	Lamb	94	0.460%	8.64x
12	Dobson	85	0.410%	9.34x
13	Hartley	81	0.390%	6.27x
14	Dixon	80	0.390%	3.54x
15	Bond	78	0.380%	7.14x
16	Nicholson	73	0.350%	4.98x
17	Fisher	72	0.350%	2.98x
18	Riley	72	0.350%	4.41x
19	Bleasdale	71	0.340%	112.31x
20	Winder	70	0.340%	51.70x
21	Corless	65	0.320%	111.95x
22	Greenall	65	0.320%	103.83x
23	Barrow	64	0.310%	14.65x
24	Nixon	64	0.310%	10.19x
25	Cornthwaite	63	0.310%	177.97x
26	Edmondson	62	0.300%	26.01x
27	Whiteside	61	0.300%	37.15x
28	Baines	60	0.290%	15.19x
29	Woodhouse	60	0.290%	12.28x
30	Slinger	59	0.290%	94.66x
31	Hargreaves	57	0.280%	6.63x
32	Cragg	54	0.260%	41.27x
33	Howson	54	0.260%	41.97x
34	Mount	53	0.260%	66.23x
35	Clarkson	52	0.250%	9.51x
36	Gill	52	0.250%	3.56x
37	Preston	46	0.220%	4.46x
38	Angus	45	0.220%	15.25x
39	Leighton	45	0.220%	20.28x
40	Gregson	44	0.210%	15.42x
41	Huntington	44	0.210%	73.43x
42	Airey	43	0.210%	27.42x
43	Bland	42	0.200%	9.82x
44	Clifton	42	0.200%	14.40x
45	Townley	42	0.200%	32.30x
46	Redhead	41	0.200%	36.59x
47	Helme	40	0.190%	118.06x
48	Kitchen	40	0.190%	11.38x
49	Beckett	39	0.190%	9.49x
50	Fryers	39	0.190%	277.58x
51	Mawson	39	0.190%	23.44x
52	Nelson	39	0.190%	3.90x
53	Pye	39	0.190%	12.65x
54	Ralph	39	0.190%	12.42x
55	Benson	37	0.180%	6.62x
56	Hayhurst	37	0.180%	41.04x
57	Procter	37	0.180%	13.82x
58	Sandham	37	0.180%	69.77x
59	Birkett	36	0.170%	18.09x
60	Hinde	36	0.170%	41.88x
61	Townson	36	0.170%	41.58x
62	Swainson	35	0.170%	89.79x
63	Wearing	35	0.170%	55.48x
64	Douthwaite	34	0.160%	75.25x
65	Ireland	34	0.160%	7.10x
66	Lancaster	34	0.160%	6.63x
67	Bradshaw	33	0.160%	3.90x
68	Lofthouse	33	0.160%	21.48x
69	Park	33	0.160%	5.16x
70	Rawlinson	33	0.160%	13.42x
71	Wilcock	33	0.160%	11.25x
72	Bowker	32	0.160%	15.91x
73	Dowthwaite	32	0.160%	174.67x
74	Casson	31	0.150%	25.29x
75	Milner	31	0.150%	6.55x
76	Peel	31	0.150%	8.37x
77	Wolfendale	31	0.150%	185.96x
78	Chamberlain	30	0.150%	5.35x
79	Curwen	30	0.150%	68.81x
80	Leack	30	0.150%	1176.47x
81	Metcalfe	30	0.150%	6.37x
82	Salisbury	30	0.150%	14.64x
83	Downham	29	0.140%	49.30x
84	Hoyle	29	0.140%	6.09x
85	Rawes	29	0.140%	187.10x
86	Carney	28	0.140%	15.01x
87	Coates	28	0.140%	3.64x
88	Heaton	28	0.140%	5.67x
89	Stirzaker	28	0.140%	114.19x
90	Teasdale	28	0.140%	16.02x
91	Towers	28	0.140%	11.72x
92	Waterhouse	28	0.140%	8.91x
93	Wildman	28	0.140%	22.22x
94	Snape	27	0.130%	14.20x
95	Storey	27	0.130%	5.15x
96	Brockbank	26	0.130%	35.58x
97	Capstick	26	0.130%	42.80x
98	Fell	26	0.130%	8.97x
99	Rainford	26	0.130%	43.49x
100	Rogerson	26	0.130%	10.24x