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 Dowbiggin, with 2 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
601	Dowbiggin	2	0.010%	25.94x
602	Duerden	2	0.010%	2.58x
603	Eaglesfield	2	0.010%	47.62x
604	Frear	2	0.010%	9.05x
605	Gallaghan	2	0.010%	19.63x
606	Gambles	2	0.010%	6.48x
607	Gaskill	2	0.010%	5.44x
608	Gillow	2	0.010%	12.96x
609	Glave	2	0.010%	34.97x
610	Gorrill	2	0.010%	26.18x
611	Hannon	2	0.010%	6.26x
612	Heaviside	2	0.010%	22.68x
613	Hebron	2	0.010%	10.96x
614	Huntingdon	2	0.010%	13.97x
615	Jeffers	2	0.010%	11.21x
616	Kegan	2	0.010%	22.86x
617	Ken	2	0.010%	32.63x
618	Kilshaw	2	0.010%	7.30x
619	Kinley	2	0.010%	8.39x
620	Knowle	2	0.010%	48.43x
621	Laidlow	2	0.010%	15.44x
622	Lewtas	2	0.010%	18.03x
623	Lowder	2	0.010%	14.31x
624	Maddon	2	0.010%	9.52x
625	Mal	2	0.010%	740.74x
626	Matterson	2	0.010%	15.70x
627	Mccabe	2	0.010%	9.91x
628	Mccormick	2	0.010%	8.91x
629	Mcdonough	2	0.010%	12.63x
630	Mcguire	2	0.010%	6.85x
631	Meller	2	0.010%	5.72x
632	Michaelson	2	0.010%	69.20x
633	Millon	2	0.010%	31.25x
634	Nesbett	2	0.010%	42.74x
635	Noblet	2	0.010%	26.63x
636	Pritt	2	0.010%	15.44x
637	Readey	2	0.010%	126.58x
638	Ridings	2	0.010%	4.37x
639	Rowes	2	0.010%	49.26x
640	Rundell	2	0.010%	12.52x
641	Shiers	2	0.010%	13.14x
642	Sourbutts	2	0.010%	21.83x
643	Stainforth	2	0.010%	11.61x
644	Stirk	2	0.010%	5.16x
645	Sumpton	2	0.010%	16.13x
646	Tallant	2	0.010%	21.51x
647	Truesdale	2	0.010%	69.20x
648	Wedgwood	2	0.010%	10.41x
649	Wheildon	2	0.010%	28.49x
650	Windmill	2	0.010%	6.10x
651	Witherington	2	0.010%	8.72x
652	Abby	1	0.000%	12.21x
653	Aden	1	0.000%	20.75x
654	Allford	1	0.000%	6.92x
655	Alty	1	0.000%	2.64x
656	Amson	1	0.000%	10.75x
657	Angers	1	0.000%	68.97x
658	Armer	1	0.000%	3.91x
659	Ashall	1	0.000%	3.42x
660	Aspinwall	1	0.000%	4.87x
661	Barbe	1	0.000%	63.29x
662	Bargh	1	0.000%	6.29x
663	Barmister	1	0.000%	28.49x
664	Bayliff	1	0.000%	8.03x
665	Bedlington	1	0.000%	8.40x
666	Behrens	1	0.000%	10.22x
667	Bellman	1	0.000%	4.89x
668	Belts	1	0.000%	46.95x
669	Berman	1	0.000%	16.31x
670	Birkenhead	1	0.000%	6.69x
671	Birtwell	1	0.000%	5.20x
672	Blanton	1	0.000%	21.05x
673	Bodell	1	0.000%	6.37x
674	Bollington	1	0.000%	9.13x
675	Bolter	1	0.000%	3.98x
676	Borrowdale	1	0.000%	6.20x
677	Boydell	1	0.000%	3.10x
678	Bracker	1	0.000%	31.55x
679	Breaker	1	0.000%	25.45x
680	Brennard	1	0.000%	42.74x
681	Brenner	1	0.000%	15.13x
682	Bricks	1	0.000%	111.11x
683	Brigs	1	0.000%	19.12x
684	Broadwith	1	0.000%	22.32x
685	Brumfitt	1	0.000%	14.51x
686	Bryon	1	0.000%	4.89x
687	Busfield	1	0.000%	2.64x
688	Bustin	1	0.000%	5.34x
689	Calland	1	0.000%	3.07x
690	Calverly	1	0.000%	12.41x
691	Carrey	1	0.000%	13.19x
692	Caufield	1	0.000%	7.01x
693	Chamber	1	0.000%	6.72x
694	Comb	1	0.000%	7.19x
695	Connett	1	0.000%	4.03x
696	Copple	1	0.000%	10.37x
697	Cranford	1	0.000%	6.88x
698	Crayston	1	0.000%	16.89x
699	Crellin	1	0.000%	1.84x
700	Crosser	1	0.000%	31.55x