1881 census county

Yorkshire surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Yorkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the county. Frequency shows the local share of the population. Index compares that share with the wider census.

County summary

22,517 surnames are listed for Yorkshire, covering 2,654,453 people in the county records.

The leading surname here is Smith, with 46,472 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Yorkshire

Total favours larger counties and larger families. Frequency and index are better clues for where a surname stood out locally. Values above 1.00x mean the surname was more concentrated here than in the wider 1881 census.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1	Smith	46,472	1.61%	1.14x
2	Taylor	22,512	0.780%	1.22x
3	Wilson	22,139	0.760%	1.67x
4	Robinson	20,011	0.690%	2.17x
5	Walker	19,849	0.690%	2.05x
6	Wood	19,144	0.660%	2.08x
7	Brown	17,221	0.590%	0.90x
8	Jackson	16,138	0.560%	1.99x
9	Thompson	15,828	0.550%	1.83x
10	Harrison	13,770	0.480%	2.14x
11	Shaw	13,698	0.470%	2.58x
12	Johnson	13,600	0.470%	1.40x
13	Wilkinson	12,788	0.440%	2.89x
14	Wright	12,404	0.430%	1.34x
15	Ward	10,982	0.380%	1.74x
16	Greenwood	10,958	0.380%	4.87x
17	Hall	10,865	0.380%	1.28x
18	Watson	10,469	0.360%	1.56x
19	Barker	10,228	0.350%	2.70x
20	Turner	9,871	0.340%	1.22x
21	Atkinson	9,614	0.330%	3.41x
22	Sykes	9,593	0.330%	6.91x
23	Mitchell	9,186	0.320%	1.56x
24	Marshall	9,141	0.320%	1.88x
25	Holmes	9,103	0.310%	2.58x
26	Green	9,022	0.310%	1.11x
27	Simpson	8,735	0.300%	1.73x
28	Pearson	8,163	0.280%	2.43x
29	Richardson	8,146	0.280%	1.65x
30	Lee	8,097	0.280%	1.71x
31	Booth	8,055	0.280%	2.82x
32	Ellis	7,919	0.270%	1.88x
33	Hirst	7,838	0.270%	8.30x
34	Firth	7,827	0.270%	8.14x
35	Foster	7,821	0.270%	2.02x
36	Hodgson	7,771	0.270%	3.87x
37	Brook	7,705	0.270%	6.90x
38	Hill	7,481	0.260%	1.01x
39	Parker	7,471	0.260%	1.36x
40	Clark	7,464	0.260%	0.86x
41	Cooper	7,422	0.260%	1.05x
42	White	7,286	0.250%	0.78x
43	Hudson	7,195	0.250%	3.04x
44	Hartley	7,151	0.250%	3.94x
45	Dawson	7,086	0.240%	2.22x
46	Scott	7,013	0.240%	0.96x
47	Sutcliffe	7,010	0.240%	6.13x
48	Bell	6,796	0.230%	1.25x
49	Jones	6,766	0.230%	0.21x
50	Roberts	6,766	0.230%	0.62x
51	Rhodes	6,373	0.220%	4.74x
52	Moore	6,251	0.220%	1.08x
53	Gill	6,206	0.210%	3.03x
54	Webster	6,072	0.210%	2.41x
55	Dixon	5,958	0.210%	1.88x
56	Dyson	5,658	0.200%	6.03x
57	Schofield	5,654	0.200%	3.60x
58	Armitage	5,475	0.190%	7.42x
59	Briggs	5,325	0.180%	3.39x
60	Senior	5,281	0.180%	7.96x
61	Crowther	5,256	0.180%	6.08x
62	Carter	5,245	0.180%	1.08x
63	Thornton	5,201	0.180%	3.57x
64	Fletcher	5,154	0.180%	1.56x
65	Naylor	5,046	0.170%	4.62x
66	Bradley	4,828	0.170%	2.08x
67	Beaumont	4,806	0.170%	5.60x
68	Fox	4,751	0.160%	1.77x
69	Nicholson	4,739	0.160%	2.30x
70	Bailey	4,724	0.160%	1.08x
71	Whitaker	4,712	0.160%	5.76x
72	Chapman	4,689	0.160%	1.14x
73	Gibson	4,651	0.160%	1.32x
74	Sharp	4,639	0.160%	1.92x
75	Hutchinson	4,617	0.160%	2.81x
76	Spencer	4,601	0.160%	1.74x
77	Riley	4,552	0.160%	1.99x
78	Lister	4,537	0.160%	5.50x
79	Whitehead	4,502	0.160%	2.30x
80	Hanson	4,381	0.150%	4.69x
81	Blackburn	4,373	0.150%	4.01x
82	Stead	4,367	0.150%	7.38x
83	Cook	4,350	0.150%	0.76x
84	Walton	4,348	0.150%	2.13x
85	Pickles	4,302	0.150%	7.31x
86	Mason	4,279	0.150%	1.10x
87	Carr	4,239	0.150%	2.03x
88	Clayton	4,153	0.140%	2.64x
89	Whiteley	4,060	0.140%	7.81x
90	Fisher	4,042	0.140%	1.19x
91	Parkin	4,042	0.140%	5.19x
92	Dobson	3,962	0.140%	3.10x
93	Lockwood	3,865	0.130%	6.04x
94	Metcalfe	3,829	0.130%	5.79x
95	Williams	3,819	0.130%	0.18x
96	Holdsworth	3,804	0.130%	7.80x
97	Clarke	3,800	0.130%	0.65x
98	Thomas	3,770	0.130%	0.32x
99	Sanderson	3,752	0.130%	3.14x
100	Coates	3,707	0.130%	3.43x