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 Ridsdale, with 525 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
901	Ridsdale	525	0.020%	6.91x
902	Skinner	525	0.020%	0.36x
903	Pyrah	524	0.020%	10.06x
904	Hitchen	523	0.020%	2.65x
905	Tingle	523	0.020%	5.67x
906	Weatherill	522	0.020%	7.86x
907	Hadfield	520	0.020%	1.29x
908	Burrell	519	0.020%	1.38x
909	Hopwood	519	0.020%	1.57x
910	Ineson	519	0.020%	9.67x
911	Johnston	519	0.020%	0.22x
912	Bagshaw	518	0.020%	2.24x
913	Woodall	518	0.020%	2.22x
914	Wagstaff	517	0.020%	1.44x
915	Burnley	516	0.020%	8.57x
916	Spivey	516	0.020%	8.05x
917	Parsons	515	0.020%	0.23x
918	Wilman	515	0.020%	8.81x
919	Dibb	514	0.020%	8.45x
920	Hattersley	514	0.020%	6.22x
921	Travis	513	0.020%	1.51x
922	Walls	513	0.020%	1.47x
923	Hilton	512	0.020%	0.51x
924	Town	512	0.020%	3.57x
925	Cliff	511	0.020%	2.02x
926	Markham	511	0.020%	1.48x
927	Medley	511	0.020%	4.78x
928	Shipley	511	0.020%	2.00x
929	Sturdy	511	0.020%	5.56x
930	Dunwell	510	0.020%	8.71x
931	Newbould	510	0.020%	7.67x
932	Tennant	510	0.020%	1.65x
933	Turnbull	510	0.020%	0.42x
934	Waterworth	508	0.020%	4.04x
935	Beanland	507	0.020%	8.54x
936	Hopkins	507	0.020%	0.29x
937	Lowther	506	0.020%	2.86x
938	Reid	506	0.020%	0.17x
939	Akroyd	505	0.020%	9.36x
940	Brady	504	0.020%	0.98x
941	Cousins	504	0.020%	0.97x
942	Teasdale	504	0.020%	2.05x
943	Howell	503	0.020%	0.41x
944	Squires	503	0.020%	1.23x
945	Street	502	0.020%	0.74x
946	Hamer	501	0.020%	0.92x
947	Robertson	500	0.020%	0.10x
948	Sissons	500	0.020%	5.60x
949	Glossop	499	0.020%	4.90x
950	Welburn	499	0.020%	8.76x
951	Miles	498	0.020%	0.29x
952	Fielden	496	0.020%	2.94x
953	Pool	496	0.020%	1.48x
954	Wardman	495	0.020%	6.67x
955	Coward	494	0.020%	1.49x
956	Cowgill	494	0.020%	6.78x
957	Shillito	494	0.020%	7.08x
958	Busfield	493	0.020%	9.26x
959	Perkins	493	0.020%	0.38x
960	Gould	491	0.020%	0.47x
961	Readman	491	0.020%	7.04x
962	Speak	491	0.020%	4.87x
963	Waters	491	0.020%	0.42x
964	Rogerson	489	0.020%	1.37x
965	Royston	489	0.020%	5.71x
966	Abbey	488	0.020%	4.59x
967	Longden	488	0.020%	3.65x
968	Duke	487	0.020%	1.45x
969	Starkey	487	0.020%	1.70x
970	Coupland	486	0.020%	2.65x
971	Ibbetson	486	0.020%	7.53x
972	Joy	486	0.020%	2.00x
973	Dews	485	0.020%	7.25x
974	Dodds	485	0.020%	0.80x
975	Heywood	485	0.020%	0.84x
976	Machin	485	0.020%	1.67x
977	Stokes	485	0.020%	0.40x
978	Maw	483	0.020%	4.57x
979	Coultas	482	0.020%	8.34x
980	Mudd	481	0.020%	3.93x
981	Neal	480	0.020%	0.56x
982	Pybus	480	0.020%	5.58x
983	Horsman	479	0.020%	4.73x
984	Tidswell	476	0.020%	6.86x
985	Cockcroft	475	0.020%	5.73x
986	Whitehouse	475	0.020%	0.63x
987	Denham	473	0.020%	1.85x
988	Woods	473	0.020%	0.26x
989	Crow	472	0.020%	1.08x
990	Cuthbert	472	0.020%	1.13x
991	Henry	472	0.020%	0.65x
992	Hind	472	0.020%	1.29x
993	Leak	472	0.020%	4.22x
994	Massey	472	0.020%	0.64x
995	Patterson	472	0.020%	0.47x
996	Wiles	472	0.020%	1.88x
997	Bellwood	471	0.020%	7.76x
998	Etherington	471	0.020%	2.16x
999	Fretwell	470	0.020%	4.78x
1000	Boynton	467	0.020%	7.93x