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 Brewer, with 467 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
1001	Brewer	467	0.020%	0.61x
1002	Bryan	467	0.020%	0.65x
1003	Colbeck	467	0.020%	7.18x
1004	Wroe	467	0.020%	3.91x
1005	Betts	466	0.020%	0.75x
1006	Franks	466	0.020%	1.29x
1007	Gough	466	0.020%	0.55x
1008	Farrow	465	0.020%	0.86x
1009	Kilvington	464	0.020%	8.68x
1010	Barrow	463	0.020%	0.75x
1011	Jewitt	463	0.020%	4.78x
1012	Mathers	463	0.020%	2.69x
1013	Elliot	462	0.020%	0.63x
1014	Seed	462	0.020%	2.21x
1015	Rawling	461	0.020%	4.37x
1016	Coverdale	460	0.020%	5.80x
1017	Cryer	460	0.020%	2.89x
1018	Farnell	460	0.020%	4.34x
1019	Monkman	460	0.020%	8.83x
1020	Nolan	460	0.020%	1.17x
1021	Boyle	459	0.020%	0.61x
1022	Pinkney	458	0.020%	4.03x
1023	Cockerill	457	0.020%	3.27x
1024	Norris	457	0.020%	0.37x
1025	Rigg	457	0.020%	1.88x
1026	Strickland	457	0.020%	1.98x
1027	Cookson	456	0.020%	1.34x
1028	Doyle	456	0.020%	0.65x
1029	Umpleby	456	0.020%	8.44x
1030	Birdsall	455	0.020%	8.62x
1031	Lomas	455	0.020%	0.85x
1032	Newman	455	0.020%	0.21x
1033	Rowbottom	455	0.020%	2.64x
1034	Sheppard	455	0.020%	0.45x
1035	Eaton	453	0.020%	0.56x
1036	Knott	452	0.020%	0.79x
1037	Warren	451	0.020%	0.23x
1038	Wordsworth	451	0.020%	6.39x
1039	Boulton	450	0.020%	0.86x
1040	Howden	450	0.020%	3.07x
1041	Leadbeater	450	0.020%	3.78x
1042	Lilley	450	0.020%	1.12x
1043	Bowers	449	0.020%	0.85x
1044	Crapper	449	0.020%	6.96x
1045	Kirkby	449	0.020%	2.74x
1046	Bickerdike	448	0.020%	8.61x
1047	Matthewman	448	0.020%	8.13x
1048	Goodison	447	0.020%	7.57x
1049	Iveson	447	0.020%	5.43x
1050	Oakes	446	0.020%	1.06x
1051	Burkinshaw	445	0.020%	7.76x
1052	Cawthorne	445	0.020%	5.60x
1053	Durham	445	0.020%	1.78x
1054	Hellawell	445	0.020%	9.43x
1055	Stephens	445	0.020%	0.28x
1056	Wardell	445	0.020%	3.87x
1057	Dodd	443	0.020%	0.38x
1058	Grey	443	0.020%	0.71x
1059	Allinson	442	0.020%	3.52x
1060	Heseltine	442	0.020%	6.98x
1061	Liversedge	442	0.020%	8.36x
1062	Longstaff	442	0.020%	2.16x
1063	Westwood	442	0.020%	0.91x
1064	Burn	441	0.020%	1.13x
1065	Cain	439	0.020%	0.73x
1066	Fairburn	439	0.020%	5.87x
1067	Jeffrey	439	0.020%	0.82x
1068	Frank	436	0.020%	3.57x
1069	Gatenby	436	0.020%	6.49x
1070	Godfrey	436	0.020%	0.51x
1071	Bramham	435	0.020%	8.38x
1072	Wake	434	0.020%	1.86x
1073	Moon	433	0.020%	0.71x
1074	Warrington	433	0.020%	1.82x
1075	Plant	432	0.010%	0.67x
1076	Revill	432	0.010%	3.34x
1077	Dutton	431	0.010%	0.66x
1078	Forrest	431	0.010%	0.58x
1079	Mitchel	431	0.010%	1.52x
1080	Underwood	431	0.010%	0.55x
1081	Danby	430	0.010%	3.48x
1082	Kenny	429	0.010%	1.24x
1083	Snowdon	429	0.010%	1.99x
1084	Stirk	429	0.010%	7.88x
1085	Dunning	427	0.010%	1.74x
1086	Airey	426	0.010%	1.94x
1087	Ingle	426	0.010%	3.60x
1088	Lyon	426	0.010%	0.70x
1089	Almond	425	0.010%	1.18x
1090	Pease	425	0.010%	3.88x
1091	Peat	425	0.010%	1.84x
1092	Pepper	425	0.010%	1.04x
1093	Hustler	424	0.010%	8.32x
1094	Goodman	423	0.010%	0.50x
1095	Renton	423	0.010%	2.38x
1096	Scruton	423	0.010%	8.29x
1097	Cobb	422	0.010%	1.03x
1098	Slingsby	422	0.010%	5.20x
1099	Birkinshaw	421	0.010%	7.76x
1100	Maud	421	0.010%	6.46x