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 Benison, with 13 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
10301	Benison	13	0.000%	0.89x
10302	Bettles	13	0.000%	0.32x
10303	Bickle	13	0.000%	0.21x
10304	Biddulph	13	0.000%	0.20x
10305	Bidgood	13	0.000%	0.23x
10306	Bilsby	13	0.000%	1.77x
10307	Blackbourne	13	0.000%	1.79x
10308	Blewett	13	0.000%	0.17x
10309	Bollard	13	0.000%	0.38x
10310	Boss	13	0.000%	0.35x
10311	Boulden	13	0.000%	0.45x
10312	Boyall	13	0.000%	0.83x
10313	Boynes	13	0.000%	1.02x
10314	Bramford	13	0.000%	1.27x
10315	Brecknell	13	0.000%	1.00x
10316	Brennon	13	0.000%	1.03x
10317	Bringloe	13	0.000%	2.21x
10318	Brinton	13	0.000%	0.37x
10319	Brompton	13	0.000%	1.14x
10320	Buckworth	13	0.000%	1.62x
10321	Burbidge	13	0.000%	0.13x
10322	Burdall	13	0.000%	2.07x
10323	Burfield	13	0.000%	0.37x
10324	Burrowes	13	0.000%	0.62x
10325	Bursnell	13	0.000%	1.82x
10326	Bushel	13	0.000%	0.48x
10327	Cady	13	0.000%	0.52x
10328	Calderbank	13	0.000%	0.20x
10329	Car	13	0.000%	1.43x
10330	Caress	13	0.000%	1.82x
10331	Carmon	13	0.000%	1.19x
10332	Carnegie	13	0.000%	0.14x
10333	Carradus	13	0.000%	1.07x
10334	Carrell	13	0.000%	0.48x
10335	Carvill	13	0.000%	0.99x
10336	Caselton	13	0.000%	1.08x
10337	Casley	13	0.000%	0.51x
10338	Caufield	13	0.000%	0.65x
10339	Caulfield	13	0.000%	0.26x
10340	Cavey	13	0.000%	0.61x
10341	Cavil	13	0.000%	1.26x
10342	Challans	13	0.000%	1.07x
10343	Chaplain	13	0.000%	0.62x
10344	Charge	13	0.000%	0.50x
10345	Charlwood	13	0.000%	0.35x
10346	Cherrington	13	0.000%	0.29x
10347	Cheston	13	0.000%	1.17x
10348	Chopping	13	0.000%	0.42x
10349	Chown	13	0.000%	0.14x
10350	Cleaton	13	0.000%	0.55x
10351	Clemens	13	0.000%	0.22x
10352	Coldham	13	0.000%	0.68x
10353	Collishaw	13	0.000%	0.63x
10354	Collitt	13	0.000%	2.80x
10355	Colls	13	0.000%	0.39x
10356	Collum	13	0.000%	1.42x
10357	Collyer	13	0.000%	0.07x
10358	Comfort	13	0.000%	0.39x
10359	Conelly	13	0.000%	0.62x
10360	Conoly	13	0.000%	1.09x
10361	Conry	13	0.000%	1.72x
10362	Cooks	13	0.000%	0.78x
10363	Copperwheat	13	0.000%	0.97x
10364	Corns	13	0.000%	0.16x
10365	Costella	13	0.000%	1.19x
10366	Courtenay	13	0.000%	0.38x
10367	Cowler	13	0.000%	1.08x
10368	Coysh	13	0.000%	0.72x
10369	Crabbe	13	0.000%	0.32x
10370	Cripwell	13	0.000%	0.87x
10371	Crowshaw	13	0.000%	0.67x
10372	Cuningham	13	0.000%	0.63x
10373	Dagnall	13	0.000%	0.21x
10374	Dagnan	13	0.000%	2.54x
10375	Dallas	13	0.000%	0.12x
10376	Dally	13	0.000%	0.23x
10377	Dare	13	0.000%	0.10x
10378	Darwood	13	0.000%	0.79x
10379	Dauber	13	0.000%	1.27x
10380	Daybell	13	0.000%	1.07x
10381	Dedman	13	0.000%	0.24x
10382	Deeble	13	0.000%	0.62x
10383	Defty	13	0.000%	1.08x
10384	Doggett	13	0.000%	0.17x
10385	Donnally	13	0.000%	1.70x
10386	Donoughue	13	0.000%	1.36x
10387	Donson	13	0.000%	0.81x
10388	Dowden	13	0.000%	0.21x
10389	Drewitt	13	0.000%	0.25x
10390	Dudden	13	0.000%	1.03x
10391	Dunger	13	0.000%	1.82x
10392	Dunleavy	13	0.000%	1.45x
10393	Durman	13	0.000%	0.50x
10394	Dursley	13	0.000%	1.00x
10395	Earles	13	0.000%	0.69x
10396	Eastoe	13	0.000%	0.67x
10397	Eckhardt	13	0.000%	3.06x
10398	Edginton	13	0.000%	0.27x
10399	Eglinton	13	0.000%	0.58x
10400	Elison	13	0.000%	1.77x